Where is the GOAT Jill?
This broadcast is garbage without her
Where is the GOAT Jill?
This broadcast is garbage without her
Would've thought being a 21 y/o freshman would make it easier to finish a race
RGIII has been such a great, and hopefully permanent, edition to the commentary team. Love to see someone who has experience in multiple sports.
RGIII is fantastic, one of the best first timers I’ve ever heard. Certainly not perfect but he’s a natural.
Dirtrunner wrote:
Surprised no one has been talking about Whashington's 1500 guys. They send all three to the final comfortably, perhaps showing Andy Powell is still the best middle-distance coach in college.
just goes to show . coaching is so much about the right place for the right person .. 3 in the final is one hell of an acheivement .. yet Tanner is so much better living in NZ and training under his old coach .. courses for horses.
Idahodiggerxc wrote:
RGIII has been such a great, and hopefully permanent, edition to the commentary team. Love to see someone who has experience in multiple sports.
Loved his opening comments
Griffin is killing it with the commentary! Where did that come from?
Still holding judgment. His football commentary is probably why he is doing track.
Not a sprint guy but this first M 100 Heat start list is crazy.
Boling with a 10.18 will have to sweat it out for 2 more heats to see if he gets a small q.
Fanbullah with the sit and kick 100m 😂
Williams looks so good. Is there a better track nickname right now than the Quad God??
Uh oh, two time qualifier spots taken in the 2nd heat, Boling currently has the 3rd.
Blanket finish in Heat 2. 10.1 takes first, 10.22 dead last.
-0.6 wind in heat 1, +1.2 in heat 2
Boling makes it through on time
Boling in as last q.
Fanbulleh! 😂👍
Oh please, please, PLEASE let him get some early acceleration in the final
RGIII is a breath of fresh air: energy and insight. The rest of them are like funeral directors, with Anderson as the drunk guy at the funeral.
1500 Semis: Garcia Romo looks good as Kipsang and Essayi go home early
The men’s 1500 heats had some drama as two men who were viewed as contenders for the win didn’t make the final. On the one year anniversary of the day that he ran 3:34.58 in Hengelo to qualify for the Olympics, Moroccan Olympian Anass Essayi of South Carolina led heat 1 through the first three laps but had nothing left in the final 200 and didn’t end up even finishing the race. A source later told us Essayi likely suffered a strained hamstring after stepping over the rail early in the last lap (a hamstring injury also kept him out of SECs last month).
In heat #2, the collegiate record holder Eliud Kipsang of Alabama also did the leading early but had nothing over the final lap as he finished last in the heat and failed to advance.
The two heat winners were Jonathan Davis of Illinois, the indoor 4th placer in the mile, in heat #1 (3:37.39) and Mario Garcia Romo, the indoor mile champ for Ole Miss, in heat #2 (3:39.32). Only one other indoor finalist made the 1500 final (indoor 5th placer Isaac Basten of Drake).
Fastest 10 1500 seeds / Result
1. Eliud Kipsang, Alabama 3:33.74 - DNQ - led early but last in heat #2
2. Jonathan Davis, Illinois 3:36.85 Q- Won heat 1 in fastest time of day 3:37.39
3. Mario Garcia Romo, Ole Miss 3:36.91Q - Won heat #2 in 3:39.32
4. George Kusche, NAU 3:37.31 - q - Snagged the last time qualifier after finishing sixth in heat #2 in 3:39.67
5. Adam Spencer, Wisconsin 3:37.40 Q - 5th in heat #2
6. Ryan Schoppe, Oklahoma State 3:37.43 - q - 1st time qualifier as 6th n heat #1 in 3:37.94
7. Luke Houser, Washington 3:37.51 Q - 4th in heat #2
8. Cathal Doyle, Portland 3:38.05- DNQ - 8th in heat #1
9. Thomas Vanoppen, Wake Forest 3:38.34 Q- 4th in heat #1
10. Elliott Cook, Oregon 3:38.92 - DNQ - 9th in heat #1
Quick Take: The NCAA 1500/mile record curse continues
As mentioned in the LetsRun preview, men who break the collegiate record in the 1500 or mile don’t have a great track record at NCAAs and that continued today as Kipsang, who ran 3:33.74 on April 15 to set the collegiate record, was last in his heat. That means the last nine men to break the NCAA 1500 or mile record have all failed to win that event at NCAAs in that season. And two of the last three – Kipsang and Sam Tanner in 2021 – failed to even make the final.
Kipsang said that overall he is still pleased with his season as getting the CR was a big deal. And he’s not done yet either – he will be heading back to his native Kenya to compete at their Commonwealth Games/World Championship trials. As for why he was off the pace today, Kipsang said he missed a few days of training with an illness following regionals and that set him back.
“I was not feeling good since regionals,” Kipsang said. “...I can’t complain. It’s a race. It is what it is.”
Quick Take: Mario Garcia Romo is fine with any sort of race in the final and looking forward to running one last race for his Ole Miss family
Garcia Romo looked comfortable in winning heat 2 and with Kipsang and Essayi gone, he has to be the clear favorite for Friday’s final. Of course this is the NCAA championships, where favorites are beaten all the time, but one of the things to like about Garcia Romo is that he is well-suited for any kind of race. He has the fastest pb of the finalists (3:35), he won NCAA indoors in 4:07 so we know he can kick, and if you’re looking for something in between, well, he dropped Kipsang with a huge mid-race move to win SECs.
Friday will be Garcia Romo’s final race in an Ole Miss singlet, and he said it means a lot to him to carry on the tradition established by predecessors like Sean Tobin, Craig Engels, and Waleed Suliman.
“Ole miss is my family,” Garcia Romo said. “I’ve been here for four years, especially far away from my family back home [in Spain]. I don’t race only for the university, I also race for my friends and for my teammates and I try to do things that are going to make my team proud and my coach proud.”