Official Day 2 2019 NCAA Outdoor Discussion Thread

Dont thuink wrote:

Doubt it was fitness.... truly think she thought she had it and could cruise

Looked like her form was breaking down the last two laps. Austin heat and humidity will do that to you.

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she held her off fairly easily one she got going, but Kelati was not looking comfortable coming off that last corner and she almost got passed

nice to see the decathlon leader actually going for it and pushing / gapping the field in the 1500 instead of settling for last (and with his lead he would probably win either way).

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not really worth starting a thread over but this tweet was interesting to me:

Tianna T. Bartoletta @tibartoletta

Ok. I just learned something new. Protesting at NCAA costs $100 per incident. Your case is reviewed, and they deliver you a response. The NCAA is not required to and therefore does not show video or photo evidence for how they arrived to the decision! ?

https://twitter.com/tibartoletta/status/1136845919939284993

i had no idea that protests cost $100 a piece, though i assume that's always covered by the school's athletics department anyways. makes all the failed protests today seem even more wasteful in retrospect

tfrrsftw wrote:

What makes this even worse is that with 100-110 meters to go, Rivers had a clean lane on the outside. Instead, she made the incredibly poor decision to cut in on the final straight and try to weave through traffic, leading to the box and the trip. It was a little inexplicable to be honest.

Absolutely. She ran a horrific race. You really have to wonder.

Dijon Gebremustard wrote:

nice to see the decathlon leader actually going for it and pushing / gapping the field in the 1500 instead of settling for last (and with his lead he would probably win either way).

Going out in 68 was really dumb, esp in these conditions. If he'd gone a more rational 72, let's say, he could've run a bunch faster.

sp2 wrote:

Dijon Gebremustard wrote:

nice to see the decathlon leader actually going for it and pushing / gapping the field in the 1500 instead of settling for last (and with his lead he would probably win either way).

Going out in 68 was really dumb, esp in these conditions. If he'd gone a more rational 72, let's say, he could've run a bunch faster.

maybe, but if his coach's plan was for him to get out in 2:19 like they said on comms it's not that unreasonable. decathletes coming at the 1500 from a heavy strength background kind of have to positive split, knowing that they will never have the endurance to negative split anyways. it also served to open up the race, he led wire to wire and maneuvering around a crowded field full of buff guys wouldn't have been easy

Was wondering if the Oregon 4X400M team was going to be disqualified after one of them stumbled into the infield on their 1st exchange; per the live results, they were.

Don't believe they're one of the team favorites this year, but this would have been a big deal if they were.

just the facts jack wrote:

Was wondering if the Oregon 4X400M team was going to be disqualified after one of them stumbled into the infield on their 1st exchange; per the live results, they were.

Don't believe they're one of the team favorites this year, but this would have been a big deal if they were.

clip:

my buffer doesn't show what happens before then but pretty clearly way off the track. i did think they were going to let it slide though, because it was on a straight and could have been argued it didn't give them a big material advantage.

it's always great to watch oregon relays in the finals so shame they were DQed.

Dijon Gebremustard wrote:

Abike Egbeniyi catches a spike in the 800, AND Danae Rivers doesn't qualify!!! this is huge for Penn's shot at an individual title

Abike Egbeniyi (MTSU) was rigging big time. A puff of wind would have knocked her down.

Where's our Day 3 thread? We gotta talk about that 4x1.