Wow, Allison with a big pb 44.29 to beat Ross.
Wow, Allison with a big pb 44.29 to beat Ross.
Man alive I love Randolph Ross's attitude. Wishing the best for that kid.
Sprintgeezer - for whatever reason - perhaps injury - Essayi is a bit out of shape. Does seem odd to take it out in 56 not recognizing his state of fitness. Impacted the race but dropped out - I see your point as he was a de facto rabbit in a qualifying heat.
RG III has run 400H faster than winner of first heat! To his credit, he didn't mention it.
Yes he's good.
I was afraid RG 3 went out too hard but with just 2 events to go, he's still way out in front of Dan O'Brien & Dwight.
kmaclam wrote:
Wow, Allison with a big pb 44.29 to beat Ross.
Go Gators
Who is the color guy for the sprint events? He's hilarious and seems to know his stuff. Calling Mathew Bolling the "Eminem of track and field" lmao
Steeple semis: Duncan Hamilton runs new NCAA leader as the favorites cruise
The men’s steeple semis were largely without drama as 9 of the top 10 seeds all advanced to the final, with the lone casualty being 4th seed Ben Fleming of Virginia Tech who didn’t make it as a time qualifier despite running 8:37 in heat #1.
BYU sophomore Kenneth Rooks ran a 6+ second pb to win heat #1 in 8:24.88 before Montana State’s Duncan Hamilton ran even faster (8:23.13) to take heat #2. Hamilton said he ran fast as he hadn’t run fast in a while, thought he could get the WC standard of 8:22, and also wanted to help his teammate Levi Taylor (8:30.20) get in on time after Taylor ran 8:30.20 in heat #1. Hamilton’s theory is a lot of people crater if they go out hard in a steeple and in the end Taylor did get in.
Fun fact, there were six men in the semis tonight that were in last year’s final and all six made the final once again: Alec Basten (2nd), Ryan Smeeton (3rd), Duncan Hamilton (5th), Parker Stokes (8th), Bennett Pascoe (11th), and Colton Johnson (12th).
Quick Take: It’s still anyone’s race in the final
The top three qualifiers – Duncan Hamilton (8:23), Kenneth Rooks (8:24), and Parker Stokes (8:26) – all ran personal bests, so they will be tested coming back again two days later for the final. But Hamilton is expecting the field will rise to the occasion and predicted a winning time under 8:20 in the final.
“I think we’re gonna go in the teens for sure,” Hamilton said. “It’s gonna be good…I’m looking for that Worlds standard, I’m sure a couple of other guys are. And that’s just kind of just how I race too. I prefer to run fast from the gun.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4LHbkKCNzg
Quick Take: Kenneth Rooks has come back to fitness quickly following a two-year mission to Uganda (and Utah)
Rooks was an NCAA finalist as a true freshman in 2019 but spent his next two years on a Mormon mission – mostly in Uganda, but also in Orem, Utah (he was sent home during the pandemic). A mission in Utah? Yes, they do exist.
“We do work with a lot of members of the church, but we work with whoever really wants to listen to us,” Rooks said of his time in Orem.
Rooks returned from his mission 11 months ago, and it took him a while to get back up to speed – his first race back in December was a 4:21 mile. That’s not uncommon – BYU coach Ed Eyestone will often redshirt athletes returning from a mission – but Rooks ran a full indoor season and by April he was already running faster than his pre-mission steeple times. Now he’s an 8:24 guy…with two more years of outdoor eligibility beyond this one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPB-tuxE68E
Quick Take: Ed Trippas feeling ready for Friday’s final
If, as Duncan Hamilton predicted, Friday’s final is won in sub-8:20, there’s only one guy in the field who has done that before: Princeton’s Ed Trippas. Trippas was an Olympian last year but didn’t compete for Princeton as classes were virtual and the Ivy League didn’t hold an outdoor track champs in 2021. He didn’t want that to be his final year at Princeton, so he unenrolled for the year and returned in 2022. So far, so good.
Trippas was part of a big day for the Tigers as they qualified a man for the 800, 1500, and steeplechase finals – the only school to do so.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5Fvn86HemA
why does lucas van klavern look like a ripped zane robertson??
why are they showing decathlon and not the 10k?
Can someone tell me what's going on in the 10000? NCAA site and all streaming is blocked in the EU for some stupid reason.
What is Kioko doing? He put like 20 meters on the field in the first 500 meters
Kioko out fast
well they just started showing it and some guy is on WR pace through 600
badgerphil wrote:
What is Kioko doing? He put like 20 meters on the field in the first 500 meters
More like 60 meters now!
Lmao what is kioko doing
lol, now 85 meters!
wait...Kioko is 27?
Thanks for providing any progress of the 10k.