Don't know which race you were watching but Solinski was not in the 1500. Nice try. Good effort. Good workout. Now get ready to post something important!
Don't know which race you were watching but Solinski was not in the 1500. Nice try. Good effort. Good workout. Now get ready to post something important!
Here is my idea... USATF should allow top non-qualifier for the 800m final to run the 1500m final. If the 1500 goes out in 2:15 then he would have a good chance of winning. If the pace is honest, then he will most likely come in last and could drop if he wanted to. The top milers are going be a bit scared to jog for the first couple of laps knowing that this guy is in the field.
The same could be done for the 5k (top 1500m non-Q) and the 10k (top steeple non-Q).
This would keep the race real and would add a bit of excitment for all of us!
What do you think? Is there any downside?
Yes, the downside is letting someone qualify for an event they did not compete in. And the athlete may not even want to compete in the longer event. And that athlete may accidentally cut off the favorite.
Maybe the USATF pays them to be the official rabbit for the first half of the race.
But I agree that this (having the fastest non-qualifier from the shorter distance in the final of the longer distance) is an interesting suggestion, certainly better than a time trial, and it would definitely help the times in the finals.
Here is my idea... USATF should allow top non-qualifier for the 800m final to run the 1500m final. If the 1500 goes out in 2:15 then he would have a good chance of winning. If the pace is honest, then he will most likely come in last and could drop if he wanted to. The top milers are going be a bit scared to jog for the first couple of laps knowing that this guy is in the field.
The same could be done for the 5k (top 1500m non-Q) and the 10k (top steeple non-Q).
This would keep the race real and would add a bit of excitment for all of us!
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