Official 2021 USA Olympic Track & Field Trials Day 2 Live Discussion Thread

habs wrote:

Home stretch of that heat 2 looked so painful. Kind of impossible to "shut down" in the 800 heats when everyone is shutting down just due to the mechanics of the race. Koech, Sowinski, Miller, Windle all out so these semis weren't for nothing.

Murphy looked good today, Hoppel battled down the stretch. Someone like Kidder might like his chances.

oldoldrunner wrote:

oy vey media wrote:

Allyson Felix zzzzzz what happens when she doesn't make the team? I guess she can always be in the relay pool but still.

My new favorite runner, Shea Anderson. Made the final, I turned on the TV as her semi was about to start. I didn’t know she was in that semi until the end of the first turn. Why because NBC only focus in Felix. I know she is a legend but there were seven other runners in that race and they were pretty much ignored.

Really? You depend on NBC to tell you who's in the race? Typical hobbyjogger. If you were a real fan, you'd know the heat sheets and each athlete's PR.

habs wrote:

RIP LaShawn Merritt. Legend but his time is over unless USATF pulls some sketchy trick to put him on a relay or the mixed relay

If only there were a way to extend his career.

A lot of our men’s studs looked unimpressive. They got the job done but I was expecting a little more. Hopefully just shaking off the rust.

NYDCRunner1 wrote:

Can't believe Hobbs didn't make it. Daniels again. Awww man come on. What happened to Cambrea Sturgis or TT Terry? Except for Richardson, those are pedestrian times.

The same thing that always happens to the college kids after the season. They’re cooked. What happened to Tamari davis? Is she hurt?

How did heather maclean make finals? Did someone get DQ’ed?

avfc wrote:

They used to mention Clayton Murphy's pig farm in 2016, but there's a new farm in town.

Kendall Ellis, Wadeline Jonathas, Felix for top 3?

those pigs are now being used on the food trucks in portland

1500w wrote:

How did heather maclean make finals? Did someone get DQ’ed?

She was deemed to be interfered with. You can see at the finish Mehra drifted into lane 1 and knocked Maclean off her stride. She was also affected by the earlier trip up of Lauren Johnson.

Why does Sowinski keep shooting himself in the foot by leading races? He was lucky to advance to the semi's but couldn't sustain the pace and fell back to 2nd to last in the last 100. Same with Amaris Tyynismaa.

100mTrialsWatcher wrote:

oldoldrunner wrote:

My new favorite runner, Shea Anderson. Made the final, I turned on the TV as her semi was about to start. I didn’t know she was in that semi until the end of the first turn. Why because NBC only focus in Felix. I know she is a legend but there were seven other runners in that race and they were pretty much ignored.

Really? You depend on NBC to tell you who's in the race? Typical hobbyjogger. If you were a real fan, you'd know the heat sheets and each athlete's PR.

NBC gives me the greatest knowledge s track fan could possibly get. If it wasn’t for NBC I’d be as dumb and ignorant as you.

Allison Felix is the greatest CLEAN female sprinter EVER. No doubt in my mind she could take stuff (which I’d be in favor of lol) and still medal in the 200 or 400 but nah just straight grit. Y’all cry and b!tch about whose clean and whose not. Well you just saw the best clean female athlete ever.

I thought she’d actually start taking something and her body would look completely different from 2019. Be all ripped and abs bulging. But nah. She’s in better shape but nothing crazy. She’s the goat. SAFP is a joke on rocket fuel that I wish more of our women would take lol.

Sydney could smoke these women. So it’s Allison, the 400m winner whatever her name was, Muhammad, and Syd gor the 4x400ms. WR coming.

Likes go Norman. Shake off that rust.

Did Norman pick his lane? How does he have the second fastest time but everyone gets to see him and he’s in lake 8?

+100.

Watching her in the hundred used to be so sad. A sea of 3D shoulders and then Felix.

Only thing that sucks about Norman winning is that I’m assuming he’s dropping out of the 200m now d@mn

Where the reigning world champ? Ali?

No idea how Clemons finished ahead of cunningham.

People not questioning fred now. I honestly believe Norman could win the 100ms this year without Coleman. Maybe Fred has the right mindset. Fred gets to raise both the 100 and 200 while Norman is stuck, because of horrible scheduling, to just the 400ms.

Norman may have missed his shot.

The weight Lyles put on has done him zero good. That was embarrassing. I’d would say he should go be a 200/400 man but the olympics don’t F*cking allow it lol.

Covid affected so much. Who would of thought Brommel and Kerley would be on the 100m team? CraZy.

Is Laird even running in these Olympics or what? Is he in the 200ms? If everyone whose signed up runs then he has no shot.

You are actually a clown. What was your 800 PR dare I ask