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in victoria friday gabe jennings went 341.6 which gives him the b standard for the trials, the 1500 takes 30 if they are under 343, so jennings is right on the bubble, hopefully at pre he can get the a standard of 339 to secure the a standard for the trials quite impressive since he only ran 349 for 1500 2 weeks ago. our fellow poster bennie (dajett) chatman already has the a standard, i hope these 2 make the olympics, because those 2 would be such great interviews.
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I missed this. Nice improvement for Gabe. His chances of making the team keep going up. Last week I had them at about 2%. IMO they just jumped to about 10%.
I'm surprised he's coming back so nicely. Of course he won't get near Webb but he might be able to battle for positions 2, 3, the rest of the guys aren't that far in front of him and he's closing on them. Then again 5 seconds for the Oly A is still a big chunk.
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Interesting! He's improved by 8 seconds, and has apparently scheduled a fair numbber of races between now and the OT. I think that this confirms his fitness, and I think that racing himself into form is just the right idea for a guy who has been out of competition for a long time. Don't count him out. I think that he'll surprise people in the OT race, and perhaps even this weekend!Comment
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The "B standard" is one of the great frauds USATF has ever perpetrated. Making it guarantees you absolutely nothing. If they've got a target of X, they're going to go to X. That's usually significantly faster than B, so there's no gaurantee there. And if they screw up the standards badly so that they don't have X people by B, they'll go slower.Comment
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By the way - I commend him on his new approach to let his feet to the talking. I hope this continues.Comment
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He is becoming more "Gabe the Legend" instead of "Gabe the Myth" - as he put it! As we can ask of AW, where will things slow down and stop? Many hope this chase to the top continues - as do I.Comment
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Gabe has just over two weeks to run a 3:36.20, or else he can forget about going to the OG's.Comment
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How many times do I need to repeat myself? Webb, McMullen and Gabe will make the Olympics. Look up my old posts, I have been saying it for a year. Additionally, I've called Gabe's progression this year almost perfectly. I said he would run 3:45, 3:41, 3:39, 3:36. Gabe is so good he doesn't need to worry about running 3:36 by the trials. If he runs 3:38-9 at Pre, which I think he will, he will make the time at the Trials.
The Trials will be fast. They need to be. Anyone in that final knows that they have 2 shots of going to the Olympics. Run the A standard and they're probably in or win with the B standard. Either way, you have to run fast if you're Berryhill, Lunn, Sage, Stember, McMullen, Jennings. Cause if you don't... only Webb is going to go.
Additionally, I have been saying for a year that Greene would win OG and get his record back. When I said that latter, I obviously meant that he would better 9.78. Its looking more and more, though, that he might get the record back beacause Monty's time could be eradicated! I hope it is. 9.78 is such a sham. Perfect wind. Perfect reaction time. And doped to the gills. How lucky can one man get?
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I sure wouldn't want to rely on the very last chance to get an Olympic "A".
A few reasons:
1. Might get sick that day, not so sick as not to finish in the top 3, just not well enough to get the "A".
2. Weather could be bad.
3. Could get tripped up and fall.
4. Could get caught up in a slow pace leading to a big sprint, without any real hope of getting the standard.
Any others?Comment
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Lots of people (including myself at one point) are under the impression that if you don't get the "A" standard before or at the Trials, you're out of luck.
Not so, at least in the current case of the men's 1500. If Webb is still the only one that has the "A" standard once the Trials are over (and assuming that Krummenacker sticks to the 800), Webb (assuming he wins at the Trials) and the next three finishers (including an alternate) will be named to the U.S. roster, which has to be in shortly after the Trials end. The other three athletes will then have until August 9 to meet the "A" standards. Anyone not on the roster IS out of luck.
At least that's the way I understand the qualifying procedures. Any differing opinions?Comment
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What about Grant Robison? He has the standard, too. I thought that if he and Webb both run, Webb wins and Robison is back in the pack, they enter Webb, Robison, and the next two guys behind Webb.Comment
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tandfman is correct, so long as Robison at least runs the heats (you have to compete in the event to get into the queue)Comment
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I had forgotten the largely futile scramble by several of our middle distance trials medalists to get Olympic "A" times in 2000.
Now that I think about it, I think the Olympic deadline in in August sometime.
(I just checked on this, and the absolute deadline for Olympic qualification is August 9th, while your name must have been submitted as an entrant by your NOC not later than July 21st. For the 5K and 10K, that's a little over three weeks after the Trials finals.)Comment
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>What about Grant Robison?"
I knew I was missing someone--but the basic premise of my original message is the same.Comment
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