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Post by bruce3404 on Jan 20, 2018 21:05:42 GMT -8
I'm excited to have tickets for both days of the meet this upcoming week. There's also a free Multis day on Thursday and I'm wondering if the Ducks will send anyone for multi events. If so, I'll go all three days. Spoke with Jack Pffeifer of Track and Field News and he's also the guy promoting this meet in NY. His thoughts are that Robert Johnson will bring the big guns to establish qualifying marks early so the top athletes can focus on peaking for NCAAs. He and I both agreed that coming to NYC was a great recruiting tool for E Coast kids and Pffeifer also mentioned that it's probably cheaper to fly the Ducks here, where they were worshiped last year by the local HS kids versus sending them to A&M or Arkansas where they'd be treated as invaders by the crowd.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2018 5:48:32 GMT -8
That all makes sense. I'm planning to go see the Don Kirby in ABQ next month and I believe Oregon will bring the big guns here too because they have in the past, especially the sprinters where Cunliffe set her PB in the 60m last year. But I suppose if they get good marks in NYC I might not see everybody.
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Post by bruce3404 on Jan 21, 2018 7:58:48 GMT -8
Good point about ABQ. Last year's NYC meet was all about the DMR collegiate record, though the sprinters also ran. Still, the altitude of ABQ makes for good marks. I expect that they'll especially bring Cunliffe along slowly, so she may only appear in one of the two meets. We'll know more by next weekend, or perhaps on Wednesday when the heat sheets presumably come out.
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Post by bruce3404 on Jan 22, 2018 19:38:27 GMT -8
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Post by bruce3404 on Jan 24, 2018 12:05:53 GMT -8
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Post by hawaiiduck1 on Jan 24, 2018 19:49:00 GMT -8
Thanks for that info Bruce! Watching on delay is better than nothing.
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Post by bruce3404 on Jan 25, 2018 10:12:30 GMT -8
I've since found out that if one is a subscriber to the Gold Track program on NBC ($75/year) you can watch the action live. I like that package because as both a pro and college fan, there are tons of meets available including the Diamond League. Additionally, they offer feeds that show every jump and every throw in the big meets, so it isn't the usual quick synopsis of the top three throws/jumps which, of course, lack the drama of watching an entire field event unfold.
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Post by chileduck on Jan 25, 2018 11:09:16 GMT -8
I've since found out that if one is a subscriber to the Gold Track program on NBC ($75/year) you can watch the action live. I like that package because as both a pro and college fan, there are tons of meets available including the Diamond League. Additionally, they offer feeds that show every jump and every throw in the big meets, so it isn't the usual quick synopsis of the top three throws/jumps which, of course, lack the drama of watching an entire field event unfold. Thanks ... Something to consider. Sounds better than Flotrack..
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Post by bruce3404 on Jan 26, 2018 7:59:19 GMT -8
NBC Gold has gotten great reviews from a lot of hard core pro fans that I hang out with, but their college schedule is pretty good as well. Tonight's action in Manhattan: While the meet is a 12 hour extravaganza today, the Ducks don't get rolling until the 60 and 60H heats which begin at 5:40 (EST) with finals in both beginning an hour later. Here's an article from the Duck website, the gist of which is that RJ told the team that they needed to pick it up from the lackluster rust buster meet at UW and he also mentioned that the prime goal for this weekend is to get both DMR teams qualified for NCAAs. goducks.com/news/2018/1/25/track-and-field-johnson-challenges-ducks-to-raise-the-bar-this-weekend.aspxMy take on tonight's events: W60--Will be exciting to watch frosh Williams (7.52/7.35) and Reed (7.54/7.39) move towards their HS PRs. (First marks are UW Preview marks and second marks are PRs). Washington and Dunmore (BOTH 7.41/7.25) will also run. As noted above, the Kirby will most likely be the key to breaking into the top 16 for NCAAs. Last year it took a 7.27 to qualify. Looks like Hannah Cunliffe will be on the bench until ABQ. M60--The Duck to watch will be Cravon Gillespie (6.77/6.66); he'll be joined by Myles Webb (6.78/6.78), jumper Spenser Schmidt and Rashad Swank-Jones (6.89/6.89). Last year it took a 6.65 to qualify for NCAAs. W60H--Alaysha Johnson (8.27/8.01) and Kaylah Robinson (8.41/8.34) are the two Duck entrants. Last year it took an 8.13 to qualify for NCAAs. M60H--The Ducks are led by Braxton Canady (7.91/7.72) who will be joined by Joseph Anderson (8.15/8.15) and Jonathan Harvey (8.37/8.30). Last year's magic NCAA number was 7.76. WDMR--I have no idea who the Ducks are going to run, but last year it took an 11:01.85 to qualify. I'm hoping for something around 10:55 (though that may be a bit over optimistic) and, like last year, expect the team here to be a stronger team than might race in College Station in March. Note that only 12 teams qualify for NCAAs vs 16 athletes in the individual events. MDMR--Ditto above. NCAA qualifier last year was 9:31.15. Without Ches, the men have a tough task this year. Ducks will also compete in the weight throw today with HS Phenom Jared Briere joined by Max Lydum and Austin Tharp. Briere was one of the top HSers in the nation in the Wt Throw last year (5th nationally), but faces the difficult task of throwing a collegiate implement that weighs 10# more than HS. He opened with a 16.47 at UW. Last year's NCAA qualifier was 21.59 (70'10").
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Post by chileduck on Jan 26, 2018 15:51:36 GMT -8
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Post by chileduck on Jan 26, 2018 16:22:21 GMT -8
That's Braxton Canady and Joseph Anderson for those of us who don't read twitter handles as real names..
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Post by chileduck on Jan 26, 2018 16:29:09 GMT -8
That's Alaysha Johnson and Kaylah Robinson.
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Post by chileduck on Jan 26, 2018 16:33:48 GMT -8
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Post by chileduck on Jan 26, 2018 16:34:47 GMT -8
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Post by chileduck on Jan 26, 2018 21:47:21 GMT -8
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