Maggie Vessey is running one last tune-up 400 before Worlds - any predictions as to what she will run?

I think it is an IAAF rule because they want something that can measure false starts.

At the state meet in my state there was a guy who ran 49s from a standing start. He was the only guy to start like that out of all the divisions. I think he was new to the event coming down from the 800m (with a best time of 2:02 the year before). He was a junior so it'll be interesting to see what he does and how he starts next year.

she is the new Marita Koch

I saw Greg Haughton set a then-NCAA indoor record of 45.6 for the 400 using a standard start.

52.5

Marita Koch was a 200/400 runner

Did this race already take place today?

If so, does anyone have results?

this thread was a trolling hoax

The running events should be going right now.

54.31

I predict 52.77

I was there earlier this evening.

Salient information follows:

She ran with the men.

She didn't use blocks.

She placed third in her heat.

I unfortunately didn't catch her time.

She is hot.

Per dyestat messageboards, she ran 53.9:

http://www.talk.dyestat.com/showthread.php?t=104258

Also of note, an 11-year-old sixth-grader ran a 4:50-odd 1500 meter in likely the best performance of the meet.

The announcer, figuring the kid would drop out after a lap or two, had reservations about announcing him as the heat leader until the third lap. (He ran in, and easily won, the girls' heat.)

From Dyestat:

So Vessey ended up running the 400 in 53.9 (unofficial time). I talked to her for a while before the race, and she said she was just going to cruise it as a "tuneup" (not go for sub 53 or anything). She looked extremely relaxed running it and eased up the last 50-100 meters or so... just cruised it in. Pretty amazing to see someone run that so effortlessly.

I was at the meet too and Vessey who was running in the same heat of the 1500 probably could have caught the kid Or so it seemed) but let him have his moment of glory. This was after her 400 meter race.

The 6th grader looked like a sure one lap wonder but he kept up the pressure and gaped the field and held on.

Her official time was 54.31. She seemed to shut it down after about 300m. Coasted in.

She did not run the 1500. The meet announcer did say she was in the race after about a lap, but it was just a girl of similar build, hair color and singlet color. Vessey was on the infield talking to her coach at the time.

Kicker wrote:I was at the meet too and Vessey who was running in the same heat of the 1500 probably could have caught the kid Or so it seemed) but let him have his moment of glory. This was after her 400 meter race.

The 6th grader looked like a sure one lap wonder but he kept up the pressure and gaped the field and held on.

Sounds like Sherer was never in it.

SMacL wrote:

I was there earlier this evening.

Salient information follows:

She ran with the men.

She didn't use blocks.

She placed third in her heat.

I unfortunately didn't catch her time.

She is hot.

Well, I hate (not really) to say I told you guys so but I told you guys so! She ran sans starting blocks! Idiots.

Letsrunners: she was a 200m/400m runner in college of course she knows how to use blocks.

Me: She probably won't even use blocks.

Letsrunners: she entered college as a 400 runner, jesus...

Me: Why do that if she hasn't been practicing. It is unnecessary and adds a slight risk of injury.

Letsrunners: It's in the IAAF rules

Me: She'll probably run with men anyway so what do IAAF rules say about that?

You idiots

I was at the meet and they said her unofficial time was 53.9

Was her official time that far off?