The NCAA recently took advantage of the 9 lane track and ran 9 in their final a few weeks ago. USATF, which has never been to be known to be on the cutting edge of innovation, only has the final as scheduled for 8. Cade Flatt is 9th. Put him in the final.
Either that. Or let him run an exhibition 5 minutes before it. I'll pay $2,000 to a pro to take him through 600.
Please do something creative.
Or should we wait until after the final and have Sowinski rabbit him like 2 hours later?
Why? There were well established rules to make the final. He didn’t.
Rojo what are you drinking tonight?
This makes ZERO sense and it would only serve to reward a kid who already thinks he walks on water. Maybe he will up his mileage to 6 after being humbled.
rojo wrote:
The NCAA recently took advantage of the 9 lane track and ran 9 in their final a few weeks ago. USATF, which has never been to be known to be on the cutting edge of innovation, only has the final as scheduled for 8. Cade Flatt is 9th. Put him in the final.
Either that. Or let him run an exhibition 5 minutes before it. I'll pay $2,000 to a pro to take him through 600.
Please do something creative.
Or should we wait until after the final and have Sowinski rabbit him like 2 hours later?
You’re worse than the FloTrack fanboys from a decade ago. Just stop with the nonsense
Gotta think he gets through if he doesn't hesitate at 150, giving Koech a pass and the rail, and then losing momentum and ending up in the back. If he's tucked right inside Kidder at 300... different race for him, and likely enough of a difference to shave off .07
His youth and inexperience showed. Dude is legit though. Kudos to him for a phenomenal season.
Dumb.
Because accomplishments are so much more meaningful when they are the result of the whole world bending over backwards to accommodate you.
Just gobbling on it for no reason. Maybe we should let him use a bike too? ANYTHING to let a recent podcast guest break a record and push the limits on what "high schooler" means.
an idea truly bad for the sport.
C'mon USATF, give Crouser another throw to try to set the record!
C'mon USATF, the track was designed to have ONE clear path for the shortest distance run - IN LANE ONE. Cade was forced to run in lane two for much of the race. Do the smart thing and convert his time down to what he would have run if the other competitors would have stayed out of his way.
DO THE RIGHT THING.
seriously though, how can you have a tirade on super shoe technology but think this is a good, "creative" idea?
He's no Tom Byers. He can run against his age group next week.
Agreed, it would be great for the sport.
In the women's hundred there was only one 1,000th of a second that separated Brittany Brown and Teahna. 10.955 to 10.956!!
With a 9th Lane she could have been afforded a spot for the final. That is why the 9th Lane is there.
F5 wrote:
Rojo what are you drinking tonight?
Thanks for reminding me. My wife is out of town. I could be really be knocking them down but I am feeling a little under the weather and had a lot of fun tonight picking up a dominos large pizza with 3 toppings as well a 2-liter Coke. I was going to switch over to beer but totally forgot.
I really must be getting old.
I disagree. Would you want some random person to be allowed into the final if it was them not Cade? Probably not. He has a bright future he will have his day…
Always cracks me up when a random brojo thread gets featured on the homepage
Would rather see Jewett get added after tripping. His beastly first laps are fun to watch, hope one day he can hang on.
Again wanting to bend the rules for someone you like. Rules are rules.