Dream 4 x 400 relay for 2018

[KDFINE]

Who would you add to a relay team of Michael Norman and Fred Kerlee to attack the record this year? Possibly Noah Lyles, and who else?

[gm]

We don't have the horses to run 2:54 right now.

[gh]

Grant Holloway

[Atticus]

Grant Holloway

Q Hall

[aaronk]

Is LaShawn Merritt retired??
LOL

[26mi235]

We don't have the horses to run 2:54 right now.

The US has some pretty good young horses, and a few that are not so young that might still be pretty good for such and endeavor. Gil Roberts has had a bit of up and down but he has had some pretty good races, in addition to the others mentioned above. Also look at the NCAA 4x400s and see who was scorching some pretty fast splits.

[gm]

From the Records section, here are the splits for the 2:54.29 WR:
Andrew Valmon 44.5, Quincy Watts 43.6, Butch Reynolds 43.23, Michael Johnson 42.94

I just don't see four U.S. guys right now who could match those splits in a single race, with no competition to speak of.

[KDFINE]

I just suspect that we may be on the verge of another era of great quarter-miling in the U.S. Gm you are probably right. Not this year, not yet. But its got me excited for the near future.

[beebee]

From the Records section, here are the splits for the 2:54.29 WR:
Andrew Valmon 44.5, Quincy Watts 43.6, Butch Reynolds 43.23, Michael Johnson 42.94

I just don't see four U.S. guys right now who could match those splits in a single race, with no competition to speak of.

Yeah, that's some Herculean shit...we can all discontinue dreaming for now.

[gm]

25 years ago, and I still get fired up watching it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL4vPXqMe0k (IAAF video)

[gh]

... Also look at the NCAA 4x400s and see who was scorching some pretty fast splits.

The collegian who has largely flown under the radar in this department (because he's always way back in the pack) the last few years is Nathan Strother of Tennessee.

[DoubleRBar]

I'm really looking forward to the NCAA Championships in Eugene in June and in particular, the four by 400 relays.

[ATK]

For some reason I thought you were talking about a meet record or something because that world record is stuck for a while.
The 2 greatest US 400 runners since MJ and the greatest combined 400/400h runner ever teamed up on 2 major occasions and couldn't get within a second of the record....

I would even say, If there was an all-star team of WVN, James, Merritt, and Kerley at their best, I'm not even sure I would be confident enough to bet on them breaking it.

[thedoorknobbroke]

For some reason I thought you were talking about a meet record or something because that world record is stuck for a while.
The 2 greatest US 400 runners since MJ and the greatest combined 400/400h runner ever teamed up on 2 major occasions and couldn't get within a second of the record....

I would even say, If there was an all-star team of WVN, James, Merritt, and Kerley at their best, I'm not even sure I would be confident enough to bet on them breaking it.

I'm sure: no way they would break that record! Next year at WC's USA will run low 2:55..but no WR

[jc203]

And they held on to the baton for almost 3 minutes!!!