Going to be a lot of left turns in Albuquerque, NM this weekend (waka waka). The USATF Indoor Championships start today with the multi-events and continue through Sunday. Casimir Loxsom and Owen Dawson will be representing us in the 800 while Joe Kovacs and Ryan Whiting competing in the shot put. Heat sheets and TV schedule. Yes the meet will be broadcast Saturday and Sunday!
Unfortunately the meet is not with out controversy. The 1500 is scheduled to be a two heat final with a fast heat deciding the team for World Championships next month while the 2nd heat will merely be an exhibition. You would think they hold prelims on Saturday and finals on Sunday. The athletes certainly can handle running 1500 meters on consecutive days. That's how college conference meets and NCAA Indoors do it. Got to criticize where criticism is due and this pretty bad.
Also unfortunately I will be out in a cabin somewhere all weekend with out contact to the outside world. So I'll have to wait till Sunday night to see if we will be represented in Poland at Indoor World's.
Friday, February 21, 2014
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ReplyDeleteThat Riley Masters is being jobbed by USATF is obvious. USATF will do anything to have Galen and Lopez on view in their TV coverage. Anything. As a member of USATF as both an athlete and coach, I will register my disdain for the apparently corrupt decision making, (not only this, but the Los Angeles Marathon Trials decision also). Money talks, and corrupt people will always search for that money. USATF is apparently corrupt.
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