What Are the Top-10 Stories of The Trials?

[trig]

1. M800
2. Amy Yoder-Begley
3. Lolo
4. Kip
5. David Oliver
6. M200
7. M100
8. Aarik Wilson
9. W pole vault
10. Anna Willard

11. Abdi
12. Bershawn

M800 not even consolation!

Okay--okay-okay--

If you are from Oregon--then M800 is #6

[trig]

M800 not even consolation!

The top 10 stories of the trials--

1. M1500 (Webb not qualifying)
2. W10K
3. M 10K (including the headlines of Goucher's provisional entry)
4. M200
5. M100
6. Jeff Hartwig
7. WSt (AR and Delilah)
8. W1500 (Go Jordan--think Green (and gold) and be a Duck)
9. Mhammer (only one going)
10. MJavelin

Consolation
11. M LJ
12 W TJ
13. Women's multi
14. M steeple
15. W sprints (100 and 200)

[trig]

Amy Yoder-Begley getting 3rd in the 10,000 and putting the pedal to the metal to get the A standard.

You've been listening to Carol Lewis, haven't you?
Cheers,
Alan Shank
Woodland, CA

No, I am in the stands. I have an original thoiught every now and then.

[gh]

Oregon law says no beer until 07:00, so the airport was dry.

[EPelle]

If I hadn:t witnessed that phenomenom (absurdity?) with my own two eyes, I:d think you were joking about beer with breakfast. Have seen too many airport pubs and restaurants packed with travelers doing the same over the past two years that it seems strange when passing a restaurant without anyone drinking at the wee hours of the morning.

[gh]

add to 10 best things: breakfast beer at 03:30 on Monday morning.... nothing like an 06:00 flite!

[EPelle]

WOW (tennis, sorry)

Just saw the headline on NY Times. Someone should initiate a historical thread which asks which track and field athlete(s) got headlines one day only to be greatly overshadowed by another sports person later that same day (not that tennis will overshadow athletics in the USA today).

Think in terms of MLB when Dave Stewart threw his first no-hitter and Fernando Valenzuela threw one the same night!

[gh]

WOW (tennis, sorry)

[bad hammy]

There were several more -- they are buried in the 10.000m thread.

Forget the athletes, too, including Bauhs. An attorney was on hand to help with this non-story as well, though athletes whom he had hoped to show up didn:t... must have been for the non-story right smack in Eugene.

It:s not on your list. It was on other folks radars not located in Eugene, which seems to be the crux of your argument. Nevertheless. Enjoy other things today which may make your personal list.

I never said it was no story, but rather that in the big picture of these OTs it is nowhere near a top 10 story. If it is on someone's top 10 story list then I believe they have not taken full stock of what is going on here in Eugene over the last 10 days.

And, to address the specific story, for all of the postings here and on letsrun, not one athlete who had qualified for the 10,000 was denied the opportunity to run in it because of the inclusion of Goucher, and not one athlete was denied a ticket to Beijing because of the inclusion of Goucher. So for all of the online bloviating, the overall effect was zip, nada. It was overblown before the race, and any continued promotion of it as important is continued overblowness.

And thank you, I will enjoy this last day of the meet, and expect that a moment or three will make my top 10 list.

[EPelle]

There were several more -- they are buried in the 10.000m thread.

Forget the athletes, too, including Bauhs. An attorney was on hand to help with this non-story as well, though athletes whom he had hoped to show up didn:t... must have been for the non-story right smack in Eugene.

It:s not on your list. It was on other folks radars not located in Eugene, which seems to be the crux of your argument. Nevertheless. Enjoy other things today which may make your personal list.

[bad hammy]

Overblown, underblown, not blown up at all... it still made its (underserving) headlines and noise.

For anyone attending this meet it would be inconceivable to consider this a top 10 story. Just because something becomes a popular topic of conversation here or amongst the letsrun crowd does not make it a story worthy of top 10 consideration at this meet.

I see you missed the point about the national press. No affiliation with Lets Run.

USATF made it an issue:
http://www.usatf.org/news/view.aspx?DUI ... 3_11_59_20

NY Times:

Adam Goucher finished seventh in the 10,000, which was won by Abdi Abdirahman in 27 minutes 41.89 seconds. Galen Rupp, who is from Portland and runs for the University of Oregon, finished second to the delight of the Hayward Field crowd, which cheered wildly when he briefly took the lead late in the race. Jorge Torres finished third.

Adam Goucher’s fate held much interest because USA Track & Field had given him an exemption into the field despite his failing to make the qualifying mark. The organization cited his history as a five-time national champion in track and cross-country events in granting his appeal into the race.

No, I belive you are missing the point. One press release and one paragraph in the NYT does not make this a top 10 story, period.

[gh]

Nothing to do w/ track, but I gotta add sitting here the last morning watching Federer/Nadal... and it's not even over yet! (tiebreak just ended)

[lonewolf]

For sheer joyfull feel good-- Jordan Hasay