[quote]Star wrote:
I agree that Nationals should decide the team but it isn't like she isn't fit this year.
She ran 49.95 this year and is the third fastest American.
Plus she won a race in mid July after USATF.
USATF has often put runners on the 4X4 that didn't run the 400 U.S. final.
Michael Johnson in 1992. Bershawn Jackson , etc.[/
Whoever decided the relay selection should be fired. Francis split 49.7 on the lead off leg in the prelim. And she wasn't selected for the final.
Not only that, Phyllis doesn't get out well and the start is her weakness. When you watch her run it's the last 80m she makes up ground. If the US had relay coaches that could make real decisions, they would realize they had a 48 second leg if they put her with a running start.
Seeing her run, she's a different beast on the relay and the US is foolish not utilizing her in the final.