Sorry Allyson. Its Sydney's spot......

Scorpion_runner wrote:

You have no idea how this works.

Felix is the most decorated american sprinter of all time. She is getting a huge farewell. Syd is the future, but Allyson will get her farewell tour and run in the World Championships and Olympics .

Book it. Her story to the world is too big. And syd is an unknown.

If USATF is smart they'll give the spot to Sydney and market the hell out of her. As has been mentioned Felix is on her way out. Time to jump ship to the young super-talent who seems like a likable person. Who by the way is also extremely good looking which matters a ton in female sports.

sprcoach 19.99 wrote:

Also add 2017 WC Phy Francis and newly world record holder Dali Muhammed and the 6 in the relay pool should b as follows top 3 at 2019 usatf(SW.KE.SC runner

PF.SM and DM) theres ur relay pool. Sorry okolo and beard but those 400IH are better flat 400 runners. And i not sure that 3rd place 400IH (ashley spencer) couldn't fill in if needed.

do u hav sum intrnt providr dat chrgz by th ltr?

Sydney McLaughlin has run 50.78 for the open 400 this year. She has the 13th fastest time in the world. Right behind #12 Phyllis Francis and ahead of #14 Courtney Okolo. She currently has the 6th fastest time from the USA. And Muhammad has run faster in the open 400 this year.

What's the big story everyone thinks Felix has? There are quite a few mothers and quite a few unsponsored athletes that competed in finals at Nationals. Some even made the team outright.

Idk man maybe it’s the 9 previous Olympic medals and her having been the face of us women’s sprinting since she was like 18?

thebusiness wrote:

Idk man maybe it’s the 9 previous Olympic medals and her having been the face of us women’s sprinting since she was like 18?

this.

andicamp must have been trolling......

inthepdx wrote:

I like Allison and she has done a lot for the sport, but she no longer deserves to be on the team that runs in the finals, she should be relegated to only running in the qualification rounds from here on out. But I have a feeling strings are going to get pulled and she will only run the final (hopefully not though).

Spot on! Absolutely doesn't deserve to be but will be. And the USA won't win with that boat anchor dragging them down.

Relay geek wrote:

I guess we won't use Lyles in the 4x1.

Also dead on. Lyles is high-profile and wears adidas. Nike and their wholly funded and operated subsidiary USATF can't let that happen.

coach wrote:

Syd is not an unknown. As a previous poster stated they can both be chosen. One can race the preliminary the other the final so they can both receive medals.

Syd is an unknown on the global stage. She will be global in the future, but now?

People in other countries don't know her like they know Felix, and she is not really recognized on the global circuit, because she just started.

Syd will be huge, no doubt about it. But know? She is not the story Felix is.

Plus Syd is a New Balance girl - strike number 2.

NBC can't push a story around someone who is just coming along, and Muhammad just proved by breaking the WR that she is going to repeat as olympic champ.

American Women are going to win gold at the relay with Felix on the team, and that will close her story.

This woman has done more for sprinting than an other woman in the era, for the sport, for america and for television. You just don't close the chapter on that and say bye.

There will be a farewell for her, so she will be there at the WC and at the Olympics.

Show some focking respect.

Bingo! wrote:

inthepdx wrote:

I like Allison and she has done a lot for the sport, but she no longer deserves to be on the team that runs in the finals, she should be relegated to only running in the qualification rounds from here on out. But I have a feeling strings are going to get pulled and she will only run the final (hopefully not though).

Spot on! Absolutely doesn't deserve to be but will be. And the USA won't win with that boat anchor dragging them down.

Do you realize she ran 50 seconds in only her third race of the season after being away for a year?

She will be in 50- sub 50 shape for sure.

Ato Boldon announcing that AF had made the 4x4 team was presumptuous. She's def in consideration, but that's about it. It would be foolish to leave Muhammad and McLaughlin off the women's squad just as it would be equally short sighted to not have Rai Benjamin on the men's 4x4.

Do you realize she ran 50 seconds in only her third race of the season after being away for a year?

She will be in 50- sub 50 shape for sure.

when did she run 50?

Rai is our 3rd best flat 400M runner, he needs to run in the final. We need to take back the Gold.

when wrote:

Do you realize she ran 50 seconds in only her third race of the season after being away for a year?

She will be in 50- sub 50 shape for sure.

when did she run 50?

correction 51: 45

Scorpion_runner wrote:

Syd is an unknown on the global stage. She will be global in the future, but now?

Unknown? McLaughlin is top 10 in the Diamond League standings for her event.

Scorpion_runner wrote:

coach wrote:

Syd is not an unknown. As a previous poster stated they can both be chosen. One can race the preliminary the other the final so they can both receive medals.

Syd is an unknown on the global stage. She will be global in the future, but now?

People in other countries don't know her like they know Felix, and she is not really recognized on the global circuit, because she just started.

Syd will be huge, no doubt about it. But know? She is not the story Felix is.

The story Felix is? She had a kid. So what? So did Shelly Anne Frasier Price. I don't get all the hype. You are out of your mind if you think sticking AF on a relay team will put even a tiny blip in the ratings.

Les wrote:

Scorpion_runner wrote:

Syd is an unknown on the global stage. She will be global in the future, but now?

Unknown? McLaughlin is top 10 in the Diamond League standings for her event.

I'm talking about fans, etc. She is not known like Shelly Anne FRayser, Elaine Thompson or Felix. She hasn't built that global stage yet. She is still an unknown to people in England, France, Spain, etc.....She is nowhere near hassan,dibaba or muir's level of global recognition. She just started competing on the DL.

She could walk through the airport of all those places and no one would recognize her, and I'm talking about the circle of track and field. She just started

Now, in about 2-3 years, after performing at the World Championships and Olympics and winning some medals, she will be just as big as them.

but now? NO not even close

Hounddogharrier wrote:

Will be interesting to see. Muhammad and Sydney should get the spot . But Felix has always gotten special treatment. Was it because she ran for Nike or the darling of USATF? Notice that the TV announcers were screaming she was on the relay team. Definitely tv ratings will be a factor.

Not the fact she has more potential to do a sub 50 split come WC's?