800 semi's

[Randy Treadway]

Okay the heat assignments are posted:
http://www.iaaf.org/WCH03/results/gende ... tlist.html
1st 2 finishers from each of 3 heats (6) go to the finals, plus 2 fastest after those 6.

My predictions:
Heat 1: Borzakovskiy & Kipketer
Heat 2: Bucher & Mulaudzi
Heat 3: Kimutai & Sepeng

And the lucky 2 others?:
well, first of all the next FOUR will be Said-Guerni and Som out of Heat 2, and Reina and Krummenacker out of Heat 3.

Drum roll please- the finalists out of these four will be:
Said-Geurni and Reina.

Sorry David. You're gonna miss it by a hundredth.
1500 in Athens.

[JRinaldi]

Re: 800 semi's

Kipketer will not advance.

[Randy Treadway]

Re: 800 semi's

>My predictions:
>Heat 1: Borzakovskiy & Kipketer

Check!

[Randy Treadway]

Re: 800 semi's

>My predictions
>Heat 2: Bucher & Mulaudzi

Bucher led at 400, but then 'tanked'.

Looks like the time to beat for Krummenacker is 1:46.07, unless he can finish in the top 2 in Heat 3.

[Randy Treadway]

Re: 800 semi's

Krummenacker had the lead at 400

[Guest]

Re: 800 semi's

Krumm is out

[Randy Treadway]

Re: 800 semi's

>1500 in Athens.

Check!

[Randy Treadway]

Re: 800 semi's

Kimutai bit the dust too...

[Guest]

Re: 800 semi's

Krummenacker now must quit the 800 meters. I told everyone he should be running the metric mile. It is his event. Not making these finals shows Krummenacker is not faster enough in this event. Daniel Lincoln since he made the finals is more suited to the 10,000 meters than Krummenacker is to the 800 meters.

At least we will have a stronger 1500 meter squad next year.

[Guest]

Re: 800 semi's

Yep, Krummenacker is a 1500 meter runner - No argument here.

[Guest]

Re: 800 semi's

i feel the same that krumm should make the 1500 his main focus, however, he was outkicked this summer by lunn in a 1500 race.

[Guest]

Re: 800 semi's

To beat Lunn all Krummenacker has to do is run a fast first 800 meters. Lunn has only a 1:48 PR in the 800 meters. Krummenacker has the advantage of having world-class 800-meter speed. I don't think there has ever been a US miler with Krummenacker's 800-meter speed. If things go right Krummenacker could be America's next sub 3:50 miler.

It has been twelve years since an American has broken a 3:50 mile

I think I was a bit hard on Krummenacker concerning the 800 today. Heck, the current world 800 meter champ did not even make the finals. I am sure he is more disappointed today than Krummenacker!!

[Guest]

Re: 800 semi's

>i feel the same that krumm should make the 1500
>his main focus, however, he was outkicked this
>summer by lunn in a 1500 race.

That was a poor tactical race by Krum that played into Lunn's hands. Give Jason a lot of credit for pulling it off.

At this stage Krum doesn't have much choice. He's not going to get much faster but his speed is more than sufficient for the 15. I think he has a couple late summer 15s planned to set him on the course for next year.

The 8 is unforgiving and leaves very little room for error or tactics. The 15 is much more tactical and as Annoying has said, Krum's 800 speed should allow him to hold 57s pretty comfortably. He needs to start getting into the rythm of the slower pace without losing his 800 speed. It shouldn't be too hard.

[Guest]

Re: 800 semi's

>To beat Lunn all Krummenacker has to do is run a
>fast first 800 meters. Lunn has only a 1:48 PR in
>the 800 meters. Krummenacker has the advantage of
>having world-class 800-meter speed. I don't think
>there has ever been a US miler with
>Krummenacker's 800-meter speed. If things go
>right Krummenacker could be America's next sub
>3:50 miler.

Rick Wohlhuter had Krummy's 800 speed, hehehe. Jim Ryun probably could have made the same claim had he actually concentrated on the 800 for year of so.

[Grazer]

Re: 800 semi's

Excuse me, but Krumm just won the indoor 800 Worlds just a few months ago, beating the world's best, including some like Mutua that aren't even in Paris. He had to come back too quickly from injury for USATF, has never fully recovered.