. . . 4:11.16 . . . new 1500m pr by over a second . . . endurance work took priority over 800m-specific training this spring . . . explains her earlier 2:03-2:00-2:00 races.
After watching NYC Grand Prix 800m, no reason to believe Raevyn won't make another US team, especially with Mu getting the bye.
Was at the meet. The way she closed in 63 low was impressive. If RR is strong she’s a contender. Appears UAC is getting its act together.
She has run 2:00.00 this year. WC qualification requires 1:59.80. I guess she could run this in the trials, but I wonder if she will run another 800 before Eugene.
Fan Out West wrote:
. . . 4:11.16 . . . new 1500m pr by over a second . . . endurance work took priority over 800m-specific training this spring . . . explains her earlier 2:03-2:00-2:00 races.
After watching NYC Grand Prix 800m, no reason to believe Raevyn won't make another US team, especially with Mu getting the bye.
speed based 800 runners doing the 1500 is a death sentence. look at brazier, once he started doing 1500 races he started getting hurt.
drbop wrote:
She has run 2:00.00 this year. WC qualification requires 1:59.80. I guess she could run this in the trials, but I wonder if she will run another 800 before Eugene.
If she’s in the top 3 at the trails, she’ll be under 2
Ms R Rogers is an 800m specialist at the elite level. Ms R Rogers' ability to shave a bit of time off her 400m or 1500m doesn't tell me anything about R Rogers' 800m ability to date. If Ms R Rogers races 600m and 1000m, I will have an assessment of her 800m fitness.
Does someone have a gun to your head writing this?
Go to bed.
drbop wrote:
She has run 2:00.00 this year. WC qualification requires 1:59.80. I guess she could run this in the trials, but I wonder if she will run another 800 before Eugene.
I'd be pretty shocked if the 3rd placer at USATF didn't get the standard, given this list of the last 5 years of 3rd place times. Seems like a reasonable gamble. Of course things could always get tactical, but historically this is less common in the 800m than longer events.
2017: 1:58.46
2018: 1:58.65
2019: 1:58.84
2021: 1:58.39
2022: 1:57.96
She’d also need 5 performances to get in by World Rankings. She has 3 and then gets 3 at USAs right? Would think even if she put out a couple more 2-flats she’d be fine.
She will get the standard in the finals. There are 12 women signed up right now who have it. Its going to be fast to make the team.
She’s currently ranked 13th in the world. By nature of simply making the final at USAs she will have five races at that point, prior to the final, within the calendar and would easily qualify in on world ranking even if the USA final is slower than WA standard. I’m sure this has been thought out and likely why she was running those smaller meets in the spring.
Kd and johnny gray both ran 15s just not that fast.
Don ran sub 4 then won usas in 2017, similar races in 2019 when he ran 1:42. Idk where your logic comes from but I think you have been proven wrong.