• bycard
      • Fiona O'Keeffe out of NCAA 11/22/2019 6:55PM
      • bycard
      • They have no chance at the title without O'Keeffe
    • Says Who
      • RE: Fiona O'Keeffe out of NCAA 11/22/2019 7:04PM - in reply to bycard
      • Says Who
      • It was a strategic decision to keep her out of regionals. What source do you have that says she is not running tomorrow?
    • interrahaute
      • RE: Fiona O'Keeffe out of NCAA 11/22/2019 7:34PM - in reply to Says Who
      • interrahaute
      • She was kept out due to back soreness which she has had scans and an x-ray on . I wouldn't call that a "strategic decision".
    • I have the best words
      • RE: Fiona O'Keeffe out of NCAA 11/22/2019 7:43PM - in reply to interrahaute
      • I have the best words
      • interrahaute wrote:

        She was kept out due to back soreness which she has had scans and an x-ray on . I wouldn't call that a "strategic decision".

        stra·te·gic
        /strəˈtējik/
        adjective
        -relating to the identification of long-term or overall aims and interests and the means of achieving them.
        -carefully designed or planned to serve a particular purpose or advantage.

        Holding your best runner out of regionals to rest because you don't need her to qualify is strategic.
    • Jack2651
      • RE: Fiona O'Keeffe out of NCAA 11/22/2019 10:45PM - in reply to Jgt11
      • Jack2651
      • Its a race time decision. She has missed two weeks of training and looked bad jogging the course.
    • Jonathan Gault
      LRC guru
      • RE: Fiona O'Keeffe out of NCAA 11/22/2019 10:53PM - in reply to Jack2651
      • Jonathan Gault
        LRC guru
      • JJ Clark said at the press conference on Friday that she was held out of regionals because of a back issue and that she would be a race-day decision in Terre Haute
    • tacomafan
      registered
    • Bower Man
      • RE: Fiona O'Keeffe out of NCAA 11/25/2019 2:41PM - in reply to tacomafan
      • Bower Man
      • Yes, one and the same.

        Even if Fiona finishes a few seconds ahead of Ella Donaghu as she did when she won Pac-12s and Regionals, Stanford still finishes 3rd behind AR & BYU.

        Indeed, BYU & Stanford ran so well that they each could have won several past NCAA meets since NCAAs went to the expanded field format in 1998.