Surprises from the Trials

BEM wrote:

Janet Cherobon-Bawcom ran a 2:29, I believe her previous best was a 2:37.

Yeah this was the biggest surprise for me. Yes, she had some good road races and halfs the past 2 years, but she has attempted the marathon a few times and has never had a performance even close to this one.

the rocket. wrote:

Alissa McKaig 8th 2:31:56

And a 7.xx minute PR.

Meb was an exciting surprise. I had him selected at #3 in the prediction contest. When he went out with the hot-pace in the beginning, I was concerned for him. I was shocked when he ended up last-man-standing. Wow!

Hanson-Brooks had 8 guys and 5 girls that finished in the Olympic trials.

That's one serious training group with depth. Did any group/club have more qualified participants/finishers?

OK. I admit it. I'm skeptical about Abdi. Mainly because I'm unaware of anything he's done in the last year or two that put him in the same league as the other front runners.

Can anybody convince me? What has he done lately? Where did this race come from? I mean - Great for him.... I guess.

Anyone who has been paying attention is not surprised by Fernando Cabada's result.

Serious props to Stephan Shay at 2:16, all things considered. I mean, think about it... :-/

She only knew for sure that she was even eligible to run the Trials last August:http://www.flotrack.org/blog/40737-Its-hard-to-comprehend-how-things-turned

jakethefake wrote:

BEM wrote:

Janet Cherobon-Bawcom ran a 2:29, I believe her previous best was a 2:37.

Yeah this was the biggest surprise for me. Yes, she had some good road races and halfs the past 2 years, but she has attempted the marathon a few times and has never had a performance even close to this one.

Kudos to Dan Browne for finishing and not dropping out. Are there splits anywhere?

Splits are here - http://www.usatf.org/events/2012/OlympicTrials-Marathon/results/MenSplit.asp

RTC wrote:

Splits are here -

http://www.usatf.org/events/2012/OlympicTrials-Marathon/results/MenSplit.asp

Check out Ricky Flynn's splits.

roads to madness wrote:

Andrew Carlson! 6th place 2:11 debut. I sat next to him on the plane home and spoke briefly. He was hurting.

Debutantes Ball

1 2:08:24 2:06:17 Ryan Hall (24) London 2007 (1)

2 2:09:41 2:08:51 Alberto Salazar (22) New York 1980 (1)

3 2:09:41 2:09:41 Alan Culpepper (30) Chicago 2002 (1)

4 2:10:35 2:10:35 Brett Gotcher (25) Houston 2010 (4)

5 2:11:13 2:11:13 Rudy Chapa (26) New York 1983 (2)

6 2:11:17 2:11:17 Todd Williams (28) Chicago 1997 (3)

7 2:11:24 2:11:24 Andrew Carlson Houston OT 2012 (7)

8 2:11:35 2:11:35 Dan Browne (27) Twin Cities 2004 (5)

9 2:11:46 2:11:46 Ed Moran New York 2011 (8)

10 2:11:55 2:11:55 Mark Finucane (28) Houston 1984 (3)

11 2:12:06 2:10:04 Pat Petersen (23) New York 1983 (3)

12 2:12:12 2:08:47 Bob Kempainen (25) Twin Cities 1991 (5)

13 2:12:27 2:11:53 Fernando Cabada (24) Fukuoka 2006 (9)

14 2:12:29 2:12:29 Jimmy Grabow Houston OT 2012 (14)

15 2:12:35 2:09:08 Meb Keflezighi (27) New York 2002 (8)

16 2:12:42 2:12:42 Eric Mack (26) Chicago 2000 (7)

17 2:12:47 2:10:59 Marty Frolik (24) Houston 1983 (4)

18 2:13:00 2:13:00 Jorge Torres (29) New York 2009 (14)

19 2:13:07 2:08:59 Greg Meyer (25) Detroit 1980 (1)

20 2:13:21 2:13:21 Steve Ortiz (22) Eugene 1981 (3)

21 2:13:24 2:13:05 Mark Coogan (27) Boston 1994 (9)

22 2:13:25 2:13:22 Tom Raunig (21) Eugene 1981 (4)

23 2:13:29 2:12:23 George Malley (27) New York 1982 (5)

24 2:13:41 2:13:41 Ricky Flynn (24) Houston OT 2012 (22)

25 2:13:59 2:13:59 David Segura (20) Eugene 1979 (1)

26 2:14:01 2:09:55 Dathan Ritzenhein (23) New York 2006 (19)

27 2:14:13 2:14:13 Kyle Baker (26) Chicago 2002 (17)

28 2:14:15 2:14:15 Brad Hauser (25) Twin Cities 2002 (18)

29 2:14:18 2:10:51 John Tuttle Florida 1983

30 2:14:21 2:14:21 Mark Nenow (30) New York 1988 (11)

31 2:14:23 2:14:23 John Hunsaker (23) Tempe 1979 (2)

32 2:14:30 2:14:08 Ryan Shay (23) Chicago 2002 (21)

33 2:14:36 2:14:32 Jeff Eggleston (24) Phoenix 2010 (28)

34 2:14:40 2:10:26 Craig Virgin (23) San Diego 1979 (1)

35 2:14:57 2:14:57 Don Johns (26) Duluth 1991 (15)

36 2:15:06 2:15:06 Tim Nelson (26) New York 2010 (31)

37 2:15:11 2:14:22 Mike Morgan (26) Chicago 2006 (27)

38 2:15:15 2:14:06 Steve Bolt (25) Rocket City 1980 (6)

39 2:15:16 2:11:32 Paul Cummings (28) St George 1981 (7)

40 2:15:22 2:14:23 Josh Rohatinsky (25) OT 2007 (31)

41 2:15:28 2:11:38 Paul Gompers (19) Rocket City 1983 (13) AJR

42 2:15:28 2:14:56 Nate Jenkins (25) Austin 2006 (31)

43 2:15:29 2:15:29 Luke Watson (28) Twin Cities 2009 (35)

44 2:15:47 2:15:47 Mike McGuire (26) Detroit 1981 (8)

45 2:15:50 2:11:06 Jason Hartmann (25) Chicago 2006 (33)

46 2:15:51 2:11:25 Randy Thomas (24) New York 1977 (1)

x 2:13:02 2:11:40 Rod Dehaven (32) Chicago 1998 2:14 (1996)

x 2:16:44 2:16:44 Bobby Curtis New York 2011

x 2:16:58 2:11:30 Nick Arciniaga (23) Chicago 2006

x 2:17:09 2:08:55 Abdi Abdirahman (27) New York 2004

x 2:26:xx 2:12:17 Steve Spence (23) Baltimore 1985

EPO Tucson EPO Albuquerque http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=4407223

Can we talk about Michael Wardian

He ran the trails in 2:21 and change then ran the Houston Marathon the next day in 2:31 ... Pretty ####ing good

malmo wrote:

RTC wrote:

Splits are here -

http://www.usatf.org/events/2012/OlympicTrials-Marathon/results/MenSplit.asp

Check out Ricky Flynn's splits.

looks like you forgot to update his contemporaneous ranking - should be 24.

malmo wrote:

RTC wrote:

Splits are here -

http://www.usatf.org/events/2012/OlympicTrials-Marathon/results/MenSplit.asp

Check out Ricky Flynn's splits.

Looks like Mr. Flynn was running like a clock. Nice showing of strength. Maybe focus on some 5k,10k speed to drop to the next level.

Keith Bechtol - 2:16:02

Not really a surprise, but a nice effort.

Keith is in his last year of obtaining a Ph.D. in astrophysics from Stanford and considering a post doc from Harvard and M.I.T.

Here is some stuff I pulled off of a slide for a presentation he gave a year or two ago -

TeV detections summer 2009

– NGC 253 (H.E.S.S.)

– M82 (VERITAS)

• Fermi LAT results combined with the

TeV data will fill in spectral energy

distributions

– Discern spectral shapes with

greater certainty, constrain

emission mechanisms

• TeV observations confirm steady

sources

• Starbursts unresolved, TeV emission

predominantly in central region

• LAT all-sky survey can point out

additional candidates for TeV

observatories