American Track League Atlanta- Live on ESPN2 at 5:00

Wendy1 wrote:

Clerk wrote:

Haha.

Womens 400m hurdles

1 Dorr, Fawn Canada

2 Hyder, Jasmine USA

3 Twiss, Erica USA

4 Jameson, Tameka Nigeria

5 Williams, Tiffany USA

6 Spencer, Ashley USA

7 Brown, T'Erea USA

8 Haye-Smith, Yanique Jamaica

9 Seymour, Katrina Bahama

Spencer wins in 54.51

The commentators are prepared with a lot to talk about, but have talked about everything but the racing.

400m hurdles are easy to hype: everyone is together through 200m, and you can easily be dramatic about the separation over the final bend.

What has happened to Fawn Dorr? There's a big gap between her twitter talk and her recent 400/400h times.

Everyone knows that women is all talk! She's an attention whore that's the elephant in the room. She has never backed up her mouth on the track, that's why she can't seem to get donations on gofundme

1 Chambers, Ricardo Jamaica

2 Russell, Alonzo Bahama

3 Beshir, Anas Egypt

4 Berry, Michael USA

5 Verburg, David USA

6 Nellum, Bryshon USA

7 Gradiner, Steven Bahama

8 Harris, James USA

9 Smith, Calvin USA

Hoping Nellum does well. Men on the track now.

Clerk wrote:

Hoping Nellum does well. Men on the track now.

Annnnd he's out...

Gardiner goes well, 44.62

To echo the complaints after Doha of the similar singlets being put out by Nike, Addidas, New Balance: everyone is wearing black and white here.

Clerk wrote:

[quote]something tells me wrote:

This is actually turning out to be a respectable meet.

Trotter on the track for an asthma attack after the commercial break. Meet is going on, the 400m men at their blocks.

Frickin' drama queen Dee Dee Trotter staying on the track for 10 minutes. She could have stepped off immediately after the race to deal with her breathing problems.

Live results are not updating, only 3000m steeple showing.

I like what Trammell has to say, but he needs to work on his TV voice.

Mens 200m: real close between McQuay and Locke.

Clerk wrote:

Live results are not updating, only 3000m steeple showing.

I like what Trammell has to say, but he needs to work on his TV voice.

Mens 200m: real close between McQuay and Locke.

Live results are working fine for me.

I don't even know if she broke 1 minute. Pretty awful for a "professional."

Scrizmeister wrote:

Wendy1 wrote:

What has happened to Fawn Dorr? There's a big gap between her twitter talk and her recent 400/400h times.

Everyone knows that women is all talk! She's an attention whore that's the elephant in the room. She has never backed up her mouth on the track, that's why she can't seem to get donations on gofundme

McQuay wins, 20.70.

No wind information coming from the broadcasters.

I'm starting to think this meet/series could make its niche in US stars' off-events. It can be really compelling racing watching the best athletes step up or down to set up their championship racing later on, facing challenges from lower tier guys in their main event.

1:02 for Fawn Dorr.

Caitlyn J. wrote:

Clerk wrote:

Live results are not updating, only 3000m steeple showing.

I like what Trammell has to say, but he needs to work on his TV voice.

Mens 200m: real close between McQuay and Locke.

Live results are working fine for me.

They just got going for me. Thanks

Porter over Eaton, 13.54

Ouch.

Wendy1 wrote:

1:02 for Fawn Dorr.

The ESPN clock seems to be consistently 0.4-0.5 seconds fast. It's very weird and it only goes to the tenth of a second, not hundredth of a second.

Lolo OUT!!!!!!

ANOTHER Lolo Jones interview. This woman is unbelievable.

Queen Harrison wins 100m hurdles in 12.72.

Candace Hill, Shalonda Solomon and Bianca Knight back in the 200m after the 100m earlier.

The ESPN guy is fading, not bringing anything to the racing. Trammell still with good insight

That was a good 200m, and they just let the race happen with some "and now their on the home stretch" filler. Overhyping Hill and ignoring the actual competition in front of them

Starter got everyone on their marks while the cameraman was still on the track...

Powell wins ahead of Green, 10.01

How hard is it for announcers to sound excited? I hate that it can be boiled down to an American/British announcer thing, but British announcers just sound more interested in general. It adds so much more to a race. Their voice rises, they speak faster, and the intensity of the race is brought to a higher level.

I don't know what I was hoping for,. The meet was a B or B-, the production was C-. Not sure what the live experience was like, but didn't look that special. The American Track League did its part putting on the meet, but needs to take more charge in how ESPN presents their content on TV.

+1 Clerk, well said.

Clerk wrote:

Starter got everyone on their marks while the cameraman was still on the track...

Powell wins ahead of Green, 10.01

How hard is it for announcers to sound excited? I hate that it can be boiled down to an American/British announcer thing, but British announcers just sound more interested in general. It adds so much more to a race. Their voice rises, they speak faster, and the intensity of the race is brought to a higher level.

I don't know what I was hoping for,. The meet was a B or B-, the production was C-. Not sure what the live experience was like, but didn't look that special. The American Track League did its part putting on the meet, but needs to take more charge in how ESPN presents their content on TV.

Does the highly connected LetsRun reporting staff have a SRR injury report?

Trotter and a couple others had injury or health concerns too.

Peaches did a pretty good job on the microphone.

The track did not have a rail so will the times be counted towards OT and OG standards?