NCAA Champs is going to be bonkers (in the sprints, at least)

men's 4x100 could go down as well.

Only looking forward to the 1500s

Women's 3000 SC record not entirely safe. Might be a long shot but Allie's 9:40 looked so easy for her. I think the record is another year away but who knows.

any chance Kelati sacrifices herself a bit for Kurgat in the 5k and takes it out hard?

The women's 5000 meters, really?

You realize it's 15:01.

derp wrote:

any chance Kelati sacrifices herself a bit for Kurgat in the 5k and takes it out hard?

Zero

Hardloper wrote:

derp wrote:

any chance Kelati sacrifices herself a bit for Kurgat in the 5k and takes it out hard?

Zero

I dunno, seems like a non-zero chance that the West regional was a rehearsal for just that. There is a reason they both dropped out of the 10k and they are both in the 5k. For maximum points shouldn't they have split up and targeted 2nd in each event? Seems like knocking of Schweizer is the bigger goal though. Just an idea, not sure I even think it's likely, considering how good Kelati is, but something about it just has that feel. Will be interesting to see how it plays out.

wish i were a brojo wrote:

The women's 5000 meters, really?

You realize it's 15:01.

I think the NCAA record is more like 15:09?

maybe some one who has a Google can verify.

vivalarepublica wrote:

Men's 110mH

Skeets's 13.00? Not a chance.

wish i were a brojo wrote:

The women's 5000 meters, really?

You realize it's 15:01.

The outdoor record is Jenny Barringer's 15:07, according to the USTFCCCA. I think Schweizer could do that in the right race. If it is a race like Lalang-Cheserek battle a few years ago, it might happen. But somebody else would have to push the pace from the front for most of the race, which could happen based on how the ladies ran at Regionals.

dpyoung wrote:

vivalarepublica wrote:

Men's 110mH

Skeets's 13.00? Not a chance.

Also a long shot inclusion. Holloway has run 13.15 this year, so 0.15s in the hurdles is a lot. But Holloway is a gamer that shows up for the big meets and is capable of having big break throughs.

derp wrote:

Women's 3000 SC record not entirely safe. Might be a long shot but Allie's 9:40 looked so easy for her. I think the record is another year away but who knows.

9:24 is pretty far from Ostander's best of 9:38 this year. Could happen, but she will not have anyone to push her to that time and may not be interested in fast times with the 5k double.

vivalarepublica wrote:

derp wrote:

Women's 3000 SC record not entirely safe. Might be a long shot but Allie's 9:40 looked so easy for her. I think the record is another year away but who knows.

9:24 is pretty far from Ostander's best of 9:38 this year. Could happen, but she will not have anyone to push her to that time and may not be interested in fast times with the 5k double.

true, I agree is probably isn't happening, but it's in the realm of possibility, probably about as likely as Schweizer running a 15:06. Her 9:38 was a season opener in which she said she'd run like 5 times since indoors with no workouts and the 9:40 looked effortless.

I also don't think she will save much for the 5k. She knows she's a bit of a long shot in the 5k, and the steeple not the easiest event to just sit and kick.

last year she had the steeple wrapped up and still went for it on the home stretch, so I think we'll see a close to max effort.

I don't think 9:24 is happening, but might take a shot at Simpson's junior year time of 9:29.

ehh, just saw that Purrier not running the steeple this year, so yeah i dunno about sub 9:30 for Allie in the steeple

I don't think the women's 200m record will go down. The collegiate record of 22.02 was set last year. Shania Collins of Tennessee needed a 5.3 tailwind to run sub-22, and (I think) the fastest wind-legal mark of the year is 22.32 so far.

C/M Runner wrote:

I don't think the women's 200m record will go down. The collegiate record of 22.02 was set last year. Shania Collins of Tennessee needed a 5.3 tailwind to run sub-22, and (I think) the fastest wind-legal mark of the year is 22.32 so far.

I included this in consideration of of Lynna Irby and Gabby Thomas. Irby has a wind legal 22.25 and just ran a barely wind-aided 22.06 at Regionals. Gabby Thomas has not run as fast, but she is the indoor champ with the indoor collegiate record and proved herself to be the best 200m runner in college. Get those two in the same championship race and who knows what could happen.

vivalarepublica wrote:

C/M Runner wrote:

I don't think the women's 200m record will go down. The collegiate record of 22.02 was set last year. Shania Collins of Tennessee needed a 5.3 tailwind to run sub-22, and (I think) the fastest wind-legal mark of the year is 22.32 so far.

I included this in consideration of of Lynna Irby and Gabby Thomas. Irby has a wind legal 22.25 and just ran a barely wind-aided 22.06 at Regionals. Gabby Thomas has not run as fast, but she is the indoor champ with the indoor collegiate record and proved herself to be the best 200m runner in college. Get those two in the same championship race and who knows what could happen.

I can't wait to see Thomas and Irby in the same heat. But both of them will be doubling - Thomas doing 100/200 while Irby doing 200/400 - so it wouldn't be that fresh of a race between them. Because of that, I think it opens up the opportunity for other women to sneak in for contention.

C/M Runner wrote:

vivalarepublica wrote:

I included this in consideration of of Lynna Irby and Gabby Thomas. Irby has a wind legal 22.25 and just ran a barely wind-aided 22.06 at Regionals. Gabby Thomas has not run as fast, but she is the indoor champ with the indoor collegiate record and proved herself to be the best 200m runner in college. Get those two in the same championship race and who knows what could happen.

I can't wait to see Thomas and Irby in the same heat. But both of them will be doubling - Thomas doing 100/200 while Irby doing 200/400 - so it wouldn't be that fresh of a race between them. Because of that, I think it opens up the opportunity for other women to sneak in for contention.

The big disappointment of these championships is we can't see McLaughlin in more events. She could run a great 200 and 400, but the schedule doesn't jive with the 400mH. I guess we have to settle for potential records in the 400mH and 4x400. Ho hum.

But if McLaughlin was not lighting the track world on fire this year, Lynna Irby would be the phenom we are all talking about. 22.25 and 50.44 as a freshman. Those times are impressive for any collegiate, but a true freshman putting down those time is SUPER impressive. I always wondered if Irby was one of those ladies that just matured early and would have trouble keeping up the progression because her times stagnated a bit in high school. But she seems to have reached a new level in her first year at college, which is great.

Np records fall sans W400H, all sprints will be wind aided