(Un)Official NCAAs Day 4 Thread

Also who were the two last runners for UCLA? They totally outraced all but two of the best runners from the best teams and I’ve never seen them in my life.

Well, Athing Mu is only running the 800 in the Olympics Trials, not the 400. And she doesn't have much experience running in a pack with a bunch of 1:57 and 1:58 professional runners. She could get boxed in, trip and fall, get excited and go out too fast, etc. The 800 is a tricky event.

I think that Athing Mu would be a lock to make the 400 Olympic team, because that's run in lanes. She will most likely make the 800 team, but a lock? Not quite.

Anchor was Shae Anderson, a 400H for them. Not sure who ran #3

Yeah what happened??

alphas only wrote:

trollin' along wrote:

Currently a protest in the 5000. Anybody see anything unusual that happened?

Would also like to know this?

Results are now final and I don't see any changes. Must have been denied.

The Stache wrote:

So Mu's Freshman year has included:

indoor 800m collegiate record

indoor 4x400m collegiate record

outdoor 800m collegiate record

outdoor 400m collegiate record

outdoor 4x400m collegiate record

Holy crap.

Well, she did have to cram an entire collegiate career into one year.....

There are some very worthy women on the Bowerman watch but it has to go to Athing Mu. Collegiate record 800, collegiate record 400 + NCAA champ, anchors collegiate record 4×4. One woman that wasn't on the watch but in hindsight was among the top 3 is Cambrea Sturgis of NC A&T who was right there with Mu as MVP of the NCAA championships..

RunReallyFast wrote:

Well, Athing Mu is only running the 800 in the Olympics Trials, not the 400. And she doesn't have much experience running in a pack with a bunch of 1:57 and 1:58 professional runners. She could get boxed in, trip and fall, get excited and go out too fast, etc. The 800 is a tricky event.

I think that Athing Mu would be a lock to make the 400 Olympic team, because that's run in lanes. She will most likely make the 800 team, but a lock? Not quite.

I hear you that the 800 is tricky, but I’m not sure I’d agree that the US Trials is going to have a bunch of 1:57 and 1:58 runners. I think she’ll have room to run. But it will be fun to watch, for sure.

trollin' along wrote:

Anchor was Shae Anderson, a 400H for them. Not sure who ran #3

Kate Jendrezak, a freshman 400/800 runner from Eastside Catholic near Seattle. Huge upside.

Why did Anderson transfer to UCLA from Oregon?

Did UCLA drop the baton or have a stumble on the 3 to 4 exchange? I couldn't see clearly but it looked like something might have happened and they seemed to lose a little bit of ground in the transition.

trollin' along wrote:

Anchor was Shae Anderson, a 400H for them. Not sure who ran #3

Anderson ran a fast split than MU in the semis as I recall - same heat

Shae Anderson was a 300H/400H, overshadowed in high school by being in the same year as Sydney McLaughlin

Big Juicy Steak wrote:

[quote]The Stache wrote:

So Mu's Freshman year has included:

indoor 800m collegiate record

indoor 4x400m collegiate record

outdoor 800m collegiate record

outdoor 400m collegiate record

outdoor 4x400m collegiate record

Holy crap.

you forgot her indoor 600 collegiate record too

blue 7 wrote:

Why did Anderson transfer to UCLA from Oregon?

maybe she wants to study

commentor wrote:

Big Juicy Steak wrote:

[quote]The Stache wrote:

So Mu's Freshman year has included:

indoor 800m collegiate record

indoor 4x400m collegiate record

outdoor 800m collegiate record

outdoor 400m collegiate record

outdoor 4x400m collegiate record

Holy crap.

you forgot her indoor 600 collegiate record too

I was not aware she ran an indoor 600 this year.

She did, however, run a 600 American Record while still in high school.

trollin' along wrote:

Protest in the triple jump. What could they be protesting? A foul call by a judge is not challengeable I do not believe.

It is challengeable. The jumps are measured even when a foul is called so that if the protest is upheld the jump can count.

At the Western Preliminaries, Michelle Fokam of Rice, one of the favorites, found all three attempts in the long jump. The Rice Coach, Jim Bevan, protested the call of the third jump, but was unsuccessful. Fokam did made it through in the triple jump (after 2 more fouls) with a 44-6.75 PR on her third jump. Today in the Championships she PR’d by 18inches (46-0.75) for 3rd place, despite being only ranked 12th going in.

Big Juicy Steak wrote:

trollin' along wrote:

Anchor was Shae Anderson, a 400H for them. Not sure who ran #3

Kate Jendrezak, a freshman 400/800 runner from Eastside Catholic near Seattle. Huge upside.

Results: Women 4x400 M Relay (Final)

Pl Pos Team Time L1 & L2 L3 L4

3 8 UCLA

UCLA 3:25.01

SB 0.184 1:42.23

[1:42.23] 2:35.03

[52.80] 3:25.01

[49.99]

Team L1 L2 L3 L4

UCLA A Meleni Rodney Makenzy Pierre-Webster Kate Jendrezak Shae Anderson

Anderson ran a 49.99 split - second only to Mu.

They have Jendrezak down for a 52.80 split, but the handoff to her from second leg runner was really messy. The handoff to Anderson wasn’t much better.

Does anyone know if Lannana is actually doing some coaching at UVA or is he delegating everything like at Oregon?