Did Mississippi drop women's track?
Did Mississippi drop women's track?
According to your predictions of team places and points scored; this will be J.J. Clark's last SEC meet.
It should be. The ship is sinking there for sure!
#SECTF wrote:
I will be updating the projected scores Friday and Saturday evenings after those events have been contested. No doubt there will be some surprises and excellent marks made with top notch competition up in Lexington this weekend.
Please do live updates on the scores.
I went ot the Ivy league championships. The men's contest was really tight. Two field events were still going on when the 4 x 400 was going on .
It drove me nuts.
1) Delay the 4 x 400 until the field events are over.
2) In addition to #1, meets schould give out projected both actual and projected scores. Projected scores are easy to do in this day and age. I was doing them live. I had an excel spreedsheet and scored it with the entries based on descending order list. I then re-scored it after the prelims using the day 1 marks.
If the Heps wanted to run the 4 x 400 first, at a minimum, they should have called the HJ and Discus officials and said, "give us your current standings." and told people what it was.
To be honest, I don't see how the scores can't be live. You have the field events in there adjusting as they change.
It is a shame that he has let his ego get in the way of a good program. You can't do anything in the SEC with women 800m runners. The administration is to be blamed for letting him destroy such a stella program by using good coaches as scapegoats. 8 coaches to be exact; 3 women sprint coaches, 2 throws coaches, 2 men sprint coaches and 2 distant coaches. Ooops that is 9. Can you say ego, can't coach men, can't communicate, can't get athletes...Will it be another SEC coach who replaces him or maybe someone from the ACC or will Watts be back?
Tennessee fans signed a petition to bring back Bruce Pearl so you never know. What a joke this guy.
Mississippi Women? wrote:
Did Mississippi drop women's track?
The Mississippi women are projected for 6 points total. 1 point in the 10k, 2 points in the long jump, and 3 points in the heptathlon.
Thursday Summary:
Only one event was completed today, the women's hammer throw. Florida picked up a crucial 4 points when they were projected to not score in the event, while Texas A&M's Brea Garret (reigning NCAA indoor champion in the weight throw) fouled on all 3 of her throws to not score. Georgia and LSU both picked up the most points in the event with 10 each. The updated projections for women's team scores are now:
Florida - 140
Arkansas - 123
Texas A&M - 110
Georgia - 88
Kentucky - 88
LSU - 76
Missouri - 53
Mississippi State - 29
Alabama - 27
Tennessee - 26
South Carolina - 19
Auburn - 19
Vanderbilt - 15
Mississippi - 6
Friday's finals are the men's hammer throw and the men's and women's 10k. Prelims are being run in the M/W 800, 200, & 400 hurdles. In the women's 10k, Cally Macumber of Kentucky and Dominique Scott of Arkansas make their debut at the distance. The projections are derived from a descending list of performances during the 2014 outdoor track season, therefore athletes making their debut have been projected for 0 points. His obviously will not happen in this event, and the 5k, where many talented distance runners will make their season debut. Scott will give Arkansas a much needed boost towards catching up with Florida in the team race. This also occurs on the men's side with Solomon Haile of Arkansas. He was out kicked in a thrilling 10k last year by Jimmy Clark of Florida (redshirting this outdoor season), and can be considered the favorite going into this event after winning the indoor SEC 5k, and running 13:49 for 5k just a few weeks ago at Stanford.
Looking forward to the best conference meet in the country getting started!
Macumber got owned by Scott in the 10000; with 6 laps to go, Scott just ran off and left her.
think you need to upgrade Georgia. They should be top 3 on both sides. Was surprised Ark men didn't load up the 10k as they went 1,2,3 in xc. Florida had a rough day as only one man got in 200 final and no women. Florida men don't have much in 1500, 5k, st, 400h, hj, pv, disc, deca.
Based on Friday's results; we may have a encouraged retirement in Columbia,SC on Monday or Tuesday.
]A10 fan wrote:[/bBased on Friday's results; we may have a encouraged retirement in Columbia,SC on Monday or Tuesday
Others that may also join the retirement club???
Tenn, Missouri, and Mississippi[quote]
South Carolina is building new outdoor and indoor (200m banked) tracks.
(Combining this thread with the other one) which was titled: Go Dawgs: Brandon Lord gives Georgia its first ever men's 10k title.
Women’s 10,000-Meter Run (top-eight finishers)
1. Dominique Scott, AR (33:51.84); 2. Cally Macumber, UK (34:01.52); 3. Diane Robison, AR (34:07.95); 4. Kaitlyn Fischer, MU (34:14.41); 5. Nicole DiMercurio, UG (34:30.21); 6. Chelsea Blaase, UT (34:58.18); 7. Hillary Montgomery, TAMU (35:14.45); 8. Karis Jochen, TAMU (35:27.08).
Men’s 10,000-Meter Run (top-eight finishers)
1. Brandon Lord, UG (29:36.24); 2. Gabe Gonzales, AR (29:50.69); 3. Austin Wells, TAMU (29:52.14); 4. Eddie Garcia, UF (29:57.48); 5. Luke Baker, UG (29:58.60); 6. Ryan Miller, TAMU (30:07.49); 7. Hayden Legg, MU (30:19.68); 8. Steven Spevacek, UG (30:22.45).
Read more:
http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=5795468#ixzz321LRb6Me
Are the Gators in trouble? Anyone scoring the meet.
Check out the HP article:
Mike Holloway is worried about Gators: “The biggest thing I see is we don’t have the pride and the passion that we usually show at these championships”
I am a fan of SEC T&F. It has (arguably) been the best conference in the country across cross country, indoor, and outdoor. Here are my team predictions for the upcoming SEC Outdoor T&F meet in Lexington, Kentucky:
Men
Arkansas – 130
Texas A&M – 117
Florida – 114
Georgia – 84
Alabama – 73
Kentucky – 62
LSU – 56
Mississippi – 55
Tennessee – 34
Auburn – 25
Missouri – 25
South Carolina - 24
Mississippi State – 20
This will be a three horse race between Arkansas, Florida, and Texas A&M. Arkansas will win the men’s championship on the strength of their jumps (HJ,PV,LJ,TJ). I have them scoring a combined 53 points in these events, compared to just 19 project points for A&M and 15 for Florida. Florida and Texas A&M derive most of their points from the sprints (100,200,400,4x100,4x400). I have projected Florida for 58 points in those events (including wins in the 4x100 and 4x400), A&M for 53 points, and Arkansas for just 8 points. Florida has unreal depth in the 400 (ranking 2-3-4-6), and the performance of these individuals will be the key to Florida staying in the hunt for a team championship. Texas A&M has an incredibly even spread across all event areas. They are projected to score in 17 out of 21 events contested (I don’t have any of their 800 or 1500 men scoring in the final, but they have multiple individuals in the 9-12 category in these events). If the meet is tightly contested coming into the final events, Arkansas would hold the advantage with the strongest distance contingent contesting the 5k. This event is always a tossup, but I would take Haile, Kebenei, and Gonzales over anything Florida or A&M could throw in at the moment. If Arkansas can place these 3 individuals in scoring places, it could possibly ice the cake for yet another SEC championship for them.
Women
Florida – 136
Arkansas – 123
Texas A&M – 112
Georgia – 89
Kentucky – 84
LSU – 80
Missouri – 56
Mississippi State – 29
Alabama – 26
Tennessee – 26
South Carolina - 19
Auburn – 18
Vanderbilt - 15
Like the men, Florida, Arkansas, and Texas A&M will duke it out for the championship on the women’s side. Texas A&M is the defending outdoor SEC champion, while Florida is won the indoor SEC championship on A&M’s home track in a very controversial finish last February. The teams are built very similarly to the men, with A&M fielding a fantastic sprint squad, Arkansas going distance heavy, and Florida having the most balanced team of the 3. A&M is projected to score 56 points in the sprint events (100,200,400,4x100,4x400), while Florida is projected for 55, and Arkansas really buries themselves with just 14 projected points. Arkansas really hits it in the distance events (800,1500,3k steeple,5k,10k) with a projected 69 points in the 5 events. Florida holds strong in this event area with a projected 35 points, while A&M loses significant ground with just 8 projected points. Georgia, LSU, and Kentucky will have a close battle for the 4th through 6th positions, but barring any unforeseen circumstances, they will not make the podium.
I will be updating the projected scores Friday and Saturday evenings after those events have been contested. No doubt there will be some surprises and excellent marks made with top notch competition up in Lexington this weekend.
My Men's Projections after Day 3
127.0 Arkansas
125.0 Texas A&M
095.0 Florida
092.5 Georgia
069.0 Kentucky
063.5 Mississippi
062.5 Alabama
053.5 LSU
031.0 Tennessee
034.0 Auburn
029.0 South Carolina
023.0 Miss State
014.0 Missouri
SEC meet is done.
Keffri Neal won the 1500 in 3:48.69 with a 52.9 last 400m. He was burnt for the 800, but I expect he's happy.
W800m was crazy. Megan Malasarte took it out maybe a hair fast - she was 57.x at 400m and 1:28 at 600m. Unfortunately her last 200 was 36. But she hung on for 3rd.
Allison Peare from UK had two solid races -- 1500/800 double in 4:15.14/2:04.13 for 2nd in both races.
W5000m was a zoo; 35 runners started. The pace was quick and fairly even from the start. Dominique Scott and Cally Macumber did most of the early leading
After 2400m or so, the race was down to three hogs, two gators and Macumber. She went off the back after 3000m or so but hung in there for 6th -- not having a great day, but she was tough.
Then McGee got dropped, and the three hogs put it away. Diane Robison just took off the last 300m and won in 15:48.25.
M5000m was okay, except that some tool was rabbiting. Stanley Kebenei out kicked Brandon Lord for the win in 14:11. Matt Hillenbrand looked like he was not having fun doubling from the 1500m.
Deon Lendore from TAMU just missed the SEC meet record, running 44.36. I believe that's the second fastest time of the year at the moment.
And Prezel Hardy Jr., also of TAMU, won the 200m in 20.15 with -0.5 wind, a hour after winning the 100m in 10.31 (-0.8 wind).
LOL @ JJ's swag. Eleventh out of ten teams. Did they forget to score the events outside of the pole vault? Kudos to Blankenship btw.. He's been injured and still came out and performed. Clark honestly shouldn't even be allowed to ride the bus back to Knoxville. What a horrendous showing, and all because the administration has blindly trusted his BS since '09. Donna Thomas should get the boot along with her protege.
But don't let me forget, the women's team (his claim to fame) got 10th.. What's his excuse now?
A&M with the sweep of men's and women's 100, 200, 400, 4x100 and 4x400 plus 2 hurdle wins. Quite the sprinting preformance out there today
Didn't score a single point in any running event. Not qualified to coach men's track & field! Pathetic excuse of a "coach"