Watching the meet there were some great performances but this thread is for what surprised you the most -both positive and negative.
I knew Nick Willis and Matt Centrowitz were ready to run fast, same thing with Shannon Rowbury.
As for positive surprises on the men's side, Hassan Mead has been running well this indoor season and last year outdoors but nearly winning the 3k was the biggest surprise for me. In my head I've always had him in that next category of runners and now I'm putting him in the top category of US runners.
Positive performance on the women's side has to be Shelby Houlihan. Not only did she run a huge 5k pr (15:06, previous best 15:49) but she had to PR at 3k en route (9:03 previous 3k pr).
Negative surprise on the women's side was Jordan Hasay getting lapped. I forgot she was in the race and when they came around I was startled to see it was her.
Laura Thweatt got lapped as well and I couldn't help but think she would have been contending for an Olympic Marathon team spot last week.
And did anyone else see Ashton Eaton in the infield cheering for Mead on the last lap? I did a double take when i saw it on replay. A positive surprise.
Let's hear it.
Who were your biggest winners and losers at Millrose?
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Of course Ashton would cheer for Mead.
OTC team spirit.
Houlihan did well, Saina is in good form, Huddle did quite well.
Infeld just missed out on sub 15, rough for her. -
You did a double take on the replay? Whoa.
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Biggest loser? Mary Cain. Where was she?
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Biggest winner = Natasha Hastings. She is gorgeous and has a perfect butt.
Biggest loser = Brenda Martinez. Too many gross looking tattoos. -
I'll bite,
Positive Surprises: Felix in the 60m. Wasn't sure how she would run early in a build up focusing on the 200 and 400.
The young guy from Granada won convincingly in the 400m. Granada's Rio 4x4 will be good
Goodwin 60m and long jump double has me interested in tracking his progress from here to the trials. Do I think he makes the olympic team? no. but still curious...
Negative Surprises: I expected more from Cam Levins in the loaded 3k, and more from Hasay in her race as well.
Celebrating before the finish line... C'mon Man!!!
Not surprising, but I'm sure Willis is frustrated, and rightfully so.
probably missed a few -
Biggest winners Felix in the 60 , Jenkins , Eaton in hurdles . Gregoriak in B mile, Hastings .
Biggest losers king Ches, Hassay and Costello in 5k - off the back of pack 800 meters into race , Baerd in 400: false starts, has another false start not called , trips and falls after 200. -
Hounddogharrier wrote:
Biggest winners Felix in the 60 , Jenkins , Eaton in hurdles . Gregoriak in B mile, Hastings .
Biggest losers king Ches, Hassay and Costello in 5k - off the back of pack 800 meters into race , Baerd in 400: false starts, has another false start not called , trips and falls after 200.
How do you call Chez a big loser? He ran a 7 sec PR, an Oregon school record and the 2nd fastest time in NCAA history. You're pretty hard to please! -
Winners: Centro, Hunter
Losers: Its hard to think former Olympian Jordan Hasay is going to do big things this year when she is getting buried by Americans. -
Hounddogharrier wrote:
Biggest winners Felix in the 60 , Jenkins , Eaton in hurdles . Gregoriak in B mile, Hastings .
Biggest losers king Ches, Hassay and Costello in 5k - off the back of pack 800 meters into race , Baerd in 400: false starts, has another false start not called , trips and falls after 200.
Puts Felix tied by time with Gardner for the second USA spot behind Barbara Pierre. Not bad for someone who was doubting her ability to compete in the short events any more after the injury.
BTW, de Grasse's 6.61 is 0.01 SLOWER than he ran last year in NCAA competition. So much for those British coaches Puma pushed him into, so far at least. -
coach d wrote:
BTW, de Grasse's 6.61 is 0.01 SLOWER than he ran last year in NCAA competition. So much for those British coaches Puma pushed him into, so far at least.
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Even though she was beaten by Wilson and Martinez, I felt Laura Roesler was a big winner today. I've been worried the whole past year that after going to Rose Monday, she was never going to run well again, or at least not until she chose a different coach. You never know how it's going to be with a runner who has been really successful in college (and never been injured) adjusting to going pro, especially with an injury right away. I've been really happy for her that she is toughing it out this season and coming back. She really seems like a competitor, and hope she stays healthy.
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WatchedIt wrote:
Biggest winner = Natasha Hastings. She is gorgeous and has a perfect butt.
Biggest loser = Brenda Martinez. Too many gross looking tattoos.
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BTW, de Grasse's 6.61 is 0.01 SLOWER than he ran last year in NCAA competition. So much for those British coaches Puma pushed him into, so far at least.
DeGrasse has been training with Dan Pfaff's Altis group in Arizona. -
Biggest winner was America - for having such a deep field of talent across all distances, as showcased in this meet.
Biggest loser was anyone who didn't see this meet in person!
Oh, you meant athletes?
Well, for winners I gotta go with Ryan Hill & Marielle Hall. Hall keeps flirting with the next level. It's only a matter of time before she gets there. Another winner is Uceny - she stayed upright! Biggest winner, though, is Centro, for finally going under Rupp's indoor PR. 'Bout time!
Losers? I know she's coming back from injury, but I gotta say Jordan Hasay. -
Che's was actually in the lead for a while and straight up tried to haunt the pace like he did at Penn Relays. It didn't work then and if def didn't work now. I get that the pace was too hot for him and he made a move that could help him win but I think he is a BIG winner by learning better racing tactics.
Also I think Kerri Gallagher is a big winner. I think a lot of people saw her as a fluke but at this point I think she is a very legitimate Olympic Team threat. It just sucks that the US 800 and 1500 are two of the toughest Olympic teams to make in the world for women. The 15 basically had 2 locked up spots and the 800 has like 6 great women vying for 3 spots. If BMart goes for the 15 then both teams events could have 3 finalists in Rio. -
while millrose was great does anybody think the following?
Were some fields too big (example the mens 800- 9 guys? Field should have been 7 - 1 guy in each lane and the rabbit and the 6th seed sharing a lane until the break)
Is the meet just too long? 6 hours from start to finish. In the last years at MSG to get anybody in the seats events were added and added to try to get any friend/family member to buy a ticket. At the time they were trying to sell over 10,000 seats. Now that the meet is at the Armory with seating just over 5000 the meet should cut lots of that fat out of the meet and get it down to a tight 3 hour event. One of those meets where you look at the order of events and say crap there is only 2 events left. Not look at the order of events (after being there for 3 hours) and say oh crap we still have 3 hours to go. -
Yeah, gotta agree more than a few races had big fields, but made for exciting racing. As far as meet being too long, I got there at noon & enjoyed every minute of it. The place was pretty much empty at that point so I suppose you could have done what many others did & just show up at 3pm & make it a 3 hour meet.
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The "professional" portion of the meet was less than two hours long.
The women's 5,000 was a great race at the front but there were several athletes who just didn't belong in the race. And as an "older" track fan, I'm wondering at what point along the way it became acceptable for lapped runners to NOT move to an outside lane. -
No luv for Cruz in the HS mile? He stole it at the line. Great finish by Cruz and big indoor PR on a national stage.
