Yeah, seems crazy, doesn't it? I'm hoping that she gets put in the heat with Doris, Hilda, Sydney T, Flomena, etc.
While all of those listed in heat 1 will more than likely be a DNS, they're going to need to do something about those numbers. Perhaps run a 3rd heat or something. 53 in an outdoor 10K is OK most of the time but that many in an indoor 3K is crazy.
Yeah, seems crazy, doesn't it? I'm hoping that she gets put in the heat with Doris, Hilda, Sydney T, Flomena, etc.
While all of those listed in heat 1 will more than likely be a DNS, they're going to need to do something about those numbers. Perhaps run a 3rd heat or something. 53 in an outdoor 10K is OK most of the time but that many in an indoor 3K is crazy.
While some of those listed in heat 1 *
generally a number of the entries in the 3000 scratch, no?
if it stays as is could be interesting. Mazza-Downie maybe paces Valby to 8:45 or so in heat 1, and then Doris and Hilda would need to race themselves in heat 2 to try to beat that.
For those counting, FL DMR I think is now #12 as UVA ran 10:50.58 last night. Georgetown is still out there with what I would think a pretty good team, as well as Alabama, LSU and Michigan maybe. Maybe 10:52.06 gets them in, maybe not.
Acc meet is on accnx while sec meet is on sec network + and big 12 on espn+ all streaming tho the acc and sec networks will have some sort of replay on Sunday or monday.
Track at it's finest, seriously, Valby has no 2023-24 qualifying time for the 3000, so she is entered as a 'wild card' and correctly assigned to the slow heat.
Of course for Valby it's no problem as she is the ultimate front runner and can simply win on time from the slow heat.
My guess is she will run around 8:50, so she can also have an NCAA qualifier for 3000.
That would give Florida some options for the national meet. They will find out tonite how quick Valby is in the dmr. Lol
Acc meet is on accnx while sec meet is on sec network + and big 12 on espn+ all streaming tho the acc and sec networks will have some sort of replay on Sunday or monday.
Track at it's finest, seriously, Valby has no 2023-24 qualifying time for the 3000, so she is entered as a 'wild card' and correctly assigned to the slow heat.
Of course for Valby it's no problem as she is the ultimate front runner and can simply win on time from the slow heat.
My guess is she will run around 8:50, so she can also have an NCAA qualifier for 3000.
That would give Florida some options for the national meet. They will find out tonite how quick Valby is in the dmr. Lol
Might be a sight to see if she is lapping 40-50 runners once or twice in the 3000,
generally a number of the entries in the 3000 scratch, no?
if it stays as is could be interesting. Mazza-Downie maybe paces Valby to 8:45 or so in heat 1, and then Doris and Hilda would need to race themselves in heat 2 to try to beat that.
My goal for her is to not get injured, so moderate tempo pace would be good.
Track at it's finest, seriously, Valby has no 2023-24 qualifying time for the 3000, so she is entered as a 'wild card' and correctly assigned to the slow heat.
Of course for Valby it's no problem as she is the ultimate front runner and can simply win on time from the slow heat.
My guess is she will run around 8:50, so she can also have an NCAA qualifier for 3000.
That would give Florida some options for the national meet. They will find out tonite how quick Valby is in the dmr. Lol
I think she is going to run pretty fast in the 1600m leg, below 4:30. Given how fast the times are right now it would not shock me. Also, the fitness that gets a strength runner to sub 15 should also translate to a relatively fast mile and 1500m by college standards (a la Nico Young).
generally a number of the entries in the 3000 scratch, no?
if it stays as is could be interesting. Mazza-Downie maybe paces Valby to 8:45 or so in heat 1, and then Doris and Hilda would need to race themselves in heat 2 to try to beat that.
My goal for her is to not get injured, so moderate tempo pace would be good.
The bubble time is 8:54 right now and there are some good competitors going for qualifiers at Ken Shannon and Big 12. Big 12 will also get an altitude conversion I believe. All of them probably need to aim for 8:50 to be safe.
The bubble time is 8:54 right now and there are some good competitors going for qualifiers at Ken Shannon and Big 12. Big 12 will also get an altitude conversion I believe. All of them probably need to aim for 8:50 to be safe.
9:01 flat in Lubbock, TX converts to 8:54.56, so McCabe--also in the slow heat for the same reasons as Valby-- would be wise to go sub 9 tomorrow.
Jepkirui is also entered in the 800 and DMR. Roe and McCabe are also listed for the DMR. Perhaps there will be some subs.
BYU is ranked #1 in the conference but they are giving up their shot at the championship. None of their five national qualifiers are doubling and their DMR team is completely subbed out.
Acc meet is on accnx while sec meet is on sec network + and big 12 on espn+ all streaming tho the acc and sec networks will have some sort of replay on Sunday or monday.
Track at it's finest, seriously, Valby has no 2023-24 qualifying time for the 3000, so she is entered as a 'wild card' and correctly assigned to the slow heat.
Of course for Valby it's no problem as she is the ultimate front runner and can simply win on time from the slow heat.
My guess is she will run around 8:50, so she can also have an NCAA qualifier for 3000.
That would give Florida some options for the national meet. They will find out tonite how quick Valby is in the dmr. Lol
But points for the SEC championship are awarded based on time placement between the two heats? Seems maybe not the best strategy to try and win SECs this year?
"The Notre Dame women’s 4000 meter DMR team of Sophia Novak, Bridget Lalonde, Claire Sievern, and Olivia Markezich set a new meet record as they ran a 10:49.74 in the race, breaking Duke’s record of 10:49.87 in 2023."
Markezich ran 4:28x according to Norm Ogilvie during the broadcast. She trailed by roughly 15 meters at the exchange then steadily caught up to draw even with three laps remaining. She settled for two laps before moving outside to take the lead. Winning the race was her priority, not a record breaking split.
Duke probably wasn't going to contend for the win last night but it was ridiculous that they gambled everything on last week. They went to Boston last week with a horrendous seed time of roughly 11:50. No problem. We'll take our A team and knock that down. Meanwhile some team members got sick. The team pulled out. That meant Duke was in the slow heat last night, with nothing drag them along. None of them ran particularly well. Maatoug did fine at something like 4:33 while lapping several runners. But instead of adrenaline carrying all 4 runners to a time not much slower than last year, they ended up 5th while barely breaking 11 minutes.
Risky points business considering how narrow the team title might be. They lost it last year when the relay baton flew away inches from the 4 x 400 finish line.
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