Official 2014 USATF Outdoors Live Discussion Thread

Someone should say something nice about the progress Ashley Higginson is making in the steeplechase.

Garcia moving forward as well. A healthy event right now.

But Higg running while in Law School is very impressive. Kinda like the female Daniel Lincoln.

Is there a scientific reason why sprinters come back from drug bans and run just as fast clean as they did on PED's? This is a serious question, no sarcasm

Nice PR by Higg.

Wonder where Lincoln is these days. A doctor somewhere.

BECAUSE THE EFFECTS LAST A WHILE, LONGER IF YOU KEEP UP HIGH-INTENSITY, HIGH-RECRUITMENT WORK.

wejo wrote:

Nice PR by Higg.

Wonder where Lincoln is these days. A doctor somewhere.

Is that a serious question?

I don't think the order of the top six could have been more satisfying for me.. Only Avila finishing anywhere in the top seven would have made it better.

Yanqui wrote:

Someone should say something nice about the progress Ashley Higginson is making in the steeplechase.

This was a fabulous steeplechase, my favorite event of the day. Three times under 9:20 now for Coburn.

distance events today

1:30pm 800m women final

1:40pm 800m men final

1:52pm 3000m St men final

2:39pm 1500m women final

that's a weird thing to say.

malmo wrote:

I don't think the order of the top six could have been more satisfying for me.. Only Avila finishing anywhere in the top seven would have made it better.

It's on NBC now.

Women's 400m hurdles done.

2 hours live (plus highlights) on NBC, both Saturday and Sunday, and the rest of the events on USATF ... at the risk of being bombarded with rotten tomatoes, I think the coverage has been pretty damned good!

alejandro wrote:

2 hours live (plus highlights) on NBC, both Saturday and Sunday, and the rest of the events on USATF ... at the risk of being bombarded with rotten tomatoes, I think the coverage has been pretty damned good!

I disagree

30 minutes into the broadcast and we've seen one live race and one replay of a 200 semifinal.

The diamond league is good because they waste no time between events.

There is waaaaaaay too much downtime between events run by USATF.

Wilson 1st in 1:58.7, Roesler 2nd in 1:59.04!

Nice running by Wilson. Good loose flowing form & mechanics. Too bad she doesn't run the 15.

Is there no one from the United States who can be the lead commentator for the UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIPS? I am so tired of having people from other countries giving their insight. Surely USATF and NBC can find some form The United States to handle the job.

J.R. wrote:

Nice running by Wilson. Good loose flowing form & mechanics. Too bad she doesn't run the 15.

WTF? She is a lot better at 800 than 1500. A LOT better.

You're talking about scheduling, not coverage - different issue. Some of us do like to follow the field events to some extent, and catching up the casual fan with semi-final action is good coverage.

alejandro wrote:

You're talking about scheduling, not coverage - different issue. Some of us do like to follow the field events to some extent, and catching up the casual fan with semi-final action is good coverage.

when there is less than 3 races in 30 minutes, the coverage is not good