2009 WC: w4x100 (the leadup to the heats)

[bhall]

THE FORMCHART
(times are bests in ’08 or ’09)
1. United States ...................................41.58 (’09)
(Lee 10.85, Williams 10.88, Jeter 10.92, Felix 10.93, Hooker 10.93,
Anderson 11.02, Solomon 11.04, B. Knight 11.07)
2. Jamaica ............................................42.24 (’08)
(Stewart 10.75, Fraser 10.78, Campbell-Brown 10.85, Facey 10.95, Bailey 11.04)
3. Russia ...............................................42. 31 (’08)
(Polyakova 11.09, Gushchina 11.13, Rusakova 11.18, Chermoshanskaya 11.33, Fedoriva 22.56)
4. Great Britain .....................................42.95 (’08)
(Douglas 11.05, Kwakye 11.14, Turner 11.19, Ania 11.21, Maduaka 11.23)
5. Bahamas ..........................................43.35 (’09)
(Sturrup 10.84, Ferguson-McKenzie 10.91, T. Clarke 11.26, S. Ferguson 11.38, Amertil 22.58)
6. Germany ...........................................43.25 (’08)
7. Trinidad .............................................43.32 (’08)
8. Italy .................................................. .43.04 (’08)
9. Brazil .................................................4 3.14 (’08)
10. Nigeria ............................................43.04 (’08)

[texas_speed]

Solomon and Knight aren't in the pool of the "final 6."

Jeter, Lee, Lauryn Williams, Felix, Hooker, Anderson is the squad.

[Weights&Shoes]

I want that 41.37 gone... lol

[TrackDaddy]

I almost wanna say whichever team (US/JA) that gets the inside lane for some reason.

But the US fueled by their recent time and confidence, wins the 4x1 by a nose over JA as Jeter holds off VCB for gold.

Oh yeah...in WR time. 8-)

[Omega4ul]

Just based on Stats..... Jamaica should win this easy! They have 3 women that have run sub 11 recently compared to one US woman.

Reality is that Team Jamaica may not be as much of a "Team" as the US team. The only saying applies...
It is not the 4 fastest ladies, it is the 4 ladies that get the stick around the fastest!

[nevetsllim]

Hmm, the British times listed are somewhat misleading of current form...

[justblaze1011]

Just based on Stats..... Jamaica should win this easy! They have 3 women that have run sub 11 recently compared to one US woman.

Reality is that Team Jamaica may not be as much of a "Team" as the US team. The only saying applies...
It is not the 4 fastest ladies, it is the 4 ladies that get the stick around the fastest!

:shock: :?

It will not be as easy as you and the rest of y'all think.

[Sinafan]

Hmm, the British times listed are somewhat misleading of current form...

To put it mildly ... I was also rather amused by the following article http://www.morethanthegames.co.uk/at...n-shine-berlin where Miss Turner makes the rather interesting statement "The Germans again are not as fast as us on the flat but they do well because they have good changeovers.". Let's hope she is better at running than at reading season lists.
Bahamas, Russia and Germany can go for Bronze and below 43. I'm less convinced in GB's case.

[cacique]

this event has been very unpredictable lately, so much can go wrong (nigeria a bronze medal in beijing???? who'dda thunk. even brazil finished 4th!!!!!!!!!!!)

when did T&T and italy become so good???? how times change.

i can see (and i hope) bahamas gets up for 3rd. i'm predicting US over jamaica (no botched passes this time).

[jamaicantrackfan]

Unless Jamaica drops the baton, it should be an easy win for them.With two 10.7 runners(Fraser and Stewart) and one 10.8 runner(Veronica) plus and 11 sec runner, it should be a runaway victory in a new world record similar to the mens 4 x 100m in Berlin.

The US women will be a distant second.

[Marlow]

The US women will be a distant second.

Thank you Jammin. :roll:

[26mi235]

Just based on Stats..... Jamaica should win this easy!

UAS 41.58, Jam 42.24 are not irrelevant stats.

[justblaze1011]

The US women will be a distant second.

Thank you Jammin. :roll:

LMAO!!!!

[TrainerPhil]

The US women will be a distant second.

Thank you Jammin. :roll:

LMAO!!!!

This should be a very exciting race. This will be closer than some think, but I still look for the Jams to win in record time.

[jamaicantrackfan]

The US women will be a distant second.

Thank you Jammin. :roll:

LMAO!!!!

I will be LMAO when Jamaica smacks the US and grabs gold