Official 2017 USATF Indoor Day 1 Live Discussion Thread

Is there a day 2 thread?

Wheating looked surprisingly comfy in heat 2 as well, taking the lead from the start and still cruising to auto-Q.

Notably Gwen Berry also set a WR (WB?) in the indoor weight throw about an hour ago.

W mile up next, will be interesting.

Saw Berry set the world record in the women's weight throw. Saw Watson set the high school record 1K. Talked to Keni Harrison and asked her if her London race was flawless. She sida, "No." Female milers on the track.

Good men's 1k Wheating held off Murphy.

2:37 through 800, incredibly slow wow.

Houlihan wins it in 4:48, and didn't really pick it up until the last lap (60.46, last 200m 28.78).

Then Quigley, Kampf, McGee, Efraimson. W600 prelims up next

Perhaps it's because the US Indoor Championships are so thinly populated with athletes that they are not deserving of the term "championship". The USATF has got to find a way to make this a more compelling event, or, if they can't, discontinue it completely.

(I just followed the women's mile results, and not only was the race lacking in competitors, but it was one of those abysmal sit-and-kick farces that the American athletes seem to specialize in. 4:45.18, indeed.)

[quote]rojo wrote:

Come on people. I can't even enjoy a dinner with the wife. Why didn't someone start the thread? I just got home and Kidder looked AMAZING in heat 1k of the 1k.

alanson wrote:

Perhaps it's because the US Indoor Championships are so thinly populated with athletes that they are not deserving of the term "championship". The USATF has got to find a way to make this a more compelling event, or, if they can't, discontinue it completely.

(I just followed the women's mile results, and not only was the race lacking in competitors, but it was one of those abysmal sit-and-kick farces that the American athletes seem to specialize in. 4:45.18, indeed.)

[quote]rojo wrote:

Come on people. I can't even enjoy a dinner with the wife. Why didn't someone start the thread? I just got home and Kidder looked AMAZING in heat 1k of the 1k.

I agree the lack of competitors is a problem, but you can't really knock a championship race for being sit-and-kick. It's the best strategy in such a small field, and at least in the mile it pretty much always mirrors the global champs anyways.

Without having team spots to give away, I'm really having trouble thinking of how to popularize the meet on off-years though. Maybe prize money can make up for that?

Where is everyone watching this.

Terrible womens mile.

4:45?

Just cancel this meet in the future. Or at least move it to somewhere people will go, (the east coast) so some people actually enter the meet.

wtfffffff?

rsfdg243 wrote:

Terrible womens mile.

4:45?

Just cancel this meet in the future. Or at least move it to somewhere people will go, (the east coast) so some people actually enter the meet.

wtfffffff?

To be fair the field for this event is super weak.

World record for Noah Lyles in the 300. 31.87. And he's still only 19 years old. What a run!

rsfdg243 wrote:

Terrible womens mile.

4:45?

Just cancel this meet in the future. Or at least move it to somewhere people will go, (the east coast) so some people actually enter the meet.

wtfffffff?

Terrible in quantity, not quality. Only 5 women ran it. Are more people now going to agree it's officially time to be worried about Alexa Efraimson?

1 Shelby Houlihan 04:45.18

Nike / Bowerman TC

2 Colleen Quigley 04:45.58

Nike / Bowerman TC

3 Heather Kampf 04:46.06

ASICS / Team USA Minnesota

4 Cory McGee 04:46.54

New Balance

5 Alexa Efraimson 04:48.49

Nike

Of course, I didn't watch it live. I was on with an Indian from Dell Support trying to get my new dual monitor setup to work. Missed everything but the men's 1k. Doesn't look like I missed much so far.

Men's 2 mile is an embarrassment. No one went with Chelimo. He gapped the field.

Everyone else should be ashamed. He's got a massive lead.

What's the over / under on the crowd size? 200? And yet Siegel is a genius??

Did Chelimo just destroy the 2m WR?

observer_of_things wrote:

Did Chelimo just destroy the 2m WR?

USATF showed his split at the bell as his final time ...

Wow. Just got off a plane and one guy showed up to race iChelimo. Te other. The other contenders might as well have slept in.

wejo wrote:

Wow. Just got off a plane and one guy showed up to race iChelimo. Te other. The other contenders might as well have slept in.

Yeah, strange race

Unless Blankenship and Hill were injured, they should be ashamed. That was embarrassing. 8:28 and Chelimo gaps the field by 100m? That's basically LVs outdoor HS 2-mile record.

ryanhallsoffday wrote:

Unless Blankenship and Hill were injured, they should be ashamed. That was embarrassing. 8:28 and Chelimo gaps the field by 100m? That's basically LVs outdoor HS 2-mile record.

How on earth does that field allow Chelimo to gap them by so much in a slow race. Insane.