...that she is the #1 1500 runner in the world this year. Go Morgan! 4:00.06 I believe, made the field look like amateurs in the last 300m.
...that she is the #1 1500 runner in the world this year. Go Morgan! 4:00.06 I believe, made the field look like amateurs in the last 300m.
Makes her falling in the WC all the more crappy. She gets some redemption though.
Yeah, the fall at worlds must be really upsetting for her. Not much she could have done, if anything, to avoid it.
Great run. She had a great season but just think how much greater it would be with a WC Gold.
That's racing I guess. Congrats.
#1 1500 meter runner in the world? Jenny Simpson holds that title.
Uceny has to wait till next year to gain that title.
She ran a great race! So happy to see her win! Swear that candy necklace was a jinx, glad to see it gone!
I keep having this vision of a boat towing a bunch of water skiers. I have not seen the race yet, but was Morgan the boat on the last lap?
Anyone have a video?
It's hard to grant Simpson that title because aside from World's, she has not been close. Uceny has been consistently the best or just off the whole year and has the Diamond League title to show for it. Impressive that she could do this in a 4 flat race. Too bad that she didn't get a chance at an even splitted race through 1200m in sub 3:10. This one had terrible pacing. 61.9 through 400 then 67, 64 mid, before she closed it in sub 47.
I agree this race makes Morgan Uceny #1 in the world this year for 1500m.
If anyone has a link to the race, I'd like to see it.
Bob Sacamano wrote:
#1 1500 meter runner in the world? Jenny Simpson holds that title.
Uceny has to wait till next year to gain that title.
This.
Congrats to Morgan, but Jenny is the World Champion.
The comments on the LRC homepage: "she's the best 1,500 meter win on the planet" and "World champ Jenny Barringer Simpson was way back in 13th" are unfair to Jenny.
People need to differentiate between World Champ and World Number 1
Jenny- won in Daegu therefore World Champ
Morgan- Currently ranked number 2 in the world behind Jamal but when it is updated she WILL be World Number 1 owing to her stunning and consistent season ending in a world lead time
Jenny by comparison is currently ranked number 6 and may well lose a place or two depending on the ranking of those who finished ahead of her tonight
what??? wrote:
Bob Sacamano wrote:#1 1500 meter runner in the world? Jenny Simpson holds that title.
Uceny has to wait till next year to gain that title.
This.
Congrats to Morgan, but Jenny is the World Champion.
The comments on the LRC homepage: "she's the best 1,500 meter win on the planet" and "World champ Jenny Barringer Simpson was way back in 13th" are unfair to Jenny.
These types of comments are illogical. There is a very big difference between the following:
1) Being an "also ran" most of the season, then somehow falling ass-backwards into a gold medal only to get your ass handed to you in your next race.
2) Actually being the best runner in the world based on consistent and thorough domination throughout an entire season.
It's apples and oranges.
The World Champ is the person who actually wins the race to decide the World Championship. Simpson did this and since she actually won the race she deserves to be WC.
World's best or ranked no. 1 is based on the whole season and not just the WCs. Uceny had the best overall season of any woman 1500 runner this year and should be ranked no. 1.
It's 2 different things, just like the hypothetically best football team doesn't always win the Superbowl.
Anyhow I think it's very cool that they are both Americans. The US should have a really tough 1500 squad for the Olympics next year.
I've said it once, I'll say it again. American sporting fans have a hard time with the words "best" and "champion."
Jenny is the 2011 World Champion. But Morgan had the best year as a whole and should be ranked #1 at the end.
Congrats to both of them.
oball wrote:
I've said it once, I'll say it again. American sporting fans have a hard time with the words "best" and "champion."
Jenny is the 2011 World Champion. But Morgan had the best year as a whole and should be ranked #1 at the end.
Congrats to both of them.
Exactly.
asdfafd wrote:
BIG QUESTION:
WHAT HAPPENED TO HER NECKLACE!!!?!?!?!? Did jamal rip it off?
Gone? Finally! God, that terrible necklace and those huge arms were no fit.
Uceny just proved ...
that you can run a 1500 on pure hate?
Bring back the classics wrote:
Uceny just proved ...
that you can run a 1500 on pure hate?
NO PURE BICEPS