Sunny Dayz wrote: » John Travers and Phil Healy also mentioned on the email I received.
Carawaystick wrote: » Ah yeah, Saw Yohan Blake set the 100 at the morton games, should be great to see. Looking forward to it. Pity the Pole Vault Mat is so low, it stopped Kendricks going too high last time.
OOnegative wrote: » Mageean and English impressive in there respective races.
fishy21 wrote: » another timing problem this year. the clocks werent working for the womens 800. apparently Claire Mooney was inside the euro standard and the 2nd place finisher Nadia Power ran a big PB. unfortunately for them it wasnt timed.
El CabaIIo wrote: » Shame. Some of the mistakes made are irritating as the meet has so much potential but these things are holding it back from being a top world class meet, the timing issue has been going on for years now, this must be the third or fourth year now where there has been an issue somewhere with the timing and that is a basic requirement of any meet, it must be ridiculously frustrating for athletes who travel halfway around the world. Lewandowski didn't look too happy either with the pacing either in his post race interview. No ill will to Daire finn as he is a young runner and it was a big oppurtunity for him but if you have some of the best runners in the world looking to run a fast time, you need to have really experienced pacers who have a long history of good pacing and knowing when to step off and that's what the organisers should be looking for in my opinion. It's not a spot to skimp on as these details are what seperates the good meets from the World class meets and will keep bringing the top guys back. The timing problems definitely need to be sorted though.
OOnegative wrote: » Same in the women’s 1,500m re the pacing, the pacer was constantly checking her watch which clearly showed she was inexperienced. No slight on that athlete meant, pacing is an art in itself and hard thing to perfect. Suppose that’s why a lot of top runners have their own personal pacers they trust.
fishy21 wrote: » I did see her checking her watch but i think she was being extra careful. it did look weird though. She is a 2.02 800m runner so perfect for 1500 pacing.
fishy21 wrote: » yea i did notice him on the heels of the second pacer. it could have been a little faster but anyway he had Gregson and Mcsweyn pushing him. Mageeans run was done with excellent pacing by Baker a top 800m athlete herself. All in all it was a good night with no surprise that Thiago Braz no marked again in the pole vault. He consistency is terrible.
El CabaIIo wrote: » Yeah, 3:56 is still rolling and it was interesting to see both McSweyn and Gregson leave him front run as that's not a spot you often see him in but just talking from a runner perspective. He brought it up about 3 times during his post race interview that he had asked for a 5 seconds faster through 1k and wanted the stadium record. He didn't seem happy at all with it and things like that play on someone's mind when they are asked to return a year later. It's not all bad, some really good events as always and some good runs in there from the Irish as well as a ton of stadium records but there is some creases to be ironed out if the meet is to go to the next level imo.
fishy21 wrote: » It would be great if they also had a score board and a program with the event times.
Sunny Dayz wrote: » There were programs for sale in the lobby of the arena. But yes a score board or display board with the results would be good. Depending on where you were sitting or standing it wasn't always easy to see who had come second or third etc. You were depending on what the MC was saying, which seemed to be just who was first.
fishy21 wrote: » yeah it was weird to watch him in front for once. i thought mcsweyn was going to take him in the final 50 but hes a tough one. I couldnt hear the interviews the sound system isnt great. It would be great if they also had a score board and a program with the event times. Did anyone else see Thiago Braz eating a startbucks sandwich/pastry a few minutes before the start of the pole vault? maybe thats why he NM.
