Official Day 4 - July 4th edition - Olympic Trials Live Discussion Thread

Agreed, very glad to see Jock make the team. Really nice run by Murphy too. Quite happy in general with the men's 800m team - fast, young guys with a lot of upside who could use the championship experience.

KoR wrote:

I've been rooting for Jock since he ran for UCI. So happy for him!

Since mission bay days, g3t on my l3v3l b***h

Rupp close call buddy boy wrote:

Charlie Murphy looking good!

Also, Engels OUT!!!!

And, Wow NBC literally ignores Brenda Martinez lol wtf??!!! literally wtf??? NBC is the WORST IN TNF coverage by far. Disgraceful and embarrassing.

Not a Nike athlete.

CAS LOXIM DISINTEGRATED. BROOKS BEASTS SHOULD BE SHUT DOWN!

Chrishuna Williams had a lot left at the end - allegedly a 400/800 type runner - she'll be the top American finisher in Rio.

Rogers got clipped by Montano too. That's what, 5 of the lead pack? Re-run it.

Penn State runners can't show up at the end of the season. Did you see Harris tie up?

Thanks for that, Nile troll.

Justice4Raevyn wrote:

Rogers got clipped by Montano too. That's what, 5 of the lead pack? Re-run it.

Yep, 5 by my count. That wasn't a fair finish for most of the runners. That means you do the right thing -- re-run the race. USATF has no balls though. They never do the right thing or make the tough decisions so we're probably screwed. Hopefully drama queen Montano gets a DQ.

ericzeiberg wrote:

She just lost out on going to the Olympics, give her a bit of leeway.

That was my initial thought as well, but when you think about it, she really pulled a duane solomon there. she went out really fast then got passed by everyone and put on theatrics after the fact. That is fine and whatever, but Duane didn't DESTROY OUR BEST 800 RUNNER'S SEASON. Not Montano was out of that race by 550. 0 chance of her making the team. She was completely blocked in on both sides of her and still tried to break out. Absolutely unacceptable, and you didn't see Martinez have a tantrum.

looks to me Montano did not cause the fall, Brenda recreated the contact with Wilson's back foot

alanson wrote:

Chrishuna Williams had a lot left at the end - allegedly a 400/800 type runner - she'll be the top American finisher in Rio.

I have to disagree.

She has great natural endurance, but she does all of her work on the track ( absolutely all of it, there was an interview)

She trains like a sprinter and that's fine, but at the world stage she will not have it, and her inexperience will work against her.

Also, I think Martinez makes the 1500 team.

She'll be back with a vengeance

Did Ajee Wilson even want to go? She's lucky she got 2nd. Look like she wasn't even trying in the last 50 meters.

And Boris needs to learn how to give an interview before Rio.

asfdafdadsfadsdafs wrote:

Disgusting wrote:

Montano was completely out of the race, trips Martinez and destroys her chances of making the team, and has the audacity to make the race all about her. Good run by Grace though, feel sorry for Ludlow finishing fourth twice.

Anyone have a good shot of what happened. I looked a couple times on the stream and I could tell if Martinez stepped on someone or was clipped from behind. Martinez looked like lock til then and I though Ludlow was making a good move and then lost a lot of momentum. No way of knowing how thing turned out. Hope Martinez can refocus and run a good 1500m

Watched on the DVR a few times, very tough to say. Montano was definitely moving up from behind and trying to barge through, but it looked like Martinez stumbled before they got close. Given they were the only two seriously affected Montano probably stepped on Martinez. If that's the case, the theatrics are all the more obnoxious.

Montano was out of control. Weirdly running outside of lane one and letting Rogers through, then tries to scrabble through the mess she made, taking down Brenda in the process. Then the real craziness comes out. Yechh.

Grace has been undefeated all year, reminds me of Murphy in many ways. Feel really bad for Ludlow getting pipped by a newcomer.

Could someone please post the 800 results?

Naturally, Letsrun's "live results" page doesn't link to results.

Upon repeated reviews, it doesn't appear that Martinez clipped Wilson at all (who, if she had been clipped, would likely have stumbled somewhat) - it was Montano who inexplicably appeared to attempt to run right up Martinez's back, probably a panic move.

PLACE ATHLETE RESULT 800 600 400 200 LN/POS

1 Kate Grace

Oiselle

1:59.10

Pl: 6 5

2 Ajee Wilson

adidas

1:59.51

3 Chrishuna Williams

Nike

1:59.59

4 Molly Ludlow

Saucony

1:59.63

5 Raevyn Rogers

Oregon

2:00.59

6 Phoebe Wright

Nike

2:02.55

7 Brenda Martinez

New Balance

2:06.63

8 Alysia Montano

ASICS / NYAC

3:06.77