NCAA West

[booond]

Cost is a legitimate factor. Housing and feeding 1000 people for one day more than planned is not a trivial item. Nor is the cost of re-booking everyone's flight home. None of these costs had been budgeted by the affected institutions.

But there's another factor as well. An important reason why the meet always ends on Saturday is that some schools (most notably BYU) refuse to compete on Sundays for religious reasons.

Both of those reasons are even more reason to place the meets in areas that have less chance at postponement. And I understand that someone needs to want to hold the meet.

[jazzcyclist]

A couple of 54's are advancing to NCAA's out of the West, while in the East, it took 53.14 just to make it to the quarterfinals. Is this due to the bad weather and schedule change or just the weakness of the West in this event?

[booond]

A couple of 54's are advancing to NCAA's out of the West, while in the East, it took 53.14 just to make it to the quarterfinals. Is this due to the bad weather and schedule change or just the weakness of the West in this event?

I'm guessing weather-related (looks like it's windy) but only 4 of the top-10 seeds were in the West regional.

[CKuykendall]

Wow. That is a major change. They eliminated a round in the majority of the races.

Such that, in the men's 800, the new qualifying arrangement was to take the winner of each of six heats, and the next six fastest, to Eugene. Whereupon Jonah Koech and Collins Kibet running in Heat 6 produced a 1:49.89 (22nd fastest) and 1:50.87 (28th fastest), respectively. Kibet (winning 1:47.23 at the Pac 12 conference meet) is eliminated. Strange.

[jazzcyclist]

Such that, in the men's 800, the new qualifying arrangement was to take the winner of each of six heats, and the next six fastest, to Eugene. Whereupon Jonah Koech and Collins Kibet running in Heat 6 produced a 1:49.89 (22nd fastest) and 1:50.87 (28th fastest), respectively. Kibet (winning 1:47.23 at the Pac 12 conference meet) is eliminated. Strange.

Perhaps Kibet didn't realize that only the winners advanced with the revised schedule. Either that or he had a really bad day.

[jazzcyclist]

Nnenya Hailey DNF'ed in the women's 400 hurdles. Wow!

[Atticus]

Gotta like these

w400
1 Courtney Okolo SR Texas 51.06
2 Chrisann Gordon JR Texas 51.39

m800
1 Donavan Brazier FR Texas A&M 1:46.53

wJT
1 Maggie Malone SR Texas A&M 57.99m (190-3)

wHT
1 DeAnna Price SR Southern Illinois 71.66m (235-1)

[gm]

Nnenya Hailey DNF'ed in the women's 400 hurdles. Wow!

No, she DNSed.

[jazzcyclist]

No, she DNSed.

Why does it say DNF in the results? Are you at the meet? Either way it's still a shocker since she had a chance to challenge Shamier Little IMO.

[booond]

Why does it say DNF in the results? Are you at the meet? Either way it's still a shocker since she had a chance to challenge Shamier Little IMO.

They mentioned she had a leg issue on the telecast.

[donley2]

One thing I noticed is that everything starts in the morning or early afternoon, with the last running event starting at 1:25 today and 2:30 tomorrow. Is that because bad weather is predicted for the evenings the next couple of days?

Turns out to be an excellent idea to run early. All of the running events except the final heat of the men's steeple finished before today's first lightning/weather delay.

[booond]

Turns out to be an excellent idea to run early. All of the running events except the final heat of the men's steeple finished before today's first lightning/weather delay.

I watched some of it and they moved quickly through the races.

[donley2]

Live women's HJ results are confusing. They are listing a 3rd flight (with only 3 competitors), but I am trying to figure out if those are just ladies who passed all the way up to 1.80. Never mind looks like it is a jump off for the final qualifiers.

[bruce3404]

Wow. That is a major change. They eliminated a round in the majority of the races.

Good riddance to that round. I've rather enjoyed watching these "winner take all+3/6" races today

[Rich22]

jazzycylist: I can assure you no coach here was asked about how we felt. The decision was made ouot of NCAA headquarters in Indy. We received text messages and e-mails throughout the night about changes to the meet. Lots of coaches didn't know about the changes until early this morning when they woke up!