Where Was Oregon's Christian Brennan at Penn Relays?

I heard that she had a bad cramp a couple days ago, so they left her in Eugene to heal. Too bad because I think they might have won both of the sprint relays with her on their team.

Brennan does not run on the 4 X 1 "A" team.

And with Okolo running 49.7 on the second leg, it was uphill battle for the ducks to beat the 'horns

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she was at Penn, just didn't run

It would have NOT matter if Christian Brennan was on the 4x400 or not. The fact is Texas 4x400 is NOT the same team as indoors. Trust and believe Texas will beat Oregon each time they compete in the 4x400 outdoors this season or less someone is not healthy, cramp or a drop baton. Otherwise, no collegiate team will beat Texas 4x400.

Oregon will own Texas in the 4 by 4 just like they do almost every single year at the NCAA's. Brennen is a good 3-4 seconds faster in the 400 then C-Francis is.

they call me flopro wrote:

Oregon will own Texas in the 4 by 4 just like they do almost every single year at the NCAA\'s. Brennen is a good 3-4 seconds faster in the 400 then C-Francis is.

What is Brennen's best 400m in the past 12 months?

I do think the guy is correct. Brennan ran around 52 flat

and I think C. Francis' best time has been around 55 seconds. I don't think Oregon will "own" Texas, but they just might beat them in a tight race -- provided both teams have their top 4 runners healthy. It is still April, plenty of time for these girls to get faster....or get injured.

Brennan ran 52 low as a High school soph., she is running 52.8 now (from Direct athletics performance list). Undoubtedly she will be down to sub-50 within a year or so, or move up to 800m like the other Canadians (Leblanc, Murphy and Zrinyi), and be running sub-2.00, but I wouldn't bet on the latter.

Why so many Canadians (Theissen in the past) at Oregon? I though this was "America's" school? Like the Dallas Cowboys were America's football team. Don't they have a mandate (like NOP) to devlop American runners? Don't these kids have schools north of the border that could develop them? Just taking spots ands scholarship money away from deserving Americans who want to go to Oregon - doesn't everyone?

I don't know where you guys "facts" comes from because Texas women have beat Orgeon more times in the 4x400 at the NCAA's. In fact, Texas will win the 4x400 this coming NCAA outdoor meet. You can hold on to the race you saw indoors if you want to. Christian Brennan can drop down to 50 if she wants to. Kendall Baisden will time drop down, Okolo time will drop as well as Briana and Ashley from Texas! I'm not being bias guys, I'm just stating facts!

Happy Hooker (Rugby guy) wrote:

Brennan ran 52 low as a High school soph., she is running 52.8 now (from Direct athletics performance list). Undoubtedly she will be down to sub-50 within a year or so, or move up to 800m like the other Canadians (Leblanc, Murphy and Zrinyi), and be running sub-2.00, but I wouldn't bet on the latter.

That's quite the leap to suggest that she's going to get more than two seconds faster than she is now. I don't think you know the rarity of sub-50.

Good point. If she is running 52.8 now, she will likely be down to 51 high by the end of the season. The other guy who posts that Texas will do this and that as "fact" better realize that they have been getting beaten regularly by Oregon during the past 3 years or so. Also, the Texas program is in the warm region of the country where sprinters typically peak much earlier than kids from the colder Northern school. The only "fact" here is that it will be a very close finish again at the Outdoor championships.

My thoughts exactly Once an Expert