Could Hobbs LOSE the 800 at the Michigan state meet on Saturday?

he has the fastest 800 time in the state by over 2 seconds with a 1:49 and can probably run faster than that.

no, he won't lose.

He’ll probably win the 800 but will be a tough race. Probably make it hard to win the 3200.

If they plan his race and he hits the numbers, I doubt there will be anyone there with him with 200 to go.

Kessler already beat those top two guys by 2 seconds head to head in an open 800m when he ran 1:49 a few weeks ago.

Pretty sure all will be on their 2nd or 3rd race of the day, which only benefits HK even more.

Eminem woulda given him a run for the money back in the day.

not likely wrote:

He’ll probably win the 800 but will be a tough race. Probably make it hard to win the 3200.

Nope. He can just sit in the pack in the 3200m and just crank over the last 600m... no one has speed to match him

mitten man wrote:

Eminem woulda given him a run for the money back in the day.

Curtis Jackson too.

If he really ran all out I could see 1:46-1:47 from him

I predict 1:48.5-1:49.5 for the win tho

Michigan state meet wrote:

One would assume that Hobbs should easily win any event he runs at the state meet, but he has some pretty stiff competition in Michigan in the 800. There were the results of the 2019 d1 state meet in the 800:

1. 10 Miles Brown 1:51.83a Novi

2. 10 Patrick Byrnes 1:51.83aPR Plymouth

3. 10 Titus Bretzke 1:52.56aSR Greenville

4. 12 Nicholas Couyoumjian 1:52.87aPR Northville

5. 12 Parker Raymond 1:53.58aPR Rochester Adams

6. 12 Noah Fuerst 1:53.93aPR Waterford Mott

7. 12 Oliver Alvesteffer 1:54.42aPR Caledonia

8. 12 James Cardwell 1:54.93aPR Ann Arbor Huron

Notice how the top 3 were all sophomores. All three of them are seniors this year, and these guys all have 48/49 speed in the 400. Discuss.

You realize he just ran 57.2 pace for a 1500?

If he runs 1:49-50. It won’t be a hard effort.

Hobbs said he may not do the 3200. He may only do three events: 4x800, 800, and Mile. To also do the 3200 he said may ruin his chances of winning in the other events, and it would drain him and "not let him do any workouts for a few weeks".

He also said the 800 will be the hardest event for him at the state meet.

Citius Mag Podcast, its worth a listen.

I think things have changed since the Olympic Trials qualifier. He has an outside shot at making the USA Team, screw the Michigan 3200.

For anyone checking out the MI D1 state finals Saturday, they've added a camera timer at the 1500 mark and at the 1609.34 mark, so if any of the 1600M runners want a 1500M or mile time they can get that too. I'm hoping to watch Hobbs run a sub 4 mile tomorrow!

Michigan state meet wrote:

One would assume that Hobbs should easily win any event he runs at the state meet, but he has some pretty stiff competition in Michigan in the 800. There were the results of the 2019 d1 state meet in the 800:

1. 10 Miles Brown 1:51.83a Novi

2. 10 Patrick Byrnes 1:51.83aPR Plymouth

3. 10 Titus Bretzke 1:52.56aSR Greenville

4. 12 Nicholas Couyoumjian 1:52.87aPR Northville

5. 12 Parker Raymond 1:53.58aPR Rochester Adams

6. 12 Noah Fuerst 1:53.93aPR Waterford Mott

7. 12 Oliver Alvesteffer 1:54.42aPR Caledonia

8. 12 James Cardwell 1:54.93aPR Ann Arbor Huron

Notice how the top 3 were all sophomores. All three of them are seniors this year, and these guys all have 48/49 speed in the 400. Discuss.

Centro could even beat that field.

He is not running the 3200. He was gonna go after it in the 1600, but now will most likely run to win and go after it against guy he could not quite get in the 4 x 8.

I believe his splits in 4 x 8 were 54.5 /53.4

king999 wrote:

He is not running the 3200. He was gonna go after it in the 1600, but now will most likely run to win and go after it against guy he could not quite get in the 4 x 8.

I believe his splits in 4 x 8 were 54.5 /53.4

dang he split 1:47.9?

That 1600 was BORING. He got out in lane 4 on the first lap, found a good spot in the pack, and purposely stayed in 2nd/3rd place until the last 250M, where he kicked it in for a 4:16 victory. I think they came through the 800M at 2:13 and the 1200M at 3:21. He ran a 55.xx for the final 400M.

dadoffourcs wrote:

That 1600 was BORING. He got out in lane 4 on the first lap, found a good spot in the pack, and purposely stayed in 2nd/3rd place until the last 250M, where he kicked it in for a 4:16 victory. I think they came through the 800M at 2:13 and the 1200M at 3:21. He ran a 55.xx for the final 400M.

But he made up for it by keeping the 800m exciting…

That start of the 800M looked almost identical to his 1600M start. I didn't stick around to watch this race, I was hoping to watch a sub-4 mile earlier and was bummed it didn't work out for him, but I understand the strategy he used today.

It was hot! Around 90º (don't get that very often this early in the summer in Michigan) and a very strong wind from the south.

Best of luck to him at the Olympic Trials!

Rojo is going to go insane about them giving him the rail for the final 100!

Here's Kessler's 1600M for the curious.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIM5zfyaC4s