1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:04,080 All right. And we are live from day two of 2 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:07,360 the 2026 Prefontaine Classic. I'm Paula Mahoney, going by 3 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:09,840 Karen Less away. Karen Les was crushing that last 4 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:11,920 name, by the way. Much better than Chicago. 5 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:14,760 Much better than Chicago. If you know, you know we are 6 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:18,360 here at Hayward Field. We knew we couldn't get on 7 00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:20,600 Hayward Field exactly to. Race, we're not quite that 8 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:22,720 level. Not quite that level, but we 9 00:00:22,720 --> 00:00:24,240 figured this was the next best thing. 10 00:00:24,240 --> 00:00:26,240 So Paul and I. The Fan Fest gives us an 11 00:00:26,240 --> 00:00:29,160 opportunity to to scratch our itch for competition. 12 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:32,280 Yeah, and it's so. We've we've got a bouncy house 13 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:34,840 obstacle course and we're going to, we're going to tear it up 14 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:37,160 and then we'll get into a really fun show today. 15 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:39,720 All right, you guys ready? Here we go. 16 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:54,220 It's your bet right now. That's a win. 17 00:00:54,620 --> 00:00:58,700 That's a win. I man, I feel like Noah Lyles 18 00:00:58,700 --> 00:01:03,180 right now taking big wins inside Hayward Builder. 19 00:01:03,180 --> 00:01:07,900 Maybe, maybe I should say I feel a little bit like Parker Wolf, 20 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:10,920 who took a big win in last night's two mile. 21 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:13,280 Little more tactical, he thought. 22 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:16,200 No, that race would end up. Being I personally didn't 23 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:18,920 struggle at all. That was that was fun, OK. 24 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:20,920 Paul, that was fun. But you know what was fun? 25 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:24,280 Yesterday's me as well. We had some incredible races. 26 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:26,760 What were some of the highlights from yesterday for you? 27 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:31,280 Highlights from yesterday as I get my hat situated once more. 28 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:35,040 That two mile, you know, closed out the night. 29 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:37,280 First of all, I think one of the highlights hearing from what 30 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:39,520 other people were saying was the drone show. 31 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:41,920 Sounds like that was pretty incredible. 32 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:47,040 On the track though, that two mile, you know, we were thinking 33 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:49,440 maybe a sub eight attempt. That was what it was 34 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:51,600 theoretically paced for by the conditions. 35 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:55,040 No one really wanted to take it out once the pacer stepped off. 36 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:58,320 But we still got a great race. Parker Wolf taking the win there 37 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:02,440 at 8:10. Big win for Parker's he. 38 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:05,400 That was a lot more taxing than. I thought it was winded. 39 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:06,200 I I'm like. Totally. 40 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:08,880 Yeah, Karen, you can, you can take talking about the 800 or 41 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:11,480 the OR the women's 15, whatever you want to talk about. 42 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:13,840 Give me 10. A There's some incredible races 43 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:15,800 as well. Any day that Faith Kip Yegan 44 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:18,120 steps on the track is an incredible day. 45 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:22,360 So we have an awesome women's mile, a men's Bowerman mile on 46 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:24,960 tap for you guys. So we're going to keep Day 2 47 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:26,640 rolling and it's going to be awesome. 48 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:29,680 Now finally we've made it back to the stage. 49 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:33,840 That was that was a lot. We've got some exciting guests 50 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:36,280 today. So for those of you who sat 51 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:39,120 through half an hour of Karen and I just talking yesterday, 52 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:41,240 don't worry, that will not be the case today. 53 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:43,960 And it looks like we've got our first guest coming on right now, 54 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:47,960 the world indoor champion over the 800 meters, second here last 55 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:51,280 night in the pre Classic 800 Cooper Luckenhouses in the 56 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:55,360 building. Cooper, how you feeling right 57 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:57,760 now? Feel pretty good, a little tired 58 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:01,040 from last night but so I did just I really want to race 59 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:02,480 again. Yeah, I know. 60 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:06,160 I mean Hayward under the lights last night like that for USA 61 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:08,400 schedule is a little more during the day or kind of like that 62 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:10,920 evening. How much fun was it to be under 63 00:03:10,920 --> 00:03:13,120 the lights kind of in prime time here on Hayward? 64 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:15,840 It was amazing. I've raced at Hayward so many 65 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:18,480 times, but that one just felt, you know, pretty special. 66 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:20,960 It was pretty different from what I'm used to. 67 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:23,200 You know, I haven't raced a night a night race in a long 68 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:26,960 time, so it was fun. OK, you're 17 years old, I'm 69 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:28,720 sure you can't get enough of hearing that. 70 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:30,600 But you, you race like a veteran. 71 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:32,720 You know, you're, you're like the number two man in the world 72 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:34,560 right now. How do you handle that type of 73 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:36,320 pressure going into a race like this? 74 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:39,840 Yeah, there's not much pressure. I just track his track. 75 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:41,760 It's just, you know, it's supposed to be pretty fun. 76 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:44,520 So, you know, I just wanted to go out there and put myself up 77 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:45,800 in the front and see what I can do. 78 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:50,600 And last night's race, you know it, the pacer was going out a 79 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:51,960 little hot. You guys are kind of staying 80 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:53,240 back. Became a little more tactical 81 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:54,360 than maybe we thought it would be. 82 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:56,840 Now that you've had a little bit of time to reflect on, have you 83 00:03:56,840 --> 00:03:58,800 watched it back at all yet? I have not known. 84 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:00,800 OK. Well, just going off of I guess 85 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:04,000 what you remember from it, can you just kind of talk us through 86 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:07,840 how you saw that race play out? Yeah, I wanted to get behind the 87 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:10,120 pacer. I just, I don't know, I can find 88 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:12,320 myself to get right behind. It felt pretty quick, the 1st 89 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:17,240 400 and then once I looked at the board with 600 or 200 to go, 90 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:18,360 I realized everyone was still there. 91 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:21,880 And then, I mean, I tried to make him a little push with 100 92 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:23,120 to go just, you know, wasn't enough. 93 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:26,600 But it's still a great race. Now last year US, as I mean, you 94 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:30,000 had a a monster kick, right? It, it the last 200 was 95 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,840 incredible to see. How do you channel that that 96 00:04:32,840 --> 00:04:35,200 magic, right, Because at Hayward Field you have the crowd. 97 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:37,640 What does that do for you when you're when you're competing? 98 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:40,560 Yeah, it's definitely hard to, you know, be able to find a kick 99 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:43,440 like that again because it was so unexpected. 100 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:46,760 But I just, you know, working with my coach and trying to find 101 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:49,080 the right workouts to get back to something like that again. 102 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:52,800 Obviously having APR earlier earlier this season, I know I'm 103 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:55,720 in that type of shape so and hopefully be able to try to go a 104 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:57,240 little bit faster. We think we can. 105 00:04:57,240 --> 00:04:59,480 So I'm just got to get in the right race for it again. 106 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:02,600 Yeah, You talk about that PB and you're coming off of your first 107 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:05,680 time over on the European circuit and I think we all know 108 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:08,800 how well that went. You beat Emmanuel Yoni and Marco 109 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:12,000 a rope head to head. How did you, I guess was that 110 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:14,800 like your first time competing in Europe or I know it was your 111 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:16,800 first time competing in Europe without your first time going to 112 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:19,320 Europe? That so I went for Poland for 113 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:21,240 World Indoors. That was my first time in the 114 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:23,960 league, so it was awesome to go up there. 115 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:26,160 How'd you, how do you like racing in Europe? 116 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:28,360 I know it's, it's, is it like does it feel different from 117 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:29,880 racing here on the domestic circuit? 118 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:32,120 I I enjoy racing here a little bit more. 119 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:35,000 You know, the crowd at Hayward especially is this is my 120 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:37,280 favorite track to race at. It almost kind of feels like 121 00:05:37,280 --> 00:05:40,080 home a little bit. So Europe is always great. 122 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:42,640 But I mean, anytime I get to compete here, it's always, it's 123 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:44,560 always a blast. Oh amazing. 124 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:45,920 Yeah. And this was your first 125 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:48,920 Prefontaine classic, correct. Amazing. 126 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:52,280 Any like pre race traditions that you got to do anything that 127 00:05:52,280 --> 00:05:54,720 you know really is like your go to before a race? 128 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:58,240 So last year at USA is I had Mac and cheese and chicken for all 129 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:00,440 my races. So we did that again this year. 130 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:03,960 Seems to always kind of work out pretty well when we come up 131 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:05,280 here. Yeah, and I remember you said in 132 00:06:05,280 --> 00:06:07,920 the press conference or it was in one of the videos, your mom's 133 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:09,640 lasagna. That's an amazing 1. 134 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:11,640 So shout out to your mom there for making that, that 135 00:06:11,640 --> 00:06:13,680 award-winning lasagna. That's amazing. 136 00:06:13,840 --> 00:06:15,040 What? What kind of Mac and cheese? 137 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:18,400 What kind of chicken are we? Talking about just grilled 138 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:20,200 chicken and just normal Mac and cheese. 139 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:23,000 Classic. This is, you know, we saw 140 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:25,520 yesterday a paste race. Your first race is in Europe, 141 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:29,520 you know had Pacers in them. How is that kind of different 142 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:31,960 from the championship style racing you were here? 143 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:34,640 I mean, I guess last year maybe you guys had Josh Hoey as a 144 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:37,720 pacer for for the US final, but how have you kind of found that 145 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:39,560 adjustment to a different style of racing? 146 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:42,920 Yeah, it's, it's not too big of an adjustment. 147 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:45,120 I've watched somebody down the league races, so I kind of know, 148 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:47,120 honestly, it's kind of everyone just gets in a line and just 149 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:50,120 sees how fast they can run. You know, I'm I'm totally fine 150 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:52,520 without there being a pacer. I'm more of a racer than someone 151 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:54,200 that likes to get behind a pacer and just run. 152 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:57,200 I'm here to compete more than try to run a fast time. 153 00:06:57,960 --> 00:07:00,200 Yeah. And so, so this year, now I know 154 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:04,240 you said last night your USA is going to be your last mate of 155 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:06,880 the season. School gets in the way of 156 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:09,680 pushing towards potentially $150,000 payday. 157 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:13,800 We're all so that that one kind of stings a little bit for fans 158 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:15,040 of the sport, stings a little bit. 159 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:17,840 But when you look at USA is a lot of the guys are going to be 160 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:19,960 racing there. You raced last night. 161 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:23,160 What lessons can you take from this one that you can translate 162 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:25,200 into the race in three weeks up in New York? 163 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:30,000 Yeah, obviously everyone in that field was, you know, in really 164 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:32,360 good form. I feel like the Americans, 165 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:35,920 obviously, it's the deepest that we've ever been, I feel like. 166 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:38,520 So knowing that USA is, it's going to be a tough one to try 167 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:39,600 to win. I mean, it's going to be a tough 168 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:42,280 one to get on the podium. So and just hopefully try to get 169 00:07:42,280 --> 00:07:45,520 in the final and then and maybe switch up tactics a little bit 170 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:47,400 and just race how I run the best. 171 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:49,320 Yeah, and you're again, I can't say. 172 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:50,480 I don't know if you're just so young. 173 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:51,720 You're such an incredible talent. 174 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:54,240 If you could look at someone in this sport, doesn't even have to 175 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:57,000 be in the 800, what type of career do you see for yourself, 176 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:59,160 you know, moving forward who, who could you emulate? 177 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:02,080 Yeah, I don't know if there's some that, you know, I, I want 178 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:06,760 to be my own own own self. I just, I mean every race is 179 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:09,160 going compete and you know, to see see how well we can do over 180 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:10,240 the next couple of years hopefully. 181 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:11,640 Yeah. And what are you looking forward 182 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:14,280 to coming up here in the next few months or year? 183 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:18,440 I've been looking forward to USA and you know, just trying to get 184 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:22,360 back on the podium again but just ended off with a bang one 185 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:23,400 more time. Yeah. 186 00:08:23,640 --> 00:08:26,240 I know when when we talked last year about when we were 187 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:28,440 announcing that you were signing with Nike, you said you were 188 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:31,040 maybe thinking about I think going to college just 189 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:33,240 academically. Is that still something on the 190 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:35,240 table for you in conversation with you and your parents? 191 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:37,919 Definitely the parents are still going to make me go get 192 00:08:37,919 --> 00:08:40,440 education, so everyone needs to stay in school. 193 00:08:41,159 --> 00:08:42,720 You know what you want your degree to be in yet. 194 00:08:43,159 --> 00:08:45,640 Kinesiology most likely. That that's helpful. 195 00:08:45,640 --> 00:08:48,280 I was, I heard an interview with Trayvon Brummel a few weeks ago 196 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:50,480 at one of the Diamond leagues where he was saying he was a 197 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:52,920 kinesiology major and that's really helped him kind of have 198 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:55,200 that longevity. I mean, he one of the fastest 199 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:57,880 junior athletes of all time and is still winning diamond leagues 200 00:08:57,880 --> 00:09:00,000 now. So yeah, kinesiology seems like 201 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:01,520 a good route to go for track athletes, so. 202 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:04,600 Yeah, anything you're excited to watch today on the track? 203 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:08,080 Definitely the mile. I mean, that event has been so 204 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:11,960 exciting for such a long time. I mean, anyone could win it this 205 00:09:11,960 --> 00:09:13,400 year. I mean, that's every year. 206 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:15,000 But I'm excited to watch that one. 207 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:17,240 We're big on predictions here. We want to get. 208 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:18,920 We want to. Get the no copping out with an 209 00:09:18,920 --> 00:09:21,280 anyone can win we need. A pick. 210 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:25,560 I'm going to have to go with Yard and a goose. 211 00:09:25,560 --> 00:09:28,360 I mean, he's won the last two out of his three or three out of 212 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:30,480 three. So he he looks like he's in good 213 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:31,840 shape right now. Yeah. 214 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:33,120 Any fans with the goose back here? 215 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:36,400 Anyone agree with Cooper? All right, Cooper, I think you 216 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:39,400 got the crowd on your side. Cooper, congratulations on all 217 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:40,600 the success you've had this year. 218 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:43,280 Thanks for taking the time and I hope they put on a good show for 219 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:44,280 you to watch today. Thank you guys. 220 00:09:44,280 --> 00:09:45,080 Great to meet. You. 221 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:52,000 Thanks, Cooper. Yeah, well, that that Bower mile 222 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:55,280 that Cooper's so excited about is going to be a really, really 223 00:09:55,280 --> 00:09:58,240 fun one. Today we got unfortunately, the 224 00:09:58,240 --> 00:10:02,400 defending champion Nils Larros scratched yesterday, I believe 225 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:07,200 with an illness, but we've still got Cole Hawker, Pam Meyers yard 226 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:10,200 and a goose. It's it's anyone's race really. 227 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:13,440 Timothy Cheriot who's been running really well, some some 228 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:17,400 pro debuts for Gary Martin and Colin Solomon, who just signed 229 00:10:17,400 --> 00:10:20,160 with Swoosh TC earlier this morning. 230 00:10:20,400 --> 00:10:22,480 So it's it's going to be a fast one. 231 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:24,000 I'm Valerie. Mile is always fast. 232 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:27,240 This is 1 where unlike last night, I think the chances of 233 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:30,360 someone not going with the pacer are very very low in this. 234 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:33,800 Oh, absolutely. And Speaking of Pacers, the 235 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:38,320 women's mile is also going to be an absolute show to watch. 236 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:40,680 We've got Faith Kipyegon in the house. 237 00:10:40,680 --> 00:10:43,640 And for those of you that watched last year, she attempted 238 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:47,360 breaking four in the mile and Nikes breaking 4 in Paris. 239 00:10:47,640 --> 00:10:50,880 And I think the question here today is, does she run faster 240 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:54,880 than the four O 6 that she ran last year trying to break 4? 241 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:57,160 There's a world record that can go down there. 242 00:10:57,280 --> 00:10:59,840 There's an American record by Nikki Hiltz. 243 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:04,760 Nikki Hiltz got their record stolen from Saint Clair Johnson. 244 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:06,880 And I mean, it's like milliseconds, guys. 245 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:12,360 It's like 416 point 35416.32. So I'm curious to see if an 246 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:15,000 American record goes down today in there. 247 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:17,880 We got Georgia Hunter Bell in the house. 248 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:20,480 She's been hot. She's been coming off a great 249 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:22,760 season. I'm curious to see if she pulls 250 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:26,480 a a Jessica Hole and kind of just sticks on faith right there 251 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:28,800 and gets pulled to an incredible time. 252 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:31,000 And Speaking of Jessica Hole, he's here. 253 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:35,320 Former Oregon Duck in the house. Lots of good talent out there on 254 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:37,880 the track and I'm so excited for that Women's Mile. 255 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:40,080 Yeah. And for Faith, I mean, last year 256 00:11:40,080 --> 00:11:42,520 we had a pretty good idea of what kind of shape she was in 257 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:46,240 coming into this meet where she ran the 1500 world record here a 258 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:49,600 week after running four O 6, the fastest mile ever ran under any 259 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:52,960 condition. But this year, we really don't 260 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:53,840 know. And I asked her in the press 261 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:56,160 conference, and we don't really know what kind of shape she's 262 00:11:56,160 --> 00:11:58,960 in. She ran a road 10K back in 263 00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:02,400 January, I believe in Spain. She ran a 5K at one of the 264 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:05,360 Chinese diamond leagues, took the win there in about 1420. 265 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:08,200 But when it comes to these kind of wheels that are going to be 266 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:11,120 needed to win this mile, we don't know exactly where she's 267 00:12:11,120 --> 00:12:12,920 at. It's Faith Kip Jaegon. 268 00:12:12,920 --> 00:12:15,160 So I trust her. I trust that she's going to be 269 00:12:15,160 --> 00:12:18,520 in good shape to. I mean, I don't know when was 270 00:12:18,520 --> 00:12:21,160 the last time she lost a Diamond League 1500 or mile? 271 00:12:21,160 --> 00:12:24,640 It's got to be millennia at this point, right? 272 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:29,680 But yeah, I mean, Georgia Hunter Bell, her, she's another one. 273 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:33,000 Her, I think her outdoor PB listed as 433. 274 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:34,680 That's got to be from her time at Cal. 275 00:12:34,880 --> 00:12:37,840 I think that gets bumped down a little bit today. 276 00:12:38,680 --> 00:12:40,840 I don't think there's a world in which Georgia Hunter Bell runs 277 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:42,600 433. It's going to be interesting to 278 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:46,520 see how much Georgia and Jess and maybe even throw Nicky into 279 00:12:46,520 --> 00:12:49,480 that mix, how much they can really push Faith and stick with 280 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:52,320 face and be see if someone can be there with her when they get 281 00:12:52,320 --> 00:12:56,960 to that last lap. But I mean, Swoosh TC Eugene has 282 00:12:56,960 --> 00:12:58,760 got a lot of representation in here. 283 00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:01,560 Could be a Galvedite and Claudia Kasimerska. 284 00:13:01,560 --> 00:13:03,400 Emily McKay has been running really well. 285 00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:07,320 And we can't forget about the world silver medalist from last 286 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:10,240 year, Dorcas Ewoi, who's in this field had a really big 287 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:13,320 breakthrough performance in Tokyo, lost one of her 288 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:16,040 teammates, Gracie Morris, yesterday after Gracie signed 289 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:18,240 with Swoosh TC. But it'll be interesting to see 290 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:20,160 how Dorcas can navigate this field as well. 291 00:13:20,480 --> 00:13:22,760 Absolutely. So obviously we just had an 292 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:24,440 incredible guest here on the stage. 293 00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:27,400 We do have some guests sprinkled through the rest of the show. 294 00:13:27,400 --> 00:13:30,560 So don't go anywhere guys, but would love to start from the top 295 00:13:30,560 --> 00:13:33,160 of this meet, right Paul? So we can see it's a little 296 00:13:33,160 --> 00:13:36,320 overcast here. Yesterday we had, you know, it 297 00:13:36,320 --> 00:13:38,480 was the sun. It was it got cooler on the 298 00:13:38,480 --> 00:13:41,520 track as we thought. I think the high is like 79 299 00:13:41,520 --> 00:13:42,920 today. So don't be fooled by this 300 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:45,200 overcast and and chill that I got going on here. 301 00:13:45,440 --> 00:13:47,040 It could get a little warm on the track. 302 00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:50,640 So starting off at one O 4:00 PM we're going to have the men's 303 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:53,440 400 meter race. Who you looking forward to see 304 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:55,720 on the track? Paul, I mean, this one is it's 305 00:13:55,720 --> 00:14:00,120 the world champion Colin Kevin at Shippy out of Botswana racing 306 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:04,760 the best America has to offer, including Rye, Benjamin all the 307 00:14:04,760 --> 00:14:07,320 way out in lane nine. Kind of an interesting lane draw 308 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:09,640 for Rye. You know, we don't really know 309 00:14:09,640 --> 00:14:11,640 what kind of shape rise in. There's been a couple of diamond 310 00:14:11,640 --> 00:14:14,280 leagues that he's had to pull out of over in Europe, if I'm 311 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:17,680 remembering correctly. So it's kind of unfortunate that 312 00:14:17,680 --> 00:14:20,760 they're so far apart on the track with Rye being out in lane 313 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:22,920 9 and Kevin not Shippy in lane 5. 314 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:26,240 But when you look at the fastest American in the world this year, 315 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:28,360 he's got Chris Bailey just on cabinet ship. 316 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:32,880 He's outside and Bailey's coming off of APB of 44 O 6 just a week 317 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:36,520 or two ago in the same race cabinet ship, he read 4354. 318 00:14:36,520 --> 00:14:39,400 So this one, I think keep your eye on the center lanes. 319 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:42,920 But if if Rye is showing up to this one healthy, we've seen 320 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:44,440 what he's been able to do on 4 by fours. 321 00:14:44,440 --> 00:14:48,440 It's been a while since he's run a all out high level open 400. 322 00:14:48,440 --> 00:14:52,960 So Rye could surprise some people, but just without knowing 323 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:56,040 what kind of fitness he's in necessarily, I think you got to 324 00:14:56,040 --> 00:14:59,520 lean towards the world champion. Absolutely. 325 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:02,000 And it's a heavy American field, I would say. 326 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:05,120 I mean, do we think there's at all a chance of an American 327 00:15:05,120 --> 00:15:07,320 sweep or do you think that's going to be, you know, pretty 328 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:10,400 hard to beat? I, I think there's I would be 329 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:12,680 astounded if cabinet shippy ended up outside of the top 330 00:15:12,680 --> 00:15:15,040 three. I mean, there are so many really 331 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:16,440 strong Americans this in this one. 332 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:19,160 You're looking for Michael Norman in his comeback season, 333 00:15:19,160 --> 00:15:21,640 looking to see what he can really do in his return to the 334 00:15:21,640 --> 00:15:24,400 pre funding classic. He'll be in three that start 335 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:27,960 list top to bottom in lane 1, Chris Robinson coming down from 336 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:30,880 the 400 hurdles, testing his speed in the flat 400. 337 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:34,360 Ezekiel Nathaniel doing that as well, although I think Nathaniel 338 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:37,760 has been running more flat 4 hundreds this year than 4 339 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:39,760 hurdles. I feel like Michael Norman and 340 00:15:39,760 --> 00:15:43,040 three, Caleb McCray, Chris Robinson's training partner in 341 00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:45,640 lane 4, cabinet Shippy and five, Bailey and six. 342 00:15:45,640 --> 00:15:49,160 Jacory Patterson in lane seven, who had such a breakout year 343 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:52,320 last year and you know, hasn't necessarily had the same 344 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:55,120 flashiness early in this season that he had last year, winning 345 00:15:55,120 --> 00:15:58,320 some big races early, but he still runs really fast. 4411 346 00:15:58,320 --> 00:16:00,520 assists, season's best. Vernon Norwood and Eight and 347 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:03,880 then, like I said, Rye Benjamin out in Lane 9 on a track that he 348 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:07,320 is absurdly familiar with. Ohio incredible. 349 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:09,960 And then right after that, right, we've got, I believe that 350 00:16:09,960 --> 00:16:14,120 the men's 110 hurdles out. Of 110 hurdles. 351 00:16:14,280 --> 00:16:18,000 Also amazing. Pro debut for Jacoby Tharp? 352 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:21,920 Was anyone here at NCI as a few weeks ago and saw a world record 353 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:24,880 go down from Jacoby Tharp? All right. 354 00:16:24,880 --> 00:16:29,120 I'll take that as a No 1275, though, in the prelims was an 355 00:16:29,120 --> 00:16:31,680 incredible race. And something that I think was 356 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:36,720 really interesting in the press conferences is I remember Jacoby 357 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:39,320 when he ran his PB was saying when he ran the world record was 358 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:41,440 saying that those last three hurdles felt like they were 359 00:16:41,440 --> 00:16:44,640 coming up really fast on him. Masai Russell in the women's 100 360 00:16:44,640 --> 00:16:46,400 hurdles, who could be on world record watch today. 361 00:16:46,400 --> 00:16:50,040 She said when she ran her 12/14, it felt really smooth and easy. 362 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:52,600 So it's that's just kind of an interesting difference in the 363 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:55,120 kind of, I guess difference between those two hurdle 364 00:16:55,120 --> 00:16:57,840 disciplines and how big of a difference the height and the 365 00:16:57,840 --> 00:17:00,520 extra 10 meters in the spacing of the hurdles might make. 366 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:04,560 Incredible OK well right at that point we're going to cut to 367 00:17:04,560 --> 00:17:08,400 another guess that we're going to have on tap here for everyone 368 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:13,079 you know her as the Olympic silver medalist pole vaulter 369 00:17:13,079 --> 00:17:17,079 she's a two time world champion and American record holder and 370 00:17:17,079 --> 00:17:23,040 now the 2026 Prefontaine Classic champ it's Sandy Morris let's. 371 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:27,560 Give it up for Sandy, an American legend. 8 global medals 372 00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:30,920 on her resume, indoors and out. Incredible longevity. 373 00:17:30,920 --> 00:17:33,000 Sandy, congratulations on the win. 374 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:35,680 The season's best last night. Thank you so much. 375 00:17:35,680 --> 00:17:38,680 Yeah, I'm, I'm pumped and actually was my first pre win. 376 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:40,920 I haven't gotten to jump here at pre that often. 377 00:17:40,920 --> 00:17:44,400 I've been here many times for US nationals, that sort of thing. 378 00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:46,040 So yeah, this was it was special for me. 379 00:17:46,120 --> 00:17:49,560 Well, congratulations on joining a great club of three classic 380 00:17:49,560 --> 00:17:52,400 winners. Yeah, 485 season's best, Yeah, 381 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:53,720 first time clearance at that height. 382 00:17:53,720 --> 00:17:55,680 Talk us through your execution last night. 383 00:17:55,680 --> 00:17:56,720 How are you feeling about the comp? 384 00:17:58,120 --> 00:18:00,160 You know, I'm very proud of how I competed. 385 00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:02,280 It's all about the battle and you never know what the 386 00:18:02,280 --> 00:18:05,240 competition is going to bring you and when it comes down to 387 00:18:05,240 --> 00:18:08,640 like what the wind is doing and who makes what on what bar, 388 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:11,280 sometimes you have to play the passing game and it can be a 389 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:13,160 game of cards. You know, you have to be 390 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:16,240 strategic about it and also put the right jump together at the 391 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:18,480 right moment. So I was able to pull that off 392 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:21,160 last night and I'm very pleased with it and I just want to carry 393 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:22,880 this momentum through the rest of the season. 394 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:25,360 Incredible. And I want to give it up for the 395 00:18:25,400 --> 00:18:27,480 fit and the glitter right here. Give it up for Sandy. 396 00:18:27,480 --> 00:18:28,720 She looks. Incredible. 397 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:31,560 Very patriotic for. The 4th of July I love. 398 00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:34,080 You and. Everything I'm curious to know, 399 00:18:34,080 --> 00:18:36,400 So before the race, what are you doing to prep to get in the 400 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:40,600 zone, getting the mindset? Yeah, for me, I mean, first 401 00:18:41,160 --> 00:18:43,840 basics like get a really high quality night of sleep. 402 00:18:43,840 --> 00:18:47,200 I had come over from the East Coast and so my tactic was stay 403 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:49,360 up as late as I can, sleep in as late as I can. 404 00:18:49,360 --> 00:18:51,920 I slept like half the day away, which is great. 405 00:18:52,120 --> 00:18:55,840 And then once I executed that, just eat healthy, make sure I'm 406 00:18:55,840 --> 00:18:58,680 hydrated, be ready to compete, and then listen to my favorite 407 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:00,960 jams. Lately, Black Betty has been my 408 00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:02,680 jump song. So yeah, Black. 409 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:06,360 Betty Bam bam I. Know you had mentioned that in 410 00:19:06,360 --> 00:19:08,440 the press conference. Did they take note and play it 411 00:19:08,440 --> 00:19:10,640 at all during the? Conference and I'm like that's 412 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:13,560 the only the reason we didn't go even higher come on like Oh yeah 413 00:19:13,960 --> 00:19:15,440 yeah that must have been her like I'm. 414 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:17,880 Just saying. Well, I know you also take your 415 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:21,520 recovery seriously because I did a little Instagram creeping and 416 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:25,480 I saw reptile yoga. Yeah, yeah, if anyone wants to. 417 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:29,200 Join me for some snake yoga. Doesn't that sound relaxing to 418 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:30,520 you? Like, come on. 419 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:33,680 No, I'm, I'm. I always envisioned myself as 420 00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:38,120 like, I mean, the female Steve Irwin, but I will never be as 421 00:19:38,120 --> 00:19:40,040 cool as Steve Irwin. But. 422 00:19:40,240 --> 00:19:42,720 I love Irwin. 485, that's pretty. 423 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:45,360 I know. Well, I think he could. 424 00:19:45,360 --> 00:19:46,960 You know what? In my mind, Steve Irwin could do 425 00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:51,160 literally anything. So I know I love animals. 426 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:54,120 I have been a reptile lover my entire life. 427 00:19:54,120 --> 00:19:56,680 I was a little kid in the backyard, like picking up bugs 428 00:19:56,680 --> 00:19:59,640 and snakes, and I'd come in the house and I don't know, my 429 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:02,400 parents just let me have whatever I wanted, bless their 430 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:05,200 souls. So yeah, I still have my very 431 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:09,760 first pet ball Python that I got when I was 10 years old, and I 432 00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:11,720 still have that snake. The Python is still alive. 433 00:20:11,720 --> 00:20:13,400 He's. Oh yeah, he's alive and kicking 434 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:15,360 and they can live like 50 or 60 years. 435 00:20:15,360 --> 00:20:18,360 I also have a tortoise that is going to live like 85 to 90 436 00:20:18,360 --> 00:20:20,480 years so my niece knows it's in my will. 437 00:20:20,840 --> 00:20:23,320 Some of us did not want to know if snakes can live that long 438 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:25,160 scared. Do yoga with them. 439 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:28,120 So that's how I relax. OK, snakes since child, but I 440 00:20:28,120 --> 00:20:31,080 know you said you've been on the track too since you've been 441 00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:33,440 young and and vaulting and and working in that space. 442 00:20:33,640 --> 00:20:36,320 How do you avoid the type of like burnout that can come from 443 00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:39,400 this for doing that so long? Yeah, that's a great question. 444 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:44,040 And you do have to find ways to not let it become too much of A 445 00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:48,320 job and get back to why would, why did I do this in the 1st 446 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:51,280 place? And I truly, genuinely love to 447 00:20:51,280 --> 00:20:53,600 pole vault. And sometimes you get away from 448 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:55,600 that and it becomes too much of A job. 449 00:20:55,600 --> 00:20:58,480 And it, it can be very rigorous. And so it's kind of bringing 450 00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:02,440 yourself back in and finding ways to make training fun, fun 451 00:21:02,480 --> 00:21:04,680 on a day-to-day basis. And those little wins and 452 00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:07,440 training keep you going and make it fun. 453 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:10,320 And even at this age, I'm still learning new drills and learning 454 00:21:10,320 --> 00:21:12,680 new things and improving my technique, and that's what keeps 455 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:14,600 it fun for me. Yeah, I mean, you talk about 456 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:16,920 getting those little wins and last night was a big one for 457 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:19,920 you, 485, That's the best outdoor vault in the world this 458 00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:22,000 year by an athlete who will be at the World Ultimate 459 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:23,200 Championships. Yep. 460 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:25,920 How are you? And I know the 1st 2 diamond 461 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:28,000 leagues maybe didn't go exactly how you hoped they would, so how 462 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:30,280 important was the way you were able to compete in Drum Blair? 463 00:21:30,320 --> 00:21:33,640 Yeah, yeah, that was Operation Turn the season around for me 464 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:37,880 and so I'm very pleased with that success check cuz I I had 465 00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:41,120 three not so great performances in Europe and I was like this 466 00:21:41,120 --> 00:21:43,040 isn't me. This is just something that 467 00:21:43,040 --> 00:21:45,960 you're going through and you have to experience those lows to 468 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:51,080 even appreciate the highs. So I'm glad, I'm happy for being 469 00:21:51,080 --> 00:21:54,080 able to turn that around. And I had some great training 470 00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:57,560 sessions going into yesterday. So I was feeling confident and 471 00:21:57,640 --> 00:22:00,560 just that's that's that was the goal, like go in and execute 472 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:02,920 what I did in practice the other day and I'm going to jump really 473 00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:05,440 stinking high and and I was able to pull that off so. 474 00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:07,640 Yeah, and talk about world ultimates. 475 00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:11,520 I mean, without a standard to hit you're I think 7th in the 476 00:22:11,520 --> 00:22:12,880 quota right now before last night's. 477 00:22:12,880 --> 00:22:15,080 Competition, OK, I actually didn't know that, so thank you 478 00:22:15,120 --> 00:22:18,600 for that does. It add a little, does it add a 479 00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:21,120 little pressure to like every competition knowing there isn't 480 00:22:21,120 --> 00:22:23,680 just that automatic mark you can hit and then just kind of rely 481 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:25,880 on the way you jump at USA's? Yeah. 482 00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:29,360 I mean, my tactic is no matter what the qualification process 483 00:22:29,360 --> 00:22:32,720 is for whatever it is I'm going for, like you just have to 484 00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:35,880 ignore all of that and just jump as well as you can at every 485 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:39,360 single comp you go to. Because it doesn't matter what 486 00:22:39,360 --> 00:22:42,200 boxes you're supposed to take off to to, to qualify for 487 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:44,040 whatever it is. I'm going to go out and jump my 488 00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:47,640 best regardless. So if I qualify, I qualify. 489 00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:50,160 If not, then I wasn't jumping my best. 490 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:52,920 So go out and jump my best. Yeah, awesome. 491 00:22:52,920 --> 00:22:55,640 Well, Sandy, we hope we see you jump your best thanks throughout 492 00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:58,600 the rest of the season. Congratulations on the big win 493 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:01,760 yesterday and I believe we've got a little champagne for you 494 00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:02,360 to pop. Down. 495 00:23:02,360 --> 00:23:03,680 Heck yeah, let's pop. We'll. 496 00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:05,080 Go have some fun with that. Yeah, get. 497 00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:13,520 A little black buddy. Perfect timing, so I think. 498 00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:15,440 Bam by damn, the damn thing gone wild. 499 00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:18,080 Bam by damn. Love it. 500 00:23:18,080 --> 00:23:20,560 I'm. Going to start jumping I'm. 501 00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:22,280 Serious. Bam by now. 502 00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:25,720 Oh, Black Betty. I think. 503 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:28,040 And this is when. I think we're going to lead you 504 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:29,920 down, so we're going to have you come down there. 505 00:23:30,360 --> 00:23:31,960 Of course. It's so great to meet you all. 506 00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:36,760 Right, so we're going down to tea now. 507 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:40,160 T's got the champagne to pop with Sandy. 508 00:23:40,360 --> 00:23:43,480 Oh, yeah, We pop in big bottles. Come on, Sandy. 509 00:23:43,680 --> 00:23:48,480 The woman who flew yesterday to a Diamond League win here at 510 00:23:48,480 --> 00:23:52,720 Hayward. Come join me here, Sandy. 511 00:23:56,320 --> 00:23:56,960 Over here. There. 512 00:23:56,960 --> 00:23:58,560 Over here. No, no, no. 513 00:23:58,560 --> 00:23:59,840 You got to go crazy. Yeah. 514 00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:06,360 You ready? All right, one 2-3. 515 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:12,280 Let's go. Yes, make some noise for Sandy 516 00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:19,560 Morrison. OK. 517 00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:21,160 Back to the top to you guys at the DES. 518 00:24:21,360 --> 00:24:24,000 All right, while Sandy's enjoying her champagne, we've 519 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:27,000 got our next guest coming on. A very special guest. 520 00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:32,120 A four time Olympic champion, 3 as a player, 1 as a coach. 521 00:24:32,120 --> 00:24:34,800 A three time NCAA champion is the coach of South Carolina 522 00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:38,080 women's basketball. Don Staley is here. 523 00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:41,120 Thanks for having me. Yes. 524 00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:43,680 Coach Staley, we are honored to have you. 525 00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:47,160 Here is how are you enjoying the Pre Classic so far. 526 00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:50,240 I missed my first time here. I mean, I've always watched it 527 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:54,000 on television and it TV does not give it justice. 528 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:58,200 I mean, it's nice, but when you're here live and in person, 529 00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:02,240 you just see how incredibly breathtaking the stadium. 530 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:06,720 The energy, like the energy here with the people is, is awesome. 531 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:10,040 Incredible. And so your first time here at 532 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:11,720 Pre Classic, what what brings you out? 533 00:25:11,720 --> 00:25:14,080 We're so happy to have you, but yeah, what brings you out here? 534 00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:19,800 Well, I'm I'm. I'm, I'm, I'm a flex a little 535 00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:21,920 bit tip right now, just slow flex. 536 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:28,960 I mean, a couple of months ago, Melissa TT Melissa came to South 537 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:32,120 Carolina to a game. It was her birthday. 538 00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:35,960 So we went out to dinner and I'm like, what, what event should I 539 00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:38,240 come to? Should I come see you all play? 540 00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:42,160 And they were like Prefontaine. It's, it's the one. 541 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:47,080 So six months ago I'm like I'm there and now I'm I'm here and 542 00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:48,920 I'm enjoying. I mean it. 543 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:52,280 It's incredible. Like the the and I've never been 544 00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:54,440 to Eugene. I don't think right. 545 00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:57,000 Where's Oregon that we need to play Oregon. 546 00:25:57,000 --> 00:26:01,960 We need to come back to Eugene, but the the larger than life 547 00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:06,680 images of the of the athletes that's on a wall and Nike town. 548 00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:11,600 The product I'm wearing this is this is only, only the top 549 00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:13,400 athletes, Nike athletes get this. 550 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:15,480 Looking like Eloise Kipchogi. Huh. 551 00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:18,680 The breeze that's coming through this shirt, right? 552 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:22,880 I'm over 50 so I'm feeling real good right now. 553 00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:27,280 Oh man. Well, if, if Melissa invited you 554 00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:29,520 out, if there's not enough pressure being the defending 555 00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:32,840 world champ now Don Staley is here to watch you run now 556 00:26:32,840 --> 00:26:34,640 Melissa's. Melissa's got a target on her 557 00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:36,160 back. Then she she does. 558 00:26:36,160 --> 00:26:39,400 She does, she carries here. She carries here. 559 00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:42,600 She's going to, I mean, I, I I can't wait to see them Duke it 560 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:43,880 out. I mean, they're they're team 561 00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:45,480 mates. They coach by the same coach. 562 00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:51,040 So, you know, to see them put their just hard work into like 563 00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:52,760 10 seconds. Yeah. 564 00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:56,160 Is it less than 10 seconds? We going to have less than 10 565 00:26:56,160 --> 00:26:59,800 seconds today and 100m names. We going to have less than can 566 00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:04,800 we get about 88.89? All right, let's can we get some 567 00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:06,880 world records? I hope so. 568 00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:08,320 We'll put that one up to Melissa. 569 00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:11,480 We'll see what she's got in store for us today, I guess. 570 00:27:11,480 --> 00:27:14,040 So you talk about, you know, you clearly have some admiration for 571 00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:18,320 Melissa and TT and Shakiri and those star athletic girls and 572 00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:21,760 the the women you have coached at South Carolina and the impact 573 00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:23,800 your teams have had on the landscape of women's sports has 574 00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:26,000 been so immense. Who are some of the other 575 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:29,640 athletes maybe outside of the sprints that you have seen in 576 00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:32,480 track and field, really kind of carry the women's track and 577 00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:33,640 field sport forward the same way. 578 00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:38,200 You're late. My my track education doesn't 579 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:41,080 take me all the way out. I, I stick with this. 580 00:27:41,120 --> 00:27:44,560 The people that I've met and I've known, Messiah is one of 581 00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:46,640 them, like was super excited to see her. 582 00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:47,920 They're. Protecting her world record. 583 00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:50,760 Right, Yes, yes. So I, I think it's great that 584 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:56,440 that really, Nike does an extremely incredible job putting 585 00:27:56,440 --> 00:27:58,880 the athletes first and they've always done. 586 00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:00,840 I've been an athlete. I've been a Nike athlete for 587 00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:04,960 over 30 years and to see them constantly putting the athletes 588 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:07,480 out there, I think a lot of times, you know, our track and 589 00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:10,160 field athletes don't get the, the credit that they deserve to 590 00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:12,280 get. Especially in our country, like 591 00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:15,720 other countries, they are held to a really high standard and 592 00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:19,160 they, they, they, they give them the credit that they're, that 593 00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:21,960 they're due. I think when you come here, the 594 00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:25,440 track athletes get the credit that they deserve to get. 595 00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:29,040 So I'm, I'm super excited that to be here, super excited to, to 596 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:32,840 watch some of the best athletes in the world perform at a high 597 00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:34,360 level. That really is part of what 598 00:28:34,360 --> 00:28:36,840 makes this meet so special. You just feel the love and 599 00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:39,600 appreciation athletes deserve every time they step on the 600 00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:41,960 tracker. Oh, it's the Hayward Magic. 601 00:28:41,960 --> 00:28:43,440 Now. I got a fun question for you. 602 00:28:43,440 --> 00:28:45,640 OK, legendary basketball coach here. 603 00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:50,440 Which Gamecock, past or present, do you think could show up to 604 00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:53,080 Hayward Field and run the fastest mile? 605 00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:55,160 Mile. Mile, we're going. 606 00:28:55,160 --> 00:28:57,480 Mile, we're going. To wait, I got to get, I got to, 607 00:28:57,640 --> 00:29:00,320 I got to get past the complaints because they don't like to run 608 00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:01,960 distance. All right, let's. 609 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:04,760 Put Mile. Let's Play is a 400. 610 00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:07,720 I could probably beat them in a mile, seriously. 611 00:29:07,720 --> 00:29:09,240 So I'm going to get myself some credit. 612 00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:12,120 They don't like to run distance. And as an older athlete, you 613 00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:15,920 like you like distance more than anything because you it's a long 614 00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:16,560 game. Yeah. 615 00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:20,120 Is a 400 short enough for for some of your women? 616 00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:25,720 What 400? Let me see a 400 you you that 617 00:29:26,120 --> 00:29:28,560 Destiny Henderson is probably the one that could probably beat 618 00:29:28,560 --> 00:29:34,480 them in any in any distance. Me too, though. 619 00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:37,360 She's an incredible athlete all. Right. 620 00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:39,360 Well, now we need Destiny versus Dawn. 621 00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:41,320 Like that's the match up that needs. 622 00:29:41,320 --> 00:29:46,040 To be print 20, we got to use AI because I can beat, I can beat 623 00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:49,920 her with AI. So I know you've been, you know, 624 00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:52,000 you were the coach for Team USA in Tokyo. 625 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:55,160 I believe you had a role with Team USA at the Paris Olympics. 626 00:29:55,160 --> 00:29:57,320 Did you go watch any track at those Olympics? 627 00:29:57,320 --> 00:29:59,960 Is there a race maybe that stands out to you? 628 00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:04,120 I did. I saw, I saw, I saw Shakiri. 629 00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:08,840 I saw another athlete that is represented by another shoe 630 00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:13,040 company that I won't, I'm going to say, but he won the 200, 631 00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:17,120 right? Right, So just super excited 632 00:30:17,120 --> 00:30:20,000 just to, I mean, to be in the stadium, like I'm, I'm in big 633 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:23,880 stadiums or arenas and there's energy from that. 634 00:30:23,880 --> 00:30:29,640 But when you're in a, an Olympic Stadium and the pressure of a, a 635 00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:34,160 100 yard dash, like you feel it. And I'm, I know the athletes 636 00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:37,680 feel it, but you feel it like you are, you are into it and the 637 00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:40,840 energy is like is like no other. So yes. 638 00:30:41,360 --> 00:30:44,760 Your now standard of excellence is just so far beyond. 639 00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:48,000 I feel like comprehension. Talk to me about like, what's a 640 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:50,720 quality that you see in your basketball players and those 641 00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:52,760 types of champions and track champions? 642 00:30:52,760 --> 00:30:56,440 Where does that overlap? I think the, the biggest overlap 643 00:30:56,800 --> 00:31:03,000 with, with any successful person athlete is the mental aspect of 644 00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:06,360 it because you're challenged with not only the pressure of 645 00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:09,400 like social media, you're challenged with injury. 646 00:31:09,440 --> 00:31:14,080 Like I, I don't think any, I, I don't think any athlete is like, 647 00:31:14,840 --> 00:31:17,680 like perfectly healthy. There's something that they're 648 00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:20,520 always dealing with. And I think the mental part of 649 00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:24,680 it, like you got to be 4 times as mentally strong as you are 650 00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:28,160 physically strong. I mean, it is, is that kind of 651 00:31:28,160 --> 00:31:31,040 pull on your, on your, your training. 652 00:31:31,280 --> 00:31:33,800 And then it was time to perform at a high level at a 653 00:31:33,800 --> 00:31:36,400 competition. You, you have to block all of 654 00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:40,280 that out and just get to your habits, like all the habits that 655 00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:44,960 you've you've done to create your success is what goes into 656 00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:48,040 having success in that moment. Absolutely. 657 00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:51,560 And another Nike coach who often has some women athletes that are 658 00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:54,960 strong mentally. Diljit Taylor, the coach at BYU 659 00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:56,840 and the coach of Swoosh TC out in Provo. 660 00:31:57,000 --> 00:31:58,440 I know you guys are good friends. 661 00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:01,960 In your kind of conversations with Diljit about the coaching 662 00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:04,680 profession, like what are some things that you really admire 663 00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:07,480 about the way she operates her team and what are some things 664 00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:09,640 you've maybe taken from that and instituted in South? 665 00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:12,760 Carolina, I mean, if if anyone has seen the way they'll G 666 00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:16,840 coaches hurt her players, she's a mentor. 667 00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:21,120 She's like, she's mom, like she is someone that gives the 668 00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:25,880 athlete all of her like she meets the athlete where they are 669 00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:29,320 on any given day and on, on, on me time. 670 00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:32,800 She's the first. I mean, you, you, you probably 671 00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:36,480 have to hold her back because she wants to get on the get on 672 00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:40,800 the track and just kind of will her athletes to the finish line. 673 00:32:40,800 --> 00:32:44,040 And that's what it takes. They you, you see her, you see 674 00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:48,160 the embraces after their their meets and you could tell that 675 00:32:48,320 --> 00:32:50,320 there's so much love between them. 676 00:32:50,520 --> 00:32:52,600 They've been together for a long time. 677 00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:57,400 They've, they've trained you, you see, like they are pulling 678 00:32:57,400 --> 00:33:00,800 her across the finish line because it's a, it's a show of, 679 00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:05,000 of, you know, thank you for all that they all that she's given. 680 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:07,520 So I think we have that in common and that we just really 681 00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:11,520 pour into, you know, the the athlete as a, you know, holistic 682 00:33:11,520 --> 00:33:13,280 being. Yeah. 683 00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:16,880 And I mean, so you talk about Dilji is kind of always very, 684 00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:20,520 very emotional, I guess you could say very involved with her 685 00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:23,640 athletes, like during the race. But I know you during games, 686 00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:26,240 sometimes you're a little more laid back, kind of sitting on 687 00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:27,440 the bench. Then you pick and choose your 688 00:33:27,440 --> 00:33:29,120 moments to really kind of get. Fired up. 689 00:33:29,560 --> 00:33:32,880 What goes into that decision of like now is the time when the 690 00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:36,600 athletes need coach to really be like on 100, really hyper or 691 00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:38,520 when is time they need to be a little more chill. 692 00:33:38,560 --> 00:33:42,800 Yeah, I think when, when you're seeing your, your, your teams or 693 00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:46,640 your athletes performing at a high level and they're, they're 694 00:33:46,640 --> 00:33:50,520 so locked into the habits. I always talk about habits like 695 00:33:50,760 --> 00:33:53,680 there are preparation habits that you go through that you're 696 00:33:53,680 --> 00:33:56,680 seeing out there when, when, when there's live play. 697 00:33:57,320 --> 00:34:00,600 And then you can see the habits kind of take a back seat to 698 00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:03,600 whatever's happening, whether it's emotional, then you have to 699 00:34:03,600 --> 00:34:06,080 jolt them back into getting back to the habits. 700 00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:12,159 And if you lose doing the things that you prep for, you can 701 00:34:12,159 --> 00:34:14,280 swallow a little bit a little bit better. 702 00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:16,480 Now you have to go back and kind of tweak some things. 703 00:34:16,719 --> 00:34:20,560 So I think it's important that you really know who your who 704 00:34:20,560 --> 00:34:24,159 your athletes are. Like you can, you know, a facial 705 00:34:24,159 --> 00:34:26,719 expression, you know that what they're feeling at any given 706 00:34:26,719 --> 00:34:28,120 moment. And then you give them what they 707 00:34:28,120 --> 00:34:31,639 need to either hurdle that moment, get through that moment 708 00:34:31,719 --> 00:34:33,480 or just coach them through that moment. 709 00:34:34,520 --> 00:34:36,679 Awesome. Well, Don, we thank you so much 710 00:34:36,679 --> 00:34:38,199 for your time today before we let's go on. 711 00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:41,440 So I know, I know Women's 100 is really the one you're here to 712 00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:43,920 say. As Karen said last time, we're 713 00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:45,639 pretty big on predictions in this show. 714 00:34:45,639 --> 00:34:48,159 We are. We might make you pick between 715 00:34:48,159 --> 00:34:52,000 Melissa and Shakiri on this one. You're going to lean one way or 716 00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:53,040 two. Different cuts. 717 00:34:53,040 --> 00:34:54,719 So then whoever wins, we, we'll play that. 718 00:34:54,719 --> 00:34:58,920 One, has there ever been a tie? No, we go down to thousandths of 719 00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:03,200 a second. Thousandth I'm I'm going to go 720 00:35:03,200 --> 00:35:07,160 with this. A Nike athlete will be the 721 00:35:07,160 --> 00:35:08,400 winner. How about that? 722 00:35:08,880 --> 00:35:11,760 That's a pretty safe setting. Spoken like a true pro here. 723 00:35:13,120 --> 00:35:15,040 Don, thank you so much for your time. 724 00:35:15,160 --> 00:35:17,120 We hope this meat lives up to your expectations. 725 00:35:18,520 --> 00:35:20,040 Thank you, Don Staley, everyone. Wow. 726 00:35:23,640 --> 00:35:26,160 Oh, incredible. I wanted to get another 727 00:35:26,160 --> 00:35:27,680 champagne bottle for her, that was. 728 00:35:27,720 --> 00:35:29,640 Awesome. I'm sure if Don wanted it, I'm 729 00:35:29,640 --> 00:35:31,600 sure she could get. Oh, I'm sure we would have had 730 00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:32,480 that. Pop with. 731 00:35:32,800 --> 00:35:33,640 Tea, Dad. Holy cow. 732 00:35:34,640 --> 00:35:37,040 It looks like we've got, we're just keep rolling through the 733 00:35:37,040 --> 00:35:39,960 guests here, another Prefontaine Classic champion. 734 00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:42,960 He, as I saw last night, had a champagne bottle pop moment 735 00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:45,360 yesterday. But we've got Brandon Miller 736 00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:48,720 coming on the stage now, the winner of the men's 800 737 00:35:48,720 --> 00:35:52,000 yesterday, local time, member of Team USA. 738 00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:55,680 Brandon, you had some time to soak in this victory inside the 739 00:35:55,680 --> 00:35:58,960 stadium last night. You got some chance coming from 740 00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:04,000 the crowd, it sounds like. Lots of love too on the on the 741 00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:06,480 infield here yesterday. I saw you out there celebrating. 742 00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:08,600 What was it like? What was it like being out here 743 00:36:08,600 --> 00:36:09,880 and just relishing in the moment? 744 00:36:10,440 --> 00:36:13,880 It was an amazing experience. This was my first time competing 745 00:36:13,880 --> 00:36:16,960 at the Prefontaine Classic. It's something that I've been 746 00:36:16,960 --> 00:36:18,520 praying for. I've always wanted, I've always 747 00:36:18,520 --> 00:36:20,960 seen this meet on TV and it's just somewhere where I wanted to 748 00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:23,760 be. So to be in the stadium for this 749 00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:27,560 meet and to get to just compete in front of these all of these 750 00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:30,760 fans was it was electric and they really brought me home 751 00:36:30,760 --> 00:36:34,640 yesterday. So them and just just feel the 752 00:36:34,640 --> 00:36:36,160 energy in the stadium. Yeah. 753 00:36:36,160 --> 00:36:38,440 I mean, you, you've been at. Diamond Leagues, you've been at 754 00:36:38,560 --> 00:36:41,480 US championships, you've been at global championships before, but 755 00:36:41,720 --> 00:36:45,960 knowing the significance of this meet, did you have any nerves 756 00:36:46,240 --> 00:36:49,040 like in the call room yesterday or were you feeling a little 757 00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:50,960 calm even though this is like the big one that you've been 758 00:36:50,960 --> 00:36:53,040 waiting for? I was so nervous. 759 00:36:53,080 --> 00:36:57,000 I mean, the, the, the race didn't start until 9:00 PM. 760 00:36:57,000 --> 00:37:01,000 So just sitting there the whole day in my hotel room was really 761 00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:04,920 nerve wracking. But I just, I just think that, 762 00:37:04,920 --> 00:37:06,800 you know, speaks to the magnitude of this meet. 763 00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:09,680 You know, how important it is how US athletes see this meet. 764 00:37:10,280 --> 00:37:12,800 We don't get nervous over something we don't care about. 765 00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:16,240 So I really cared about that race yesterday. 766 00:37:16,240 --> 00:37:19,760 And I think it has everything to do with what this meet stands 767 00:37:19,760 --> 00:37:22,240 for and the competition that it brings. 768 00:37:22,400 --> 00:37:23,920 Well, and talk about putting your heart into. 769 00:37:23,920 --> 00:37:26,280 Things I know you know I saw your post race interview on the 770 00:37:26,280 --> 00:37:29,280 infield yesterday and you said last time you you were here at 771 00:37:29,400 --> 00:37:32,920 US as you you left in tears with with some broken dreams. 772 00:37:32,920 --> 00:37:36,040 Where do you channel that you get back on, you know, kind of 773 00:37:36,040 --> 00:37:38,560 to the scene of the crime where you you just were and things 774 00:37:38,560 --> 00:37:40,640 didn't go your way. I'm curious if there was like a 775 00:37:40,640 --> 00:37:43,000 point in the race where you thought about that and it and it 776 00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:45,640 gave you that extra gear. How do you how do you gear up 777 00:37:45,640 --> 00:37:47,680 to, you know, face, face the track again? 778 00:37:47,840 --> 00:37:50,400 Yeah, I think for me it. Was just about leaving it in the 779 00:37:50,400 --> 00:37:53,480 past. That was like a really hard two 780 00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:56,080 weeks for me. Obviously it was a crazy race 781 00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:59,480 and all the guys that made the team deserve to be on the team. 782 00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:04,200 So for me, it was about kind of just working through that, kind 783 00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:06,720 of sitting with myself and licking myself in the mirror and 784 00:38:06,720 --> 00:38:10,720 seeing where we could get better and then just just moving 785 00:38:10,720 --> 00:38:12,960 forward. You know, I walked into that 786 00:38:12,960 --> 00:38:16,280 stadium yesterday grateful to be there and just ready to compete 787 00:38:16,280 --> 00:38:18,040 with the best of the best. Yeah. 788 00:38:18,040 --> 00:38:20,600 And so you come. Into this race run a season best 789 00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:24,800 143 six to take the win a little slower than we thought it might 790 00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:27,200 be going out especially with the pacing assignment on American 791 00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:29,800 record pace. How did you see that first 400 792 00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:31,520 play out where you were a little far back coming through the 793 00:38:31,560 --> 00:38:33,320 belt? Yeah, yeah, I was I. 794 00:38:33,320 --> 00:38:37,120 I kind of got crushed down on it because I was on the inside and 795 00:38:37,720 --> 00:38:40,320 I just remember seeing a bunch of people pass me and pass me 796 00:38:40,320 --> 00:38:43,040 and pass me and I look back and I'm like, oh, I think I'm a last 797 00:38:43,040 --> 00:38:47,440 play. It worked out the the whole 798 00:38:47,440 --> 00:38:51,320 second lap I was like like I got to start moving or this is not 799 00:38:51,320 --> 00:38:54,000 going to be a good race for me. So I just started to pick my 800 00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:56,760 spots and I just wanted every 50 meters. 801 00:38:56,760 --> 00:38:58,720 I just wanted to get one or two people, which is 1. 802 00:38:59,040 --> 00:39:04,480 And then with 1:50 to go, I just, I saw, you know, the the 803 00:39:04,480 --> 00:39:07,240 light at the end of the tunnel and I just, I just sent it. 804 00:39:07,240 --> 00:39:08,920 So yeah. Well, I know you've had a 805 00:39:08,920 --> 00:39:11,760 couple. Great races out in LA so far 806 00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:13,680 this year. And I do believe it was Kyle 807 00:39:13,680 --> 00:39:16,960 Merber on the city's podcast that said those two races 808 00:39:16,960 --> 00:39:19,640 indicated with like your last 100 meters that you you had some 809 00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:22,040 wheels in you and, and he, I think had you doing pretty well 810 00:39:22,040 --> 00:39:24,000 here in his predictions. Talk to me. 811 00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:26,480 Are you doing anything different with with that closing speed 812 00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:29,720 finding that any that next year? Are you doing anything different 813 00:39:29,720 --> 00:39:31,520 like this season to take it to the next level? 814 00:39:31,640 --> 00:39:36,680 Well, I credit it all to. My coach, Danny Mackie, We we. 815 00:39:36,680 --> 00:39:38,800 Walked away from. Last year, seeing what we needed 816 00:39:38,800 --> 00:39:44,000 to get better and it's, you know, with him, he's so creative 817 00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:47,000 in the way that he coaches and the way that he articulates 818 00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:50,040 everything to me. He just came up with a plan for 819 00:39:50,040 --> 00:39:52,320 me. I like, it's been hard. 820 00:39:52,320 --> 00:39:55,480 I remember there was just one workout where the rest was not 821 00:39:55,480 --> 00:39:57,920 existing and we were working all closing like really, really 822 00:39:57,920 --> 00:40:00,440 hard. And I remember looking up after 823 00:40:00,440 --> 00:40:02,280 a couple of sets, I was like, coach, my chest hurt. 824 00:40:02,280 --> 00:40:05,720 He was like, OK, line up, so get going. 825 00:40:07,040 --> 00:40:09,920 But just being able to continue to do hard things and work on my 826 00:40:09,920 --> 00:40:14,520 weaknesses is really really, you know, been able to strengthen 827 00:40:14,520 --> 00:40:18,280 the the weaker part of my race. Yeah, I mean another guy. 828 00:40:18,280 --> 00:40:20,240 That after talking to you in the mix zone last night, you can 829 00:40:20,240 --> 00:40:21,400 maybe credit a little bit of that too. 830 00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:24,840 Josh Kerr, I know you said he gave you some racing advice. 831 00:40:25,080 --> 00:40:27,800 Was it coming into this season that he was sat down and talked 832 00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:28,960 through some of your races with you? 833 00:40:29,360 --> 00:40:30,680 Yeah, Yeah. So obviously. 834 00:40:30,680 --> 00:40:35,240 Coming off of his World Championships last year, he 835 00:40:35,240 --> 00:40:37,560 spent a lot of time on the treadmill and the altar G like 836 00:40:37,560 --> 00:40:39,840 trying to get back. And I just remember getting a 837 00:40:39,840 --> 00:40:43,880 voice memo from him during the offseason, like, bro, you're 838 00:40:43,880 --> 00:40:45,880 such a beast. But let's, let's let's take a 839 00:40:45,880 --> 00:40:48,440 look at some of your races and see what we could get better at. 840 00:40:49,120 --> 00:40:50,960 So he watched a bunch of my races. 841 00:40:51,400 --> 00:40:55,920 And I remember we sat down in his living room and we went over 842 00:40:55,920 --> 00:40:58,600 all of them. And he was asking me what I was 843 00:40:58,600 --> 00:41:00,280 thinking at this point of the race, what I was thinking at 844 00:41:00,280 --> 00:41:04,760 that point of the race and giving me suggestions on just a, 845 00:41:04,760 --> 00:41:07,400 a different perspective on racing as a whole. 846 00:41:07,680 --> 00:41:11,560 And I was able to learn from that and take it and be able to 847 00:41:11,560 --> 00:41:15,120 work on it and practice at the time and then start to implement 848 00:41:15,120 --> 00:41:17,280 it in my races throughout the year. 849 00:41:17,280 --> 00:41:20,080 And I, I really think it's paying dividends right now. 850 00:41:20,320 --> 00:41:21,760 Were you thinking some of that coming? 851 00:41:21,760 --> 00:41:23,520 Through the bell yesterday, you're like, what would Josh do 852 00:41:23,520 --> 00:41:25,480 in this situation? Honestly, a little bit I. 853 00:41:25,480 --> 00:41:28,760 Was I was like WWJD, but it's. What would Josh do? 854 00:41:29,280 --> 00:41:33,920 You know, for me, I was just. The the biggest word in my mind 855 00:41:33,920 --> 00:41:37,200 coming through the 400 in last place, I was just patience. 856 00:41:38,400 --> 00:41:42,600 The 800 is over so quickly, but it's such a long race and a lot 857 00:41:42,600 --> 00:41:46,120 could happen in the last 302 hundred 100 meters. 858 00:41:47,040 --> 00:41:51,400 And just knowing that I trust the training that my coaches 859 00:41:51,400 --> 00:41:55,480 have given me allows me to be patient within the race and be 860 00:41:55,480 --> 00:41:57,320 able to pick my spots to best utilize it. 861 00:41:57,880 --> 00:41:59,040 Great. And what do we have? 862 00:41:59,040 --> 00:42:01,560 Next for you on on tap here What's what's the rest of the 863 00:42:01,560 --> 00:42:03,880 season look like for you what what can we watch you in next 864 00:42:03,880 --> 00:42:08,120 yeah so we'll be at. USA here at the end of July and 865 00:42:08,120 --> 00:42:10,920 then after that we'll see. Obviously the big goal is the 866 00:42:10,920 --> 00:42:14,560 World Ultimate Championships at the end of the year, but we're 867 00:42:14,560 --> 00:42:18,480 just taking it day by day and seeing what opportunities arise 868 00:42:18,480 --> 00:42:21,320 and taking advantage of well we got some nice points towards. 869 00:42:21,320 --> 00:42:24,640 That last night, yes Sir. In the stadium today you have 870 00:42:24,640 --> 00:42:27,840 two new teammates making their debuts for the team, Gary Martin 871 00:42:28,080 --> 00:42:30,040 and Sunu Jallo. How excited are you to watch 872 00:42:30,040 --> 00:42:32,160 them race? I mean, I'm very excited. 873 00:42:32,160 --> 00:42:36,640 I think seeing just how talented both of those those people are, 874 00:42:36,640 --> 00:42:45,440 I think Sanu can be a 153 girl. I think Gary can be sub 350 type 875 00:42:45,440 --> 00:42:47,720 of guy. He's really, I'm sorry, I don't 876 00:42:47,720 --> 00:42:52,040 really know mild times like that, but I think they're 877 00:42:52,040 --> 00:42:54,400 really, really talented. And I think it's a really like a 878 00:42:54,400 --> 00:42:57,880 testament to Brooks and where the team is headed that those 879 00:42:57,880 --> 00:43:00,960 caliber of athletes are are looking at Brooks as a as a 880 00:43:00,960 --> 00:43:03,680 destination. And I think this is just the 881 00:43:03,680 --> 00:43:05,760 beginning and I think more people are going to be looking 882 00:43:05,760 --> 00:43:11,760 at Brooks to all home for their whole home for their whole whole 883 00:43:11,760 --> 00:43:13,200 career. Awesome, Brandon. 884 00:43:13,200 --> 00:43:14,520 Well, thank you So. Much for your time. 885 00:43:14,680 --> 00:43:17,320 Congrats on the win yesterday and I hope your new teammates 886 00:43:17,320 --> 00:43:19,040 put on a show for you. Thank you so much. 887 00:43:19,040 --> 00:43:22,760 I appreciate. Thank you. 888 00:43:26,240 --> 00:43:31,760 And the guests keep on rolling it looks like as we've got a 889 00:43:32,120 --> 00:43:37,040 five time pre classic champion taking some selfies right now. 890 00:43:37,400 --> 00:43:40,960 But coming up on stage now, the one and only the two time 891 00:43:40,960 --> 00:43:43,280 Olympic champion in the women's discus, world champion last 892 00:43:43,280 --> 00:43:47,400 year, Valerie Scion is in the building. 893 00:43:51,720 --> 00:43:52,880 Amazing. Welcome to the. 894 00:43:52,880 --> 00:43:59,160 Stage Valerie great to see you incredible OK so we're adding 895 00:43:59,160 --> 00:44:03,320 five time Prefontaine classic to the resume Walk me through 896 00:44:03,320 --> 00:44:06,240 yesterday I I wondering about the magic of Hayward field and 897 00:44:06,240 --> 00:44:09,600 what made this win so special yeah gosh 5. 898 00:44:09,880 --> 00:44:12,480 Sounds pretty crazy. You know, I gotta admit, it's 899 00:44:12,480 --> 00:44:15,480 getting to a point where I love coming to Hayward, I love to 900 00:44:15,480 --> 00:44:17,200 compete. But there's something about the 901 00:44:17,200 --> 00:44:20,040 Prefontaine Classic, There's a different intensity, a different 902 00:44:20,040 --> 00:44:23,080 edge, and I really felt that last night for a Friday night 903 00:44:23,120 --> 00:44:25,800 Hayward to be packed was absolutely incredible. 904 00:44:25,920 --> 00:44:29,200 So I felt like my competition was good going into it. 905 00:44:29,200 --> 00:44:33,040 I was really excited, but I kind of just felt a little bit out of 906 00:44:33,040 --> 00:44:35,760 gas when I got down there. So I kind of threw my season's 907 00:44:35,760 --> 00:44:39,280 average based on what like the data ended up showing. 908 00:44:39,280 --> 00:44:42,120 And I'm really grateful that that was enough to be able to to 909 00:44:42,120 --> 00:44:43,840 win. But I know there's more there 910 00:44:43,840 --> 00:44:45,200 and I'm really excited to keep chasing it. 911 00:44:45,440 --> 00:44:48,680 Yeah, in the press conference. I believe your phrasing was you 912 00:44:48,680 --> 00:44:51,480 could do something you wouldn't be disappointed in, I think is 913 00:44:51,480 --> 00:44:55,920 what you said. And so 6864, is that a mark that 914 00:44:56,160 --> 00:44:57,880 kind of disappoints you now? And are you? 915 00:44:57,920 --> 00:45:00,640 If that's true, are you aware of how insane that state? 916 00:45:02,240 --> 00:45:04,920 Well, I saw your tweet. After the press conference, I 917 00:45:04,920 --> 00:45:06,640 feel like I said like a lot of good Nuggets and then you're 918 00:45:06,640 --> 00:45:08,680 like pretty much, Val said. She has no chill and she's 919 00:45:08,680 --> 00:45:11,200 delusional, so I can't. Sometimes we need to do a 920 00:45:11,200 --> 00:45:12,360 little. Bit of click bait. 921 00:45:12,440 --> 00:45:16,280 Yeah, So sorry about that. It's OK, I suppose, yeah. 922 00:45:16,400 --> 00:45:20,640 You know, 60 eights, it really that's a great foundation, you 923 00:45:20,640 --> 00:45:23,240 know, of on an off day for me, I'm third and 68. 924 00:45:23,240 --> 00:45:24,600 It actually gives me a lot of confidence. 925 00:45:24,600 --> 00:45:26,240 It takes the right perspective to look at it. 926 00:45:27,040 --> 00:45:29,480 But I think when we kind of get to this point of the season, I 927 00:45:29,480 --> 00:45:32,760 really want to feel like I'm at that upper range of what I know 928 00:45:32,760 --> 00:45:35,760 I'm capable of. That, that 70m mark is really 929 00:45:36,240 --> 00:45:39,320 why I feel like for these kind of more championship field 930 00:45:39,320 --> 00:45:41,400 meets, the prefontains, the Diamond League finals. 931 00:45:41,400 --> 00:45:42,600 I really want to try to be there. 932 00:45:42,600 --> 00:45:46,960 So definitely motivating just to to keep working, keep refining, 933 00:45:46,960 --> 00:45:50,160 because I know I'm capable. I mean, I I'm really excited to 934 00:45:50,240 --> 00:45:52,960 to put those throws together and it would have been really great 935 00:45:52,960 --> 00:45:54,520 to do it a Hayward. There's no better place. 936 00:45:54,720 --> 00:45:55,920 Well, and something that stood out. 937 00:45:55,920 --> 00:45:59,200 To me that you said and I, I was like, I could, I could, I could 938 00:45:59,320 --> 00:46:02,080 picture what you were saying. It's that ethereal throw, that 939 00:46:02,320 --> 00:46:05,760 ever elusive magic Unicorn throw that you're searching for. 940 00:46:06,040 --> 00:46:08,120 I'm curious if you can put a pin in that in some way. 941 00:46:08,120 --> 00:46:11,240 Is it staying consistent to what you're doing now? 942 00:46:11,240 --> 00:46:13,280 Is it finding just a whole different gear? 943 00:46:13,280 --> 00:46:16,200 What what does that mean to you finding that ever elusive throw 944 00:46:16,200 --> 00:46:18,320 that you're looking for? Yeah, no, it the. 945 00:46:19,560 --> 00:46:23,280 The one the one elusive 1, you know, it comes from the 946 00:46:23,280 --> 00:46:27,680 consistency, you know, And I mean, consistency is what has 947 00:46:27,680 --> 00:46:31,240 led to so much of my success. You know, it really is that that 948 00:46:31,240 --> 00:46:35,120 workhorse mentality that's led to being able to be a racehorse 949 00:46:35,120 --> 00:46:38,200 when I need to. So I'm excited. 950 00:46:38,200 --> 00:46:41,040 I know it's really comes down to technique. 951 00:46:41,080 --> 00:46:44,520 You know, I think in a throw, it looks like it's so fast and, and 952 00:46:44,520 --> 00:46:46,520 people are always so kind of tell me that my technique looks 953 00:46:46,520 --> 00:46:49,760 so effortless and when I'm at my best, it really does feel 954 00:46:49,760 --> 00:46:51,000 effortless. It's kind of when you start to 955 00:46:51,000 --> 00:46:53,240 push that you can tell that you're, you're putting more 956 00:46:53,240 --> 00:46:54,920 energy into your body than into the discus. 957 00:46:54,920 --> 00:46:58,680 So I, I know it's there, but I think part of it is just 958 00:46:58,680 --> 00:47:01,600 trusting that like I can do it rather than trying to force it. 959 00:47:01,840 --> 00:47:04,320 What I was just saying as. Someone who has never thrown a 960 00:47:04,320 --> 00:47:07,320 discus should and should never throw a discus. 961 00:47:07,840 --> 00:47:09,880 What? At what point during the throw 962 00:47:09,880 --> 00:47:13,360 do you get the feeling and know that that you know, you've 963 00:47:13,520 --> 00:47:16,400 you've you've hit a good one. Yeah, I will admit. 964 00:47:16,880 --> 00:47:19,520 If you have a field during the throw, it's probably because you 965 00:47:19,520 --> 00:47:21,160 did something wrong. Yeah. 966 00:47:21,240 --> 00:47:23,160 That's the the tricky part about it. 967 00:47:23,400 --> 00:47:25,960 When you feel at your best, it's really like you kind of just 968 00:47:25,960 --> 00:47:29,200 effortlessly come out of it and you can kind of catch it in your 969 00:47:29,200 --> 00:47:31,000 eye, how it's like cutting into the air. 970 00:47:31,000 --> 00:47:32,840 And that's really when you know you've hit the magic. 971 00:47:33,120 --> 00:47:34,000 Got it. Noted. 972 00:47:34,200 --> 00:47:35,520 Yeah. When? 973 00:47:35,600 --> 00:47:37,680 When you talk about just. Like that consistency and 974 00:47:37,680 --> 00:47:41,880 technique and especially finding it in the air, the the kind of 975 00:47:41,880 --> 00:47:44,880 inconsistency in the technique comes when you have to go throw 976 00:47:44,880 --> 00:47:47,720 Ramona style because I know that takes a little tweak. 977 00:47:48,360 --> 00:47:50,280 And when you're talking about approaching those Eastern 978 00:47:50,280 --> 00:47:53,040 European marks, you know, you might need a little, a little 979 00:47:53,040 --> 00:47:56,600 favorable win sometimes. So how do you can you kind of 980 00:47:56,600 --> 00:47:59,960 give a little insight on the technical changes that need to 981 00:47:59,960 --> 00:48:03,120 happen between throwing at pre versus throwing in Oklahoma? 982 00:48:03,360 --> 00:48:06,840 Yeah, I think. It's probably something I should 983 00:48:06,840 --> 00:48:10,920 think a little bit more about. I think our approach is we kind 984 00:48:10,920 --> 00:48:14,040 of just throw it the same way no matter what the meat is. 985 00:48:14,040 --> 00:48:17,160 If we're training at home in Austin, if we're in crazy 986 00:48:17,160 --> 00:48:23,120 Ramona, OK, Or if we're here at Pre, you know, for me, I love 987 00:48:23,120 --> 00:48:25,640 going to have like the the chance in the Wild West at 988 00:48:25,640 --> 00:48:28,440 Ramona, you know, to see if we can strike gold in in that 989 00:48:28,440 --> 00:48:32,280 situation. But I love being in stadiums 990 00:48:32,280 --> 00:48:34,840 that is like where my heart is just like beating out of my 991 00:48:34,840 --> 00:48:37,480 chest. I feel like I'm like at my best. 992 00:48:38,240 --> 00:48:41,600 So we really try to to just kind of execute the same thing. 993 00:48:41,600 --> 00:48:44,000 I don't I don't think I have the capacity to be able to make 994 00:48:44,000 --> 00:48:45,520 tweaks like that. I think it just would kind of 995 00:48:45,520 --> 00:48:50,320 throw off my timing, but I think that the optimal technique would 996 00:48:51,080 --> 00:48:54,280 do great in both situations. Do you think I know we've? 997 00:48:54,280 --> 00:48:57,080 Talked a lot about the classic meaty bone. 998 00:48:57,760 --> 00:49:01,760 Do you think 7352 and 7310 are not striking gold yet? 999 00:49:02,200 --> 00:49:04,560 I don't think so, I think. There's more there, yeah. 1000 00:49:04,760 --> 00:49:06,480 So what stood out to me yesterday? 1001 00:49:06,480 --> 00:49:10,040 Too is even from where I was in the stands and and my eyesight 1002 00:49:10,040 --> 00:49:12,040 squinting, you were just glowing. 1003 00:49:12,040 --> 00:49:16,240 You were so happy when you won just walking towards the track. 1004 00:49:16,240 --> 00:49:17,560 I mean there was just a glow about you. 1005 00:49:17,600 --> 00:49:20,800 How do you keep it so fresh knowing that you're kind of 1006 00:49:20,800 --> 00:49:24,120 you're biggest competition? How do you find the joy still 1007 00:49:24,640 --> 00:49:26,480 and keep the keep that joy alive? 1008 00:49:26,560 --> 00:49:29,120 Yeah. I think there was a time in my 1009 00:49:29,120 --> 00:49:30,480 career where I kind of lost the joy. 1010 00:49:30,480 --> 00:49:34,160 I really like gave in to the pressure of like, especially 1011 00:49:34,160 --> 00:49:36,480 after winning the Olympics the first time, I feel like I really 1012 00:49:36,480 --> 00:49:39,360 felt the weight and the expectation of like every 1013 00:49:39,360 --> 00:49:42,000 competition. I should be that person. 1014 00:49:42,960 --> 00:49:45,320 And I think I just had like a path of growing into that, you 1015 00:49:45,320 --> 00:49:48,240 know, and I think I, I really made a promise to myself that I 1016 00:49:48,240 --> 00:49:51,480 wasn't going to lose the joy of like competing and being here. 1017 00:49:51,720 --> 00:49:55,840 So it's something that we really try to celebrate, you know, of 1018 00:49:55,840 --> 00:49:58,280 like, I feel like we train really hard that competition 1019 00:49:58,280 --> 00:50:01,280 days are the reward. You know, like to be in any 1020 00:50:01,280 --> 00:50:04,200 stadium all around the world is such a, an incredible thing, you 1021 00:50:04,200 --> 00:50:06,800 know, But there is something special like especially knowing 1022 00:50:06,960 --> 00:50:08,560 that this is the one time we were going to get to be at 1023 00:50:08,560 --> 00:50:12,080 Hayward this year that I really just was absolutely jazzed to 1024 00:50:12,080 --> 00:50:13,280 get to be in the stadium last night. 1025 00:50:13,760 --> 00:50:16,400 Are are you? Excited that USA is going to be 1026 00:50:16,400 --> 00:50:18,000 in New York. I know some people were like, 1027 00:50:18,000 --> 00:50:19,760 maybe it's a little bit of a welcome change, but it sounds 1028 00:50:19,760 --> 00:50:21,120 like you just love Hayward so much. 1029 00:50:21,120 --> 00:50:23,840 Yeah, I mean. Right here in this stage, in 1030 00:50:23,840 --> 00:50:26,200 this VIP area. I wish we were coming back to 1031 00:50:26,200 --> 00:50:33,640 Hayward, but I, I'm, it will be, it'll be a good, exciting 1032 00:50:33,640 --> 00:50:35,560 change. You know, I feel like spreading 1033 00:50:35,560 --> 00:50:38,800 track and field across the country is always good, but 1034 00:50:38,800 --> 00:50:40,920 nobody does it like a word, that's for sure. 1035 00:50:40,960 --> 00:50:44,920 That's that's definitely true. This year, we'll take a moment 1036 00:50:44,920 --> 00:50:47,280 of silence for no women's discus at the World Ultimate 1037 00:50:47,280 --> 00:50:52,640 Championships. Now that that's passed, what is 1038 00:50:52,680 --> 00:50:54,200 what's your approach to the rest of the year? 1039 00:50:54,200 --> 00:50:57,680 How big of a target is USA's? How do you weigh like USA's 1040 00:50:57,680 --> 00:50:59,800 versus Diamond League final when it comes to like training 1041 00:50:59,800 --> 00:51:01,040 cycles? Like what does all that look. 1042 00:51:01,320 --> 00:51:04,840 Yeah, I. I'm definitely a all gas, no 1043 00:51:04,840 --> 00:51:08,360 breaks type of girl. So I think in my season I have 4 1044 00:51:08,360 --> 00:51:10,680 competitions left. So we'll be at the London 1045 00:51:10,680 --> 00:51:14,920 Diamond League meet, then US Championships, I'll go to a meet 1046 00:51:14,920 --> 00:51:18,000 in Berlin and then the Diamond League final. 1047 00:51:18,000 --> 00:51:20,640 So I'm excited to attack all four of those. 1048 00:51:20,640 --> 00:51:24,600 I definitely do my best when we're just kind of trying to to 1049 00:51:24,600 --> 00:51:27,080 go for it. So I I hope at this point to 1050 00:51:27,080 --> 00:51:28,720 really put up some of my best performances. 1051 00:51:29,040 --> 00:51:31,680 Berlin is one that it. Feels like you go to every year. 1052 00:51:31,680 --> 00:51:34,720 I know this is your favorite place to throw in the world. 1053 00:51:34,720 --> 00:51:36,480 Is Berlin maybe your second favorite? 1054 00:51:36,560 --> 00:51:39,840 Give us like a like a top three or four, maybe top three or 4I. 1055 00:51:40,840 --> 00:51:43,320 Heyward Of course. I think anytime you compete in 1056 00:51:43,320 --> 00:51:47,200 an Olympics stadium, it really has an incredible feel to it. 1057 00:51:47,200 --> 00:51:51,040 So Berlin was an Olympic game site, which has been amazing. 1058 00:51:51,040 --> 00:51:54,120 I absolutely loved the Paras Olympic Stadium. 1059 00:51:54,120 --> 00:51:56,080 I think that they did a fantastic job. 1060 00:51:57,160 --> 00:52:00,880 Those two are definitely highlights as well as I really 1061 00:52:00,920 --> 00:52:05,080 love the Zurich Stadium. There's something that kind of 1062 00:52:05,080 --> 00:52:07,040 like it sneaks up on you. You don't realize you're even 1063 00:52:07,040 --> 00:52:08,840 like at the stadium. It's kind of like built into the 1064 00:52:08,840 --> 00:52:11,680 ground. And they are also a place that 1065 00:52:11,680 --> 00:52:13,720 loves track and field. It feels like the crowd is right 1066 00:52:13,720 --> 00:52:16,960 there with you, which as athlete is really what you love now when 1067 00:52:16,960 --> 00:52:18,520 you go to all these amazing. Places. 1068 00:52:18,520 --> 00:52:21,440 Is there any sort of trip that can be made out of it or is it 1069 00:52:21,440 --> 00:52:24,560 kind of strictly business in and out I. 1070 00:52:24,560 --> 00:52:27,640 Think as I'm getting older, I've gotten a little bit better at 1071 00:52:27,640 --> 00:52:30,720 balancing it. My husband is my coach. 1072 00:52:30,720 --> 00:52:35,360 So, you know, I love to say, you know, I really think if we stay 1073 00:52:35,360 --> 00:52:37,440 one extra day, it would help with training, you know, my 1074 00:52:37,440 --> 00:52:39,600 mental well-being. And he's so recovered in that 1075 00:52:39,640 --> 00:52:41,720 hot. Tub exactly right. 1076 00:52:41,840 --> 00:52:45,640 So he's been, he's been agreeing with me more, which has been 1077 00:52:45,680 --> 00:52:47,680 awesome. So we've been definitely. 1078 00:52:48,200 --> 00:52:54,440 That's my guy right there. Yeah, he's heavy, but we've been 1079 00:52:54,440 --> 00:52:58,120 really enjoying this life. Zeb was the throws coach at the 1080 00:52:58,120 --> 00:53:00,480 University of Texas for seven years and resigned last year. 1081 00:53:00,480 --> 00:53:04,480 So we got married in March and now we've been getting to do all 1082 00:53:04,480 --> 00:53:07,240 these trips together. So it has really been kind of 1083 00:53:07,240 --> 00:53:09,360 the dream that we've had together and it's been really 1084 00:53:09,360 --> 00:53:11,440 awesome. So incredible is. 1085 00:53:11,760 --> 00:53:14,440 The. I guess obviously there's a big 1086 00:53:14,440 --> 00:53:17,080 kind of like relationship change with being able to travel 1087 00:53:17,080 --> 00:53:18,880 together, but how big of a difference is it? 1088 00:53:18,880 --> 00:53:21,480 Just like strictly from the coaching side with him not 1089 00:53:21,480 --> 00:53:25,720 needing to balance your throwing as well as, you know, 10 Texas 1090 00:53:25,720 --> 00:53:27,520 Longhorn. My gosh, it's. 1091 00:53:27,520 --> 00:53:34,080 Really been incredible. Zeb's he is the in our Ying and 1092 00:53:34,080 --> 00:53:36,360 Yang. He's like the positive, 1093 00:53:36,360 --> 00:53:39,720 optimistic, encouraging 1. I can be really self critical. 1094 00:53:39,720 --> 00:53:44,000 So when you are an athlete having to travel to these meets 1095 00:53:44,120 --> 00:53:46,760 and you don't have a coach, you're relying on sending film 1096 00:53:46,760 --> 00:53:49,520 or getting feedback that's just not in person. 1097 00:53:49,520 --> 00:53:52,040 It's it's really challenging. It's probably one of the hardest 1098 00:53:52,040 --> 00:53:55,480 things about being a professional, so to now be able 1099 00:53:55,480 --> 00:53:57,840 to always have his guidance and stuff, it's really made a big 1100 00:53:57,840 --> 00:54:00,280 difference and kind of just feeling like we're able to 1101 00:54:00,280 --> 00:54:02,520 consistently work. It's not like you do a surge 1102 00:54:02,520 --> 00:54:05,200 when you're together and then like survive on the road. 1103 00:54:05,280 --> 00:54:07,200 It's so it's been a really great change. 1104 00:54:07,600 --> 00:54:10,080 Incredible, awesome Val. Well, congratulations. 1105 00:54:10,080 --> 00:54:14,520 Thank you on #5 here at Pre Best of luck at your final four for 1106 00:54:14,520 --> 00:54:17,600 this year. And I believe that tea has got 1107 00:54:17,600 --> 00:54:19,000 some champagne for you to pop down. 1108 00:54:19,000 --> 00:54:20,640 Yeah, I've been waiting for. That. 1109 00:54:20,640 --> 00:54:23,160 So go have some fun down there. Coach's orders. 1110 00:54:23,160 --> 00:54:24,560 You got some champagne. To drink Awesome. 1111 00:54:26,720 --> 00:54:28,840 Thank you so much, Val Thank you. 1112 00:54:28,880 --> 00:54:30,480 Incredible. Always a. 1113 00:54:32,160 --> 00:54:33,720 Pleasure. Oh yeah, she makes. 1114 00:54:33,720 --> 00:54:36,880 Her way gather around, guys gather around. 1115 00:54:36,880 --> 00:54:41,320 Valerie's on her way with a nice beautiful dress polo. 1116 00:54:41,320 --> 00:54:42,720 I look like it came from the Olympics. 1117 00:54:42,720 --> 00:54:45,600 Low key, but she looks great. Y'all make some noise that she 1118 00:54:45,600 --> 00:54:54,720 comes from Valerie. OK, now let's see how you're 1119 00:54:54,720 --> 00:54:57,000 going to pop this bottle of champagne. 1120 00:55:04,080 --> 00:55:04,600 There you. Go Val. 1121 00:55:07,280 --> 00:55:10,040 Champagne showers for. Everyone y'all make some noise 1122 00:55:10,040 --> 00:55:17,040 for Valerie Science and back to you guys in the desk, Val. 1123 00:55:17,040 --> 00:55:19,760 I think that wins. Maybe best champagne pop of the 1124 00:55:19,760 --> 00:55:23,240 weekend so far, although we have a lot more champagne that will 1125 00:55:23,240 --> 00:55:25,800 be popped tonight because like we said, we've got some 1126 00:55:25,800 --> 00:55:28,240 incredible races and some incredible field event 1127 00:55:28,240 --> 00:55:32,440 competitions going on. The high hurdles, the men's 110 1128 00:55:32,560 --> 00:55:36,120 pro debut for Jacoby Tharp going up against Jamal Britt, who's 1129 00:55:36,120 --> 00:55:38,000 just absolutely on a tear right now. 1130 00:55:38,000 --> 00:55:40,680 We're in 1289. You've also got the reigning 1131 00:55:40,680 --> 00:55:43,200 world champion Cordell Tinch in there. 1132 00:55:43,360 --> 00:55:45,440 He hasn't broken 13 yet this year. 1133 00:55:45,520 --> 00:55:48,280 This track, no better place to do it against. 1134 00:55:48,280 --> 00:55:51,440 This field is really AUS Championships preview the 1135 00:55:51,440 --> 00:55:54,840 women's 100 hurdles Masai Russell on world record watch as 1136 00:55:54,840 --> 00:55:58,520 she has been all year up against the world record holder in Toby 1137 00:55:58,520 --> 00:56:01,640 Amuson, who ran out on this track at the 2022 World 1138 00:56:01,640 --> 00:56:03,920 Championships. We talked about how exciting 1139 00:56:03,920 --> 00:56:07,760 that men's 400 is, but the women's 800, in honor of Maria 1140 00:56:07,760 --> 00:56:11,040 Mutola, one of the greatest athletes in this, is this meets 1141 00:56:11,040 --> 00:56:13,840 storied history. This field's going to be a fun 1142 00:56:13,840 --> 00:56:15,800 one. Oh, it's going to be exciting. 1143 00:56:15,800 --> 00:56:19,280 And it's no secret from the press conference that Keely 1144 00:56:19,280 --> 00:56:21,800 Hodgkins, Oh my gosh, I can't even, I'm so excited. 1145 00:56:21,800 --> 00:56:24,000 I can't even talk. Keely Hodgkinson is in the house 1146 00:56:24,360 --> 00:56:28,120 and she's coming off, you know, as a slight injury scare. 1147 00:56:28,120 --> 00:56:30,320 It sounds like it was definitely more preventative. 1148 00:56:30,520 --> 00:56:33,120 It sounds like she was really taking the pre classic pretty 1149 00:56:33,120 --> 00:56:35,080 seriously. That's what I took from that, 1150 00:56:35,200 --> 00:56:38,200 which I think is, you know, incredible that she values this 1151 00:56:38,200 --> 00:56:41,160 meat and really wanted to show up 100%. 1152 00:56:41,760 --> 00:56:44,040 We know she opened with an incredible time. 1153 00:56:44,040 --> 00:56:46,720 I do think it's going to be a, you know, a question mark on the 1154 00:56:46,720 --> 00:56:51,040 mix of if she can, you know, dig down and and hit like a 153 1155 00:56:51,040 --> 00:56:53,240 today. She, you know, didn't shy away 1156 00:56:53,240 --> 00:56:56,520 from earlier this season saying that a world record is on her 1157 00:56:56,520 --> 00:56:59,320 mind. I don't doubt that a meet like 1158 00:56:59,320 --> 00:57:02,320 this is something to do it at. It's if she's ready to do it or 1159 00:57:02,320 --> 00:57:03,240 not. I think is going to be the 1160 00:57:03,240 --> 00:57:05,480 question. But all eyes are going to be I 1161 00:57:05,480 --> 00:57:08,120 think, on Keely tonight. Yeah, but I mean you got the. 1162 00:57:08,120 --> 00:57:10,360 World champion in this field, Lily and O'deira. 1163 00:57:10,600 --> 00:57:13,040 And last year, you know, we don't really know exactly what 1164 00:57:13,040 --> 00:57:16,480 Lillian typically looks like in a regular season on the Diamond 1165 00:57:16,480 --> 00:57:19,640 League circuit, because last year Tokyo was just such a huge 1166 00:57:19,640 --> 00:57:21,880 breakthrough for her. Maybe this is the one. 1167 00:57:21,920 --> 00:57:26,520 She's got a season's best of 15727, which it it's crazy that 1168 00:57:26,520 --> 00:57:29,480 in 2026, I don't even know where that ranks on the world list. 1169 00:57:29,480 --> 00:57:32,320 This year might be outside of the top ten at this point. 1170 00:57:32,840 --> 00:57:35,920 But you also got Prudence Secadiso, Sunu Jallow, who won 1171 00:57:35,920 --> 00:57:39,600 the NCAA title here 3 weeks ago, breaking a thing, Moe's 1172 00:57:39,600 --> 00:57:42,800 collegiate record, Keely Hodgkinson and Raven Rodgers. 1173 00:57:43,000 --> 00:57:46,720 She's on the tower. This is this eventually renamed 1174 00:57:46,720 --> 00:57:49,360 Ravenfield potentially. I wonder what that's like 1175 00:57:49,360 --> 00:57:51,320 turning that I. Mean I'll never know, turning 1176 00:57:51,320 --> 00:57:53,800 that corner, seeing the tower and you're on it. 1177 00:57:53,880 --> 00:57:56,520 What an interesting trying to remember what direction. 1178 00:57:56,520 --> 00:58:00,920 Raven's facing on the tower, but yeah, an iconic athlete here, I 1179 00:58:00,960 --> 00:58:02,920 think, Paul Swaggart said in the press conference yesterday. 1180 00:58:02,920 --> 00:58:06,800 This will be her 53rd race inside old and new Hayward. 1181 00:58:07,080 --> 00:58:08,640 Then we're closing out with those miles. 1182 00:58:08,640 --> 00:58:10,800 We already ran through the fields a little bit, Karen. 1183 00:58:11,160 --> 00:58:14,680 Women's Mile, I guess, do you are. 1184 00:58:14,680 --> 00:58:16,680 You going to be bold enough. To pick anyone other than faith. 1185 00:58:17,040 --> 00:58:19,440 Oh well, no, OK. So we'll go time. 1186 00:58:19,440 --> 00:58:21,200 Predictions. No, I I can't but. 1187 00:58:21,400 --> 00:58:23,520 I just think it's going to be faith no matter what. 1188 00:58:23,520 --> 00:58:26,120 I mean, you got to have faith and faith to me. 1189 00:58:26,120 --> 00:58:29,080 She is the world record holder, right? 1190 00:58:29,080 --> 00:58:32,760 She, you know, has the the 15 meter world record holder set at 1191 00:58:32,760 --> 00:58:36,160 pre classic last year. Someone like her, you know, it's 1192 00:58:36,160 --> 00:58:39,440 it's her race to lose. Anyone is going to you know, 1193 00:58:39,440 --> 00:58:41,040 it's second. I think it's who we're talking 1194 00:58:41,040 --> 00:58:42,760 over. But as we know we talked about 1195 00:58:42,760 --> 00:58:46,040 at the top of the show, she had the faith Kipyegon breaking for 1196 00:58:46,840 --> 00:58:50,720 I I think the thing to watch out to out for tonight with faith is 1197 00:58:50,720 --> 00:58:54,040 seeing how close she goes to that breaking four time. 1198 00:58:54,040 --> 00:58:58,760 So it was four O 6 was what she ran four O 6.2. 1199 00:58:58,960 --> 00:59:02,120 So it's going to be a question on if she can get close enough 1200 00:59:02,120 --> 00:59:04,080 to that. And what an interesting concept, 1201 00:59:04,080 --> 00:59:06,160 right? A curated, I think, you know, 1202 00:59:06,160 --> 00:59:10,120 Nike put on A and that's what the result was a 406.2. 1203 00:59:10,120 --> 00:59:13,480 How insane is this stadium going to be if she, you know, even 1204 00:59:13,480 --> 00:59:16,160 goes under that? I think the person to also look 1205 00:59:16,160 --> 00:59:18,680 out for is going to be Georgia, Georgia Hunter Bell. 1206 00:59:19,200 --> 00:59:22,320 My, my prediction is that she really sticks on Faith, similar 1207 00:59:22,320 --> 00:59:25,720 to to Jess Hole and how she did in, in, you know, last year's 1208 00:59:25,720 --> 00:59:28,040 season. And I, I think she's going to be 1209 00:59:28,040 --> 00:59:30,640 brought to a really good time with Faith and people are going 1210 00:59:30,640 --> 00:59:32,600 to be looking to her. And then the next thing to watch 1211 00:59:32,600 --> 00:59:36,360 out for is an American record. We got Nikki Hilts on the track 1212 00:59:36,360 --> 00:59:40,200 tonight and they're going to be chasing to get their American 1213 00:59:40,200 --> 00:59:43,920 record back taken away by Sinclair Johnson. 1214 00:59:43,920 --> 00:59:45,720 So that's another one to watch out for. 1215 00:59:45,720 --> 00:59:47,320 Yeah. Should be a lot of letters. 1216 00:59:47,320 --> 00:59:50,280 In the results in the results after this one on the Diamond 1217 00:59:50,280 --> 00:59:53,440 League website and then this men's Bower Mile closing it out, 1218 00:59:54,800 --> 00:59:57,920 Cole Hawker, Cam Myers yard and a goose. 1219 00:59:57,920 --> 00:59:59,400 It's going to be absolute cinema. 1220 00:59:59,400 --> 01:00:04,480 Timothy Cheriot as well at 2027. Oh my God, 27 time Diamond 1221 01:00:04,480 --> 01:00:05,840 League winner. That's insane. 1222 01:00:06,440 --> 01:00:09,600 This field that really feels like a pick em and we're butting 1223 01:00:09,600 --> 01:00:11,560 up against the clock. So we don't have time to pick 1224 01:00:11,560 --> 01:00:12,800 em. So we'll leave that up to you 1225 01:00:12,800 --> 01:00:14,440 guys. You We got to pick one. 1226 01:00:14,800 --> 01:00:16,760 I'll agree with Cooper. I'll agree with Cooper Luck in 1227 01:00:16,760 --> 01:00:17,640 house. I'll go yard and a goose. 1228 01:00:17,640 --> 01:00:18,760 You're going to go yard and a goose. 1229 01:00:18,760 --> 01:00:19,600 Dang it that. Was mine. 1230 01:00:19,680 --> 01:00:22,840 No, I'm I'm kind of going for. It's not even a wild card, but 1231 01:00:22,840 --> 01:00:24,720 it's an Oregon Duck. It's Cole Hawk. 1232 01:00:25,480 --> 01:00:28,200 I think he's showing defending home turf, defending. 1233 01:00:28,200 --> 01:00:30,560 Home turf I. Think he's got the hunger At the 1234 01:00:30,560 --> 01:00:33,440 press conference, he seemed super confident and I think he 1235 01:00:33,440 --> 01:00:35,240 brings home the West tonight. Awesome. 1236 01:00:35,240 --> 01:00:37,480 Well, women's. Hammer is getting underway right 1237 01:00:37,480 --> 01:00:39,920 now over on the far side of the stadium. 1238 01:00:39,920 --> 01:00:42,440 We've got field events running all throughout the day as well. 1239 01:00:42,680 --> 01:00:46,280 And then the first track event, or we got 100 prelims actually, 1240 01:00:46,440 --> 01:00:49,200 for that incredible women's race that Don Staley is so excited 1241 01:00:49,200 --> 01:00:52,120 about. Those start at 12:32 and then 1242 01:00:52,120 --> 01:00:56,440 finals on the track start at one O 4:00 PM. 1243 01:00:56,880 --> 01:01:01,040 So get inside and we'll have a great day two of the 2026 1244 01:01:01,040 --> 01:01:02,160 Prefontaine Classic.