Official 2018 Pre Classic Discussion Thread

kmaclam wrote:

Less than 2 hours until the M 800 and 2 Mile! If anyone has on line viewing options for outside the U.S., thx for sharing.

The meet actually starts airing at 10:30pm ET on NBCSN, not 11:00pm ET like what was said in the meet preview. It might have got changed. Distance events start at 10:35pm ET so I'm hoping everything will be live.

Can LetsRun's staff confirm this?

7:35 PM Women 800 M USATF HP

1 2 Lindsey BUTTERWORTH 27 Feb 1992 Canada 2:02.20 2:02.13

1 3 Stephanie BROWN 4 Mar 1991 United States 2:01.71 2:01.71

1 4 Carly MUSCARO 18 May 1995 United States 2:02.84 2:02.84

1 5 Cecilia BAROWSKI 7 Dec 1992 United States 2:04.38 2:00.90

1 6 Laura ROESLER 19 Dec 1991 United States 2:03.46 1:59.04

1 7 Natoya GOULE 30 Mar 1991 Jamaica 1:58.82 1:58.82

1 8 McKayla FRICKER 19 Apr 1992 United States - 2:00.81

7:42 PM Women 1500 M USATF HP

1 Katie MACKEY 12 Nov 1987 United States - 4:03.81

2 Dana MECKE 20 Sep 1987 United States 4:11.55 4:11.55

3 Eleanor FULTON 17 May 1993 United States 4:13.46 4:10.41

4 Ce'Aira BROWN 4 Nov 1993 United States 4:09.44 4:09.44

5 Dani JONES 21 Aug 1996 United States

6 Stephanie GARCIA 3 May 1988 United States - 4:04.63

7 Emily LIPARI 19 Nov 1992 United States 4:16.58 4:07.29

8 Shannon OSIKA 15 Jun 1993 United States 4:09.38 4:06.17

9 Lauren JOHNSON 4 May 1987 United States 4:16.14 4:04.17

10 Alexa EFRAIMSON 20 Feb 1997 United States - 4:03.39

11 Sara VAUGHN 16 May 1986 United States 4:11.70 4:04.56

12 Kate VAN BUSKIRK 9 Jun 1987 Canada - 4:05.38

13 Rachel SCHNEIDER 18 Jul 1991 United States 4:13.39 4:06.90

14 Cory MCGEE 29 May 1992 United States 4:07.60 4:06.67

15 Hannah FIELDS 4 Feb 1993 United States - 4:05.30

7:52 PM Men 800 M

1 1 Kyle LANGFORD 2 Feb 1996 Great Britain 1:45.16 1:45.16

1 2 Ferguson ROTICH 30 Nov 1989 Kenya 1:46.76 1:42.84

1 3 Wycliffe KINYAMAL 2 Jul 1997 Kenya 1:43.91 1:43.91

1 4 Kipyegon BETT 1 Feb 1998 Kenya 1:48.32 1:43.76

1 5 Adam KSZCZOT 2 Sep 1989 Poland 1:46.70 1:43.30

1 6 Nigel AMOS 15 Mar 1994 Botswana 1:44.65 1:41.73

1 7 Emmanuel Kipkurui KORIR 15 Jun 1995 Kenya 1:45.21 1:43.10

1 8 Erik SOWINSKI 21 Dec 1989 United States 1:46.21 1:44.58

1 9 Harun ABDA 1 Jan 1990 United States 1:47.87 1:45.55

8:06 PM Men 2 Mile

1 Richard YATOR 4 Jan 1996 Kenya - -

2 Henrik INGEBRIGTSEN 24 Feb 1991 Norway - -

3 Edward CHESEREK 2 Feb 1994 Kenya - -

4 Jacob KIPLIMO 14 Nov 2000 Kenya - -

5 Emmanuel BOR 14 Apr 1988 United States - -

6 Shadrack KIPCHIRCHIR 22 Feb 1989 United States - -

7 Paul Kipngetich TANUI 22 Dec 1990 Kenya - -

8 Eric JENKINS 24 Nov 1991 United States - -

9 Ryan HILL 31 Jan 1990 United States - -

10 Hassan MEAD 28 Aug 1989 United States - -

11 Ben TRUE 29 Dec 1985 United States - -

12 Albert ROP 17 Jul 1992 Bahrain - -

13 Mohammed AHMED 5 Jan 1991 Canada - -

14 Birhanu Yemataw BALEW 27 Feb 1996 Bahrain - -

15 Paul CHELIMO 27 Oct 1990 United States - -

16 Selemon BAREGA 20 Jan 2000 Ethiopia - -

17 Muktar EDRIS 14 Jan 1994 Ethiopia - -

18 Lopez LOMONG 1 Jan 1985 United States - -

19 Kirubel ERASSA 17 Jun 1993 United States

Absolutely stupid the international mile isn't tonight. I mean, the Bowerman mile HAS to end the meet, but why not give the other mile field better weather?

kmaclam wrote:

I feel your pain but where have you been the last 10 years? Any outdoor meet in NY has been sparsely attended & if not for the Jamaicans coming out, they would be a ghost town. We had a Diamond League meet here the past few years & they had to yank it due to no interest. And didn't you see the free meet coverage from last week in Boston (the other city you are pulling for)? Free! And it was empty. Assuming you've never attended a meet in Eugene as it's the ideal locale for anything track & field.

If the attendance is better in Eugene than it would be in NYC or LA, then I guess that's great. It doesn't make sense to talk about me as an individual, but in general, here are some problems with your argument:

1. The level of competition at the Boston meet last week was way lower than any Diamond League meet. I'm unlikely to want to make a trip out of watching Charlene Lipsey run a 4:05 1500 (no offense to her), whereas the 1500 in Oregon has three household names (Brenda Martinez, Laura Muir, Jenny Simpson), and two Africans who've run under 4:00.

2. When I do attend big meets, it's very common for top runners to pull out, unless there's money on the line. Last time I went to a big meet there were three pros on the front cover of the program and none of them showed up to run. Why make a trip out of a meet when I don't think most of them are even going to show up? Eugene will still have insane depth in every race even if a few guys pull out.

3. Even if the attendance is better in Eugene, it remains a podunk town and holding every single track meet there isn't doing much for the popularization of track and field in this country. When I looked into the cost of the flight, I almost bought a ticket to Brussels. The flight from SFO to Brussels is $500 roundtrip if I buy it today. If you could spend a few days in Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels, or Eugene for the same cost, who on earth would pick Eugene?

They need to stop with this Eugene nonsense and get a stadium in Portland. Taht would make all the meets easier to get for everyone.

Where are my javelin and pole vault live updates, people?

anybody got a livestream link for us without NBC sports gold?

stream help wrote:

anybody got a livestream link for us without NBC sports gold?

It's on NBC Sports on WOW cable. Channel 86. 800 just started. 60 seconds at the 400

Gold doesn't limit you to one stream. So if you buy it, it appears you can share it with some friends.

Goule. 2:00:82

Nat women's 800 comes through in 59.2, and Natoya Goule takes it easily 2:00.82 in the last ~200.

ANyone hear how Masback called last week's meet the Boos Games. Was he going out of his way to not say adidas? That's why I think it's just weird that a Nike employee is a commentator on NBC.

2:00:84 for Goule of Jamaica. Brown was 2nd.

Women 800m HP Results

1 Natoya GOULE 30 Mar 1991 Jamaica 2:00.84 1 (1)

2 Stephanie BROWN 4 Mar 1991 United States 2:01.84 1 (2)

3 Lindsey BUTTERWORTH 27 Feb 1992 Canada 2:02.24 1 (3)

4 Carly MUSCARO 18 May 1995 United States 2:02.44 1 (4) PB

5 Laura ROESLER 19 Dec 1991 United States 2:02.68 1 (5) SB

6 Cecilia BAROWSKI 7 Dec 1992 United States 2:04.43 1 (6)

McKayla FRICKER 19 Apr 1992 United States DNF 1

Yet again they must have had the TV info wrong. NBCSN is broadcasting this baby live right now.

So it didn't start at 11:00.

My complaint is my gold package is showing me ads.

rojo wrote:

Yet again they must have had the TV info wrong. NBCSN is broadcasting this baby live right now.

So it didn't start at 11:00.

My complaint is my gold package is showing me ads.

I posted that?????

Who agrees me with that Vaughn is the ultimate MILF? Age 33, mother of 3. My god.

So.....is Sara Vaughn unsponsored?

Interesting to see Stephanie Garcia's time in this 1500m. I wonder how much she will improve in the steeple.

women's 1500

400 in 64.59 field leading

I am a die-hard track fan, and good grief this commentating is honestly hard to listen to. The American guy is just hard to listen to.