[whenyourearound]

Ashton Eaton set a new world record in the decathlon today with 9,039 points becoming the new world's greatest athlete.

[the seventeenth]

Watched this. Eaton did well, for sure.

[Tyler Vagyler]

Can we make this the thread for all the trials? Swimming is coming up this week.

[whenyourearound]

Originally Posted by Tyler Vagyler

Can we make this the thread for all the trials? Swimming is coming up this week.

Surely!! Is it possible to change the name of a thread?

[SockMonkeyRiot]

Good thread

Thoughts on the last 3 days of Track & Field:

1. Very excited about the Men's 10k team. I think Rupp will be in the mix for a medal and I'm happy that Ritz made the team after finishing 4th in the marathon trials. Women's 10k won't be pretty because all of our best runners are doing the marathon (Flanagan, Goucher)

2. I'm happy Lolo Jones made the team but it annoys me how much they talk about her and how little they talk about Dawn Harper, who won the race and won the Gold in '08

3. Interested in how the Felix/Tarmoh dead heat turns out. I think a run off would be great for the sport.

4. Eaton is the man.

5. I don't see anyone beating Sanya Richards-Ross in London and the men's 400 will be a 2 man race between Lashawn Merritt and Kirani James

6. Tyson Gay will be the top guy on the 100 team by the Olympics. 9.86 in his fourth race (including heats) of the year after surgery is ridiculous.

Steeple and 5000 prelims and 800 finals tonight. Go Alan Webb.

[whenyourearound]

Originally Posted by SockMonkeyRiot

Good thread

Thoughts on the last 3 days of Track & Field:

1. Very excited about the Men's 10k team. I think Rupp will be in the mix for a medal and I'm happy that Ritz made the team after finishing 4th in the trials. Women's 10k won't be pretty because all of our best runners are doing the marathon (Flanagan, Goucher)

2. I'm happy Lolo Jones made the team but it annoys me how much they talk about her and how little they talk about Dawn Harper, who won the race and won the Gold in '08

3. Interested in how the Felix/Tarmoh dead heat turns out. I think a run off would be great for the sport.

4. Eaton is the man.

5. I don't see anyone beating Sanya Richards-Ross in London and the men's 400 will be a 2 man race between Lashawn Merritt and Kirani James

6. Tyson Gay will be the top guy on the 100 team by the Olympics. 9.86 in his fourth race (including heats) of the year after surgery is ridiculous.

Steeple and 5000 prelims and 800 finals tonight. Go Alan Webb.

Awesome! Finally someone else who actually pays attention to track.

The women's 10k was horrible with a bunch of not-so-known names making the team. Too bad Natosha Rogers can't be on the team with her second place finish.

I hope they'll have a run off after the 200m finals, so they can focus on that for the time being.

My predictions:
mens 800m - Symmonds, KD & Mulder
mens 5k - Lagat, Rupp & Lomong
mens steeple - Jager, Cabral & Huling

I hope Gay can get by the Big 3 in Jamaican sprinting and earn a medal.

[SockMonkeyRiot]

They should really let them continue to chase the standard until the IAAF deadline (July 8th I think).

I can get behind those predictions.

Going into the trials I would have put Jock in the 800 but after he faded in the semi's and only got in based off of time I'm not so sure. I think his front-running is going to come back and bite him in the ass.

As someone who got into Track during the early 2000s I'm still a big Alan Webb fan so I'll be pulling hard for him to surprise everyone and make the team but I don't see how he can make it past Lagat, Rupp and Lomong. I woud love to see Lagat finally get Gold this year.

Pulling for Cabral in the steeple.

[Tyler Vagyler]

Will be rooting for my good friend Eugene Godsoe tomorrow in the 100m backstroke. So excited for him!

[whenyourearound]

Pretty excited to see Trevor Dunbar running well and making the final. Funny to see Rupp snub Bumbalough when he went to shake hands after the race. Rupp will rebound from this and will come out strong for the final. Looks like my prediction will come true as there aren't many that are stronger than Rupp, Lagat and Lomong.

Disappointing race for Maggie Vessey in the 800, thought she was better than that. I think Montano has a pretty good chance of medaling in London.

It's a shame that Webb couldn't put it all together in the 5k and crappy to see that he's pulled out of the 1500.

Props to Deborah Maier for taking it out in the 10k trying to make something out of nothing. Glad to see she came back and qualified for the 5k final.

Nick Symmonds is a beast! I hope he can make it to the finals in London and earn a medal. Glad to see KD make the team after barely missing it 4 years ago. Pretty cool to see Duane Solomon get the A standard in the race and make it to the olympics.

[SockMonkeyRiot]

Rupp looked fine in the semi, I think he was just annoyed by Bumbalough trying to win the semi when both were in the final by a mile.

Montano is the only one in the 800 that has a shot for the US. Even if Vessey made the Olympic team she has never been able to string together consecutive good races needed to medal.

Men's 800 was great, love the team. Rudisha is on a planet of his own but the other 2 medals are up in the air and Symmonds could absolutely grab one.

[whenyourearound]

Twas pretty neat to hear Symmonds say to Solomon, "Stand up buddy, you are an Olympian" while Solomon was on the ground crying tears of joy. Always little things like that that make the sport exciting. It would be awesome to see Symmonds run well and possibly challenge the AR.

Everyone always talks about how track can become more popular and now it is in a way with the whole Felix/Tarmoh dead heat. Even though it doesn't show USATF in a good light with not having measures already in place to deal with a dead heat, they always say that any press is good press.

Brian Clay will not chase the A standard in the decathlon. Although I would have liked to see him give it another shot to make it to London, I respect him for wanting to preserve its integrity.
http://www.letsrun.com/2012/clay-0626.php

I don't know what I'm going to do with not having track on tv for two days, but at least we have some Euro 2012 soccer games to watch in the meantime.

[whenyourearound]

Originally Posted by Tyler Vagyler

Will be rooting for my good friend Eugene Godsoe tomorrow in the 100m backstroke. So excited for him!

Did he race yet? Can't find any results on the usa swimming site.

[Tyler Vagyler]

Originally Posted by whenyourearound

Did he race yet? Can't find any results on the usa swimming site.

He will be in the semi-finals tonight at 8pm. I expect him to make the finals but as far as top 2, I'm nervous.

[whenyourearound]

Well good luck to him. Will it be on tv tonight?

[Tyler Vagyler]

Yeah on NBC