Just got done watching the meet and, while I appreciate Flotrack providing coverage, I was disappointed in the camera angles and commentary. For example, in the 100 final, they covered the start but not the middle of the race. The camera switched to the finish and we pretty much missed most of the race. Other times, they were in the middle of a post-race interview and missed the start of a race. Also, not a lot of track and athlete insight. Hope things improve for next year.
I was just about to make a post about the meet with the winners, but seeing as you beat to starting a thread on it, I'll put it here (one of things that annoys me most about the message boards is seeing a ton of threads pop up about the same meet or race immediately after).
I didn't watch (no subscription), but got the results off twitter.
The winners (from screencaps and I'm too lazy to type out the full results):
Men's 100. Powell, 10.01 (0.1)
Women's 100. VCB, 11.22 (-0.1)
Women's 200. VCB. 22.82 (-0.1)
Men's 110h. McCleod, 13.28 (-0.1)
Women's 100h. Harrison, 12.84 (-0.5)
Men's 300. Merritt, 31.53
Men's 400h. Jeffrey Gibson, 48.72
Women's 400h. Leah Nugent, 55.63
Men's 400. Gardiner. 45.11 ... Eaton 2nd in new PR, 45.55
Women's 800. Vessey, 2:00.30
Men's 1500. Wheating, 3:39.17 ... Torrence 2nd in 3:39.51
Women's 1500. Sifuentes, 4:06.44
Apparently Symmonds was only pacing in 1500, dropped after 2 laps I guess, maybe 1K? Picture on twitter make it look like the time was 1:42 at 700 (3:38.5 pace) with Symmonds leading.
Not sure why you need a pace maker to set such a slow pace, but whatever ...
The W1500 should have been called back. There was a fall in the first 50m. GG dropped out and the fall probably had something to do with it
What's the mission of the American Track League? Is this what Vin Lananna was talking about after nationals?
This reminds me of the old Can-Am series. Are they paying the athletes, or is it just a tune-up?
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=american+track+leagueRudyChapped wrote:
What's the mission of the American Track League? Is this what Vin Lananna was talking about after nationals?
This reminds me of the old Can-Am series. Are they paying the athletes, or is it just a tune-up?
This was the brainchild of Paul Doyle, presented to the AAC athletes last Dec. at the USATF meeting. Vin is a wannabe copycat.
But this was a joke, right? Beg athletes to run for free????? Is that the way forward?
results link here