USATF Indoors Live Thread - Saturday

Must say I'm not used to watching women's 1000s.

Charlene Lipsey took heat #1 and Lauren Wallace got the 2nd auto qualifier.

Anyone know who the 2nd announcer is with Tim Hutchings?

She just asked, "When you go take the lead is that a good or bad strategy."

Tim's response was pretty good, essentially, "it depends"

Some surprise in that 2nd heat. Moser got 3rd behind Stephanie Charnigo and high schooler Alexa Efraimson.

Good news for these women was 9 of the 11 runners made the final so Moser still made it.

Moser has run 2:37.86 this year but got outkicked by Stephanie Charnigo and the high schooler in a slow 2:43 race. A slow final is not what she wants for sure even though she has some decent 800 speed.

Charnigo has run well this year. Just a half a second behind Moser in the mile at Millrose but still I didn't expect her to beat Treniere there.

Would have been nice if Tim or his sidekick (who is she?) mentioned that Alexa was still in H.S., especially after she beat Moser.

Robby Andrews jogs a 2:19... he looks good!

Andrews looked composed, Merber working harder, both advance easily

Robby Andrews 2:19.84 to take heat 1. He looked pretty good. Kyle Merber 2:19.92, Mike Rutt 2:20.02.

Not sure how Rutt too the lead in lane 1 around the final turn. Impressive. Merber must have drifted out just enough to try and keep Andrews from passing him on outside and that let Rutt sneak into lead on inside. Merber was able to come back on him and Andrews was better than everyone.

And how do you pronounce Hoka One One?

I always just said, "Hoka One" like its spelled and left off the 2nd one. But it is Hawaiin right?

Hoka 'own-ee own-ee' is how I thought it was pronounced

Division 3 Ben Scheetz might make the final?!

I second the Hoka comment. I actually laughed at my own stupidity for assuming it was pronounced 1-1. Meh, live and learn.

I swear a lot of times I just wee Hoka One. So then do I have to say Hoka own-ee or can I sawy One?

Heat 2 was a tight one for 2nd with Harun Abda and Benjamin Scheetz tieing for 2nd to the hundredth but Abda advanced to the final by the thousandth.

Thomas Scott got the win. I must say I know nothing of him. I'm seriously stumped. Anyone? Rojo tells me from the meet, he's a former DII guy.

We caught up with Charlene Lipsey who has run a 2:00.05 indoor pb this season. The news of note is that she's training under Khadevis Robinson for the first time now at LSU.

http://youtu.be/KQTA-uRwScM

PS. For the record, she said KD is retired. He will be missed.

I think it's actually Own-NAY...not ee. Either way, people will figure it out.

I was also stumped by Scott but was impressed with British Tom Hammond for talking him up.

TV coverage starts: we get chubby American Tom Hammond.

Women's mile going now?

Anyone else think Rowbury looked unusually shaky at the 'on your marks' here and before the AR attempt. She's seemed so on edge lately, even more than the other competitors

2:26.20 at 808m so pretty slow

Alexa Efraimson reveals that she was sick in janaury and has been working on her speed and that's why she chose to run the 1k here. The focus is still the 1500 outdoors.

http://youtu.be/YaA3XNy5H-A

Women's mile is terrible. 3:01 at 1k. Rowbury running away with it now though! Horray!

anyone got a link to womens mile race??

Don't have the TV feed, but you can see it pretty well from the USATF.TV "field event" feed... looks like Shanon Rowbury wins and Katie Mackey 2nd, clear of the rest of the field