"Therefore, anyone that did not have the "A" standard should have been up front pushing the pace but they did not!"
Actually there were 4 runners who were right on A standard pace until SF got involved.
Athlete Name 400m 800m 1200m 1600m 2000m
Wendy Thomas (1) 1:14.30 (1) 1:16.31 (1) 1:18.98 (4) 1:20.38 (9) 1:20.32
Deborah Maier (2) 1:14.63 (2) 1:16.28 (2) 1:18.96 (3) 1:20.08 (1) 1:16.36
Alisha Williams (3) 1:14.89 (3) 1:16.26 (3) 1:18.99 (6) 1:20.34 (5) 1:19.28
Natosha Rogers (4) 1:15.14 (4) 1:16.32 (4) 1:18.97 (22) 1:22.24 (4) 1:17.04
Shalane Flanagan (14) 1:17.42 (6) 1:15.58 (5) 1:17.69 (1) 1:19.05 (2) 1:19.51