World Relays 4x800 and 4x1500 Who is the US Sending?

The U.S. women can compete for gold in every relay if the right athletes like Sanya, Allyson, Alicia, Jenny, Mary, etc. show up. The same for the men, except in the 4x1500 which is a slam dunk for Kenya. It would have been cool to see medley, hurdle and field event relays as well.

4x800: A USA A team would be favorites.

4x1500: manzano,centro,leer,wheating?

this leaves off 3:50 rupp, 3:33 d.torrance, lagat (old) etc and could still win gold.

DMR would be pretty sweet: Symmonds, Merritt, Soloman, Manzano. Probably won't happen but would be a sweet line up

How does Wheating still get considered?

The A standard was run a long time ago.

there will be tons of controversy when this gets names because there was no set set rules for choosing team.

Agreed. Wheating has been a nonfactor for quite awhile now. Centro would never stoop to something he deemed beneath his self appointed cool factor either. Leo is money on a relay, however.

I saw a tweet from Torrance that he was running the world relays - didn't say which event though.

true I doubt you can count on any Oregon Project runners at world relays especially Centro

John_Doe_VA wrote:

DMR would be pretty sweet

No, it wouldn't it would be the shitty pointless event it already is.

ramp builder wrote:

4x800: A USA A team would be favorites.

4x1500: manzano,centro,leer,wheating?

this leaves off 3:50 rupp, 3:33 d.torrance, lagat (old) etc and could still win gold.

Yea lets leave off Rupp for Wheating. Brilliant.....

Are they going to have a DMR? Schedule does not include it and there never was an announcement mentioning it.

John_Doe_VA wrote:

DMR would be pretty sweet: Symmonds, Merritt, Soloman, Manzano. Probably won't happen but would be a sweet line up

and why would you pick Symmonds to run the 1200 leg if there was a DMR scheduled.

There isn't a DMR. 4x800 and 4x1500

Getting pretty close to the event with no roster announced.

We could field a gold medal contender in the 4x8 and 4x15 with our top guys. But I get the feeling the top guys won't be on the bus.

Positive Contribution wrote:

But I get the feeling the top guys won't be on the bus.

Why not?

A hunch. Would love to be wrong though.

ramp builder wrote:

4x800: A USA A team would be favorites.

4x1500: manzano,centro,leer,wheating?

this leaves off 3:50 rupp, 3:33 d.torrance, lagat (old) etc and could still win gold.

What has Wheating done to be on that relay?

I would rather go with a known 3:35 type, you can't ask 3 elite athletes to risk a relay and money on an unknown. The relay pool will probably come out in the next couple of days and as of right now, I would put Wheating below all of the guys named below.

Rupp

Torrance

Lagat

Manzano

Centro

Leer

Heath

Hill

Symmonds

Lomong?

The World Relays is an IAAF series event, therefore I doubt NOP/OTC will totally ignore it simply becasue it will probably factor into world rankings and DL points. Being that there are no global championships this year, world rakings will probably be a major performance points incentive. Prefontaine is the following week and that could factor into the decision for some athlete or perhaps 5k/10k athlete like Rupp, a 1500 could be tune up.

Btw, the fact that you are not hearing much from USATF has more to do with having to pick between athletes than not getting enough commitments. From what I recall from last year, most of our elite were very excited about this event. Also, the 4x8 and 4x1500 WR and at least the AR will come out of his meet and who would not want to be a part of that.

Don't spew with out knowing what you are talking about.

http://www.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2014/IAAF-World-Relays/Athlete-Info/Selection-Procedures.aspx

Athlete Selection Procedures

IAAF Entry Rules

• Events to be contested for both men and women will be: 4x100m, 4x200m, 4x400m, 4x800m and 4x1500m relays. The 4x100m, 4x200m and 4x400m relays will have both a qualifying round and a final, whereas the 4x800m and 4x1500m relays will be finals (only).

• USA Track & Field may enter one team per event, with a maximum 6 individuals on the roster for each team. Any four athletes among those entered on the roster for that relay, may then be used in the composition of the team for the first round.

• Final entries are due into the IAAF on Monday May 12, 2014.

USATF Selection Criteria - The following criteria will be used to select athletes for the 2014 IAAF World Relay Championships.

1. For the 4x100m and 4x400m relays, a pool of athletes will be developed from among those athletes who were members of the 2012 Olympic Games relay pools, the 2013 IAAF World Championships relay pools and the top two place finishers in the 60m and 400m events at the 2014 U.S. Indoor Championships. If needed to develop a strong pool, the selection committee may choose athletes who are top-ranked performers from the 2014, to date, U.S. comprehensive performance ranking list and those who were top ranked performers from the 2013 U.S. outdoor ranking list.

2. For the 4x200m relay, a pool of athletes will be developed from among those athletes who were members of the U.S. Team in the 200m at the 2013 World Championships and/or 2012 Olympic Games and those who are top-ranked performers from the 2014, to date, U.S. comprehensive performance ranking list and those who were top ranked performers from the 2013 U.S. outdoor performance list.

3. Athletes selected for the 4x100m, 4x200m and 4x400m relay pools will be required to show their fitness for world-level competition by having actively competed in relay and open/invitational meets in the spring, as well as possible competition at the 2014 Mt. SAC Relays and/or USA vs. World at the Penn Relays.

4. For the 4x800 and 4x1500 meter, a pool of athletes will be developed from among those athletes who were members of the 2012 Olympic Games and the 2013 World Championships teams in the 800 meters and 1500 meter events and the top two place finishers in the 800m and 1500m events at the 2014 U.S. Indoor Championships. If needed to develop a strong pool, the selection committee may choose athletes who are top-ranked performers in the 800 meters and 1500 meters from the 2014, to date, U.S. comprehensive performance ranking list and top ranked performers from the 2013 U.S. outdoor performance list.

5. Athletes selected for the 4x800m and 4x1500m relay pools will be required to show fitness by having actively competed in relay and open/invitational meets in the spring, as well as possible competition at the 2014 USA vs. World at the Penn Relays.

6. The Athlete Selection Committee for the 2014 World Relay Championships will be composed of the coach(es) for that relay, USATF’s High Performance Division Chair, USATF’s Athlete Advisory Committee Chair, one non-competing sprint athlete representative with world-major relay experience and one non-competing distance athlete representative with world-major competitive experience. USATF’s High Performance Division Chair will Chair all meetings of the Selection Committee. The sprint and distance athlete representatives will vote only on selection matters for their specific discipline. USATF’s Director, High Performance Programs, may participate with voice but no vote on all Committee deliberations. The Committee will review results from the required meets, as well as the 2014 and 2013 performance ranking lists, in order to identify individuals who are considered to give the USA the best chance to reach the podium at the World Relay Championships.

7. Athletes and their agents will be notified of the athlete’s selection for each relay pool in mid-March, 2014. Selected athletes will be required to accept or decline their position in the relay pool no later than Friday, March 28, 2014.

8. Final selection of the athletes to be members of each relay pool for the World Relay Championships will be occur no later than Wednesday, April 30, 2014.

9. Athletes and coaches selected for the 4x100 and 4x200 relay pools will be required to attend a relay training camp in the Bahamas, with travel to the Bahamas being on Monday, May 19th and relay practice sessions being held on Tuesday through Thursday, May 20th to 22nd. Athletes and coaches in the 4x400m, 4x800m and 4x1500m relay pools will travel to the Bahamas on Wednesday, May 21st.

10. In the 4x100, 4x200 and 4x400 meter relays, trial rounds will be run on Saturday, May 24th. The finals in these three relays, as well as the finals in the 4x800 and 4x1500 meter relays will be run on Sunday, May 25th.

11. All members of the U.S. Team delegation will depart from the Bahamas on Monday, May 26th