How come no one is talking about the fact that Grant Fisher lost twice last week? + Oliver Hoare lost as well.

Detailed account wrote:

and could probably go faster if he wanted wrote:

Lolwhat? He ran 1:51 this spring.

He did that doubling back from winning the 1500 m at the Big Meet duel against Cal. There he won the 800 m in 1:51 going out in 57 seconds with approximately an hour to an hour and a half break in between events. My guess is His 800 m fresh time is probably in the high 1:47 to low 1:48 range right now if he ran it fresh.

At the PAC 12 1500 m final he closed in 1:51 but the fast portion of that was during the last 600 m which I clocked at 1:20. Give Paulson props as he ran a very strong race and he has had an amazing season coming from having done very little as a collegian. Also Paulson will be 25 in November.

If you were there to watch the 1500 m race you would have seen people getting tangled up with about 300 m to go. That was because Paulson pushed out into lane two. At that point a couple of guys, including a Fisher stumbled. During the last 200 m Paulson got a small jump on Fisher due to the tangle up, which a couple of people fell one of which was his teammate Tom Radcliffe, and that gap enabled him to win as Fisher had the faster last lap close.

In the 5k, Fisher was cut off with 80 m to go by Dressel who was bumped out of his lane by the eventual winner who squeezed through on the inside lane. That caused Fisher to put on the breaks right when he was ramping up his kick otherwise he would have won the race.

And now you have the full story.

spokane xc wrote:

Detailed account wrote:

He did that doubling back from winning the 1500 m at the Big Meet duel against Cal. There he won the 800 m in 1:51 going out in 57 seconds with approximately an hour to an hour and a half break in between events. My guess is His 800 m fresh time is probably in the high 1:47 to low 1:48 range right now if he ran it fresh.

At the PAC 12 1500 m final he closed in 1:51 but the fast portion of that was during the last 600 m which I clocked at 1:20. Give Paulson props as he ran a very strong race and he has had an amazing season coming from having done very little as a collegian. Also Paulson will be 25 in November.

If you were there to watch the 1500 m race you would have seen people getting tangled up with about 300 m to go. That was because Paulson pushed out into lane two. At that point a couple of guys, including a Fisher stumbled. During the last 200 m Paulson got a small jump on Fisher due to the tangle up, which a couple of people fell one of which was his teammate Tom Radcliffe, and that gap enabled him to win as Fisher had the faster last lap close.

In the 5k, Fisher was cut off with 80 m to go by Dressel who was bumped out of his lane by the eventual winner who squeezed through on the inside lane. That caused Fisher to put on the breaks right when he was ramping up his kick otherwise he would have won the race.

And now you have the full story.

I havent been able to find a replay of either race, but specifically with the 5k how was Dressel moving when Teare bumped him? Did he lose any places, etc. - realizing this resulted in Fisher losing places himself.