Before I post what’s happening today, I’d like to cover some observations from yesterday:
First, there was a question about Rollins’ potential lane violation in yesterday’s hurdle finale. Officials are much less stringent on lane fidelity in hurling because of the difficulty the event. If you had seen Rollins contact the other runner or clip a hurdler in a different lane thereby impeding the progress of another runner, she would have been disqualified. Neither of those things happened, leaving both of her neighbors to stand on the podium with her. Therefore, no violation.
Stanley Kebenei is one of my favorite razorbacks. But, yesterday he executed a terrible tactical race. I firmly believe he could have been on this Olympic team but spent way too much energy marking a much faster runner in Evan Jagr. IMO, he would have been much better off playing back with other runners instead of pushing the pace. I think that extra energy could have carried him over the last two laps where he fell apart. Really disappointing. He has better days ahead of him.
Our 200 m contestants all had very different races. Wallace Spearmon looks like a man who’s over the hill, to be honest. What a great career and a great razorback. Jarrion Lawson showed what appeared to me to be fatigue. I’m quite happy he can focus on the LJ for this Olympics and figure out with his coach how to manage his energy better in the years to come when he won’t have to compete as much as he did in college. Kenzo Cotton performed very well sure the heat’s and showed exactly how talented and consistent he is. He is still very young and is coming along quite nicely. He was just severely outgunned. Tyson Gay appears to be in good enough shape to be an Olympian once again. Sub 20 is well within reach and will probably take a 19.7 to make the podium. Those kids made it really fun to watch, but I think the charity will prevail in the final, with gay, merrit, and Gatlin comprising the team.
Speaking of youth, the ducks took a hit yesterday. Their superstar recruit, drew hunter, who broke the national high school mile record earlier this year, signed a big deal with adidas. I don’t know the dollar amount, but it’s 10 years with tuition paid to the college of his choice. This is one of the advantages of track and field. The nature of the professional sport is conducive to live in a relatively normal life if one cheeses. This turn of events is very good for us. I will be interested to see if Norman and Lyles decide to change their mind about college with the trials that they’ve had and after seeing type of deal getting done. That would also help us. Now, if only Edward Chesereck would announce. I’m hoping he does after the Bowerman award is announced.
http://www.arkansasrazorbacks.com/pole-vault-trio-advances-through-runway-rain/
First, there was a question about Rollins’ potential lane violation in yesterday’s hurdle finale. Officials are much less stringent on lane fidelity in hurling because of the difficulty the event. If you had seen Rollins contact the other runner or clip a hurdler in a different lane thereby impeding the progress of another runner, she would have been disqualified. Neither of those things happened, leaving both of her neighbors to stand on the podium with her. Therefore, no violation.
Stanley Kebenei is one of my favorite razorbacks. But, yesterday he executed a terrible tactical race. I firmly believe he could have been on this Olympic team but spent way too much energy marking a much faster runner in Evan Jagr. IMO, he would have been much better off playing back with other runners instead of pushing the pace. I think that extra energy could have carried him over the last two laps where he fell apart. Really disappointing. He has better days ahead of him.
Our 200 m contestants all had very different races. Wallace Spearmon looks like a man who’s over the hill, to be honest. What a great career and a great razorback. Jarrion Lawson showed what appeared to me to be fatigue. I’m quite happy he can focus on the LJ for this Olympics and figure out with his coach how to manage his energy better in the years to come when he won’t have to compete as much as he did in college. Kenzo Cotton performed very well sure the heat’s and showed exactly how talented and consistent he is. He is still very young and is coming along quite nicely. He was just severely outgunned. Tyson Gay appears to be in good enough shape to be an Olympian once again. Sub 20 is well within reach and will probably take a 19.7 to make the podium. Those kids made it really fun to watch, but I think the charity will prevail in the final, with gay, merrit, and Gatlin comprising the team.
Speaking of youth, the ducks took a hit yesterday. Their superstar recruit, drew hunter, who broke the national high school mile record earlier this year, signed a big deal with adidas. I don’t know the dollar amount, but it’s 10 years with tuition paid to the college of his choice. This is one of the advantages of track and field. The nature of the professional sport is conducive to live in a relatively normal life if one cheeses. This turn of events is very good for us. I will be interested to see if Norman and Lyles decide to change their mind about college with the trials that they’ve had and after seeing type of deal getting done. That would also help us. Now, if only Edward Chesereck would announce. I’m hoping he does after the Bowerman award is announced.
http://www.arkansasrazorbacks.com/pole-vault-trio-advances-through-runway-rain/
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