Texas Relays coverage

[shivfan]

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Natasha Ruddock wins the 100 hurdles....

http://www.radiojamaica.com/content/view/26319/48/

"former national junior representative Natasha Ruddock was a winner at the Texas Relays in the United States on Sunday. Ruddock representing Texas A&M University sped to 12.97 seconds to win the college women's 100 metre hurdles. Latoya Greaves running for the University Oklahoma was third in 13.21 seconds."

[nbonaddio]

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So if you are so experienced-- then why don't we start giving lane preference starting in lane 1 and then just continue on through lane 9??? :? Get a glove and get in the game...

Please. It's the same distance regardless of what lane you are in. This isn't an Indoor 200m on a flat track. The concept of lane preference in a 4x4 exists only in the heads of the athletes looking to make excuses. It's not right for meet organization to hand out bogus seeds and assign lanes as such, but it's similarly not right for a set of athletes to allow someone as non-consequential as a lane get in their heads so much.

[nodnarb]

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So if you are so experienced-- then why don't we start giving lane preference starting in lane 1 and then just continue on through lane 9??? :? Get a glove and get in the game...

[nbonaddio]

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Because Texas knew that it would push their team back another place...they screwed a few teams on lane assignments the entire meet. If they thought they could get away with it, they might have put a team in lane 10 (and run through the long jump pits on the backstreach). It sucks to get beat, so why not enter a team and scratch... Cowards!

How do you screw a team in regards to lane assignments in a 4x4? I've run about 200 of them in my life and unless your first leg is 6'8", it really shouldn't matter all that much.

[nodnarb]

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Because Texas knew that it would push their team back another place...they screwed a few teams on lane assignments the entire meet. If they thought they could get away with it, they might have put a team in lane 10 (and run through the long jump pits on the backstreach). It sucks to get beat, so why not enter a team and scratch... Cowards!

[KevinM]

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Anyone know why Miss St. ran in the invite 4x4 instead of the Cleburne Price Jr. race (they are listed as a scratch in the latter)?

[lilwayne1814]

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It was nice to see Bryshon Nellum (USC) pop off something around 46 or under in the 4x4. And when will 3:07.40 be taken down?

Speaking of the 3:07.40, the team that set the record, Cali Hawthorne(-one runner + an alternate) was introduced to the crowd. It's hard to believe that was 25 years ago!

[lonewolf]

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I guess I was a little too provincial. Many years ago there was a radio personality in Lubbock who frequently referred to "beautiful downtown Lubbock". I don't know if he was being sarcastic but I don't think so. Fifty years ago, when I lived in Wichita, Ks, another radio guy repeatedly spoke of "beautiful downtown Wichita". The phrase just jumped into my mind as I was typing.
Come to think of it, I have been in every city in the US and cannot think of any which truly have a beautiful "downtown" but I am taking nominations on another thread..

[TrackDaddy]

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Sorry, I thought your reference to "beautiful downtown Lubbock" was sarcastic.

It had to be.

I love Lubbock too, but the sarcasm sensed here had to be real.

[TrackDaddy]

Re: Men's 4 x 100

Was that Mark Jelks that ran anchor for API? It would have been interesting to see Spearmon's split for the anchor leg if indeed it was Jelks that he beat fairly handily on the anchor. Spearmon has always had an unbelievable top end, but he went by everyone without too much trouble and was able to showcase to the audience at the same time! I hope that he can have a good year and I would love to see him take a serious stab at the 400m in the next year or two. I always thought he was the guy that could break Johnson's record.

As talented as he is, I seriously doubt that Wallace Spearmon will ever break the 400m WR.

A lot of people wanted to make Wallace a 400m runner when he came on the scene back in 2004 because of his running style.

At this point its pretty obvious that he is far more comfortable in the 1 and 2.

[bruce3404]

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I was certainly not dissing Lubbock. My maternal family has lived in and around Lubbock since 1930s when it was a small county seat town. My only rich relative was an uncle who farmed irrigated cotton between Lubbock and Levelland.

Sorry, I thought your reference to "beautiful downtown Lubbock" was sarcastic.

[nicest person ever]

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By the way, does anyone know what's going on with Kevin Craddock?


...anyone know?

It just said in a UCLA release last week that he "left the team" and that was that. He seems to still be working out on campus and presumably taking classes, but no idea why he chose to end his collegiate career. I'm guessing here, but it seems he may be gearing up for his "pro" career without having to deal with the regular meets in college.

UGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhh

[lonewolf]

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I was certainly not dissing Lubbock. My maternal family has lived in and around Lubbock since 1930s when it was a small county seat town. My only rich relative was an uncle who farmed irrigated cotton between Lubbock and Levelland.

[richxx87]

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By the way, does anyone know what's going on with Kevin Craddock?


...anyone know?

It just said in a UCLA release last week that he "left the team" and that was that. He seems to still be working out on campus and presumably taking classes, but no idea why he chose to end his collegiate career. I'm guessing here, but it seems he may be gearing up for his "pro" career without having to deal with the regular meets in college.

[bruce3404]

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South Plains is located in Levelland, TX (aka, the Middle of Nowhere).

Flatter than a tabletop
Makes you wonder why they stopped here
Wagon must have lost a wheel or they lacked ambition one
On the great migration west
___
Far as you can point your hand
Nothin' but Levelland

-James McMurtry

We Bruces must be on the same page. First thing I thought of when I saw Levelland mentioned was the McMurtry tune. I am a bit offended at the snarky dissing of Lubbock. To those who look down, I can only say....Buddy Holly, Joe Ely, Waylon Jennings, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Bobby Keyes, just to name a few. They have a great Buddy Holly Museum as well.

Some further lyrics defining the "draw" of Levelland:

I've paid off all my debts
Got some change left over yet and I'm
Gettin' on a whisper jet
I'm gonna fly as far as I can get from
Levelland