What the hell is up with Sydney McLaughlin

No they are not similar the the 400h is for sprinters

I can clearly see where Sydney is working on conditioning technique and execution over times, she is only racing at about 90% efforts

coach kersey is trying to paint a masterpiece and he wants that to happen in July Sydney will 12.4x when the time is right

johnnycake wrote:

Is she even trying? A 100 hurdle 4th place finish and not much else. I thought she would at least run a open 400.

Who cares.

SMH! wrote:

Apple Pie Face wrote:

She is stunningly beautiful but maybe it was just a bad day.

Y'all are nuts. 12.61 was the bronze medal-winning time at the Olympics in 2016. A bad day?! Do you know anything about track? That 100h field over the weekend was THE field. She ran fast. She is running fast enough to potentially medal at the Olympics in her OFF event.

Yep, I am so confused by this thread.

1) her times have been really good in an event that isn't her main event.

2) it is MAY. The Olympics start at the end of JULY.

3) if she had already run 4-5 400mH races, you just know there would be just as many posters popping up here saying she was overracing and going to peak too soon or some nonsense.

I would think at this point, her credentials would warrant a little confidence in her ability to prepare for a track season, but what do I know...

She has a new coach who is trying to help her make the necessary adjustments that will allow her to beat Dalilah Muhammad. I believe Mclaughlin previously said that the biggest area of improvement for her was on the technical side of hurdling. What better way to work on that running the 100 hurdles against high level competition? She's also training with Allison Felix who just ran a good 200 meter time so I'm assuming her fitness is there as well. I'm anticipating big things when she finally runs the 400 hurdles.

She is a natural sprinter and probably would not be very useful over 500 or 600m

Sydney has the 8th fastest time in the world in the 100mhs and still would've been 15th in 2019. She practically jogged a 51.16 400m a few weeks ago. Also, how is the #2 all-time 400mh runner considered a model instead of an athlete? This isn't some Colleen Quigley type stuff. Every athlete prepares differently for the season. Someone in this thread mentioned Kerley only running 100s and 200s this year. Little finally ran the 400mh after running a ton of 400ms and even an 800m. Dalilah Muhammed is out running 200s 24 seconds and slower and a 53.77 400. Sydney proved herself when she made the Olympics in 2016 and again when it took a world record to beat her in 2019. A lot of hate from people who know nothing.

John_James_413 wrote:

Who cares about Dalilah though? Probably nobody.

Sydney McLaughlin does, that's who. She cares a lot!

John_James_413 wrote:

Who cares about Dalilah though? Probably nobody.

As perhaps one of the US’s top five current track athletes? Yeah, I care.

As to Sydney running 110’s... well, she’s earned the right to do whatever she thinks she needs to. I think it’s likely she’s doing a decent amount of strength work in practice, the 110’s are for in-competition technique and speed work.

Given her impressive progress in the 110 though... wonder what type of top-end potential she has in that race.

Shd needed to work on her hurdling form. That’s the only place Muhammad has her. Sydney jumps too high while Muhammad is over then things quickly. If Sydney can get better at getting over the hurdles she destroys the WR. Could prolly medal in the open four.

THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:

She's running great...at 100 hurdles. It's worth noting that it took until this week for Shamier Little to run 400 hurdles, while she's been killing it at 200-800 meters. Same deal for Rai Benjamin with him running 400m flat. Dalilah Muhammad hasn't run a 400m hurdles race yet. Nothing from Warholm, and just one 400m for Samba.

If anything, there seems to be consensus from top hurdlers to race sparingly in terms of the 400m hurdles. It's pretty much unlike any other event, and as a positive clearly Sydney is getting results and improving in the 100m hurdles. That being said, at some point got to put down a mark.

times change-Edwin Moses averaged 10 400m races a year for a decade and won 'em all!

John Wesley Harding wrote:

racefanwatcher wrote:

Okay, now you've crossed the line. Might as well add the marathon while you're at it.

I believe McLaughlin could run at least 2:02 this year if that were inexplicably her goal, and she altered her training accordingly. 1:59.x after a couple years of training would not surprise me. 52.23 for 400h pretty much shows she was good for ~64” for 500 and ~1:22 for 600.

Those who predict 800m success for Sydney McLaughlin simply do so out of wishful thinking. She's a long sprinter. I would like to see McLaughlin try to get her 200m personal best sub-22.25 pre-Olympics. Look up her high school XC results. McLaughlin is a very, very good long sprinter and a great hurdler. Isn't that enough? Altering her training in order for McLaughlin to race a 1:59.xx would be foolish. McLaughlin cannot improve her 100mH & improve her 200m while making Letsrun crowd happy by chasing 1:59 800m.

johnnycake wrote:

Is she even trying? A 100 hurdle 4th place finish and not much else. I thought she would at least run a open 400.

What's up with her is her nondominant leg. Her coach has been training that aspect of her hurdling to make her better at 400 meters. She ran respectable times doing it with her opposite leg and when she does run a 400H, she's going to rip it! You are not a smart person.

shes just been "cycling off".Once she's back on her drug cocktail,she'll run fast again.

A lot of dumb posts on this thread.

John_James_413 wrote:

Who cares about Dalilah though?[/quote]

I care

who cares about you? probably nobody

This aged well.