Official 2025 Wake Forest Invitational Thread

l'enantiomer wrote:

Related: Sam Bush, Taryn Parks, Makayla Paige, Angelina Napoleon, Silvia Jelelgo racing 1500 tonight at Duke Invite.

Link:www.flashresults.com/2025_Meets/Outdoo...

rbtrackfan wrote:

l'enantiomer wrote:

Related: Sam Bush, Taryn Parks, Makayla Paige, Angelina Napoleon, Silvia Jelelgo racing 1500 tonight at Duke Invite.

Link:www.flashresults.com/2025_Meets/Outdoo...

looks like they are saying the rain may end...perhaps I will wander over before the 1500s

rbtrackfan wrote:

Entires (or entries) are out.

W 1500 - Sam Bush, Lyndsey Butler, Grace Hartman, Mena Scatchard, Vera Sjoberg, Angel Piccirillo, Taryn Parks seem to be the top names.

W 3000s - Doris Lemngole listed to return

M 1500 - Rocky Hansen, Liam Murphy, Marco Langdon are the names that jump out at me

W 5000 - I see Bush and Hartman here as well

No Special 5000 for Hocker and Teare this year though lol

W 800 - Makayla Paige, Sylvia Chelangat, Sophia Gorriaran (all from Indoor Final), Mena Scatchard here as well

M 800 - Sean Dolan, Dan Watcke

No doubt others will see more of interest

Link:godeacs.com/documents/2025/4/10/Wake_I...

l'enantiomer wrote:

rbtrackfan wrote:

looks like they are saying the rain may end...perhaps I will wander over before the 1500s

Cool. Maybe the Puma Elite crew will do so as well since they train on the same track and Jess McGorty is racing/pacing.

rbtrackfan wrote:

Start lists are out, no Hartman in 1500 or 5000. W 1500 Invite field looks solid with everyone 4:10 or faster. Hansen vs Langdon (but no Murphy) in M 1500. sub 3:39 to make fastest heat. W 800 heats look odd with heats 2 and 3 both having some of fastest seeds. 4x400s go off 2 hours earlier so maybe a consideration for some (Paige is UNC's anchor usually). Lemngole in W 3000s, Napolean and Novack next 2 but likely 20+ seconds slower. I plan to attend and maybe capture some video like last year.

Link:live.xpresstiming.com/meets/40293

l'enantiomer wrote:

rbtrackfan wrote:

Start lists are out, no Hartman in 1500 or 5000. W 1500 Invite field looks solid with everyone 4:10 or faster. Hansen vs Langdon (but no Murphy) in M 1500. sub 3:39 to make fastest heat. W 800 heats look odd with heats 2 and 3 both having some of fastest seeds. 4x400s go off 2 hours earlier so maybe a consideration for some (Paige is UNC's anchor usually). Lemngole in W 3000s, Napolean and Novack next 2 but likely 20+ seconds slower. I plan to attend and maybe capture some video like last year.

Link:live.xpresstiming.com/meets/40293

Is it a little weird that Lemngole didn't travel to Calif. with Tuwei this wkend to race with wavelights and stronger competition?

rbtrackfan wrote:

l'enantiomer wrote:

Is it a little weird that Lemngole didn't travel to Calif. with Tuwei this wkend to race with wavelights and stronger competition?

I was kind of wondering about that too, but she did race here last year so maybe thought why travel across country (and I am not sure there is really more competition at Bryan Clay)? I am curious where McCabe is. And is LHL dropping the steeple this year?

rbtrackfan wrote:

l'enantiomer wrote:

Is it a little weird that Lemngole didn't travel to Calif. with Tuwei this wkend to race with wavelights and stronger competition?

I was kind of wondering about that too, but she did race here last year so maybe thought why travel across country (and I am not sure there is really more competition at Bryan Clay)? I am curious where McCabe is. And is LHL dropping the steeple this year?

bumblebee wrote:

rbtrackfan wrote:

I was kind of wondering about that too, but she did race here last year so maybe thought why travel across country (and I am not sure there is really more competition at Bryan Clay)? I am curious where McCabe is. And is LHL dropping the steeple this year?

McCabe is currently listed in the steeple at Penn Relays next week so maybe just a late start to her season since she wants to make it deep into the summer.

PeterG505 wrote:

Looks like there's no livestream this year, after ACCN/ACCNX had it at least the last 2 years. Man, it seems like fewer and fewer of these significant invitationals are being streamed (e.g., no streaming of the Stanford ones this year either). :(

rbtrackfan wrote:

accnx is streaming the VA meet this week which does not have quite the level of competitors that the WF meet has.

did accnx stream it last year? I do not recall that. 2 years ago I think they did.

PeterG505 wrote:

rbtrackfan wrote:

accnx is streaming the VA meet this week which does not have quite the level of competitors that the WF meet has.

did accnx stream it last year? I do not recall that. 2 years ago I think they did.

I thought I remembered it last year too, but checking up on it I can't find it, so you're probably right. With that said, I'd love to privy to the considerations/negotiations that go into, e.g., their streaming the Virginia meet but not Wake Forest, or FloTrack vis-a-vis Stanford/Payton Jordan, etc.

rbtrackfan wrote:

well I will see if I can catch some (mediocre quality) videos as I did last year. The 2024 W steeple for example. There are about 5.

Video:www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZi-RbZPgJ8