Mixing Jr's and Sr's at USATF-what do u think

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18 years ago 06/28/2005 10:57am EDT

For those who were at the USATF meet this past weekend what do you think about the mixing of the Jr's and Sr's at the USATF meet?

I like the idea of being at the same site on the same dates, but I liked how it was done a few years ago at Stanford when the two meets had their own times. Most days the Jr's were early in the am and the Sr's later in the day. It just seemed to flow better that way. I think it is great that many of the Jr's can now see the top people in the sport compete live, but a better schedule is needed. One example - what group of people would have liked to have seen the great Sr men's 5k? The men in the Jr 5k, but they were not able to since they were in the final check in stages before their race. If the Jr's had been in the am they could have seen the Sr men run, many who they have read about but I am sure never seen in person.

Any thoughts?

Also does anybody know if the Sr and Jr meets will once again be together next year in Indy?

18 years ago 06/28/2005 11:30am EDT

re: hispeed 3g

Shut up. No, just kidding but maybe from a spectator standpoint you have a point. But from a competitor standpoint, running these races in the morning is not fair for the juniors. What if they decided to run seniors in the AM? If anything, they could be on different days, but still at night.

Lastly, not even counting the fact the conditions would be much closer to ideal at night, it is a national competition and people are traveling to the West Coast. It is harder (IMO) to get used to running earlier than later. Ie. If they started the race at 8am, the East coast athletes would be running at the equivalent of 5am. Where as, if the meet was on the east, the West coast runners would be running at the equivalent of 11am.

18 years ago 06/28/2005 11:38am EDT

re: bobbyj64

bobbyj64 wrote:
Lastly, not even counting the fact the conditions would be much closer to ideal at night, it is a national competition and people are traveling to the West Coast. It is harder (IMO) to get used to running earlier than later. Ie. If they started the race at 8am, the East coast athletes would be running at the equivalent of 5am. Where as, if the meet was on the east, the West coast runners would be running at the equivalent of 11am.

I think you have your times flipped. 8 AM east coast would be 5AM west coast, so it would in theory be harder for west coast runners to come east and run in the morning. Though I know the point you were getting across, so I'm not discounting you, just noticed the mix-up, that's all.

18 years ago 06/28/2005 12:03pm EDT

re: bobbyj64

The times are not the big thing - but I think by having different periods of time for each meet will highlight each divison better. I like the fact that both meets are at the same site and same days, just think it would work better as a grouping of Jr events at 1 time and the Sr's at another. Of course TV time will determine much about the time schedule.

18 years ago 06/28/2005 12:05pm EDT

re: hispeed 3g

I wish they would have done this when I was a Junior. I would have been so motivated and inspired competing amongst the world's greatest athletes.

They did do this with USATF XC Nationals and Junior Nationals and it was great to watch Reina and Williams battle it out. It really motivated all of us..

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