They Didn't qualify a DM team. That seems weird considering the mid-distance depth.
They Didn't qualify a DM team. That seems weird considering the mid-distance depth.
As great as it is to run at indoor NCAA's the outdoor NCAA's is really what the good teams gear up for. With that in mind this is actually a good amount of guys qualified for Wisconsin for the indoor meet. A very good sign for outdoors.
They don't have the horses to qualify in the Distance Medley Relay. You need basically a 4:00 guy for the anchor leg, and the Badgers don't have anybody close to that. Then you need another great miler for the 1200. The Badgers essentially just have Hatz and a bunch of other studs who are more longer distance oriented.
badger mid d wrote:
They don't have the horses to qualify in the Distance Medley Relay. You need basically a 4:00 guy for the anchor leg, and the Badgers don't have anybody close to that. Then you need another great miler for the 1200. The Badgers essentially just have Hatz and a bunch of other studs who are more longer distance oriented.
Or are not yet back from injury -- they have a guy who ran three 1500s in June that are 4:00- efforts (although just barely) before he hurt his back. He will get back eventually.
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26mi235 wrote:I think that it is precautionary; he was not limping and indicated no problem.
Precautionary? Really?
Since when is a boot "precautionary?" It doesn't prevent anything. That's the dumbest idea I've ever heard. You don't walk around in a boot to prevent a stress fracture. You don't limit your range of motion on leg and mess up your walking just to prevent injury. If you're going to get injured, STOP RUNNING! Cross train for a while or something, but don't limp around in a boot. Do you really think that's going to do you any good?
Then YOU ask him and see what he says. Maybe his trainers know more than you do.
Who cares about a guy running 4:00 for 1500??It might be impressive if it was a workout, 3x1500 in 4:00, but depends upon the rest interval. 3x1500 in one month...BFD!
26mi235 wrote:
[quote]badger mid d wrote:
Or are not yet back from injury -- they have a guy who ran three 1500s in June that are 4:00- efforts (although just barely) before he hurt his back. He will get back eventually.
He meant 4:00 mile efforts- I believe you are speaking of Finnerty who ran 3:42.xx twice late last year, who was missing all XC season?
As far as I know the track is symmetric. They did put in a new surface several years back (maybe the year before hosting the Big Ten women's Indoor).
The facility is shared with/and maybe owned by the student recreational group, which complicates things. There is a new facility on the drawing boards, I think, but it is not on a specific planning schedule, and the recent financial setbacks have likely kept it on the back burner.
If I recall correctly, I remember talk of a 200m banked track that can be put up and down (how I do not know, but I think that several places have such tracks) AND with several lanes OUTSIDE the standard lanes that you allow gentler curves (e.g., lanes that are in the range of 250 - 275m per lap). This would be a facility run by the athletic department rather than shared with Rec.
As for the 'conversion' to a fast mark, that is a conversion that the NCAA makes for qualifying marks to try to equalize the 'playing field' between the three track 'types': 1) 200m (or shorter) flat; 2) 200m banked; and 3) oversized. Note that the IAAF does not allow tracks larger than 300m for facilities built after 2004. I do not know if the NCAA follows this rule, but I suspect not.
.BFD> wrote:
Who cares about a guy running 4:00 for 1500??
It might be impressive if it was a workout, 3x1500 in 4:00, but depends upon the rest interval. 3x1500 in one month...BFD!
26mi235 wrote:[quote]badger mid d wrote:
Or are not yet back from injury -- they have a guy who ran three 1500s in June that are 4:00- efforts (although just barely) before he hurt his back. He will get back eventually.
Reading comprehension is a useful skill...
[3:42.22 is typically the conversion for a4:00.00/mile, so the first two listed are sub-4 equivalents, the third (3:43.01 is actually a bit slower, although being run is a qualifying round race makes it a harder effort probably than the two faster efforts.]
"Finished second in the 1500 meters at the Wisconsin Track Club Summer Track Series (6/17) in a personal-best time of 3:42.16 ... ran a time of 3:42.19 in the 1500 meters at the American Milers Series (6/13) ... placed 13th in the 1500 meters at the NCAA Preliminary Round (5/29) in a personal-best time of 3:43.01"