Post by Nevada Hoya on Apr 8, 2022 11:48:18 GMT -5
Lineup with seed times:
Men 800 Mateo Althouse Heat 3, Lane 3 1:52.00 Ethan Delgado Heat 7, Lane 6 1:48.00 Camden Gilmore Heat 6, Lane 7 1:50.00 Lucas Guerra Heat 5, Lane 6 1:51.00 Tim McInerney Heat 8, Lane 3 1:48.00 Matthew Payamps Heat 8, Lane 6 1:47.17 Abel Teffra Heat 6, Lane 4 1:49.50
Women 800 Sami Corman Heat 6, Lane 2 2:05.50 Sierra Dinneen Heat 5, Lane 6 2:07.25 Chloe Gonzalez Heat 4, Lane 8 2:09.00 Baylee Jones Heat 3, Lane 3 2:09.50 Rachel Sessa Heat 4, Lane 5 2:09.00
Women 1500 Kiera Bothwell Heat 4, Lane 1 4:19.00 Chloe Gonzalez Heat 3, Lane 8 4:20.00 Baylee Jones Heat 2, Lane 5 4:25.00 Melissa Riggins Heat 5, Lane 9 4:14.00 Rachel Sessa Heat 2, Lane 8 4:26.00
Men 1500 Mateo Althouse Heat 3, Lane 9 3:44.00 Camden Gilmore Heat 5, Lane 6 3:40.00 Lucas Guerra Heat 4, Lane 1 3:44.00 Parker Stokes Heat 5, Lane 4 3:39.00 Abel Teffra Heat 4, Lane 4 3:42.00 Jantz Tostenson Heat 3, Lane 2 3:43.00 Jack Van Scoter Heat 3, Lane 8 3:44.00
Men 3000 Steeplechase Owen Ritz Heat 1, Lane 12 8:50.00
Last Edit: Apr 8, 2022 11:51:08 GMT -5 by Nevada Hoya
Heat 5 is stacked 1 Melissa Riggins Georgetown 4:17.53 (1:04.79) Melissa beat two Kenyans and Amaris Tyynismaa. Mercy Chelangat won the NCAA XC championship in 2020 and runner up in 2021. Joyce Kimeli came in 2nd in the NCAA 3000mSC in 2021. Amaris Tyynismaa finished 3rd in the 2020 NCAA XC champs.
Post by Nevada Hoya on Apr 9, 2022 14:27:43 GMT -5
Pause as we report from the Bermuda games. Amos Bartelsmeyer, representing Germany and Hoya grad, came in a close 2nd, as he was about 5 meters behind with 50m to go and he almost nailed the Kenyan.
Pause as we report from the Bermuda games. Amos Bartelsmeyer, representing Germany and Hoya grad, came in a close 2nd, as he was about 5 meters behind with 50m to go and he almost nailed the Kenyan.
Post by Nevada Hoya on Apr 10, 2022 18:02:00 GMT -5
/quote]Amos ran smart in lousy conditions for a 1500. What the heck was Etiang doing fooling with his watch? [/quote]
The men’s 1500 was the most entertaining race of the day
On paper, it looked as if Kamar Etiang – the 19-year-old who finished second at last year’s Kenyan Olympic Trials but didn’t get to run the Olympics as he wasn’t in the testing pool – should run away with the men’s 1500, and for the first 1100 meters, he was doing exactly that, carving out a 20-meter lead at the bell. Then all hell broke loose on the last lap.
Etiang, who opened a gap on the field after 400 meters (58 seconds), started to see his lead shrink, and by the top of the home straight, it was down to 10 meters. At that point, Etiang began to struggle even more, his lanky, upright form buffeted back by the wind as the Bowerman Track Club’s Amos Bartelsmeyer, who ran 3:35 last year, began furiously kicking behind him.
As the finish line approached, Etiang stole a glance back and noticed Bartelsmeyer coming for him, at which point he sped up his cadence. That last burst of speed looked as if it would be enough to deliver the victory…until inexplicably decided he needed to stop his watch as he finished. As a result, Etiang cost himself valuable momentum just before the finish line by reaching his arms in front of him to stop the watch before throwing them up to celebrate what was ultimately a very narrow victory, 3:45.26 to Bartelsmeyer’s 3:45.35.
The race reminded us of two things:
Crazy weather may not produce fast races, but it can lead to some wild finishes.