We'll go live for the final mile of the men's 10,000 (maybe sooner) and then break down the day 1 action with Noah Lyles, Sha'Carri Richardson, Elise Cranny,...
Really looking forward to the 10ks but idk if I'll get to see it live. Would love to see Roe make her first team, and it'll be the first chance we get to see Nico and Blanks up against Fisher since they became 12:4x guys. Muhumed is also rocking a 27:03 pb, and while I think he probably doesn't make the team, he's a whole lot closer to the top guys than Hunter was going into last year, so it wouldn't shock me too much.
Am I reading the 800 round quals right? Top 6 from 8 person heats + 3 time quals get through, so 32 enter and 27 get through? I guess the semis are brutal with only the top 2 getting through + 3 time quals, but idk I feel like you could add another heat to the 1st round and cut a few more people. I kinda feel like this gets said every year but it just doesn't feel very cutthroat.
The 1500 heats though, 3 Qs + 3 qs in 12 person heats is gonna be brutal, definitely gonna be at least 1 pretty big upset. Heat 1 has Strand, Kessler, Koech as probably the 3 favorites, but it shouldn't surprise anyone if Teffra got top 3. Heat 3 has Nuguse (3:43 + Oly bronze), Martin (3:48i), Houser (world indoor bronze), Murphy (NCAA 1500 record holder), Ciatti (3:31 + 4th last year). If Strand goes out I will crash out. Hocker gonna be chilling in heat 2 with 11 people and probably Green as the strongest competitor.
Edit I'm gonna predict Nico-Fisher-Blanks in the 10k in that order (I think Fisher pushes the last mile hard to make sure he makes the team and Nico outkicks him). Annndddd Cranny-Kelati-Roe for the W10k. Cranny seems to always peak well for USAs.
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Am I reading the 800 round quals right? Top 6 from 8 person heats + 3 time quals get through, so 32 enter and 27 get through? I guess the semis are brutal with only the top 2 getting through + 3 time quals, but idk I feel like you could add another heat to the 1st round and cut a few more people. I kinda feel like this gets said every year but it just doesn't feel very cutthroat.
Straight out of the Rules Book. I think it is ridiculous but it's the rules. It is entirely possible that someone can finish last in their prelim and advance to the semifinals.
Possibly the best thing to track today may be Anna Hall in the Heptathlon. She recorded the 2nd highest score ever on June 1 with 7032. Her times/distances/heights from that meet:
Rojo, the existing info on TV/streaming is a bit unclear to me, both on LRC and elsewhere. Is everything going to be on USATF.tv? It seems like it from LRC's coverage, the usatf.tv website, and the official championsip site, none of which really say that usatf.tv will cut out when things are live on NBC, but people have also previously said you need peacock/NBC to see everything.
Rojo, the existing info on TV/streaming is a bit unclear to me, both on LRC and elsewhere. Is everything going to be on USATF.tv? It seems like it from LRC's coverage, the usatf.tv website, and the official championsip site, none of which really say that usatf.tv will cut out when things are live on NBC, but people have also previously said you need peacock/NBC to see everything.
Rojo, the existing info on TV/streaming is a bit unclear to me, both on LRC and elsewhere. Is everything going to be on USATF.tv? It seems like it from LRC's coverage, the usatf.tv website, and the official championsip site, none of which really say that usatf.tv will cut out when things are live on NBC, but people have also previously said you need peacock/NBC to see everything.
My Peacock listings show only Sat and Sun coverage.
That's the known part: we know Peacock isn't showing everything and some coverage is exclusive to usatf.tv. The question is whether usatf.tv will be showing everything, or whether some coverage is only on Peacock.
Possibly the best thing to track today may be Anna Hall in the Heptathlon. She recorded the 2nd highest score ever on June 1 with 7032. Her times/distances/heights from that meet:
If I remember correctly Victor also participated in decathlon at last summer’s OT. I think he competes for Grenada and USATF grants him an accommodation to compete at USTAF/OT.
If I remember correctly Victor also participated in decathlon at last summer’s OT. I think he competes for Grenada and USATF grants him an accommodation to compete at USTAF/OT.
And last summer, he only made it through 1 event before he dropped and was DNF. He scratched his 2nd LJ attempt after fouling his first one today.