oly crap Mikele Barber 12.05 in the womens 100 - how did she get drafted. That time does not even put her in the top 200 among HS girls this past season.
12.05 and she had a 2.2 wind BEHIND her
oly crap Mikele Barber 12.05 in the womens 100 - how did she get drafted. That time does not even put her in the top 200 among HS girls this past season.
12.05 and she had a 2.2 wind BEHIND her
I have an inside view of the Tracktown operation and I can tell you that TTUSA is good at generating ideas but are pretty amateur behind the scenes.
The venue at Stanford always looks good and took no effort to make camera ready. The venue in Portland though is run-down community college facility. They gave no thought about how this place would look on camera and it looks awful. The shot put ring was cracked, the trees behind the American flag during the anthem had dead branches, and the grass needs to be cut and edged.
let's go Paquette!
This Women's 3K is super boring...
They really need to turn these kinds of meets into time trials for men and women that were 4th or worse at USAs and any of the top 3 that want to be there. Fans love to see fast times and the love to see guts -- why have 8 to 12 of the top US distance runners in the same race and not set a really honest pace? We already had our tactical USA championships -- now give us some crazy times. Give time bonuses and pay someone really good to pace (maybe somebody that was top 3 at USAs / if they want?).
If Track wants to be popular we need to invest in it and athletes need to put it out on the line, especially if they didn't make the team. People are much more inclined to go out and see 10 USA distance runners paced at 13:00-13:05 pace and hope that one of them holds on to run something crazy as opposed to stupid tactical 3000 no one cares about.
This women's 3k is so slow. Garcia and Paquette are way ahead of everyone at 1k and they're only hitting 3:04. Slower than Garcia's 5k pace.
What's up with Garcia? She has such a terrible hitch in her gait. Super awkward looking.
what's the weather there, temps?
but with the 3000m and watching McPherson do her amazing high jump thing (and finally cleared, whew) I am finally entertained
now it's a meet!
Why aren't the brooks and Oiselle sponsored athletes in uniforms that represent their teams? Nike, adidas,, NB, and Saucony are all doing it right.
of the stupid field events.
F---sally wrote:
Why aren't the brooks and Oiselle sponsored athletes in uniforms that represent their teams? Nike, adidas,, NB, and Saucony are all doing it right.
Looks like the other 4 are just in generic uniforms that match the team color, no idea why brooks and oiselle are being different, my guess is branding.
slow 800, but Windle still showing he's legit. What's up with Cas and Ski?
usnspecialist wrote:
F---sally wrote:Why aren't the brooks and Oiselle sponsored athletes in uniforms that represent their teams? Nike, adidas,, NB, and Saucony are all doing it right.
Looks like the other 4 are just in generic uniforms that match the team color, no idea why brooks and oiselle are being different, my guess is branding.
Seems like a condition of being drafted and being on a TEAM would be to wear the team colors.
Tedium ad nauseam wrote:
Is it possible that lomong doesn't have it in him anymore to run 1200m in 2:52?
I had the same thought; and Lamong, so must talent, so little accomplished.
Windle wins in 1:46 low. Looked like a jog for him. Nobody went with the rabbit and as a result, fast times went out the window.
Who won the 3000m for women? I can't get the livestream to work on my phone
Yojo wrote:
Tedium ad nauseam wrote:Is it possible that lomong doesn't have it in him anymore to run 1200m in 2:52?
I had the same thought; and Lamong, so must talent, so little accomplished.
I know right, 2 Olympic teams, a 1:45 800, 3:32 1500, and 13:07 for 5k are such pathetic accomplishments. Sad!
I can understand cutting to field events in mile 2 of a 10K, but did they really just cut to a field event during an 800m?
Garcia in like 9:01
Paquette was second a few seconds behind
The solid-color singlets with no decoration or branding are terrible. Makes the whole meet look amateurish. The Summer Series needs some sort of uniform deal.
These 1500 guys are so awkward with these introductions.
Every other race was fine. Total running nerds.