Official 2017 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Champs Day 1 Live Discussion Thread

centro centro wrote:

why did Stanford men did so poorly? I know they didn't send in their

A team but still

2:00 800m leg smells of either a drop baton or an injury. The anchor probably just jogged it in since they were 7 seconds back of the field going into it.

ShackShock wrote:

Virginia Tech must be given MAJOR props. They finished 2nd in the DMR without Gourley (qualified for mile finals), Piazza (qualified for 800 final) or Joseph (fastest 800 this season, sprained ankle in 800 prelims). Very impressive feat!

1600 leg runner ran a heck of a time and won ACC's too. Great 400 leg too

Jones 4:31:71

Cranny 4:33:76

Rainsy 4:34:76

Jessica Harris (ND) 4:27:01 (in 8th place)

The dude saying he "isn't scared" of Ches needs to STFU and beat him first.

Montesquieu wrote:

Jones 4:31:71

Cranny 4:33:76

Rainsy 4:34:76

Jessica Harris (ND) 4:27:01 (in 8th place)

Harris should always run the mile with a baton in her hand... that's quite a PR for her. She was running the mile in 4:55 last winter.

Jones ran down cranny at mpsf in the dmr so not a huge surprise she did again. The bigger surprise was everyone sitting on the Michigan girl thinking they could outkick cranny, especially rainsberger because she's been kicked down by cranny so many times. That allowed jones to slowly creep back into the race from 9th place when she got the stick.

Rainsberger was always beaten by cranny in hs because of inferior speed. I saw both of them run some 400 relay legs in hs. Rainsberger usually in the 58-59 range, cranny 56-57. Cranny still has the wheels, just gotta get healthy.

Congrats to Jones, she's the next big CU women's superstar after goucher simpson and coburn.

That was a surprisingly B level DMR.

You have Ole Miss winning over Virginia Tech's B squad (literally sat their 3 best guys...), an Oregon B team (No Ches, Maton, other miler), and OSU B team, and on we go.

I can't remember a time when all other teams seemed to throw in the towel on the win.

Do you think people assumed Ches would run the DMR, so they went after individual events instead?

Looks like the Oregon men will take it.

Halloway no scores for Florida in the LJ while Maton makes the final and looks likely to score in the mile final. Big momentum shift for team scores.

Andy and Ches knew that with these shifts, he could bail on the DMR and be fine. Haney was a solid 3:58 to close. Shocking he didn't qualify for the individual mile with those wheels.

Just spotted Deejah Stevens in street clothes run a 22.90 into Taco Bell.

No one gave any race updates?! Did the power go out ?

Happy Friday

if VTech had run their A squad and Oregon anchored with Ches then Ole Miss would have been third. I actually think VTech could have won over a A squad Oregon line up.

Haney ran 3:59.72 not near 3:58 and about a 4:01.3 equiv mile, it was not that great

For goodness sake he should be contributing by now? If that is his best and he was chasing? How would he q for the mile when every guy in was an under four guy? Shocking?

Anybody else notice Colby Gilbert's 14:20? The NAU kid who lost a shoe beat him by 12 seconds.

No, Haney was 3:58. Many qualifiers were 3:58 mid-high but who knows where Haney was a month ago is racing and training. Easily should have made it.

Duck men look poised to get another no matter.

The Ducks' 4*100 women's outdoor relay will be ridiculous with Stevens, Cunliffe, and Washington. Oh my.

gregarious wrote:

Anybody else notice Colby Gilbert's 14:20? The NAU kid who lost a shoe beat him by 12 seconds.

Saving for the 3k. Cheserek will have 2 sub 4s and a 13:44 in a little over 24 hours before the 3k. It's pretty much anybody's only real chance to beat him.

Also, Colby might have been thinking Ches would run the DMR as well giving an even bigger incentive to jog the last mile.

Is Jessica Harris' 1600 the fastest split in NCAA history? Gotta be up there.

here are Oregon splits. I am presuming Haney ran the anchor.

3:59.72 not 3:58

OREGON

Oregon

9:33.52

2:58.82 [2:58.82]

3:44.81 [46.00]

5:33.80 [1:48.99]

9:33.52 [3:59.72]

Effraimson (and Cain obviously) would like to run that fast right now.

YMMV wrote:

Is Jessica Harris' 1600 the fastest split in NCAA history? Gotta be up there.