¶2012OT w1500—Morgan Uceny 4:04.59

[gh]

T&FN formchart:

1. Jenny Simpson ¶ (New Balance) 2
2. Morgan Uceny ¶ (adidas) 1
3. Anna Pierce ¶ (Nike) (6)
4. Alice Schmidt ¶ (Nike) 9
5. Shannon Rowbury ¶ (Nike) 3
6. Gabriele Anderson * (Brooks) nr
7. Katie Mackey * (Brooks) 7
8. Brenda Martinez * (New Balance) nr
9. Nicole Schappert * (NYAC) nr
10. Treniere Moser * (Nike) 4

Pierce gets her A-qualifier on Wednesday night.

[j-a-m]

Pierce gets her A-qualifier on Wednesday night.

Talk about a last-minute effort.

[ATK]

That race was hot! top 3 under 4.06 and Shela Reid went 4.07.

I would love to see Martinez get the A and make the team. She has been working hard and doing pretty well all season.

[Marlow]

1. Jenny Simpson ¶ (New Balance) 2

Can lightning strike again? The Magic 8-ball says, "Don't count on it." (but it could . . .)

[aaronk]

Pierce gets her A-qualifier on Wednesday night.

Talk about a last-minute effort.

Where was this?
All-comers meet??
Other events??
Do you have ALL the results??

[ATK]

Pierce gets her A-qualifier on Wednesday night.

Talk about a last-minute effort.

Where was this?
All-comers meet??
Other events??
Do you have ALL the results??

Here is a link to the flotrack article on it.
http://www.flotrack.org/blog/42185-Bein ... nna-Pierce

[James Fields]

Her 4:05.42 time can be found via <http://www.sdusatf.org/tandf.html> which describes the competition as an "All Comers" meet -- that might not meet the Olympic Qualifying standards criteria:

" Performances must be achieved during competitions organized or authorized by the IAAF, its Area Associations or its National Member Federations. ... Performances must be achieved during official competitions organized in conformity with IAAF Rules."

Maybe that's why "2012 Top USA Outdoor Track & Field Marks - Women last updated - 6/21/2012" <http://www.usatf.org statistics/topMarks/2012/Outdoor-Women.aspx> shows 4:06.11.2 for Anna Pierce on 18 May 2012 in High Performance Meet at Occidental College.

However, Pierce (Olympic Trials steeplechase record holder at 9:27.59) is a strong finisher, evident in TV of her European races. Note also her personal bests -- 1:58.80 for 800m in France and 3:59.38 for 1500m in Switzerland.

[Ruth Wysocki]

Must have missed something somewhere along the line. What's up with Christin Wurth-Thomas?

[donley2]

Rounds like this do not do much for me. Thirty on the start list, 28 start, 24 advance. Pretty darn useless.

[odelltrclan]

Rounds like this do not do much for me. Thirty on the start list, 28 start, 24 advance. Pretty darn useless.

What a total waste of time. What are they thinking?! If you are only going to eliminate 3 or 4 people, why bother!

[Pego]

Totally absurd.

[kuha]

Right. For the millionth time, that's precisely what us "shorten the Trials so that every race actually means something" types have been saying for years.

[gh]

i agree completley (even if there were 2 scratches who might have made it "slightly" more palatable)

[Alan Shank]

Not counting DNS's, it looks like they eliminated four women. Lots of 60-63 last laps.
Cheers,
Alan Shank
Woodland, CA, USA

[lovetorun]

I guess someone has to say...it's good practice for the OT where there will be 2 qualifying rounds, as usual.

[j-a-m]

What a total waste of time. What are they thinking?! If you are only going to eliminate 3 or 4 people, why bother!

Agreed. They seem to get it right in the other events this year, why not in this one?

[huntinwr]

Uceny just won the first semifinal in 4:08.90, Simpson 2nd. I don't think three people are going to beat Uceny, so I see her as an Olympian, but the other two could come from five or six others. Simpson hasn't looked that great so far this year, I could see her not making it. Pierce seems to be coming on, Rowbury is a big-meet performer, and don't count Schmidt out after her 800. Wow! Great depth!

[huntinwr]

Uceny just won the first semifinal in 4:08.90, Simpson 2nd. I don't think three people are going to beat Uceny, so I see her as an Olympian, but the other two could come from five or six others. Simpson hasn't looked that great so far this year, I could see her not making it. Pierce seems to be coming on, Rowbury is a big-meet performer, and don't count Schmidt out after her 800. Wow! Great depth!

Spoke to soon... Schmidt eliminated in 2nd semi. Guess 800 took too much out of her.

[JumboElliott]

Little nugget: Hasay ran faster in 08 than she did this year.

[Master Po]

Little nugget: Hasay ran faster in 08 than she did this year.

jumbo: Just curious: -- What is your interpretation of this little nugget?

[guru]

Ironic that Shanay Briscoe made final of high jump, while Hasay did not in 1500. Would be even more so if Briscoe, who unlike Hasay was not excused to compete in her 08 Trials final due to junior worlds travel rule, makes team...

[JumboElliott]

Poor tactics. In 08 she ran her own race and was able to pick off tiring runners, this year she overexerted herself by running with the leaders.

[cladthin]

I guess someone has to say...it's good practice for the OT where there will be 2 qualifying rounds, as usual.

Agreed. This seems to be the best way to simulate the competive conditions of the OG even if only a few are eliminated. At least as far as the number rounds they will encounter it will be the same as far as I know.

[Alan Shank]

Uceny stayed out of trouble at a slow, but not ridiculous, pace. She looked in control with 61.5. Nobody in semi II tried to make the pace such that the time q's would come from there, so Schmidt missed out in 6th place.

Uceny, Simpson and Rowbury look like the best bets to me.
Cheers,
Alan Shank
Woodland, CA, USA

[TN1965]

I also take Uceny, Simpson and Rowbery. It's hard to think any of them not making the team.

[huntinwr]

I also take Uceny, Simpson and Rowbery. It's hard to think any of them not making the team.

I'm not there, so couldn't see how Simpson looked, but she hasn't been very impressive this year. I think Pierce might get in.

[JumboElliott]

Uceny, Pierce, Simpson. That order.

[ed gee]

Schmidt is in the final.

[mcgato]

Anderson DQ? I'd like to see the video on that one.

[SQUACKEE]

Uceny looks un freaking belleavably fit

[Dutra5]

Anderson DQ? I'd like to see the video on that one.

I recall Schmidt having to pull up about 300m out (might have been even closer to the finish) and thinking that she has trouble shifting gears and it would hurt her. I wasn't thinking of a foul at that point but I'd imagine that's where the protest came from.

[gh]

first time we've "ever" seen Uceny run sans beads?

[DrJay]

Uceny has looked very easy in the two rounds so far. Not sure what's up w Hasay, but methinks she may have a better future in the 5000 than the 1500

[Dutra5]

Uceny has looked very easy in the two rounds so far. Not sure what's up w Hasay, but methinks she may have a better future in the 5000 than the 1500

Didn't look at this as an event issue. It looked like an out of gas issue no matter what the event.

[Randy Treadway]

This seems to be the best way to simulate the competive conditions of the OG even if only a few are eliminated. At least as far as the number rounds they will encounter it will be the same as far as I know.

If true, the merits of that kind of thinking are debatable to say the least. In the Steeple, 5K and 10K it's idiotic not to cancel preliminaries if there are enough scratches to enable that.

In the sprints, duplicating the rounds regardless might make sense. Maybe.

But the 1500? I don't know---the downside (unnecessarily fatiguing the athletes) might outweigh the positives (get use to it, because that's what you're going to experience in London).

The National Championship / Olympic Trials is not supposed to be a training event. Leave that to the coaches.