WTF!
That is unbelievable.
I predicted it a long time ago, but now it's obvious that he will be the next WR-holder in the deca.
6.79 is unbelievable...and he could take .10-.15 off that time, to get him to 6.69, or a VERY serious 6.64
Amazing.
Eaton is amazing.
Did I say he was amazing?
The results don't even list that as his PR!
He DID, however, PR in the LJ, a HUGE 8.16m!!!!!
I'm freaking out. Only multi guys will know how serious this is.
I know these are his strengths and that big improvement is likely to come from elsewhere, but these are really excellent results.
Yep, he would easily have bit 6.69 with a decent start. His PB is (I think) still 6.66, which he hit at Talinn a year ago when he set the current WR. (Unless he's improved that since then.)
Did you notice how many of them had terrible starts? About 3 or 4 of them were reacting to each other, not the gun - Krauchanka had a .377 RT or something crazy bad. He's in lane 7, and looks like he was totally asleep. I wonder if the noise there was bad.
Eaton's also been LJing phenomenally well lately, so this new PB is a nice sign that he's rounding into form. His SP has been improving lately too, and I heard he's just becoming comfortable moving up to a bigger pole in the PV.
He will break Sebrle's record within the next 4 years. Trey is looking sharp too, aside from throwing... It's amazing to think that Clay might be shooting for bronze this summer.
Sprintgeezer his PR is from Tallinn last year when he set the WR - 6.66, he also ran 6.71 at the NCAA meet in 2010.
Can't find his RT from Tallinn or Fayetteville
There is something REALLY funky going on in the 60m start. Watch the 2 Russians in lanes 1 & 2. Guy in #1 seems to twitch - I thought maybe a false start the first time I saw it - and then guy in #2 reacts to him, guy in #1 doesn't even move out of the blocks after his twitch, sort of jogs out the first 2 steps before trying to accelerate.... I wonder if a bunch of these guys thought there was a false start. I can't remember when I've ever seen THREE guys out of 8 react worse than .270, and 2 of these were over .300.
Very odd way to start a meet.
I'm looking at RT's in the mens 60m heats, and there are lots of bizarre ones:
.236, .258, .399 in heat 1?
.262, .300, .326, .414 in heat 2?
WTF?
Sprintgeezer wrote:
I'm looking at RT's in the mens 60m heats, and there are lots of bizarre ones:
.236, .258, .399 in heat 1?
.262, .300, .326, .414 in heat 2?
WTF?
Oh wow, you're right. (I was talking about the Hept 60m above, btw.)
In the open men's 60m, RTs are all over the place. Look at heats 3 & 4. Something is really wrong with the starts there. I thought it was just the Hepts heat, but it's across the other heats of the open too.
Clarke did not advance. Ran 7.04 with .420 RT out of 8. Could very well be the noise or an echo.
Eaton just threw 14.56, .11 beyond what he threw in Tallin. Indoor PR
Follow the multi high jump here:
For what it is worth, I was reading a post by Ryan Foster in the 1500 and Michael Rutt's response on fbook regarding the fact that no one can hear the gun on the start, only an echo, they said there was something weird going on with the gun on those starts, so there's a possibility that maybe that is whats going on with the RT in the 60's.
...and both Kasyanov and Lukyanenko (who were at 2nd & 3rd overall after the SP) both go out at 1.97 in the HJ.
Meanwhile, both Eaton & Krauchanka are cruising in the HJ (as expected) clearing 2.00 (waiting for first attempt at 2.03; Garcia has one early miss but is also HJing nicely, clearing 2.03 on his first.
You were right, you were right, you were right!!!!
Oh why didn't I listen to you before? I said, you know, that Gregshton guy sucks, but noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo no no no that is NOT the case at all.
YOU WERE RIGHT ALL ALONG!
Eaton is over 2.03.
Cleared 2.01 in Tallinn.
Interesting choice by Eaton to pass on 2.06. He did not clear 2.09. But the 2.03 still gives him a great score after 4. Garcia made up some ground with his 2.06, but it's pretty much all over, barring collosal fail by Eaton tomorrow.
Librarivore wrote:
Interesting choice by Eaton to pass on 2.06. He did not clear 2.09. But the 2.03 still gives him a great score after 4. Garcia made up some ground with his 2.06, but it's pretty much all over, barring collosal fail by Eaton tomorrow.
Where is he score-wise, vs. the record?
After day 1 in Tallinn he had 3578. 6.66, 7.77, 14.45, 2.01
Today he has 3654. 6.79, 8.16, 14.56, 2.03. The long jump was huge. Longest ever by multi guy in competition.
old coach man wrote:
After day 1 in Tallinn he had 3578. 6.66, 7.77, 14.45, 2.01
Today he has 3654. 6.79, 8.16, 14.56, 2.03. The long jump was huge. Longest ever by multi guy in competition.
So when you compare the two overall Day 1s, the only "worse" performance by Easton was in the 60m due to the sound of the gun, which has impacted everyone else. Wow, I can't wait to see how tomorrow will go.
Do you think they will fix the gun sound for Day 2 competition?
Is Eaton the multi guy with a monster 800m or is that someone else?
that's Curtis Beach from Duke
I am sure they will try to figure out what the problem was and fix it.
Anything can happen on day 2 but he is the best ever day 2 performer indoors. He is the greatest multi hurdler ever and an awesome 1000m runner. But the one event that ever multi guy worries about is the PV. He actually doesnt need to crush the PV.
He needs 5m tomorrow
5.00 910
5.10 941
5.20 972
He can not vault 4.60 like he did in Daegu. But after the hurdles these guys he is competing with be helping him out and cheering for him. They know he is the best so they will encourage him.