If so why did he never duplicate this in an open 400m?
If so why did he never duplicate this in an open 400m?
No way he would be that slow.
Why would he line up for an open 400 if he's racing mostly the mile and dropping to the 800 now and then?
Running the 4X4 at the end of the meet doesn't hurt you and it helps your team.
I did see that 400 split, by the way. Same day he negative split 1:47.
Well, years later he would come through the first 400 of an 800 in 49-high, so I think 47.4 when he was a 3:53 miler sounds about right.
lol. the obvious answer would be because he didn't run the open 400.
To my knowledge, Webb ran an open 400 as part of a workout.
He ran 1600-800-400 in a meet all within like a 2 hour span.
He ran the 1600 in 4:06 (running 2:14, 1:52).
400 in 49.09
and 800 in 1:49. not sure if the order but i think the 1600 was first.
relay split of 400's are faster because you get arunning start
Webb Triples in 80 Minutes (Actual write up from Pearl Watts)
1600 meters
Running in virtually calm conditions with temperatures hovering in the
comfortable mid-60’s range, Webb won his first race of the evening, the 1,600
run, in an impressive time of 4:06.74. Even more impressive was the fashion
in which it was accomplished.
The lead pack of junior Richard Smith of South Lakes, senior Matt Maline of
Oakton, junior Phil Gaeta of Oakton and smooth striding sophomore Rasheed
Thompson from Herndon went through the first 800 meters in 2:06-2:07 with
Webb trailing the pack by 50 meters.
Webb hit the 800 mark in 2:14, looked down at his watch; clicked it and
then took off. Webb caught the pack within 300 meters and then left the pack
behind, running 55 seconds on his third lap and 57 on his final lap for an
eye popping negative split of 2:14-1:52. Smith of South Lakes,
the 1,200 leadoff leg at the Penn Relays for the
Seahawks and sub 1:53 third leg carry at Penn for the winning 4×800 team, ran
a personal best of 4:14.91 for second. Gaeta chopped nine seconds off his
personal best with his third place time of 4:17.41 with Maline, a member of
the U.S. Junior National Cross Country Team running 4:17.75 for fourth.
Thompson of Herndon subtracted thirteen seconds off his previous personal
best as he ran 4:17.79 for fifth as five runners ducked below 4:18 from a
district containing seven schools.
400 meters
Webb then came back 45 minutes later and overtook his South Lakes teammate
Richard Smith on the homestretch in the 400 dash to win in a fairly
comfortable 49.29 with Smith also impressive in second at 49.49.
800 meters
Thirty five minutes after the 400, Webb lined up for the 800 run and turned
in his fastest open two lapper ever as he led through the first 400 in 55
seconds and then went sub 55 on the second lap to win in 1:49.53. Smith
completed an outstanding triple of his own after grabbing second place in
1:55.21 with Gaeta of Oakton third in 1:56.24.
Maline of Oakton capped a nice double with his win in the 3,200 run at
9:25.50 and Gaeta split 49.2 in his third race of the evening as the anchor
of Oakton’s 4×400 relay.
The Plan
South Lakes coach Scott Raczko said, “the plan in the 1,600 was to go 2:12
for the first 800 and 2:00 on the second 800, but Alan exceeded the
expectations on that. In the 800, the original plan was to just win in about
1:55 but after Alan had looked so comfortable in the first two races it was
decided to go for it in the 800. Webb will have a light workout on Monday and
then should be ready for the Pre Classic with a lot of confidence.”
open 400? wrote:
Webb Triples in 80 Minutes (Actual write up from Pearl Watts)
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That was fairly ronoesque.
2001er wrote:
If so why did he never duplicate this in an open 400m?
As you know, a 47.4 relay leg would probably be a 48-low to 48-mid open 400. While Webb was probably capable of running under 48 seconds for an open 400 when in 1:43 800 shape, he didn't--to my knowledge--run any open 400s at that time...