Absolutely brilliant strategy by Maxwell to convert Vince to the 10K. And Ricks with Roy. They should have one heckuva battle for third and have a good shot for second or even first if the race is sit and kick.
Vince only has the steeple the next day, which he can’t win so will just be running for points with a bunch of his training partners.
I’ll be interested to see whether Roy runs the 4 x 800 too.
An interesting time to be an Ole. Half these posters mock Chunko for limiting his roster. Meanwhile, he has athletes that didn’t qualify for the meet not because they are to slow, but because they were not in his top 8. I think the Johnnies have the same issue but they are so good they can afford entering more people and sacrificing points while still competing for the win.
Gabe Nichols = Cole Sprout my daddy
4 x 800m-
Chunko won't waste his top guys in the relay, so I expect St. John's to win this one. Third will be very interesting. Ricks will have all of his top guys double or triple back, so I'll pick Carleton over a Lelinga-less Bethel and Mac without Ihrke.
Its always a great day!
No shocks in the 800.
Brady Goss might actually be him in the 15. I apologize sir, I wasn't really familiar with your game. My doubt is thus extinguished.
Turlington and Skemp surpised absolutely nobody when nationals pace ended up too fast for the conditions and lack of anybody else to push them along. Graber for the Royals in a huge third place is sure to make Arden Hills smile. Johnnies with a couple converts was an excellent strategy, and was still fun to spectate under the lights. Somebody needs to teach Roy how to grab a water cup off a table. Anyone see that Carleton runner wearing a dress? Seemed to work, but that has to be nigh uncomfortable to race like that. Shame that Gael was sick, would certainly have liked to see more out of him otherwise. Good sportsmanship amongst all the athletes, though, and looking forward to a strong steeple and 5k later today.
Someone tell this announcer how to pronounce Olaf please. Good win for them in the 4x8, great race with the Johnnies. Overall fantastic first day of action.
Enough said
well the Ole 800 guys ran well. Not super impressed by Power’s 5K plan. He did help Bethel beat St. John’s though by allowing Graber to score so highly.
Grant Fisher, i mean Graber, with the surprise double bronze to clutch the win for Bethel. Insane set of races for him. If I was a Johnnie I'd be fuming at Skemp and Turlington though. Graber is no slouch but conservative pace or not, there should not be a race where those two lose to a guy whose season best is 50-60 sec slower, and it's not like Graber's notoriously a mid-D guy either. Graber ran the 10k too so no excuses there.
LARS DEWALL DOESNT WASH HIS HANds
ITS EARTH DAY BE CLEAN
It says a lot about the Oles when they score 85 distance points and people still suggest they had a bad meet. This was as a high level of a meet as we have seen in years and they still doubled the distance points of anyone. I don’t blame them for trying to make the 5K tactical at all since Turlington is on the bubble for nationals and may have to make another attempt to qualify. Hartney told me that’s why he and Deaver scratched out. I have a different opinion on entering races you don’t plan to run and keeping other qualifiers from running. I’d hate to be one of those Ole JVers that was denied a chance to run at the conference meet.
Interestingly, Turlington/Skemp ran their first 5K of their 10 faster than the 5K. I’m not a Power fan, but I can certainly appreciate why he didn’t want his guys to hammer in the heat. It didn’t work in their favor and all credit Graber to kick so hard. I doubt either Skemp or Turlington knew he was coming. I’d be curious to see what his last 400 was but Wayzata didn’t do splits for half the races. He’s the only 10/5 doubler who didn’t look like trash. Congrats to all who finished what looked like a tough race in the first hot meet of the year.
cleanliness wrote:
LARS DEWALL DOESNT WASH HIS HANds
This is true actually. I pissed next to him in the stadium bathroom yesterday and ol larsy decided to forgo a traditional handwashing pre 5k. Maybe he knows something we don’t? Either way don’t shake this guys hand despite his strong weekend of racing.
Also saw one of the Johnny throwers eat an ant off the ground. Possibly just a little bit of turf or dirt but I could’ve sworn I saw it wriggling a bit.
Dearest Johnnie Nation, we are interested in acquiring a team issued cowboy hat. We will trade Brian Mondschein's yellow pants and a Dave Ricks blessed javelin to help Thurk qualify this week. This javelin spent two weeks in the waters of the Cannon River and won't work unless you throw 50 meters.
Hero of the Royals, Grant Graber was once a mid-d runner, which is easily confirmable via TFRRS. However, in case you forgot his indoor antics, the lack of Clark Kent glasses does not mean Superman was not present yesterday.
If anything, Cooper fouling out rather throwing from the power to move into finals gave Bethel the win. He could have thrown using his opposite hand, with his eyes closed from the power and still win. That was a strange scenario. Thus we enter the Timmy Ball era of domination.
Power haters are nowhere to be found for conference post mortems
A quick appraisal of miac tfrrs finds that the oles fill up the rankings 800 and up, but are curiously absent from other event groups. Hope recruits put more stock into times rather than message board dirt slinging.
Outside of steeplers, will anyone get a nationals mark? Lots of guys just a few seconds out
Realistically it could have been just about any other combination of things that happened, and St. Johns would have won. Unfortunate, for them, considering how well so many of their athletes did end up performing. A point here, a random performance by a kid from a completely different school there, and who knows? Maybe under the right circumstances Power could have even complained his way to 200+ points instead. For now, we watch with interest at those headed to last chance/nats. Several guys from the 8 should be racing in the next two weeks, although where and how fast remains to be seen. The 15 will be ruled by Brady Goss for years to come, the same can be said of steeplechase. Iggy with a clutch performance to seal his spot at SPIRE as well, and possibly Deav. Who knows on the 5/10. Could be a long list of names, could be no one. With the heat, and the doubles, and the points scored and left off the board, it's unlikely that the MIAC will be well represented, and the number of absurd times that have already been run that are still somehow unsafe on the national scale. For now, we anxiously await the return of Mo Bati, our hero missing in action, that will liberate us from national oppression by the WIAC.
mathmatics wrote:
Realistically it could have been just about any other combination of things that happened, and St. Johns would have won. Unfortunate, for them, considering how well so many of their athletes did end up performing. A point here, a random performance by a kid from a completely different school there, and who knows? Maybe under the right circumstances Power could have even complained his way to 200+ points instead. For now, we watch with interest at those headed to last chance/nats. Several guys from the 8 should be racing in the next two weeks, although where and how fast remains to be seen. The 15 will be ruled by Brady Goss for years to come, the same can be said of steeplechase. Iggy with a clutch performance to seal his spot at SPIRE as well, and possibly Deav. Who knows on the 5/10. Could be a long list of names, could be no one. With the heat, and the doubles, and the points scored and left off the board, it's unlikely that the MIAC will be well represented, and the number of absurd times that have already been run that are still somehow unsafe on the national scale. For now, we anxiously await the return of Mo Bati, our hero missing in action, that will liberate us from national oppression by the WIAC.
Is this the return of Kevbot? I definitely read this in Montresor's voice.