OFFICIAL WORLD INDOORS RESULTS/DISCUSSION THREAD!!!

I know it is just indoors, but Solinsky has come up just a little short at Notre Dame, USA's, and Worlds so far this year. Could he be setting up for the dreaded 4th spot at the Trials?

Hoffa and Cantwell qualify 1st and 2nd in the shot, with Scott Martin repping Australia with an area record to qualify 3rd!

1 346 Reese Hoffa USA 21.49 Q (SB)

2 341 Christian Cantwell USA 20.91 Q .

3 13 Scott Martin AUS 20.83 Q (AR)

4 192 Dorian Scott JAM 20.62 Q (NR)

5 31 Andrei Mikhnevich BLR 20.58 Q .

6 239 Rutger Smith NED 20.30 Q .

7 154 Peter Sack GER 20.27 Q .

8 251 Tomasz Majewski POL 20.23 Q

dayplanner wrote:

I know it is just indoors, but Solinsky has come up just a little short at Notre Dame, USA's, and Worlds so far this year. Could he be setting up for the dreaded 4th spot at the Trials?

Who are the main contenders? Lagat, Teg, Solinsky, Goucher...anyone else?

Not sure if I'd say he have come up short this year. You've got to take into consideration the competition. I'd rather say he's got one good race, and two not so good. I believe this was a good experience for Solinsky, and he'll strike back outdoors. Riley however shows good consistency.

Good run by Mo Farah.

Medal potential??

He was 5th at 5km outdoors last year

Kim Smith ran well in womens as well.

Another medal chance I reckon

Especially considering her mile time this year

I'd say he is defo in with a shout, what odds would you get?! Go Farah...

How could this one be a national record:

Mottram wrote:11 132 Maria Pia Nehme LIB 10:31.95 (NR)

when she was seeded with a time of 10:26, from the start list:

5 132 Maria Pia Nehme LIB 10:26.20 10:26.20

Pete wrote:

How could this one be a national record:

Mottram wrote:11 132 Maria Pia Nehme LIB 10:31.95 (NR)

when she was seeded with a time of 10:26, from the start list:

5 132 Maria Pia Nehme LIB 10:26.20 10:26.20

She's listed with an outdoor time (spring comes early in Lebanon...)

I dont think Solinskey has done well here.

He should be looking at running results like Farah's. Similar age.

I think he got made to look a bit to good/easy when racing collegiate meets on track. He looks like a fish out of water amongst world elite

dayplanner wrote:

I know it is just indoors, but Solinsky has come up just a little short at Notre Dame, USA's, and Worlds so far this year. Could he be setting up for the dreaded 4th spot at the Trials?

If Solinsky finishes 4th in the trials he will need to have the best race of his career thus far. Please don't be an ignorant 22 year old that believes that Chris is in the mix.

We are up on the left coast wrote:

If Solinsky finishes 4th in the trials he will need to have the best race of his career thus far. Please don't be an ignorant 22 year old that believes that Chris is in the mix.

Is this a joke? He ran 13:12 and 7:36 last year placing very high in both races. He may not have the experience of the other guys, but he's certainly "in the mix"

He will be behind

Lagat-Teg-Goucher-Riley-Dobson and I am sure that I am missing a couple others.

That makes him about as competitive as Mark Menefee in the last trials. This is not a slam as I see him being very good in another couple years. He simply is not yet ready.

We are up on the left coast wrote:

He will be behind

Lagat-Teg-Goucher-Riley-Dobson and I am sure that I am missing a couple others.

That makes him about as competitive as Mark Menefee in the last trials. This is not a slam as I see him being very good in another couple years. He simply is not yet ready.

I think that he has a better chance than the 3/4/5 you list. I think that his progression will likely get him down to low 13s this year and I am not sure that the other three have quite got that in them. In fact, I think that of the four Chris and Goucher-Riley-Dobson, I think that only Chris has a reasonable chance to go sub-13 this year. The others have gotten down to where Chris got last year and stayed there while Chris had some pretty good summer results after a LONG season of NCAA XC, Indoor, Outdoor, then Europe. That he ran 13:12/7:3x (jumping over fallen runners, to boot) after that season indicates that fully prepared he will be hitting some pretty good marks. Also, I think that he and Teg were similar in having long kicks that are being honed to provide harder finishes necessary for international-level racing.

By the way, how many NCAA titles did Mark win? Also, Goucher made a rookie mistake to miss the finals in Osaka; what are your conclusions from that? Do you know how the race developed indoors? How long was Chris in the mix and how does a big guy race in that crowd in his first international Champs race - Mattram is big but a different type of big and has always run well indoors.

You sure about that?Goucher was in the finals at worlds. He did say he made a rookie mistake in the semis by miscounting laps, but he realized his error and hung on as a time qualifier.

I agree on the mistake of Goucher missin finals, but you have to note that he is still recovering from foot surgery. As for Solinsky running sub 13... that'd be sweet. I'm not saying he isnt going to do it, but its a long shot. I'd probably go crazy if I got to see that.

Burger wrote:

I agree on the mistake of Goucher missin finals, but you have to note that he is still recovering from foot surgery. As for Solinsky running sub 13... that'd be sweet. I'm not saying he isnt going to do it, but its a long shot. I'd probably go crazy if I got to see that.

Look at his progression and then tack on the fact that they progression last year came in a very prolonged year that already had three major peaks before Nationals, so not qualifying at USATF was not much of a failing, especially when he came back with his 1500/3000/5000 races, most of them quite good.

He will start to reap the benefits of his delayed push this year (he was already planning a much later ramp up and then winter interfered further, so making the team and getting to race at WICs were his realistic goals - now he has an international Champs under his belt).

Given his training I would have been surprised if he made the final and his training mate did well to get there, but was in the fast heat so....

It sucks to see Solinsky getting bounced at a distance he is normally very good at, but I can't imagine his focus was on this race at all. He should round into form very nicely by the time the Olympic trials roll around.

My guess? 3rd at Trials, gets the A standard comfortably, and is the 2nd American at the Olympics in the back half of the Final. I think he'll run 13:08 or better by the end of the track season.

Symonds won his heat easily. Looked really smooth. Made a strong shift with 40m to go and pulled away from the rest off the field.

Semi-related thought...something odd about them running the world indoor meet in a place where the weather is so nice. Kinda defeats the purpose, at least for a midwestern US guy. ;-)

Props to Riley. Nice job.