I recently split a 50.61(400) at Penn relays, i received the baton a little after the start of the exchange zone, i was wondering what the accuracy of the splits are from pennrelay's site. Are they F.A.T splits? Is it worth it to mention to college coaches, since im a junior trying to go d2?
Im just wondering, since its a PR and it was posted online on the site.
They are FAT. Congrats on the new PR!
Thanks! Do you believe it's enough to get into a d2 program? Im not aiming for a scholarship, I've been reaching out to coaches lately and haven't heard much back.
Yes, I do think it is good enough to continue on in DII from a running perspective.
I would also think about doing the work to move up to 800 unless you are a stocky sprinter built guy LOL
Get into the school? I have no idea what your academic profile looks like.
Call the coach directly
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I recently split a 50.61(400) at Penn relays, i received the baton a little after the start of the exchange zone, i was wondering what the accuracy of the splits are from pennrelay's site. Are they F.A.T splits? Is it worth it to mention to college coaches, since im a junior trying to go d2?
Im just wondering, since its a PR and it was posted online on the site.
I think Penn is still using the manual method of getting splits, but they are pretty accurate considering the methodology and are about the only splits most colleges will rely on for recruiting. Only being halfway into your junior year, if you are looking D2 with no money, just about any program in the country would welcome you. With that said, it is hard to get a coach's attention with a 50.61 relay split at this time of the year. It is a combination of them being busy prepping for conf/reg meets and interested in seeing what you can run later in the season. I assure you that if you reach out to D2 coaches in about a month with 49x out the blocks, you will get their attention.
We use FAT for as many splits as we can. Due to the stagger in some 4x4s we can only provide FAT for the final 2 legs since they hand-off at the finish line. We then report hand times for the first 2 legs. We have a great group of officials who due to the job on tracking the splits. Also, the splits for any relay race is taken at the point where the baton crosses the finish line. The split is the time the time it takes for the baton to go 400m. Also, since the 2-4 legs are already in motion, the split for those tend to be a bit faster than then first leg which has to respond to the gun.
Fixing the previous post:
We use FAT for as many splits as we can. Due to the stagger in some 4x4s we can only provide FAT for the final 2 legs since they hand-off/cross at the finish line. We then report hand times for the first 2 legs. We have a great group of officials who track the splits. Also, the splits for any relay report where the baton crosses the finish line. The split is the time it takes for the baton to go 400m. Also, since the 2nd, 3rd and 4th legs are already in motion, the splits for those tend to be a bit faster than the first leg, which has to respond to the gun.