List of Americans who have A standard - 800 to 10,000

Were the Melbourne and Mt. SAC meets before the Olympic qualifying window? If not, you missed a couple.

An educated person wrote:

Were the Melbourne and Mt. SAC meets before the Olympic qualifying window? If not, you missed a couple.

Yes, the qualifying window (for events below 10000) opened up May 1, 2010, the day of the Cardinal Invitational. Melbourne and Mt. Sac were before that.

asdgfh wrote:

An educated person wrote:

Were the Melbourne and Mt. SAC meets before the Olympic qualifying window? If not, you missed a couple.

Yes, the qualifying window (for events below 10000) opened up May 1, 2010, the day of the Cardinal Invitational. Melbourne and Mt. Sac were before that.

May 1, 2011, you mean.

Why not include the marathon?

Men's Marathon - 2:15:00 in a listed race or top 20 in Daegu WC or top 10 in any 2011 Gold Label marathon

2:04:58a/2:08:07 Ryan Hall

2:09:13 Meb Keflezighi

2:11:30 Nicholas Arciniaga

2:11:47 Ed Moran

2:13:40 Jason Lehmkuhle

Women's Marathon - 2:37:00 in a listed race or top 20 in Daegu WC or top 10 in any 2011 Gold Label marathon

2:22:38a Desiree Davila

2:24:52a Kara Goucher

2:29:35 Stephanie Rothstein

2:29:54a Clara Grandt

2:31:22 Magdalena Lewy-Boulet

2:31:52 Molly Pritz

2:32:04 Tera Moody

2:32:55 Emily Harrison

2:34:28a Jennifer Houck

2:35:08 Serena Burla

2:36:58 Jeanette Faber

Clara Grandt was not top 10 in Boston. I don't believe that her time counts.

So Kara Goucher and Desiree Davila are the only 2 athletes that have the A standard in 3 events (male or female)?

Clara's time is sub-2:37:00 at a listed 2011 marathon. It counts as far as I'm aware.

Nope. It qualifies for the Trials but the IAAF does not recognize Boston as a legit course unless you are top 10.

This is why she was not part of the WC Team. This is also why Antonio Vega's time from a year ago did not allow him to run the WC.

Only three Americans ran under 13:20 last year? That's sort of alarming, don't you think?

snowed in in Philly wrote:

Nope. It qualifies for the Trials but the IAAF does not recognize Boston as a legit course unless you are top 10.

This is why she was not part of the WC Team. This is also why Antonio Vega's time from a year ago did not allow him to run the WC.

Not according to the documents currently posted on the IAAF's website:

These pretty clearly say sub-2:37:00 in a listed race (in the first link), of which Boston is one (in the second link). Is there an amendment they have posted somewhere other than the "2012 London OG" section of the IAAF website?

Er... wrote:

Only three Americans ran under 13:20 last year? That's sort of alarming, don't you think?

Solinsky and Bumbi ran under 13:20 before May 1 but did not run that fast the whole summer.

So 5 Americans ran under 13:20 in 2011 but only three within the Olympic window.

They will have to put a fast time before the Trials, or chase a time later.

The Trials will stink with only this many people with the actual standard. It is really just a race between standard-holders due to no chasing after the Trials.

What stinks is all of those folks that will be attempting to get the A standard this year. Think about their schedule. They need to be in the best shape of their careers in May and then hang on for the trials in June. What happens come August when their season is spent. Shitty performances in London. Great system. This is why guys like Dobson run almost 15 minutes at the Olympics.

Do you think the 5000 Trials will stink with Lagat, Rupp, Teg, Solinsky and Bumbi looking for 3 spots with the potential of Fernandez, Derrick and Jager, not to mention a few veterans giving it one last shot? I did't even list Webb or Ritz who could fall to the 5000 for one reason or another.

I think at least 7 men will have the 5000 standard going into the Trials.

5 Americans ran sub 13:20 befor last year's USATF meet.

toro

That is dumb.

5 of them went to Australia and ran a time trial together (most of them being 13-flat guys) Where will these others that you mention (Fernandez, Derrick, Jager for example) get the A-standard?

Again, not saying they arent able to get it, but where/when exactly? Don't say Stanford, I bekieve Lagat is only person to ever get A-standard there.

what what wrote:

toro

That is dumb.

5 of them went to Australia and ran a time trial together (most of them being 13-flat guys) Where will these others that you mention (Fernandez, Derrick, Jager for example) get the A-standard?

Again, not saying they arent able to get it, but where/when exactly? Don't say Stanford, I bekieve Lagat is only person to ever get A-standard there.

You ask where they might get it and then prohibit the answer of the most logical domestic meet. You're wrong about Lagat being the only person, Vaughn got it in the same race that Lagat did.

If any college guy is going to get the A standard prior to the trials, then Stanford is the most logical answer.

As announced by Sandy Snow and USATF at the clinic yesterday - there will be no chasing of marks this year. Entries are due to the USOC and then the IOC right after the trials so the window to get your standard closes right after the event ends at the Trials.

what what wrote:

The Trials will stink with only this many people with the actual standard. It is really just a race between standard-holders due to no chasing after the Trials.

Are you sure about not chasing after the Trials? I thought that was just for Beijing. Athletes were able to chase after the Trials for Daegu.

splain this one wrote:

What stinks is all of those folks that will be attempting to get the A standard this year. Think about their schedule. They need to be in the best shape of their careers in May and then hang on for the trials in June. What happens come August when their season is spent. Shitty performances in London. Great system. This is why guys like Dobson run almost 15 minutes at the Olympics.

Dobson isn't a good example if you're talking about having to get the standard. He had it from 2007.