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It is. 
July 21st and we are just a 

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couple days away from the start 
of the 2026 USATF Outdoor Track 

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and Field Championships. 
Khrushchev is joined by Kyle 

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Merber, and we're going to take 
you through some. 

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Of the big events to watch this 
weekend. 

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And in addition to that, just, 
you know what we're going to be 

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looking out for. 
Kind of like it's like first 

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thing is it's in New York, which
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In New York. 
Neither you nor I needs to get 

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on a plane and travel 6 hours to
Seattle and connect to a small 

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So we're saving quite a bit on 
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talked a little bit about this 
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the fact that US as was going to
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I think the announcement came 
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It's just that this is 
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York in hopefully proving that 
there's an appetite for the 

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championships to come back in a 
year where the stakes are a 

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little bit bigger with, you 
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been announced yet. 
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in 2028. 
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this sort of trap of, you know, 
kind of being in Eugene each 

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time out, which like, for all 
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that's maybe one of the best 
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stadium to use. 
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to want a dress rehearsal inside
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But that remains up in the air 
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The the key thing. 
Here is that New York gets a 

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shot at proving that, hey, there
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Coast. 
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couple hours of Icon Stadium, 
you got to come out and 

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ultimately show that we are 
worth having more US 

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championships. 
Because if we can put some asses

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in seats for a meet that has 
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think that would really 
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something big on the line that 
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So no excuses. 
Track fans unite. 

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We got to come out. 
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spending a lot of money going to
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our lives. 
So let's let's show up and take 

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advantage of this opportunity. 
I guess like we've done our 

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part, we will have Assidious 
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can look out for us. 
I believe our shirts are going 

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to be purple to match the New 
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athletes are are wearing. 
So we're partnering with New 

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Balance around this. 
And so they got a big ticket 

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block and we've distributed 
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family, and then in addition to 
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City running crews. 
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little bit on the main 
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But in addition to that, I also 
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Mayor Zoran Mamdani is giving 
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And so I think that's for 
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Definitely are probably the 
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stadium. 
But we're putting this episode 

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out on Wednesday, and I think 
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or Thursday night to fill out 
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there's also tons of discount 
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this point for people to get. 
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And I think this is a city where
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club meeting somewhere. 
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able to tap a little bit into 
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well. 
You said there's nothing at 

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stake. 
I mean, in a way there this is a

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good opportunity for some 
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title. 
For athletes with some good 

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contracts, they kick in a 
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I'm sure you can get your 
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Up if you are one of those 
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at the World Ultimate 
Championships later this year in

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September. 
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yeah, I mean, like, it's a 
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there a bit more. 
There is, you know, some prize 

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money on the line as well. 
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Are some stakes, It's definitely
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stakes where it's top three and 
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But there are some athletes who 
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that's a good thing. 
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already have their by to the 
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they put in a big effort at a 
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And so, yeah, this one's a 
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championships for sure. 
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don't hold it against athletes. 
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athletes who aren't showing up, 
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for those athletes that are. 
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good races on tap. 
And my favorite thing about US 

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championship in an off year is 
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You don't have to. 
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and 1/2. 
So it should be some good events

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and some good races on tap. 
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then last weekend. 
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then quite a bit of rain as 
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looking up for this. 
Upcoming weekend and if you're 

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not in the tri-state area. 
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meet on some combination of 
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So we have our schedule post 
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That makes it easy for people to
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where the events are taking 
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live. 
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the we're, we're going to focus 
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So Thursday the 1st 2 are the 10
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And this is a year where the 10K
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much. 
We're not going to see a crazy 

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fast time this weekend. 
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2027 World Championships, I 
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Is already open for the 10K, but
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fields are very. 
Thin in, in both of these 

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10K, this one at first there was
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She has scratched. 
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depth in this one. 
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last year's USA's are not 
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And so right now, the top seed 
is Ally Bukowski, who we've seen

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the Brooks beast be on a tear 
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Vanessa Frazier, also someone 
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times and could try and capture 
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But I think the one the the name
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who is buried a little bit 
further down on this list, Katie

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Izzo. 
She's she's someone who we've of

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course given her tons of praise 
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but I definitely think that she 
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she could win this one. 
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Figure it's going to be a slow 
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It's. 
Icon Summer, New York City. 

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Yeah. 
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Yeah, I mean, it's a small 
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The weather obviously not a deal
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Ki don't mind that much that 
Carissa dropped out because I 

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think now we have a better race 
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I think like it's a little bit 
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like it's an opportunity for 
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here. 
Like we're going to call a spade

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a spade. 
Like the favourites are not 

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necessarily the favourites who 
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year. 
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opportunity specifically for Ali
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You know, she's, she's kind of 
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before. 
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see narrative wise is this is 
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just gets her over the edge, 
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heading into the next couple of 
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make a 10K team. 
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a thin field. 
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Call spade a spade. 
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men entered. 
I think the two have already 

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scratched, so we're down to to 
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bit of a showdown between former
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and Grant Fisher. 
Kudos to Grant for signing for 

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both the 10K and the 5K here. 
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structured around national 
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But yeah, I mean, he's riding 
the momentum coming off of his 

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first Diamond League victory. 
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definitely if this, if it's slow
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don't know, the Grant is 
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dictate the pace and try and 
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We've seen how he's run some 
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past. 
So yeah, I think like I'm 

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looking at Grant. 
Woody and even Drew Bosley 

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probably has the the big three 
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there is a bit of a of a drop 
off when it comes to the talent.

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I think that this is one that 
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The guys just not let it go too 
slow, I think. 

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I think that these guys are 
friends. 

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They know each other. 
They spend a lot of time. 

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A lot of these guys spend a lot 
of time in Flagstaff. 

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And I think they can all agree, 
like, let's just go run 70s for 

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a while and see what happens. 
But look, there's a chance we 

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see something crazy. 
We might see an 80, we might see

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an 85. 
We'll see. 

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Yeah, what's your overhead on 
slowest lap in this one? 

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There's a chance that it 
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there's a chance that second lap
is like 77. 

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All right, we're going to set 
the line at 77. 

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And a half, yeah. 
And then at some point someone 

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will be like, all right, but you
know what, there's so few guys 

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in this race and a lot of these 
guys are just happy, I think, 

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for the opportunity to come in, 
make a a championship that look 

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like you're not if you're 28 
something guy. 

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How many track 10K opportunities
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They're going to. 
They're not going to let it go 

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embarrassingly slow, although 
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which people are trying to 
figure out who's going to be the

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one to take it. 
In the lead up to these 

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championships, we also partnered
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unsponsored project. 
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names, Paul Hoff Mahoney did an 
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you know, a pretty good, good 
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right, I'm going to compete in 
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Hicks, it could be the last time
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100m finals taking place and the
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in the women's 100. 
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everyone's been trying to read 
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Definitely done on purpose, 
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was like, we need to be able to 
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you want to stir the pot anymore
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could be a really good one. 
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of the game to come in and show 
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what she can do if she go on 
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when no one's there. 
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All right, we are here with Tim 

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Rossi, the head of Experiences 
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Tim, Why does Bandit continue to
show up for unsponsored athletes

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in track and field? 
Yeah, Chris, stoked to be here 

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talking about unsponsored 
project Year 4. 

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we're burning this back and and 
continue to invest is it 

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continues to serve a need within
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The the top, top of the athletes
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which is absolutely awesome. 
We love to see that. 

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highest level. 
But maybe you haven't had that 

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Maybe I've went through a rough 

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that we have right now. 
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coming back supporting some of 
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US outdoors that don't have a 
brand support in them right now.

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So what is an athlete get when 
they join in Bandits unsponsored

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project? 
Yeah, so it's grown every single

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year, which is really cool. 
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pillars. 
Cash is the least sexy thing to 

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A lot of the time we just have 
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of these agreements. 
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whatever they want as part of 
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costs, housing, potentially some
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pockets depending on what hotel 
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like that. 
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super, super important to cover.
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become a huge part of this as 
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the track. 
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extraordinarily important part 
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athletes are free to be released
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another brand come with a 
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any point during these 
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and talk about these athletes 
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really prop them up within the 
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performances that they are 
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high of a level they are 
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So those are the four key things
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agreements. 
How can they find it? 

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Yeah, that's a great question. 
You set it right there. 

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This program and this support is
targeted right for individual is

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planning to compete the US 
Outdoor Track and field 

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championships stoke that it's in
New York this year. 

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Right now. 
The best way to get in touch 

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with us would be to reach out to
the bandit support e-mail and 

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those individuals will connect 
you with me. 

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That's 
support@banditrunning.com. 

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So if you're planning to compete
at US Outdoors, I'd reach out 

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there. 
I'll be proactively reaching out

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to people. 
It's not, again, the fanciest 

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thing in the world. 
Maybe check your DMS if you're 

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an athlete that's looking at US 
outdoors. 

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But yeah, reaching out to 
support@banditrunning.com is the

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best way to get in touch right 
now. 

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For more on Bandits and 
Sponsored Project, stick around 

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at the end of this episode. 
Over on the men's side, we do 

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have a really good showdown, 
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it clear that he's only going to
be running the 100 at this meet.

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Christian Coleman, similarly, 
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the 100 and 200, only the 100. 
Noel Isles doing both the 100 

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Noah. 
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toll on Noel Lyles training when
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likes of Kenny Bernard and 
Christian Coleman. 

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Max Thomas, I'm hoping we get to
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ankle and he's run 990 so far 
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regain that form would be a good
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Jordan Anthony scratched from 
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back to training and and work on
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this? 
I he's he's again like the clear

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favorite and he it's very 
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I saw today, Noah and Melissa 
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have the New York City Grand 
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there and looked like it's not 
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Kenny now has a good number of 
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Christian Coleman is starting to
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granted a little bit of a legal 
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So he's coming around and now as
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in this training group, we're 
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Kenny must. 
He knows that this is a great 

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under me and really trying to 
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And then I guess the last shout 
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just doesn't seem like he's 
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this season. 
Hoping that means that maybe his

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hundred is in a good place, but 
it's there. 

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seen the last few years. 
Him start season's really hot 

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and this year seems like maybe a
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the season as he's getting into 
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intentional pushback of the 
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Start things a month or two 
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something. 
He's he's shocked people before.

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Whenever you start sleeping on 
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shows up. 
Yeah, no Slam Blaskowski in this

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one. 
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Americans on the air are here 
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moving over now to Friday or no 
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First track final that day will 
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it's sort of like an event that 
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turnover in the people who make 
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Championships and Olympics over 
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And I think this, the way this 
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it's a mix of both old guard and
new guard. 

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When you do look at Aliyah 
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the top 2 seeds as the two 
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seconds so far. 
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Britton Wilson, who I think 
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Wilson back at this level. 
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good chance for her to get back 
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championships 'cause it, it has 
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string of what, 23 and 24 for 
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And now, you know, she's 
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up right back where she left 
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But of course, yeah, the world 
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Laveroni out because she just 
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And so, yeah, I mean, like this 
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opportunity for someone to 
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champion. 
You got to imagine that Alia 

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Butler is happy My Lady 
Paulino's finally not in this 

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400. 
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Monaco and Prefontaine finishing
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But this is just an opportunity 
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national title and run her own 
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Maybe something to try a little 
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We've seen her go out pretty 
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which versus Paulino, you know, 
she makes everyone look like 

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they're going out quick. 
Recently the way she's been 

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closing, so really excited to 
see how she can do Alexis 

449
00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:28,520
Holmes, I feel like just hasn't 
found her footing yet this 

450
00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:32,880
season, but she's been healthy 
and we know what she is capable 

451
00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:36,520
of, so you know, she's rounding 
into form. 

452
00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:40,720
She had a good run at 
Prefontaine, but it's still just

453
00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:44,120
trying to get back under 50 
seconds and what a great 

454
00:26:44,120 --> 00:26:46,080
opportunity to to come out and 
do it. 

455
00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:50,000
And then Britton Wilson, we've 
both been Britton Wilson fans 

456
00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:54,640
for years. 
And look, I, I love for her to 

457
00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:59,360
do more 400 hurdles again, just 
because I feel like that event 

458
00:26:59,360 --> 00:27:03,440
is open an opportunity for her. 
But it's easier to stay healthy 

459
00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:05,680
when you're not jumping over 10 
hurdles every lap. 

460
00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:10,680
And so again, and for her, it's 
just a matter of having that 

461
00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:13,680
health. 
We saw her run so well indoors. 

462
00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:19,360
I mean, she ran 50 point in 
February and just hasn't gotten 

463
00:27:19,360 --> 00:27:22,960
back to that level outdoors. 
But it's in there, it's in 

464
00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:26,320
there, it's coming. 
So rooting for her. 

465
00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:29,760
I think again, like the 
narratives of like what 

466
00:27:30,360 --> 00:27:33,200
storylines we're interested in, 
I think that this could be the 

467
00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:36,600
boost of confidence that Britain
needs to really prove to herself

468
00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:40,080
that she is back and belongs at 
the top level of the sport. 

469
00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:42,880
She's also someone who'd like 
it's clear, gets better with 

470
00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:45,360
more races as the season 
progresses. 

471
00:27:45,360 --> 00:27:48,840
And so even in indoors, like she
opened up 5146 and then go went 

472
00:27:48,840 --> 00:27:52,720
5066 and so far this outdoor 
season, you know, she had a 

473
00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:57,560
rough one out in College Station
where she ran 5284, but then, 

474
00:27:57,720 --> 00:28:01,440
you know, put together that 5186
in Memphis. 

475
00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:05,880
And so, yeah, I think any just 
sort of progress will be a good 

476
00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:07,760
sign. 
And so I guess we forget the 

477
00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:11,040
fact that, like, she was coming 
on towards the end of last year 

478
00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:17,240
and she finished 2025 with the 
season's best of 5025 S Yeah. 

479
00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:20,960
I mean, any sort of return to 
that form will be good. 

480
00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:24,640
But it is hard to ignore that 
Aaliyah Butler is a second 

481
00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:29,320
faster than the next best seed 
in this one and would be great 

482
00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:31,880
also for her to capture her 
first national title. 

483
00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:36,200
All right, over to the men's 
400. 

484
00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:41,560
Man, this one had so much 
potential to be one of the 

485
00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:45,040
deepest events at these 
championships. 

486
00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:49,680
But there have been a couple 
scratches over the last couple 

487
00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:54,440
weeks where we won't get Jacory 
Patterson, we won't get Rye 

488
00:28:54,440 --> 00:28:58,720
Benjamin. 
So the top seed in this one 

489
00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:02,680
right now is Chris Bailey, who 
has run 44 O 6. 

490
00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:06,760
But then you have Caleb McRae, 
Justin Robinson, Demaria Smith, 

491
00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:12,360
Vernon Norwood, Bryce Deadman, 
Quincy Hall, the reigning 

492
00:29:12,360 --> 00:29:17,080
Olympic champion, is a little 
bit further down on the list, on

493
00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:19,680
the entry list. 
That's because, like, some of 

494
00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:22,800
these early races for him 
haven't gone all that great. 

495
00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:27,000
But you kind of have to hand it 
to him like he's, I guess, 

496
00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:29,920
posted on his Instagram stories 
after pulling out of these 

497
00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:32,040
races. 
He's like, I know I'm terrible 

498
00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:33,640
right now. 
I just need to get back to 

499
00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:36,320
training and you'll see me when 
I'm ready. 

500
00:29:36,320 --> 00:29:39,760
And so that's forced him to, you
know, withdraw from several of 

501
00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:41,800
these European stops. 
And then in addition to that, I 

502
00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:45,000
think he was also previously 
announced for the Pre Classic 

503
00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:51,800
and withdrew from that. 
So if he does show up then that 

504
00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:54,200
could be a good sign. 
I know who the New Balance 

505
00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:56,680
section is going to be going 
strong for and it's Vernon 

506
00:29:56,680 --> 00:30:00,920
Norwood cause UNK is there and 
what an opportunity for him. 

507
00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:05,040
Even still, considering the 
scratches, this is one of the 

508
00:30:05,040 --> 00:30:09,280
best races of the weekend like, 
and that's a testament to just 

509
00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:13,280
the overall depth in the 400 in 
the US right now. 

510
00:30:13,280 --> 00:30:18,440
I mean, overall across, like 
we've had 23 guys break 45 

511
00:30:18,440 --> 00:30:23,000
seconds already this season, so 
there's a lot of depth here. 

512
00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:27,360
I'm excited to see Chris Bailey 
versus Caleb McRae. 

513
00:30:27,360 --> 00:30:31,880
I feel like those two just are 
two guys that always like to 

514
00:30:31,880 --> 00:30:34,280
race and so they're building 
quite a little head to head 

515
00:30:34,280 --> 00:30:38,560
against one another. 
It's, I just looked it up, it 

516
00:30:38,560 --> 00:30:40,880
does. 
It is pretty lopsided right now.

517
00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:44,240
It's 8 to 1, Chris Bailey over 
Caleb McRae. 

518
00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:47,120
Is that including indoors? 
I think so, yeah. 

519
00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:51,720
It's everything over 400 meters.
Yeah, so this is, hey, Caleb's 

520
00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:53,360
about to get #2 maybe on the 
board. 

521
00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:58,320
It's a chance. 
But yeah, I, I think these two 

522
00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:04,320
guys, we've seen them pop off on
occasion. 

523
00:31:04,840 --> 00:31:09,200
And just rounding out that 
consistency and being able to do

524
00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:12,520
it week in, week out in all 
blocks of your training, all 

525
00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:17,200
different parts of the season, 
That's the that's the difference

526
00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:20,480
maker for them. 
And they're both maturing and 

527
00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:21,720
where they're at in their 
careers. 

528
00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:24,720
That that's something that we're
starting to see. 

529
00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:28,240
But look like they're not at 
their best yet. 

530
00:31:29,240 --> 00:31:31,440
Like we've seen Chris Bailey 
look better. 

531
00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:32,760
We've seen Caleb McCray look 
better. 

532
00:31:32,760 --> 00:31:36,560
But it's now July. 
We've got two months left or 

533
00:31:36,560 --> 00:31:38,200
less than two months left in the
season. 

534
00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:45,320
And rather than just getting 
lucky and when you're hitting 

535
00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:47,680
your fitness, it's all about 
being able to time it for them. 

536
00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:52,720
And if there's one thing that 
you can pull out of having an 

537
00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:55,920
off year and still running the 
US Championships and still 

538
00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:59,840
building a season around as if 
it was a normal year, it's 

539
00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:03,800
constructing and periodizing 
training to make sure you're at 

540
00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:05,880
your best when you're supposed 
to be at your best. 

541
00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:10,840
And that's, that's what I'll be 
looking for is I want to see 

542
00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:13,120
them be at their absolute best, 
the most important part of the 

543
00:32:13,120 --> 00:32:16,480
season, which starts now. 
We haven't even discussed, I 

544
00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:20,600
guess, like what our plan is for
the Sidious New Balance Cheer 

545
00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:21,920
zone. 
Like you. 

546
00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:24,040
You and I are both die hard 
Yankee fans. 

547
00:32:24,840 --> 00:32:27,560
And the beautiful thing about 
attending a Yankee game and 

548
00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:32,920
sitting in the bleachers in the 
bleachers is that they do the 

549
00:32:32,920 --> 00:32:36,600
roll call where the, you know, 
at the beginning of the game 

550
00:32:36,840 --> 00:32:38,720
there's someone really loud. 
And then the whole section 

551
00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:40,920
starts cheering that athlete's 
name until they get 

552
00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:42,320
acknowledged. 
You have to give us like a 

553
00:32:42,320 --> 00:32:45,080
little bit of a wave or any sort
of acknowledgement. 

554
00:32:45,080 --> 00:32:47,560
And then they finally stop and 
move on to the next athlete. 

555
00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:53,320
I want to do that for the New 
Balance athletes, but we need to

556
00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:56,960
make sure that they're they're 
aware of just how this all 

557
00:32:56,960 --> 00:32:59,160
works. 
Or else like we could go an 

558
00:32:59,160 --> 00:33:04,480
entire 5K yelling Parker Valby's
name without any sort of 

559
00:33:04,480 --> 00:33:07,440
acknowledgement. 
Or we need to find a way to get 

560
00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:10,960
the messaging out. 
Yeah, I, I love the idea. 

561
00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:13,400
I think you got to get it off 
before the race starts. 

562
00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:16,320
Yeah, Everyone goes deaf once 
the gun goes off. 

563
00:33:16,320 --> 00:33:17,480
They're not going to hear 
anything. 

564
00:33:17,480 --> 00:33:22,440
So. 
So Parker, Parker, and just 

565
00:33:22,440 --> 00:33:24,000
getting that little 
acknowledgement, that could be a

566
00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:27,720
fun thing for us. 
Vernon Norwood, Yeah, exactly. 

567
00:33:27,720 --> 00:33:30,600
We're just going to bring 
baseball chance to the US 

568
00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:34,800
Championships. 
Yeah, So we will be extra loud 

569
00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:40,240
for team New Balance. 
All right, moving on to the 

570
00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:46,120
women's 3000 meter steeplechase.
Speaking of, we will have a 

571
00:33:46,120 --> 00:33:50,720
rooting interest in this one 
with the return of Emma Coburn 

572
00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:55,760
to the US Championship stage. 
So Emma's run, I believe what, 

573
00:33:55,760 --> 00:34:02,560
915 so far this season? 
And this honestly, I think ends 

574
00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:06,600
up being one of the races where 
actually the top Americans are 

575
00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:10,960
showing up because what the 
steeplechase is not at the World

576
00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:13,400
Ultimate Championships, is it? 
I don't think so. 

577
00:34:14,440 --> 00:34:16,639
No, there's just not a lot of 
opportunities to run sepal 

578
00:34:16,639 --> 00:34:19,400
chases ever. 
So when you have an opportunity,

579
00:34:19,520 --> 00:34:22,760
you got to take advantage of it.
But yeah, to your point, it is 

580
00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:26,679
this is a good field. 
We've got a lot of, I mean, what

581
00:34:26,679 --> 00:34:31,000
do we have 1234567 athletes at 
9:20 or faster? 

582
00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:33,280
That's a great race. 
I mean, why? 

583
00:34:33,440 --> 00:34:35,199
Why would you pass up that 
opportunity? 

584
00:34:35,199 --> 00:34:41,639
And to your point, Emma is 915 
coming out at Prefontaine. 

585
00:34:42,199 --> 00:34:44,960
That was the best that she's 
looked and the best that she's 

586
00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:48,520
run in a bit. 
And, you know, I, I feel like 

587
00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:54,600
there's a lot of new names and 
people trying to, you know, 

588
00:34:54,679 --> 00:34:58,120
breakthrough a lot of names that
probably once really looked up 

589
00:34:58,120 --> 00:35:01,720
to Emma as like the hero and 
their inspiration for getting 

590
00:35:01,720 --> 00:35:06,040
into the steeplechase. 
Including her training partner 

591
00:35:06,280 --> 00:35:11,640
and teammate Gabby Jennings, who
wasn't a bit of a hot streak, I 

592
00:35:11,640 --> 00:35:15,000
think to start off the season 
with, you know, having finishing

593
00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:22,200
second but top American at the 
LA track Fest, finishing third, 

594
00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:26,600
but top American at the 
Stockholm Diamond League, 

595
00:35:26,960 --> 00:35:32,840
winning the LA Grand Prix. 
And then the only blemish has 

596
00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:35,760
been just sort of finishing 
third among the Americans at the

597
00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:38,120
pre Classic. 
But that honestly, like makes 

598
00:35:38,640 --> 00:35:42,040
the match up here a bit more 
interesting where maybe we could

599
00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:45,800
have gone in thinking, oh, Gabby
Jennings is the clear head and 

600
00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:49,720
shoulders favorite, but Lexi 
Halladay, Lowry did just beat 

601
00:35:49,720 --> 00:35:52,720
both Emma and Gabby at pre 
Classic. 

602
00:35:52,720 --> 00:35:57,280
And so it's setting up very 
nicely for some combination of 

603
00:35:57,280 --> 00:36:00,920
Gabby Jennings, Lexi Halladay, 
Emma Coburn and Kaylee Mitchell,

604
00:36:01,080 --> 00:36:05,400
who made the world championship 
team last year, all kind of 

605
00:36:05,480 --> 00:36:09,720
going head to head in in the 
final, you know, lap and a half 

606
00:36:09,720 --> 00:36:11,440
there. 
And I mean, of course, can't 

607
00:36:11,440 --> 00:36:16,120
overlook Courtney Weymouth, who 
has consistently made US teams 

608
00:36:16,120 --> 00:36:19,160
in the past. 
And so she might just be looking

609
00:36:19,160 --> 00:36:23,680
to, you know, kind of reclaim a 
bit of, you know, some good 

610
00:36:23,680 --> 00:36:27,960
racing after maybe not the best 
start to the season. 

611
00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:30,160
I think her season's best right 
now is is 920. 

612
00:36:30,160 --> 00:36:35,880
So yeah, where the pre classic 
women's steeple always seems to 

613
00:36:35,880 --> 00:36:38,960
be a little preview of USA, but 
it doesn't necessarily guarantee

614
00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:41,280
that that's how things will be 
shaking out. 

615
00:36:41,320 --> 00:36:44,440
There's always drama in the 
women's steeplechase at a 

616
00:36:44,440 --> 00:36:47,080
national championship. 
The thing I like about this 

617
00:36:47,080 --> 00:36:51,600
opportunity is not having to 
deal with the likes of Winfred 

618
00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:56,880
Yavi, who like when people are 
trying to run 850 upfront and 

619
00:36:57,440 --> 00:37:03,480
the American women are closer to
that 9:05 to 910 range, it just 

620
00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:05,800
throws off your game. 
Like you're not even in a race, 

621
00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:08,600
you're in a race for 7th. 
Like it's a totally different 

622
00:37:09,120 --> 00:37:11,360
thing. 
And so having something on the 

623
00:37:11,360 --> 00:37:15,480
line here, I can say I, I would 
say confidently that we're going

624
00:37:15,480 --> 00:37:19,080
to see the fastest time by an 
American this year come out of 

625
00:37:19,080 --> 00:37:22,880
this race because someone is 
going to be running to win and 

626
00:37:23,080 --> 00:37:25,920
they'll be able to execute their
race plan without getting pulled

627
00:37:25,920 --> 00:37:30,120
into a world record attempt. 
Who was that meet that you 

628
00:37:30,200 --> 00:37:32,240
pulled up the start list the 
other day and it was like 

629
00:37:32,240 --> 00:37:34,800
ridiculous where it was? 
Was it Winfred Yabi? 

630
00:37:34,800 --> 00:37:38,440
I think like a whole like minute
faster than the next person. 

631
00:37:39,040 --> 00:37:42,520
Yeah, I mean, there's so many 
random meats going on in Europe 

632
00:37:42,520 --> 00:37:44,160
right now. 
It's very easy. 

633
00:37:44,240 --> 00:37:46,680
Like it's like a Wednesday 
afternoon and all of a sudden, 

634
00:37:46,680 --> 00:37:49,640
like, you know, Olympic 
champions are running and no one

635
00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:52,560
would remotely know. 
But yeah, the other day in 

636
00:37:52,560 --> 00:37:56,680
Belgium, there in Houston, I 
think she won by like 30 

637
00:37:56,680 --> 00:37:58,560
seconds. 
It's just like, why? 

638
00:37:58,720 --> 00:38:02,800
What are we getting out of this?
This is the Houston meat or just

639
00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:05,240
an A different one in Houston? 
This was the one in Houston. 

640
00:38:06,720 --> 00:38:10,080
KBC knocked, I mean. 
I don't know if it was KBC 

641
00:38:10,080 --> 00:38:13,960
knocked but it was in Houston 
and it's the middle of July so 

642
00:38:15,920 --> 00:38:18,040
without looking it up unless 
they have many. 

643
00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:21,640
Yep it was KBC knocked. 
Wow, that means. 

644
00:38:21,960 --> 00:38:25,640
So much more yeah, me used to 
get so much more attention. 

645
00:38:25,640 --> 00:38:30,080
I guess like the Americans are 
staying home with this proximity

646
00:38:30,080 --> 00:38:35,040
to to USA is usually it's after 
the fact, but yeah, all right. 

647
00:38:35,680 --> 00:38:43,160
Men's steeplechase Matt 
Wilkinson is currently the ninth

648
00:38:43,160 --> 00:38:46,720
fastest man in the world in his 
steeplechase, having run 809. 

649
00:38:48,240 --> 00:38:51,880
First off, I'm kind of blown 
away at the fact that he's got 

650
00:38:52,120 --> 00:38:56,920
like a working ankle because 
like wasn't it, it was crazy 

651
00:38:56,920 --> 00:39:02,840
just sort of the recovery that 
he put in after last year's USA.

652
00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:05,440
He got injured at US as last 
year, right? 

653
00:39:05,440 --> 00:39:08,560
Like if I'm I'm remembering that
correctly, he finished fourth at

654
00:39:09,080 --> 00:39:15,680
US as and I think had a spot 
because of the standard and and 

655
00:39:15,680 --> 00:39:17,040
ranking and all that kind of 
stuff. 

656
00:39:18,480 --> 00:39:21,880
And so then Isaac, who Updike, 
who was fifth, ended up taking 

657
00:39:21,880 --> 00:39:24,240
his spot for the World 
Championships and for this 

658
00:39:24,240 --> 00:39:26,640
weekend, Isaac has scratched 
from the meat. 

659
00:39:28,120 --> 00:39:32,800
But I'm very much impressed by, 
you know, a year ago Matt 

660
00:39:32,800 --> 00:39:36,880
Wilkinson was like on crutches 
and really working crazy hard to

661
00:39:36,880 --> 00:39:40,480
try and get back. 
And he's come back, you know, 

662
00:39:40,480 --> 00:39:45,680
great at this point where that 
eight O 9 is just a straight up 

663
00:39:45,680 --> 00:39:48,640
PR for him, I'm pretty sure. 
Yeah, he's been consistent and 

664
00:39:48,640 --> 00:39:52,320
looking great. 
I mean, he's he's not yet 

665
00:39:52,320 --> 00:39:55,720
threatening to win diamond 
leagues, but he he takes the 

666
00:39:55,720 --> 00:40:00,160
pace at times and he has no 
problem pushing or sitting 

667
00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:04,720
comfortably in the lead pack. 
And yeah, he looks great, but 

668
00:40:04,720 --> 00:40:06,480
also there's a ton of depth 
here. 

669
00:40:07,560 --> 00:40:12,640
Just a a load of guys in those 
eighteens range so won't be 

670
00:40:12,640 --> 00:40:15,720
easy. 
Someone that I've thought is 

671
00:40:15,720 --> 00:40:19,280
like this is maybe I think last 
year, even leading into USAS 

672
00:40:20,400 --> 00:40:25,200
could breakthrough as like 
another name that makes US teams

673
00:40:25,200 --> 00:40:30,480
potentially is this Yasin Sato. 
Like he's I think he trains out 

674
00:40:30,760 --> 00:40:35,640
in bolder, but he's one of those
guys where it's like all right 

675
00:40:35,680 --> 00:40:38,840
on the cusp of of of potentially
breaking through and making 

676
00:40:38,840 --> 00:40:41,520
these teams. 
So look for him. 

677
00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:43,880
Corrigan's looking better than 
he did last year. 

678
00:40:43,880 --> 00:40:47,680
Tan Mikhalski made the world 
championship team last year, 

679
00:40:47,720 --> 00:40:52,440
Nathan Mountain. 
So those are your your top 

680
00:40:52,440 --> 00:40:54,040
seeds. 
Even Duncan Hamilton, Bernard 

681
00:40:54,040 --> 00:40:57,040
Keeter, Not too many people are 
skipping out on this one. 

682
00:40:57,320 --> 00:41:04,120
I guess one thing to watch will 
be has Kenneth Rooks found, you 

683
00:41:04,120 --> 00:41:09,000
know, corrected whatever's been 
up over the last year or so to 

684
00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:12,120
look just even a little bit 
better at these US 

685
00:41:12,120 --> 00:41:14,040
championships, Although he just 
became a dad. 

686
00:41:14,040 --> 00:41:18,680
So I wonder how much sleep he's 
getting these last couple days. 

687
00:41:19,000 --> 00:41:23,320
And then also if if he even 
makes the trip. 

688
00:41:25,160 --> 00:41:29,840
Yeah. 
Yeah, I also want to just throw 

689
00:41:29,840 --> 00:41:31,280
the name Nathan Mountain out 
there. 

690
00:41:31,280 --> 00:41:35,520
Sato's teammate over at Virginia
ran 811 just randomly earlier in

691
00:41:35,600 --> 00:41:37,880
the season at like their home 
meet. 

692
00:41:38,360 --> 00:41:43,560
And then another. 
Really interesting name to watch

693
00:41:43,640 --> 00:41:48,520
is Cooper Cothra from Under 
Armour Baltimore. 

694
00:41:49,840 --> 00:41:53,120
Kind of forgot that he just 
started steeplechasing. 

695
00:41:53,120 --> 00:41:56,360
I mean he had a breakout little 
indoor season. 

696
00:41:56,360 --> 00:42:02,080
He ran 333 and 353 and then 
tested it out and he ran 823 in 

697
00:42:02,080 --> 00:42:04,280
his first race at the LA Grand 
Prix. 

698
00:42:04,280 --> 00:42:07,840
And then he doubled back, came 
back at the Sunset Tour and ran 

699
00:42:07,840 --> 00:42:13,280
823 again. 
So you know, a guy who probably 

700
00:42:13,480 --> 00:42:17,800
saw how fast it takes to make 
AUS 1500 meter team right now 

701
00:42:18,280 --> 00:42:21,240
and thought I'd do the steeple 
chase. 

702
00:42:21,440 --> 00:42:26,200
And so we'll see if he continues
to progress off it, but he's got

703
00:42:26,360 --> 00:42:29,080
he's got wheels. 
We're always begging for those 

704
00:42:29,080 --> 00:42:31,760
types of athletes, the ones who 
are just like all right, like 

705
00:42:32,280 --> 00:42:35,760
take note of the fact that the 
1500 is looking a little bit 

706
00:42:36,040 --> 00:42:39,120
blocked off right now and maybe 
you should try your luck at the 

707
00:42:39,120 --> 00:42:43,000
at the steeple chase. 
And so cool, cool to see someone

708
00:42:43,040 --> 00:42:46,120
you know is is embarking upon 
that experiment. 

709
00:42:47,680 --> 00:42:54,640
All right, next event, the men's
1500, your favorite event and 

710
00:42:54,840 --> 00:42:59,840
one that let's see the top five 
guys from last year. 

711
00:43:00,080 --> 00:43:03,280
Not here. 
Jonah Kovic Mia. 

712
00:43:04,280 --> 00:43:07,400
There was that Let's Run article
that said that like no one's 

713
00:43:07,400 --> 00:43:09,240
been able to get in touch with 
this guy. 

714
00:43:11,000 --> 00:43:14,360
So we have no idea where 
Djonekovic is right now. 

715
00:43:15,160 --> 00:43:20,440
Then second at USA was Ethan 
Strand, who is scratched from 

716
00:43:20,440 --> 00:43:23,800
this one did put together, you 
know, 2 good mile performances 

717
00:43:24,120 --> 00:43:29,360
at pre Classic and then he gave 
it a go just now in London, 

718
00:43:29,360 --> 00:43:32,200
right? 
And he ran 349 I think it was. 

719
00:43:34,240 --> 00:43:39,800
So no Ethan Strand, no Cole 
Hawker because he already has 

720
00:43:39,800 --> 00:43:43,960
his spot for World Ultimate 
Championships, no Yard, no Goose

721
00:43:44,440 --> 00:43:48,680
'cause he might be a little bit 
tired after pre Classic and 

722
00:43:48,680 --> 00:43:52,560
after the world record attempt 
in London. 

723
00:43:52,920 --> 00:43:57,600
So the next top seed in this 
one, I believe returning from 

724
00:43:57,600 --> 00:44:01,880
last year is Gary Martin. 
I think he was the next person 

725
00:44:01,880 --> 00:44:09,080
up, but he will be joined by 
Vinciotti, who he's been having 

726
00:44:09,080 --> 00:44:13,920
a great season so far at the AT,
not just the Diamond League. 

727
00:44:13,920 --> 00:44:16,040
He's been travelling all over 
the place and same thing with 

728
00:44:16,040 --> 00:44:22,120
Sam Prekel, who has run 332 and 
rattled off some victories out 

729
00:44:22,120 --> 00:44:25,080
in Europe. 
Simeon Birnbaum, the NCAA 

730
00:44:25,080 --> 00:44:29,960
champion, is in this one. 
So although we are missing the 

731
00:44:29,960 --> 00:44:34,760
top five names from last year, 
this is setting up to be a very 

732
00:44:34,960 --> 00:44:37,400
entertaining race as well. 
Yeah, I. 

733
00:44:37,720 --> 00:44:42,280
I actually love this race and 
against total no no, like this 

734
00:44:42,280 --> 00:44:44,840
specific one and again, total 
spin zone here. 

735
00:44:44,840 --> 00:44:48,360
But like, I'm glad Yard and 
Goose and Cole Hacker aren't in 

736
00:44:48,360 --> 00:44:52,040
this because now we've got a 
really interesting race here and

737
00:44:53,480 --> 00:44:59,840
look like Vinciotti gets into 
the biggest races and he runs so

738
00:44:59,840 --> 00:45:03,640
well, but he's always finishing 
like 4th. 

739
00:45:04,280 --> 00:45:06,840
He doesn't win a lot of races 
because he's just in the best 

740
00:45:06,840 --> 00:45:08,640
races. 
And this is such a good 

741
00:45:08,640 --> 00:45:11,240
opportunity for him to just 
actually get in the habit of 

742
00:45:11,240 --> 00:45:13,960
winning. 
And so really excited to see how

743
00:45:13,960 --> 00:45:18,320
he does here. 
Simeon Birnbaum Wild Diamond 

744
00:45:18,320 --> 00:45:21,320
League debut just said. 
Yeah, OK, So what? 

745
00:45:21,320 --> 00:45:23,280
What? 
How far do you meet Josh? 

746
00:45:23,280 --> 00:45:26,600
Kerr. 
Not that far. 

747
00:45:28,320 --> 00:45:33,120
So I, I think Simeon, I've said 
earlier in the season that if 

748
00:45:33,120 --> 00:45:38,520
this was a championship year in 
which like people are 

749
00:45:38,520 --> 00:45:40,320
qualifying, I thought that he 
would be a top three guy who 

750
00:45:40,320 --> 00:45:43,760
qualifies. 
Obviously London gives me like a

751
00:45:43,760 --> 00:45:46,680
little reservations on saying 
that or repeating that. 

752
00:45:46,680 --> 00:45:50,120
But I still believe in the 
talent and think that was a 

753
00:45:50,120 --> 00:45:56,560
weird race to try to execute in.
And obviously he didn't have the

754
00:45:56,560 --> 00:45:59,640
best plan. 
So I think a great opportunity 

755
00:45:59,640 --> 00:46:02,320
for him to come back and and 
prove himself. 

756
00:46:03,560 --> 00:46:06,680
It's look, you go down the line 
and there's just legitimately 

757
00:46:06,920 --> 00:46:10,800
6-7 guys who really have a good 
shot here and think that they 

758
00:46:10,800 --> 00:46:14,680
should be the one to do it. 
I mean, Preckel just won Morton.

759
00:46:14,840 --> 00:46:18,440
He ran a PB. 
Yeah, I'm like thinking that 

760
00:46:18,440 --> 00:46:21,200
this could this final could end 
up being like a Nathan Green 

761
00:46:21,200 --> 00:46:25,160
esque victory. 
If I had to put money on it, I 

762
00:46:25,160 --> 00:46:28,480
bet someone associated with the 
the University of Washington 

763
00:46:28,760 --> 00:46:33,600
here because Nathan Green, you 
have Luke Hauser in there and 

764
00:46:33,600 --> 00:46:39,120
then you got Joe Waskom, who 
suddenly looks like him, him 

765
00:46:39,120 --> 00:46:42,280
old, his old self. 
I mean he waskom quietly ran APB

766
00:46:42,280 --> 00:46:45,080
right 334. 
He ran 332. 

767
00:46:45,320 --> 00:46:53,120
Oh yeah. 2IN in Hungary ahead of
Marco and so look, Joe Wascom 

768
00:46:53,120 --> 00:46:56,200
has proven that he's a top three
guy in the US and now he's 

769
00:46:56,200 --> 00:46:59,960
getting into form. 
So a lot of just like really 

770
00:46:59,960 --> 00:47:04,600
intriguing matchups here and 
then go further down the list. 

771
00:47:05,640 --> 00:47:08,080
You know, I don't know if you 
realize it because he's listed 

772
00:47:08,080 --> 00:47:13,760
as a 350 guy here, but Liam 
Murphy's in the field and so one

773
00:47:13,760 --> 00:47:20,520
of the stronger 1500 guys to to 
be in it almost race like it's 

774
00:47:20,520 --> 00:47:24,440
gonna be super interesting. 
Like they're making the final 

775
00:47:24,440 --> 00:47:26,760
here is not going to be a shoo 
in for anyone. 

776
00:47:26,760 --> 00:47:34,320
But yeah, Liam, his 350 mile, 
not 1500 is would put him 

777
00:47:34,320 --> 00:47:37,120
towards the top of that list of 
why why he would have a shot. 

778
00:47:37,600 --> 00:47:40,760
He won the the B mile at the 
Pre. 

779
00:47:40,760 --> 00:47:42,800
Class, that was his 350 yeah, 
exactly. 

780
00:47:42,920 --> 00:47:47,120
So we got a lot of guys who've 
won races recently as well, so 

781
00:47:47,760 --> 00:47:50,560
you know, there'll be a lot of 
ego on the line. 

782
00:47:51,920 --> 00:47:54,680
Can I float a dark horse? 
Do it? 

783
00:47:54,680 --> 00:47:57,600
Abel Tephra. 
He's been training, I think, 

784
00:47:57,600 --> 00:47:59,440
with Hobbes, Kessler on 
Flagstaff. 

785
00:48:00,440 --> 00:48:06,120
Yeah, I mean, Abel obviously 
like an absolute stud in the 

786
00:48:06,120 --> 00:48:10,720
NCAA and now an opportunity to 
come out and prove it. 

787
00:48:10,880 --> 00:48:16,800
He was just behind Liam Murphy 
at that Prefontain race, so he's

788
00:48:16,800 --> 00:48:19,120
definitely fit. 
So it's not that dark of a 

789
00:48:19,120 --> 00:48:22,760
horse, the 351 one guy, but 
yeah. 

790
00:48:24,760 --> 00:48:26,800
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Women's 1500 in this one another

830
00:50:37,800 --> 00:50:43,960
like contrary to the the men's 
side, this one's got some good 

831
00:50:44,000 --> 00:50:48,200
depth to it. 
You have Nikki Hilts fresh off 

832
00:50:48,200 --> 00:50:53,880
of the Prefontaine Classic mile 
victory and also the reigning US

833
00:50:53,880 --> 00:51:00,520
champ, Heather McClain, Emily 
Mackay, Gracie Morris, Those are

834
00:51:00,520 --> 00:51:06,960
definitely the those top 4 have 
made AUS team in the last couple

835
00:51:06,960 --> 00:51:12,120
of years so most people would 
look to them as the favourites 

836
00:51:12,120 --> 00:51:15,320
in this one. 
Very excited to see what Clare 

837
00:51:15,320 --> 00:51:21,600
Stagall can do against the pros 
because she looked fantastic at 

838
00:51:21,920 --> 00:51:27,040
the U20 national championships 
and ran four O 4 there to to 

839
00:51:27,040 --> 00:51:31,280
win. 
Didn't have the best Usas, but I

840
00:51:31,280 --> 00:51:35,120
think could be a rising talent 
for the United States. 

841
00:51:35,120 --> 00:51:40,160
So watch for her. 
Lindsay Butler was the one who 

842
00:51:40,280 --> 00:51:44,600
really made that US indoor race.
She's one of the bandit 

843
00:51:44,600 --> 00:51:47,360
unsponsored athletes. 
We've got an interview up with 

844
00:51:47,360 --> 00:51:51,720
her on our website as well. 
Yeah, this one could be. 

845
00:51:52,000 --> 00:51:57,800
I mean, OK, the question here, 
right, Like is around Nikki, 

846
00:51:58,280 --> 00:52:02,920
where Nicky's been able to win 
this race if it's fast two years

847
00:52:02,920 --> 00:52:05,600
ago, if it was slow like last 
year. 

848
00:52:05,880 --> 00:52:10,000
So what do you think it is that 
the rest of the field looks to 

849
00:52:10,000 --> 00:52:15,080
do to try and find a way to beat
Nicky? 

850
00:52:15,280 --> 00:52:19,960
Yeah, I mean a tall task. 
I do think similar to the way 

851
00:52:19,960 --> 00:52:24,320
that everyone just deferred to 
Faith, I mean anytime she race, 

852
00:52:24,320 --> 00:52:27,840
but specifically at Prefontaine 
is something similar we're going

853
00:52:27,840 --> 00:52:31,120
to see here and a lot of people 
just staring seeing what is 

854
00:52:31,120 --> 00:52:36,960
Nikki doing and King off them. 
So I don't think Nikki wanted to

855
00:52:36,960 --> 00:52:40,680
go too slow. 
I think they'll probably go out 

856
00:52:40,680 --> 00:52:47,200
and just run 60. 8. 
And just let people stumble over

857
00:52:47,200 --> 00:52:50,840
themselves behind them and then 
wind it up. 

858
00:52:51,080 --> 00:52:52,960
Great opportunity to try 
something differently. 

859
00:52:53,800 --> 00:52:57,520
With that said, I think Emily 
Mackay is probably the biggest 

860
00:52:57,520 --> 00:53:00,280
threat here just based off how 
well she's run at points this 

861
00:53:00,280 --> 00:53:02,600
season. 
I think Emily Mackay is going to

862
00:53:02,600 --> 00:53:04,840
be very hard to try and shake 
off. 

863
00:53:05,840 --> 00:53:09,440
And in the past we've seen Emily
be the one to make the big move 

864
00:53:09,440 --> 00:53:13,280
with 400 meters to go. 
And I think what happened at the

865
00:53:13,280 --> 00:53:18,040
pre classic was someone like 
Emily was ready to contend in a 

866
00:53:18,040 --> 00:53:23,600
race like that, but because of 
no like Faith not going with the

867
00:53:23,600 --> 00:53:27,040
pacer and landed up in the front
and really trying. 

868
00:53:27,120 --> 00:53:29,240
I guess like at that point it's 
sort of like the race plan goes 

869
00:53:29,240 --> 00:53:31,640
out the window and now you got 
to think on your toes. 

870
00:53:32,560 --> 00:53:35,160
This is going to be an 
interesting one where it's sort 

871
00:53:35,160 --> 00:53:40,360
of like how it you don't have to
worry about the likes of Faith. 

872
00:53:40,360 --> 00:53:42,560
You just got to worry about one 
person, and that's Nikki. 

873
00:53:43,240 --> 00:53:47,240
Yeah, I think that like having 
Emily in this race will prevent 

874
00:53:47,240 --> 00:53:50,080
Nikki from trying anything too 
wild. 

875
00:53:50,280 --> 00:53:53,080
Definitely. 
We'll we'll we'll keep it 

876
00:53:53,080 --> 00:53:56,280
honest. 
And I don't see Emily ever 

877
00:53:56,280 --> 00:53:58,320
letting races go that slow 
either. 

878
00:54:00,000 --> 00:54:02,480
I think. 
Interesting to see how Heather 

879
00:54:02,480 --> 00:54:09,680
does, you know, now training 
with Nikki and just hasn't 

880
00:54:09,680 --> 00:54:14,640
really found her footing yet 
this year has seemingly been 

881
00:54:14,640 --> 00:54:19,720
healthy, has put up some solid 
races, but just not herself at 

882
00:54:19,720 --> 00:54:23,640
her very best. 
But we also have seen Heather 

883
00:54:23,680 --> 00:54:28,520
step up in championships so many
times and I'm just waiting for 

884
00:54:28,520 --> 00:54:30,880
that back straight away because 
I know Heather's going to move 

885
00:54:30,880 --> 00:54:33,240
hard and and make a big 
challenge and push for their 

886
00:54:33,240 --> 00:54:35,840
lead. 
Tracy Morris I think looking to 

887
00:54:35,840 --> 00:54:40,920
rebound after not that great of 
a debut for Swoosh TC at the Pre

888
00:54:40,920 --> 00:54:43,280
Classic. 
But hey, you know, everyone goes

889
00:54:43,280 --> 00:54:46,000
through their own sort of little
bit of an adjustment period. 

890
00:54:46,000 --> 00:54:51,560
So I think the street continues.
I'm leaning Nikki Hills for the 

891
00:54:51,560 --> 00:54:54,000
win in this. 
One, it's not really that hot of

892
00:54:54,000 --> 00:54:58,000
a take, but I do I you mentioned
her earlier. 

893
00:54:58,800 --> 00:55:04,600
I think this is one that Lindsay
Butler is going to continue to 

894
00:55:04,600 --> 00:55:08,960
make a name for herself just 
back in New York for AUS 

895
00:55:08,960 --> 00:55:10,920
Championship, and it went well 
last time. 

896
00:55:10,920 --> 00:55:14,000
So yeah, we'll be rooting for 
her. 

897
00:55:14,320 --> 00:55:19,840
Then we've got the women's 100 
meter hurdles to close out day 

898
00:55:19,840 --> 00:55:22,400
three. 
I'm guessing when they made that

899
00:55:22,400 --> 00:55:26,000
schedule, they were hoping that 
it could be Messiah Russell 

900
00:55:26,000 --> 00:55:29,800
closing it out with a chance at 
breaking the world record. 

901
00:55:30,800 --> 00:55:35,200
Not as many entries in this one.
I think that there's 20 people 

902
00:55:35,200 --> 00:55:38,680
entered. 
Top seeds right now are Tania 

903
00:55:38,680 --> 00:55:41,720
Marshall, Kenny Harrison, Gray 
Stark, Alicia Johnson. 

904
00:55:42,640 --> 00:55:44,920
The intriguing 1. 
The most intriguing 1 is going 

905
00:55:44,920 --> 00:55:49,320
to be Tara Davis Woodall, who's 
also entered in this, pulling 

906
00:55:49,320 --> 00:55:52,600
double duty with the long jump 
and the 100 hurdles. 

907
00:55:52,600 --> 00:55:57,920
And hey, we saw her finish 
second at the LA Grand Prix. 

908
00:55:58,600 --> 00:56:01,240
Granted, I think that this 
point, people are deeper into 

909
00:56:01,240 --> 00:56:04,240
their season and so maybe in 
better form. 

910
00:56:05,360 --> 00:56:09,000
So I'm looking potentially at, 
you know, a Grey Stark or a 

911
00:56:09,200 --> 00:56:13,120
Kenny Harrison to win this one. 
Yeah, and you know, Alicia 

912
00:56:13,120 --> 00:56:15,960
Johnson has also just looked 
really strong throughout the 

913
00:56:15,960 --> 00:56:19,800
season. 
Not having Messiah in really 

914
00:56:19,800 --> 00:56:24,200
does open it up. 
And I mean, anytime you have 

915
00:56:24,280 --> 00:56:27,560
this caliber of women in 100 
meter hurdles, it is just a 

916
00:56:27,560 --> 00:56:32,800
crapshoot. 
Taro being in it does just make 

917
00:56:32,800 --> 00:56:37,680
this so interesting. 
I mean, as like an entire event,

918
00:56:37,680 --> 00:56:44,480
you have to be like, we gotta 
defend like someone who focuses 

919
00:56:44,480 --> 00:56:46,400
on the 100 meter hurdles has to 
win this. 

920
00:56:47,240 --> 00:56:50,800
But it won't be easy. 
And also, I mean, look, if 

921
00:56:50,880 --> 00:56:53,000
you've run 12 four, you've run 
12 four. 

922
00:56:53,080 --> 00:56:55,680
There's only so much you can do 
to defend at a certain point. 

923
00:56:56,120 --> 00:57:02,640
But yeah, it's, it's the depth 
in the US is unreal. 

924
00:57:02,800 --> 00:57:06,480
And this is one that I, I am, I 
would have to go and dive a 

925
00:57:06,480 --> 00:57:09,760
little bit deeper right now into
the road to Budapest. 

926
00:57:10,320 --> 00:57:16,360
But this is a really good 
opportunity to get some points, 

927
00:57:16,360 --> 00:57:21,920
get some rankings, get a, get a 
nice little boost because I 

928
00:57:22,200 --> 00:57:26,800
mean, the women's 100 meter 
hurdles is just that type of 

929
00:57:26,800 --> 00:57:33,880
event where not having a 
limitation of three in the 

930
00:57:34,920 --> 00:57:37,680
championship like the US could 
be. 

931
00:57:37,760 --> 00:57:40,880
We have 8 women in it. 
I mean, what are we in the quota

932
00:57:40,880 --> 00:57:42,480
right now? 
Chris, I'm sure you've already 

933
00:57:42,480 --> 00:57:44,280
pulled it up. 
Yeah, I'm pulling it up. 

934
00:57:44,280 --> 00:57:48,440
So as of right now in the quota,
Messiah's got her by as a 

935
00:57:48,440 --> 00:57:51,640
reigning Olympic champion. 
Then we've got Grace Stark, 

936
00:57:52,200 --> 00:57:58,080
Alicia Johnson, Rainia Jones, 
Aaliyah Armstrong, Kenny 

937
00:57:58,080 --> 00:58:02,280
Harrison. 
So that's five of the 16 so far.

938
00:58:03,640 --> 00:58:07,120
I mean, this is this is again, 
why we why the Ultimate 

939
00:58:07,120 --> 00:58:10,040
Championships are exciting is 
because there is no cap on just 

940
00:58:10,040 --> 00:58:14,320
sort of top, just only three. 
And we've talked about it many 

941
00:58:14,320 --> 00:58:18,960
years. 
Like if this was 2016 or 2021, 

942
00:58:20,800 --> 00:58:26,600
we could be looking at 8-9 
American women competing at 

943
00:58:26,600 --> 00:58:28,600
something if the Ultimate 
Championships would have existed

944
00:58:28,600 --> 00:58:33,960
at the time. 
So yeah, I mean, this is there's

945
00:58:33,960 --> 00:58:36,400
a couple people I think who were
just outside like an Amber 

946
00:58:36,400 --> 00:58:40,480
Hughes and Liam McCormick and 
Tinea Marshall. 

947
00:58:40,560 --> 00:58:44,600
So although, yeah, Tinea 
Marshall is seated at 12/24, she

948
00:58:44,600 --> 00:58:48,680
does need to have, you know, a 
pretty good showing here at USA 

949
00:58:48,680 --> 00:58:53,080
is to really move up in the 
world rankings to try and get 

950
00:58:53,080 --> 00:58:56,840
her spots. 
So yeah, there's only 18 spots 

951
00:58:56,840 --> 00:59:01,760
for ultimate champs. 
So I think I'm leaning Grey 

952
00:59:01,760 --> 00:59:05,880
Stark for the win in this one, 
just given the fact that, you 

953
00:59:05,880 --> 00:59:08,360
know, I think what she's second 
at the Paris Diamond League. 

954
00:59:08,600 --> 00:59:11,040
She's had quietly like a pretty 
good season without, like, 

955
00:59:11,040 --> 00:59:13,800
having, you know, the big 
exclamation point victory on her

956
00:59:13,800 --> 00:59:17,960
resume. 
All right, so that was all of 

957
00:59:18,280 --> 00:59:25,000
Saturday's events. 
Now let's go over to Sunday, the

958
00:59:25,000 --> 00:59:28,560
final day. 
My wife is singing the national 

959
00:59:28,560 --> 00:59:32,200
anthem on Sunday with her 
women's a cappella group. 

960
00:59:32,720 --> 00:59:35,880
And that's going to be awesome. 
I'm bringing my family on Sunday

961
00:59:35,880 --> 00:59:39,720
and I actually didn't even tell 
Patricia that that's happening. 

962
00:59:40,880 --> 00:59:43,880
Oh yeah, maybe you didn't tell 
her as a surprise yeah, don't 

963
00:59:43,880 --> 00:59:47,360
tell her unless she listens to 
this, which I don't know if she 

964
00:59:47,360 --> 00:59:53,280
does, but would be would be a 
nice fun surprise yes it's it's 

965
00:59:53,280 --> 00:59:56,080
Family Day at the track on on 
Sunday. 

966
00:59:57,240 --> 01:00:02,720
All right, so first vinyl on the
track will be the women's. 800 

967
01:00:02,720 --> 01:00:06,720
meters. 
Let me pull up the entries for 

968
01:00:06,720 --> 01:00:09,440
that one. 
In this one, we do have Rocheen 

969
01:00:09,440 --> 01:00:16,160
Willis entered as the top seed, 
the US indoor record holder who 

970
01:00:16,160 --> 01:00:20,640
has put together a strong 
outdoor season in her first year

971
01:00:20,640 --> 01:00:23,680
as a pro. 
Addie Wiley has a Diamond League

972
01:00:23,680 --> 01:00:28,640
victory on her resume. 
So those are maybe like the top 

973
01:00:28,640 --> 01:00:33,160
two people would peg as like the
head to head showdown there. 

974
01:00:33,400 --> 01:00:37,160
But then you do have some other 
strong entries like an AJ 

975
01:00:37,160 --> 01:00:40,640
Wilson, NIA Aikens, Michaela 
Page, Megan Hunter. 

976
01:00:40,640 --> 01:00:48,080
So and then Nikki is still 
entered and declared in the 800 

977
01:00:48,080 --> 01:00:51,040
as well. 
So could be pulling double duty.

978
01:00:51,200 --> 01:00:53,960
There's still enough time for 
this to change. 

979
01:00:54,080 --> 01:00:58,040
Valerie Tobias, another athlete 
who you could see if, if we're 

980
01:00:58,040 --> 01:01:00,680
seeing like the Brooks beast 
have like all of this momentum. 

981
01:01:00,880 --> 01:01:04,880
The fun part I think I texted 
this in our group chat from the 

982
01:01:04,880 --> 01:01:09,440
Josh 1200 meter workout video is
that you could see Valerie 

983
01:01:09,440 --> 01:01:11,720
Tobias hanging on for the 1st 
600. 

984
01:01:11,800 --> 01:01:15,120
I think she clocked in at like 
124 or something like that at 

985
01:01:15,120 --> 01:01:19,960
altitude, so don't know exactly 
what that's worth, but it could 

986
01:01:19,960 --> 01:01:26,080
be a good sign of things. 
US depth in the 800 is always 

987
01:01:26,240 --> 01:01:30,040
great and so we got a slew of 
sub twos in this one. 

988
01:01:31,080 --> 01:01:32,440
What are you looking for in this
one, Kyle? 

989
01:01:32,880 --> 01:01:35,520
Yeah, I mean, it is a great 
field. 

990
01:01:35,520 --> 01:01:39,720
I think, as always, it's like 
who can really put an 

991
01:01:39,720 --> 01:01:41,760
exclamation point on their 
season? 

992
01:01:41,760 --> 01:01:47,080
So you know, AJ, obviously if 
she comes out and runs a big one

993
01:01:47,080 --> 01:01:51,800
here, NIA Akins we haven't seen 
a lot of recently and she's 

994
01:01:51,800 --> 01:01:54,600
currently declared and entered. 
So that's an exciting 1. 

995
01:01:54,960 --> 01:01:57,960
Going further down the list. 
You know, Juliet Whitaker's, 

996
01:01:58,960 --> 01:02:03,800
we've seen her pull it off 
before, so we could see the 

997
01:02:03,800 --> 01:02:05,520
Stanford roommates battling it 
out. 

998
01:02:05,680 --> 01:02:13,360
Once again, the 800 to go from 
this many women into a final, 

999
01:02:13,800 --> 01:02:18,720
you cannot sit around. 
We're going to have a crazy set 

1000
01:02:18,720 --> 01:02:21,120
of prelims. 
When you have this many sub two 

1001
01:02:21,120 --> 01:02:23,800
athletes and you know, 8 
finalists. 

1002
01:02:24,320 --> 01:02:26,960
It's just the field narrows so 
quickly. 

1003
01:02:26,960 --> 01:02:32,320
And so seeing them in rounds, I 
just think we're going to see 

1004
01:02:32,560 --> 01:02:37,360
some really good races. 
And look, I want to see Michaela

1005
01:02:37,360 --> 01:02:40,080
Rose take things out in that 
final and and make them hurt. 

1006
01:02:40,680 --> 01:02:44,040
Oh, you know, she the the she 
will so for the people 

1007
01:02:44,040 --> 01:02:48,360
wondering, the first round of 
the 800 will be Friday evening. 

1008
01:02:48,440 --> 01:02:51,960
Men go at seven O 2 and then the
women go at 723. 

1009
01:02:53,360 --> 01:02:57,520
When we're thinking like World 
Ultimate Championships 

1010
01:02:57,520 --> 01:03:00,360
implications, potentially this 
one, again, there's still a lot 

1011
01:03:00,360 --> 01:03:03,840
of time for these rankings to 
change with the upcoming diamond

1012
01:03:03,840 --> 01:03:06,560
links. 
But currently the Americans in 

1013
01:03:06,560 --> 01:03:10,040
the quota are Sage her De 
Clecker, who's not racing this 

1014
01:03:10,040 --> 01:03:13,800
weekend but was fifth at the 
World Championships last year. 

1015
01:03:14,200 --> 01:03:18,640
You got Addie Wiley, Rochine 
Willis, and that's it. 

1016
01:03:18,640 --> 01:03:21,560
So we've got 3 American women in
the quota right now. 

1017
01:03:21,960 --> 01:03:25,000
Just outside of that is Megan 
Hunter. 

1018
01:03:25,000 --> 01:03:29,600
She's currently 19th in the 
world rankings and they take the

1019
01:03:29,600 --> 01:03:33,520
top 16. 
So she's hoping for a good 

1020
01:03:33,520 --> 01:03:37,440
performance. 
AUS title with a, you know, say 

1021
01:03:37,440 --> 01:03:40,680
one 57158 will help boost that 
for sure. 

1022
01:03:41,880 --> 01:03:44,480
And so, you know, look, look out
for her. 

1023
01:03:44,720 --> 01:03:46,520
I think Michaela Page still 
racing. 

1024
01:03:46,520 --> 01:03:50,520
I think in AUNC singlet she 
might still have some 

1025
01:03:50,520 --> 01:03:55,040
eligibility, but I've always 
been one who thought I guess 

1026
01:03:55,040 --> 01:03:57,400
what she was the indoor champion
two years ago. 

1027
01:03:59,520 --> 01:04:04,280
I think her pro prospects are 
pretty good and so seeing her 

1028
01:04:04,480 --> 01:04:08,440
'cause I don't even remember if 
she contended at USAS last year,

1029
01:04:09,840 --> 01:04:13,680
so going to be curious to see 
how she fares there. 

1030
01:04:13,680 --> 01:04:15,480
She didn't compete at USAS last 
year, did she? 

1031
01:04:16,680 --> 01:04:21,080
No, she didn't, but she finished
second in outdoor NCAA's last 

1032
01:04:21,080 --> 01:04:23,120
year and then outdoors this year
was fourth. 

1033
01:04:23,120 --> 01:04:26,400
But she's coming off a nice win 
at the Sunset Tour most 

1034
01:04:26,400 --> 01:04:30,560
recently, you know, 10 days ago 
or Strand 158 one. 

1035
01:04:30,960 --> 01:04:38,040
So yeah, I mean, look, this is a
when we're we're ranking which 

1036
01:04:38,040 --> 01:04:41,320
events have strong fields versus
like some of the weaker this is 

1037
01:04:41,360 --> 01:04:43,720
this is definitely one of the 
better races. 

1038
01:04:44,520 --> 01:04:48,080
Put it up there with that men's 
400 as just having some some 

1039
01:04:48,080 --> 01:04:50,520
real intrigue and some talent 
out there. 

1040
01:04:51,320 --> 01:04:54,720
Wish Anna Hall was in this one. 
That would have been, yeah, 

1041
01:04:54,800 --> 01:04:57,640
opportunity or I would have 
loved to see like some wild 

1042
01:04:57,640 --> 01:04:59,360
cards throw Tara in this one 
would. 

1043
01:04:59,840 --> 01:05:05,240
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1061
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1067
01:06:36,120 --> 01:06:41,720
All right, then after this, 
we've got the men's 800 meters 

1068
01:06:41,720 --> 01:06:46,120
where Cooper Luckenhouse will be
looking to win his first US 

1069
01:06:46,120 --> 01:06:48,600
title. 
A little bit of the spice got 

1070
01:06:48,600 --> 01:06:52,200
taken out of this one with 
Brandon Miller withdrawing 

1071
01:06:52,200 --> 01:06:54,560
earlier today. 
I think his coach Danny Mackie 

1072
01:06:54,560 --> 01:06:58,640
told Let's Run that he had an 
ankle injury that popped up 

1073
01:06:58,640 --> 01:07:00,880
right after the London Diamond 
League race. 

1074
01:07:00,880 --> 01:07:05,240
And so they were hoping that 
he'd be, it's nothing severe and

1075
01:07:05,240 --> 01:07:09,160
that Brandon could still look at
potentially challenging the 

1076
01:07:09,160 --> 01:07:11,920
American record later this 
summer. 

1077
01:07:12,240 --> 01:07:18,200
Listen, after seeing 342, I'll 
believe anything that that camp 

1078
01:07:18,200 --> 01:07:22,240
tells, tells us. 
So instead, we do have Cooper 

1079
01:07:22,240 --> 01:07:26,160
versus Donovan Brazier, 2 of the
three members of last year's 

1080
01:07:26,160 --> 01:07:30,240
world championship team, Bryce 
Hoppel, not competing this 

1081
01:07:30,240 --> 01:07:33,360
weekend, but one of the guys who
could make this one interesting.

1082
01:07:33,360 --> 01:07:34,600
And I'm curious on your 
thoughts. 

1083
01:07:35,200 --> 01:07:37,360
Hobbes, Kessler. 
Yeah, great to see him in an 

1084
01:07:37,360 --> 01:07:41,160
800. 
It definitely does make it 

1085
01:07:41,160 --> 01:07:44,240
interesting. 
It's a good field. 

1086
01:07:44,800 --> 01:07:49,800
It's not a great field, but 
anytime Cooper Luckenhouse and 

1087
01:07:49,800 --> 01:07:52,360
Donovan Brazier are in a race, 
I'm going to watch. 

1088
01:07:52,640 --> 01:07:56,320
It's almost like 2 of the like 
most beautiful strides right now

1089
01:07:56,320 --> 01:08:00,400
that are just like majestic to 
watch. 

1090
01:08:00,400 --> 01:08:04,320
And also Cooper's first outdoor 
title, correct? 

1091
01:08:04,320 --> 01:08:09,360
Because of course he has AUS 
indoor title from this year. 

1092
01:08:09,360 --> 01:08:16,479
So yeah, excited to see how he 
bounces back off of Prefontaine.

1093
01:08:17,120 --> 01:08:20,600
I remember in our preview show 
of Prefontaine, I was kind of 

1094
01:08:20,600 --> 01:08:22,640
highlighting like, all right, 
this is kind of the first time 

1095
01:08:22,640 --> 01:08:25,640
that the expectation is he has 
to win. 

1096
01:08:25,640 --> 01:08:28,920
Like, he is the favorite and, 
you know, obviously in that 

1097
01:08:28,920 --> 01:08:32,279
situation, he didn't win. 
I think now looking back with a 

1098
01:08:32,279 --> 01:08:35,200
little bit more context of the 
sort of fitness Brandon Miller 

1099
01:08:35,200 --> 01:08:37,520
is in, you know, it's 
understandable. 

1100
01:08:37,880 --> 01:08:40,479
But this is another one where 
it's like, yeah, the expectation

1101
01:08:40,479 --> 01:08:46,319
is fully that he is going to win
this, but I don't think you can 

1102
01:08:46,319 --> 01:08:49,040
sleep on Brazier at any second. 
He can turn it on. 

1103
01:08:49,479 --> 01:08:55,439
And then just going down the 
list, Isaiah Jewett, I want to 

1104
01:08:55,439 --> 01:08:58,800
see Isaiah like really contend 
and put himself in this again. 

1105
01:08:58,840 --> 01:09:02,720
I, I, I know it's in there. 
He's been training with Marco a 

1106
01:09:02,720 --> 01:09:05,200
rope getting used to a new 
system. 

1107
01:09:05,240 --> 01:09:09,439
Marco definitely approaches 
things as more of a 1500 runner.

1108
01:09:09,520 --> 01:09:12,520
Isaiah historically coming at it
a little bit more of a four 8 

1109
01:09:12,520 --> 01:09:16,000
runner. 
Want to see it click, definitely

1110
01:09:16,000 --> 01:09:20,640
reduce that. 
And then it's just like for a 

1111
01:09:20,640 --> 01:09:24,520
lot of these guys, there's so 
many 145 guys that just getting 

1112
01:09:24,520 --> 01:09:28,479
into a final would be such an 
exciting win for them on the 

1113
01:09:28,479 --> 01:09:31,000
weekend. 
And it's going to be a dogfight 

1114
01:09:31,000 --> 01:09:35,080
because I mean, we have so many 
145 guys. 

1115
01:09:35,560 --> 01:09:41,439
Tonota Matsata is has not been 
able to figure it out at the NCA

1116
01:09:41,439 --> 01:09:44,800
Championship stage. 
But then what he'll do is he'll 

1117
01:09:44,800 --> 01:09:48,840
go to AUS championship and then 
make it through the rounds and 

1118
01:09:48,880 --> 01:09:50,720
into the semi final, sometimes 
the final. 

1119
01:09:51,840 --> 01:09:56,320
And then I think like most 
recently just clocked the PB of 

1120
01:09:56,320 --> 01:10:02,440
14427 at the sunset toward me 
that maybe not as many people 

1121
01:10:02,440 --> 01:10:07,160
probably paid attention to. 
And so I'll have some eyes on 

1122
01:10:07,160 --> 01:10:08,640
him. 
But of course, like the battle 

1123
01:10:08,640 --> 01:10:11,880
up front between Cooper and 
Donovan should be super 

1124
01:10:11,880 --> 01:10:13,560
entertaining. 
Don't let it go slow. 

1125
01:10:13,560 --> 01:10:17,280
You never know if Shane Cohen 
still has that kick in him that 

1126
01:10:17,880 --> 01:10:20,560
could upset everyone. 
Would love to see just sort of 

1127
01:10:20,560 --> 01:10:24,080
like what the odds are. 
But yeah, someone like Cooper, I

1128
01:10:24,080 --> 01:10:26,240
don't think will make that kind 
of mistake. 

1129
01:10:26,720 --> 01:10:36,440
So that is the men's 800. 
Next up we have the women's 5K, 

1130
01:10:37,920 --> 01:10:42,200
which let's see how many entries
are in this one. 

1131
01:10:43,080 --> 01:10:49,000
There's 18 entries and two of 
scratch, so we're down to 16 

1132
01:10:49,000 --> 01:10:53,680
competitors in this one. 
The headliner is Parker Valby, 

1133
01:10:53,680 --> 01:10:59,640
the six time NCAA champion and 
US Olympian looking to capture 

1134
01:10:59,800 --> 01:11:03,320
her first US title. 
I would say because she doesn't 

1135
01:11:03,320 --> 01:11:09,360
have any indoors and then last 
year missed the outdoor 

1136
01:11:09,360 --> 01:11:15,440
championships because of injury.
But so far she's looked crazy 

1137
01:11:15,640 --> 01:11:22,000
dominant and fit when she's in 
her two goes at the 5K so she's 

1138
01:11:22,000 --> 01:11:25,920
run 1439 this season. 
The next fastest is Shelby 

1139
01:11:25,920 --> 01:11:29,960
Houlihan, who was fourth at the 
World Championships in her first

1140
01:11:29,960 --> 01:11:33,400
season following the for your 
suspension. 

1141
01:11:33,400 --> 01:11:38,080
And so now this is setting up 
for Parker versus Shelby, which 

1142
01:11:38,080 --> 01:11:41,200
I don't think those two have 
ever gone head to head and 

1143
01:11:41,200 --> 01:11:43,640
raced. 
Can Parker win this just 

1144
01:11:44,080 --> 01:11:48,960
rattling off 70s again? 
Like, is that the the plan? 

1145
01:11:48,960 --> 01:11:53,240
Like you don't leave it to a 
kick because Shelby's an 815 

1146
01:11:53,240 --> 01:11:58,040
person still. 
So you got to kind of just make 

1147
01:11:58,040 --> 01:12:00,080
it a battle of attrition again 
if you're Parker. 

1148
01:12:00,080 --> 01:12:02,840
And that's how she's won both of
her races so far. 

1149
01:12:03,600 --> 01:12:11,800
This is this is definitely the 
best head to The thing that we 

1150
01:12:11,800 --> 01:12:16,560
have said about Parker is that 
she is a metronome and she can 

1151
01:12:16,560 --> 01:12:21,520
just find a rhythm and just 
settle into it. 

1152
01:12:23,320 --> 01:12:27,440
And so to add to the field, 
someone with the ultimate big 

1153
01:12:27,440 --> 01:12:31,360
kick who we know is of course 
very strong and it's going to be

1154
01:12:31,360 --> 01:12:34,280
difficult to drop. 
It's going to force Parker to 

1155
01:12:34,640 --> 01:12:37,720
not run 70s because it's not 
going to get the job done. 

1156
01:12:37,720 --> 01:12:41,680
We know that a 70 is is not 
going to break Shelby. 

1157
01:12:42,040 --> 01:12:46,720
So the way that she can kind of 
turn the screws and, you know, 

1158
01:12:46,760 --> 01:12:52,040
see some 6960 eights and see if 
she can run away because look, 

1159
01:12:52,040 --> 01:12:54,720
if Shelby's there with 200 
meters to go, I think we know 

1160
01:12:54,720 --> 01:12:59,760
exactly what's going to happen. 
Unless Parker stuns us and has a

1161
01:12:59,760 --> 01:13:02,360
kick that we've never seen. 
Because I think the, the all 

1162
01:13:02,360 --> 01:13:04,760
these years, like the last three
years, we've never seen Parker 

1163
01:13:04,760 --> 01:13:08,040
dip down to 1500, which is 
something I think we still kind 

1164
01:13:08,040 --> 01:13:12,200
of would love to to see at some 
point to see what her raw speed 

1165
01:13:12,200 --> 01:13:14,600
is. 
But at the LA Grand Prix, I'm 

1166
01:13:14,600 --> 01:13:18,080
looking at the results now when 
she ran 1439 and those pace 

1167
01:13:18,080 --> 01:13:21,200
lights were set for I think it 
was 1440. 

1168
01:13:22,960 --> 01:13:24,680
Yeah. 
American record holder Alicia 

1169
01:13:24,680 --> 01:13:27,280
Monson couldn't hang. 
Of course, Schweitzer couldn't 

1170
01:13:27,280 --> 01:13:32,640
hang. 
And so the only person I think, 

1171
01:13:32,640 --> 01:13:35,440
right now in this field that 
could try and give it a go would

1172
01:13:35,440 --> 01:13:39,200
be Shelby. 
And Shelby did run, what, that 

1173
01:13:39,200 --> 01:13:43,320
10K earlier this year, right? 
Like I'm trying to pull it up 

1174
01:13:43,320 --> 01:13:46,640
right now. 
Yeah, I mean, Shelby, she's been

1175
01:13:46,640 --> 01:13:49,160
all over the place. 
She's run 8 hundreds, she's run 

1176
01:13:49,160 --> 01:13:52,400
15 hundreds, she's run 2 miles, 
she's run 5 KS, she's run 10 KS.

1177
01:13:53,760 --> 01:13:57,880
And yeah, I mean, we, we saw a 
3050 earlier this season. 

1178
01:13:57,880 --> 01:14:01,880
She's strong. 
It's it's you can't easily run 

1179
01:14:01,880 --> 01:14:07,200
away from her for that reason. 
Like if I was a betting man, I I

1180
01:14:07,200 --> 01:14:12,560
think Shelby's going to win 
unless Parker's got a something 

1181
01:14:12,560 --> 01:14:14,720
in her that we just haven't seen
yet. 

1182
01:14:14,800 --> 01:14:19,520
And I, I, I don't doubt that 
it's she's on a great trajectory

1183
01:14:19,520 --> 01:14:24,000
right now, but a 1439 even split
is not going to be enough. 

1184
01:14:24,440 --> 01:14:29,200
We'll also like, I don't think 
AUS Championship will go 1439 

1185
01:14:29,200 --> 01:14:31,200
with that because there's no 
pacemaker, so someone's got to 

1186
01:14:31,200 --> 01:14:33,160
go to the front to try and make 
that fast. 

1187
01:14:33,160 --> 01:14:35,120
There is a pacemaker. 
It's Parker Valley. 

1188
01:14:36,640 --> 01:14:40,720
Well, Parker had Nikki at least 
like in in LA, I think we were 

1189
01:14:40,720 --> 01:14:46,080
still, we are underselling the 
value of the Sidious Mag, New 

1190
01:14:46,080 --> 01:14:52,240
Balance Cheer Zone and what that
could do for Parker on the 

1191
01:14:52,240 --> 01:14:53,480
track. 
So we got not. 

1192
01:14:53,480 --> 01:14:55,440
Enough people are talking about 
that, yeah. 

1193
01:14:55,440 --> 01:14:56,160
Not that you're. 
Right. 

1194
01:14:56,200 --> 01:15:00,360
Chris, we we could very directly
influence this race. 

1195
01:15:00,800 --> 01:15:06,200
It's a lot of pressure on us. 
Other just, you know, Emily 

1196
01:15:06,200 --> 01:15:09,120
Mckay's doubling back. 
As of right now, she's. 

1197
01:15:09,640 --> 01:15:13,720
Interesting. 
The 5K, so another reason not to

1198
01:15:13,760 --> 01:15:17,480
let it go slow and Margo 
Appleton as well, you know, 

1199
01:15:17,480 --> 01:15:23,480
she's got some 1500 chops, so 
there I unless it's like really 

1200
01:15:23,480 --> 01:15:27,800
uncomfortably hot, I do think 
that it'll be a pretty honest 

1201
01:15:27,800 --> 01:15:31,200
one. 
All right, now we go over to the

1202
01:15:32,120 --> 01:15:35,880
men's 5K and in this one there 
is a little bit more variety 

1203
01:15:35,880 --> 01:15:40,280
than just Grant Fisher and Woody
Kincaid 'cause you can toss in 

1204
01:15:40,640 --> 01:15:44,240
13 O five guy Gary Martin. 
Kasich Knavelbard is run 

1205
01:15:44,240 --> 01:15:46,480
thirteen O 4. 
He's in it. 

1206
01:15:46,480 --> 01:15:48,360
Dylan Jacobs. 
I think he might be the only 

1207
01:15:48,360 --> 01:15:52,760
member of OAC making the trip 
out to New York this weekend. 

1208
01:15:53,480 --> 01:15:56,360
So you got a a bunch of guys 
who've been who are doubling in 

1209
01:15:56,360 --> 01:16:00,400
the 15 and also moving up to the
5K. 

1210
01:16:01,440 --> 01:16:05,800
But it's just a matter of like, 
I mean, last year, just seeing 

1211
01:16:05,800 --> 01:16:11,960
how Grant can toy with a field 
in the in unpaced races. 

1212
01:16:11,960 --> 01:16:15,000
Like I he's he's the head on 
favorite. 

1213
01:16:15,000 --> 01:16:17,640
And I'm kind of bummed that 
there is no Nico. 

1214
01:16:17,640 --> 01:16:20,920
Young Nico must be dealing with 
an injury because he was 

1215
01:16:20,920 --> 01:16:23,520
supposed to run Peachtree and 
then didn't. 

1216
01:16:24,560 --> 01:16:28,920
And then Grand Blanks has been 
mostly racing out in Europe and 

1217
01:16:28,920 --> 01:16:32,280
I think is in a good spot right 
now for the World Ultimate 

1218
01:16:32,280 --> 01:16:36,680
Championships quota. 
But Grant's a heavy favorite in 

1219
01:16:36,680 --> 01:16:40,800
this one. 
Yeah, I mean, he's earned that 

1220
01:16:40,800 --> 01:16:45,280
title. 
That doesn't mean that it's not 

1221
01:16:45,280 --> 01:16:49,800
going to be interesting because 
you do still have guys who've 

1222
01:16:49,800 --> 01:16:52,600
done it before. 
You have the Cooper tier, you 

1223
01:16:52,600 --> 01:16:56,840
have the Sean Mcgourty, you've 
got Dylan Jacobs. 

1224
01:16:57,600 --> 01:17:04,080
Like you have guys who we know 
are capable of being in that 

1225
01:17:04,080 --> 01:17:09,000
conversation, like Woody, like 
Liam Murphy, but then you got 

1226
01:17:09,000 --> 01:17:12,720
guys like Vince Ciotti, like 
what a wild card to have in it. 

1227
01:17:13,120 --> 01:17:18,200
And so I, I do think from Grant,
this is an opportunity to try to

1228
01:17:18,200 --> 01:17:20,200
control a race and really wind 
it up. 

1229
01:17:20,200 --> 01:17:25,280
I think you know 2K out he if 
he's not at the front of the 

1230
01:17:25,280 --> 01:17:29,920
race then that's a mistake 
because I don't know you got Sam

1231
01:17:29,920 --> 01:17:33,080
Preiko in there. 
Like the list of 1500 guys who 

1232
01:17:33,080 --> 01:17:35,760
are in this thinking maybe I can
get that year. 

1233
01:17:35,800 --> 01:17:40,400
I think it was what year was it?
When it was in off year there 

1234
01:17:40,400 --> 01:17:46,520
was like 4 guys in the 5K in Des
Moines, IA. 2013 and it was man,

1235
01:17:47,480 --> 01:17:52,400
that was the one where the likes
of like Joe Stillen was like 

1236
01:17:52,400 --> 01:17:54,720
standing outside the stadium 
like he was like, I'm ready to 

1237
01:17:54,720 --> 01:17:57,680
run, like I've met the like he 
was just outside. 

1238
01:17:57,680 --> 01:18:03,400
Whatever the quota was, was that
is that that that was the Ryan 

1239
01:18:03,400 --> 01:18:06,360
Hill year. 
I'm pretty sure I'm pulling it 

1240
01:18:06,360 --> 01:18:08,480
up right now. 
I mean they ran. 

1241
01:18:08,880 --> 01:18:17,000
So slow. 2013 US championships 
as well in Des Moines. 

1242
01:18:17,080 --> 01:18:25,000
I'm looking at it now. 
They ran 1455 was third place 

1243
01:18:25,000 --> 01:18:29,880
for Ryan Hill to make the team. 
It was Bernard Lagat just out 

1244
01:18:29,880 --> 01:18:32,680
kicked Galen Rupp. 1454 was the 
winning time. 

1245
01:18:32,680 --> 01:18:34,560
There were eight guys in the 
race. 

1246
01:18:34,560 --> 01:18:36,680
Chris Alinsky finished last in 
15 O 9 I. 

1247
01:18:37,800 --> 01:18:42,240
I think we saw an 80 in that. 
They were, yeah, maybe. 

1248
01:18:42,240 --> 01:18:46,800
What an incredible race that I'm
sure the powers that be want to 

1249
01:18:46,800 --> 01:18:52,760
make sure never find its way to 
YouTube because that was a weird

1250
01:18:52,760 --> 01:18:53,880
1. 
I don't think that's what we're 

1251
01:18:53,880 --> 01:18:55,680
going to. 
Get rewatched that one because I

1252
01:18:55,680 --> 01:19:01,000
think it's on it's on runner 
space and that was my first ever

1253
01:19:01,000 --> 01:19:04,640
USA that I attended. 
I just remember just the chaos 

1254
01:19:04,640 --> 01:19:07,800
of people trying to get into 
that race like they they like 

1255
01:19:07,880 --> 01:19:14,160
people were in Des Moines ready 
in warm up gear and they said no

1256
01:19:15,120 --> 01:19:17,040
because there were so many 
scratches from the 1500. 

1257
01:19:17,760 --> 01:19:20,760
Yeah, what a great poll. 
Honestly like this is again why 

1258
01:19:21,200 --> 01:19:23,560
my nerd brain is wired so 
weirdly. 

1259
01:19:23,560 --> 01:19:29,160
You said slow off year 5K and I 
immediately just went USA is 

1260
01:19:29,160 --> 01:19:33,800
2013. 
Your brain went and found the 

1261
01:19:33,840 --> 01:19:38,040
last GBT. 
Yeah, yeah. 

1262
01:19:38,080 --> 01:19:41,120
So I it is funny because as 
we're going through the previews

1263
01:19:41,120 --> 01:19:45,280
of the five KS, it's like, yeah,
some of these 1500 guys are not 

1264
01:19:45,280 --> 01:19:47,800
going to be a miss. 
They're going to be some 

1265
01:19:47,800 --> 01:19:50,400
scratches. 
All right, so we're all picking 

1266
01:19:50,400 --> 01:19:53,960
Grant on this one. 
And then that brings us to the 

1267
01:19:54,560 --> 01:19:57,880
men's 200 meters. 
We kind of touched on it before.

1268
01:19:58,160 --> 01:20:00,240
It's the No Lyell show at this 
point. 

1269
01:20:02,080 --> 01:20:03,920
Who's his biggest competitor in 
this one? 

1270
01:20:04,040 --> 01:20:08,200
Let's see, Brandon Hickling is 
the next fastest. 

1271
01:20:08,560 --> 01:20:13,840
It's so funny to see. 
Noah Lyles entered with a 1951 

1272
01:20:14,160 --> 01:20:16,840
and then the next best is 
Brandon Hicklin entered with a 

1273
01:20:17,080 --> 01:20:21,440
1992. 
Is Garrett callen healthy? 

1274
01:20:21,680 --> 01:20:24,600
It's been a very long time since
we've seen him and. 

1275
01:20:25,000 --> 01:20:27,160
Since indoor season, I. 
Would we like him? 

1276
01:20:27,640 --> 01:20:30,560
He's a fascinating athlete to 
watch. 

1277
01:20:30,600 --> 01:20:33,640
I remember Anderson having 
conversation with him and just 

1278
01:20:33,640 --> 01:20:35,520
the way his mind works and 
breaks down. 

1279
01:20:35,520 --> 01:20:38,080
He's such a student of the 
sport, so. 

1280
01:20:39,640 --> 01:20:44,920
Yeah, he's also a track GPT kind
of guy where I think Anderson 

1281
01:20:44,920 --> 01:20:47,040
asked him some sort of question 
like, what are your favorite, 

1282
01:20:47,200 --> 01:20:49,480
like races to watch? 
And he like rattled off like, 

1283
01:20:49,480 --> 01:20:51,400
oh, let's off a Powell this race
and like. 

1284
01:20:51,560 --> 01:20:57,760
He's like the 2013 US 65K. 
Yeah, that was the the last. 

1285
01:20:57,760 --> 01:20:59,800
One that he mentioned. 
Yeah, he's like, that's my 

1286
01:20:59,880 --> 01:21:03,720
favorite. 
Yeah, the powers that be don't 

1287
01:21:03,720 --> 01:21:06,680
want that one on YouTube. 
They don't want they don't want 

1288
01:21:06,680 --> 01:21:10,560
me to watch it, but I'm fine. 
In a way, I would say that there

1289
01:21:10,560 --> 01:21:15,960
is a chance here, given that 
Noah Lyles is potentially going 

1290
01:21:15,960 --> 01:21:20,240
to win this by a half second, 
that we're going to see some of 

1291
01:21:20,240 --> 01:21:23,160
the craziest Noah Lyell 
theatrics we've ever seen in the

1292
01:21:23,160 --> 01:21:28,720
Priya, like in the the lead up 
to this gun going off because he

1293
01:21:28,720 --> 01:21:30,880
knows he can win this with his 
eyes closed. 

1294
01:21:31,240 --> 01:21:36,320
So I just think that we might 
see something absolutely insane.

1295
01:21:36,320 --> 01:21:40,800
It might be it this this might 
be the the moment of the meet. 

1296
01:21:41,480 --> 01:21:43,800
Something Noah's going to do on 
the front end or the back end of

1297
01:21:43,800 --> 01:21:51,440
this 200 will be viral Instagram
real type clip, Something that 

1298
01:21:51,440 --> 01:21:54,280
the powers would be may not want
people to see. 

1299
01:21:55,320 --> 01:21:58,840
No, but it's the type of clip 
that like the mainstream sports 

1300
01:21:58,840 --> 01:22:02,640
media will eat up. 
And I'm trying to think like 

1301
01:22:02,640 --> 01:22:06,240
what it could be. 
Who did he? 

1302
01:22:06,240 --> 01:22:11,840
Meet at Fanatics Fest or 
whatever that he has convinced 

1303
01:22:11,840 --> 01:22:18,720
to take part in this weekend. 
Like I saw him with Wemby. 

1304
01:22:19,240 --> 01:22:21,000
Is like Wemby gonna walk him 
out? 

1305
01:22:21,160 --> 01:22:23,320
Is he like running into Wemby's 
arms? 

1306
01:22:23,480 --> 01:22:27,320
There's he he was definitely 
conspiring something. 

1307
01:22:27,560 --> 01:22:31,440
The trouble is, it's like some 
of these celebs were in town for

1308
01:22:31,440 --> 01:22:34,680
the World Cup as well. 
Fanatics Fest plus the World Cup

1309
01:22:34,720 --> 01:22:39,000
was just a great combination. 
They're leaving. 

1310
01:22:39,000 --> 01:22:41,240
I think they're like, we've been
in New York for way too long. 

1311
01:22:41,520 --> 01:22:44,360
So let's see. 
He had the photo with Wemby, 

1312
01:22:44,600 --> 01:22:48,840
then he raced. 
Novak Djokovic beat him. 

1313
01:22:50,400 --> 01:22:54,960
John Cena was there. 
I figured he's probably got no 

1314
01:22:54,960 --> 01:22:55,800
he. 
I think he didn't. 

1315
01:22:55,800 --> 01:23:00,040
He retire from the WWE. 
Then he's got a photo with 

1316
01:23:00,040 --> 01:23:03,400
Michael Rubin and Livi Dunn. 
The Yankees are playing the 

1317
01:23:03,400 --> 01:23:07,840
Pirates, but they're leaving out
of town, so no Livi Dunn. 

1318
01:23:07,840 --> 01:23:11,080
Paul schemes here. 
This would have been a great, 

1319
01:23:11,520 --> 01:23:14,080
great opportunity to let ishow 
speed in. 

1320
01:23:15,080 --> 01:23:18,160
Just like throw him in the 200. 
Make it interesting. 

1321
01:23:18,400 --> 01:23:21,640
There's no World Championships 
on the line. 

1322
01:23:22,680 --> 01:23:24,640
We need a. 
Fanatics best He talked about 

1323
01:23:24,640 --> 01:23:28,680
the fact that he's serious about
competing at the LA Olympics. 

1324
01:23:28,680 --> 01:23:31,600
And yeah, me too. 
I'm very serious about it. 

1325
01:23:34,120 --> 01:23:38,600
I did see some sort of video 
with ishow speed, like training 

1326
01:23:38,600 --> 01:23:41,400
or at least doing a practice 
session with Otto Bolden. 

1327
01:23:41,800 --> 01:23:48,960
And so if Otto's coaching speed,
they should have got like speed 

1328
01:23:48,960 --> 01:23:52,760
should have just competed at the
Miramar Invitational, got in a 

1329
01:23:52,760 --> 01:23:56,320
markdown and then raced here 
this weekend. 

1330
01:23:56,320 --> 01:24:00,440
But it's a little bit too little
too late to try and have all 

1331
01:24:00,440 --> 01:24:04,400
those things aligned. 
But I see no one. 

1332
01:24:04,400 --> 01:24:07,680
Spike Lee. 
And then who's the last photo 

1333
01:24:07,680 --> 01:24:10,000
here? 
Noah and Fred Taylor. 

1334
01:24:11,440 --> 01:24:13,880
I hope he did his. 
I hope Noah was out there. 

1335
01:24:13,880 --> 01:24:15,000
Kind of like letting people 
know. 

1336
01:24:15,000 --> 01:24:17,240
It's like, Oh yeah, next week's 
the US Championships, you should

1337
01:24:17,240 --> 01:24:19,400
stick around and come, come 
watch me race. 

1338
01:24:19,400 --> 01:24:22,360
So hopefully there's something. 
Do you think any of the Knicks 

1339
01:24:22,360 --> 01:24:24,560
attend this weekend? 
I don't think so. 

1340
01:24:25,440 --> 01:24:30,840
Do we have any track connections
with anyone that I don't know? 

1341
01:24:31,080 --> 01:24:32,800
Can we get Jose Alvarado out 
there? 

1342
01:24:35,040 --> 01:24:37,440
Throw him in. 
I mean, yeah, there should have 

1343
01:24:37,440 --> 01:24:41,360
been this again, like there 
should be a celebrity mile or 

1344
01:24:41,360 --> 01:24:43,840
something that just kind of we 
throw into the middle of the 

1345
01:24:43,840 --> 01:24:47,920
program here for for folks. 
No, I think Josh Hart is 

1346
01:24:47,920 --> 01:24:49,840
probably like one of the fastest
NBA players. 

1347
01:24:49,840 --> 01:24:53,640
And so I would have loved to 
have seen what he could do in a 

1348
01:24:53,640 --> 01:24:56,080
mile. 
But no, yeah, I don't think any 

1349
01:24:56,080 --> 01:24:59,720
of the Knicks are attending. 
They've they probably have 

1350
01:24:59,720 --> 01:25:04,160
appearance fees now for sure. 
All right. 

1351
01:25:04,360 --> 01:25:08,440
And I think the next event is 
the women's 200. 

1352
01:25:08,440 --> 01:25:12,320
No Gabby, no Shakari. 
Melissa Jefferson versus 

1353
01:25:12,320 --> 01:25:16,600
Brittany Brown I think ends up 
being the the match up here. 

1354
01:25:17,480 --> 01:25:20,400
Brittany Brown's got a good 
string of good luck on this 

1355
01:25:20,400 --> 01:25:24,520
track having won all the money 
at Athos the last like 2 years. 

1356
01:25:24,560 --> 01:25:30,760
And then but MJW is just sort of
the reigning world champion and 

1357
01:25:31,120 --> 01:25:35,000
heavy favorite right now. 
So what do you think? 

1358
01:25:35,000 --> 01:25:38,520
Melissa needs to kind of dial in
here in the 200 because she's 

1359
01:25:38,520 --> 01:25:42,520
obviously seen what Julian can 
run, what Gabby can run. 

1360
01:25:42,560 --> 01:25:45,320
What do you think she's trying 
to work on here in this race? 

1361
01:25:45,320 --> 01:25:47,680
Because she'll be out in front 
pretty early. 

1362
01:25:48,720 --> 01:25:50,640
Yeah, I think it's all about 
closing. 

1363
01:25:50,640 --> 01:25:57,200
I mean, we saw most recently 
that, you know, Julian's closing

1364
01:25:57,640 --> 01:26:02,720
like a train, like she 
absolutely has another gear the 

1365
01:26:02,720 --> 01:26:05,720
last 50 meters. 
And so when you're thinking 

1366
01:26:05,720 --> 01:26:08,560
about the next time you are 
racing Julian, you know, you got

1367
01:26:08,560 --> 01:26:10,840
to be ready that last 50. 
So I think that's what we're 

1368
01:26:10,840 --> 01:26:14,760
going to see. 
Also, just like from the the US 

1369
01:26:14,760 --> 01:26:19,360
perspective is like Gabby 
historically has a great close, 

1370
01:26:19,360 --> 01:26:21,160
Brittany Brown historically has 
a great close. 

1371
01:26:21,160 --> 01:26:25,160
So Melissa, especially coming 
from the 100, I think you're 

1372
01:26:25,160 --> 01:26:27,920
just always trying to work on 
that aspect of your game. 

1373
01:26:30,040 --> 01:26:33,560
All right, So quick check in as 
well on just the, the road to 

1374
01:26:33,560 --> 01:26:39,520
Budapest, cause the 200 is just 
an event in which we could 

1375
01:26:39,520 --> 01:26:44,760
potentially have quite a number 
of athletes qualify. 

1376
01:26:45,240 --> 01:26:48,800
So I see Cameron Dickinson, 
Jenna Prandini, Mackenzie Long, 

1377
01:26:48,800 --> 01:26:53,640
Cambria Sturgis, Kayla White, 
and a Navia battle right now are

1378
01:26:53,640 --> 01:26:55,640
all. 
Demelis, Jefferson Wooden and 

1379
01:26:55,640 --> 01:26:58,400
Gabby Thomas. 
Are automatic correct? 

1380
01:26:59,320 --> 01:27:08,160
So that's. 123456788 of 16 half 
the field. 

1381
01:27:09,240 --> 01:27:17,440
Yeah, so hell yeah. 
USAUSA, yeah. 

1382
01:27:17,520 --> 01:27:25,120
So again, like this is Melissa's
race to lose, but that I mean 

1383
01:27:25,320 --> 01:27:29,200
you just at their best, Brittany
Brown, Cambria, Kayla McKenzie, 

1384
01:27:29,760 --> 01:27:35,040
like they they will be there for
a good part of the race. 

1385
01:27:35,040 --> 01:27:39,040
And if I'm Alyssa, I'm running 
that first 150 a little bit 

1386
01:27:39,040 --> 01:27:41,560
conservative and then just 
closing it down and taking it. 

1387
01:27:41,880 --> 01:27:46,360
And then the final event on the 
schedule taking place on the 

1388
01:27:46,360 --> 01:27:55,040
track is the 110 hurdles, which 
will feature Jamal Britt, who's 

1389
01:27:55,040 --> 01:27:58,720
been on fire this season. 
You could call him the breakout 

1390
01:27:58,720 --> 01:28:02,600
star of the sprints this year, I
would say. 

1391
01:28:03,400 --> 01:28:06,720
Yeah, I mean, he had some great 
races last year, like we saw 

1392
01:28:06,720 --> 01:28:10,520
glimpses of this. 
The real thing that I want to do

1393
01:28:10,520 --> 01:28:16,120
is I want to map how many miles 
this dude has travelled. 

1394
01:28:16,120 --> 01:28:17,520
Yeah. 
Don't give it away. 

1395
01:28:17,640 --> 01:28:22,360
I think hopefully we find him 
this weekend and I want to have,

1396
01:28:22,680 --> 01:28:24,640
I want to be with him when he 
downloads what's that app called

1397
01:28:24,640 --> 01:28:27,240
Flightly or whatever it is 
Flight Flighty. 

1398
01:28:28,280 --> 01:28:31,680
And I want to be able to see 
just sort of like what how many 

1399
01:28:31,680 --> 01:28:34,920
flights he's been on since the 
beginning of 2026 'cause he's 

1400
01:28:35,000 --> 01:28:40,080
raced all over the world. 
I was just, I just did AII made 

1401
01:28:40,080 --> 01:28:42,160
an appearance on like the Drake 
Relays podcast. 

1402
01:28:42,160 --> 01:28:44,960
And so they obviously they love 
Jamal. 

1403
01:28:45,240 --> 01:28:50,880
He's an Iowa guy and they the 
host Mark Freund, who I went to 

1404
01:28:50,880 --> 01:28:54,880
college with, he pulled out the 
stat that Jamaal Britt 6 and O 

1405
01:28:54,880 --> 01:28:58,480
in his last six races on US 
soil. 

1406
01:28:58,920 --> 01:29:04,320
So watch, watch for that. 
Cordell Tinch, the reigning 

1407
01:29:04,320 --> 01:29:06,800
world champion is in this one as
well. 

1408
01:29:06,800 --> 01:29:12,640
But yeah, I mean, it's those two
are the the, the, the 

1409
01:29:12,640 --> 01:29:16,200
favourites. 
But again, this is a race where 

1410
01:29:16,200 --> 01:29:18,560
there's 10 hurdles in the way 
and anything can happen. 

1411
01:29:18,600 --> 01:29:23,040
No Jacoby Tharp. 
And then also we've we've got 

1412
01:29:23,040 --> 01:29:25,760
the the Freddie Crittenden swan 
song. 

1413
01:29:25,760 --> 01:29:30,280
I was going to say, yeah, our 
dear friend Freddie going out 

1414
01:29:30,920 --> 01:29:32,880
the last one, let's make it a 
great one. 

1415
01:29:33,040 --> 01:29:38,520
So yeah, it's, I mean, similar 
to the women's, even without a 

1416
01:29:38,520 --> 01:29:43,000
couple names in the race, 
there's so much depth that it's 

1417
01:29:43,160 --> 01:29:46,280
going to be a good one. 
I'm excited for this. 

1418
01:29:47,840 --> 01:29:49,480
All right. 
Well, that does it for our 

1419
01:29:49,480 --> 01:29:54,440
preview of the track events at 
the USATF Outdoor Championships 

1420
01:29:54,880 --> 01:29:59,040
taking place this Thursday 
through Sunday at Icon Stadium. 

1421
01:29:59,360 --> 01:30:02,760
Again, if you want to watch all 
of it, it's takes some 

1422
01:30:02,760 --> 01:30:08,400
combination of usatf.tv Peacock.
There'll be two TV windows on 

1423
01:30:08,400 --> 01:30:12,920
NBC on Saturday and Sunday. 
Follow along on all of Sidious 

1424
01:30:12,920 --> 01:30:16,800
Mags social channels for updates
and results. 

1425
01:30:17,000 --> 01:30:19,880
We'll have a bunch of interviews
on the Sidious Mag YouTube 

1426
01:30:19,880 --> 01:30:23,120
channel, and then we will be 
doing daily podcasts at the 

1427
01:30:23,120 --> 01:30:26,000
conclusion of each day that that
you guys will be able to listen 

1428
01:30:26,000 --> 01:30:30,760
to before the next day's action,
where we react and analyze all 

1429
01:30:30,760 --> 01:30:33,080
the top performances from each 
of the days. 

1430
01:30:33,360 --> 01:30:36,480
And then the Cities Mag 
newsletter is also going daily 

1431
01:30:36,480 --> 01:30:39,760
over the next couple days. 
So stay tuned for that. 

1432
01:30:39,760 --> 01:30:43,520
Lots of good stuff. 
We're yeah, we're going to make 

1433
01:30:43,520 --> 01:30:47,640
the most of it, trying to make 
New York City a future 

1434
01:30:47,640 --> 01:30:49,880
destination for more national 
championships. 

1435
01:30:49,880 --> 01:30:50,920
So we're going to bring the 
hype. 

1436
01:30:51,200 --> 01:30:54,600
So excited to be in the New 
Balance. 

1437
01:30:54,600 --> 01:30:56,560
Sidious Mag cheers on this 
weekend. 

1438
01:30:56,560 --> 01:31:01,960
So if you see us, say hey. 
And yeah, stoked should be a 

1439
01:31:01,960 --> 01:31:03,640
good one. 
All right, that does it. 

1440
01:31:03,640 --> 01:31:08,680
We will see you guys next time. 
Alright, that's a wrap on 

1441
01:31:08,680 --> 01:31:10,920
today's episode. 
Thanks for listening, for the 

1442
01:31:10,920 --> 01:31:13,920
time, the curiosity, and for 
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1443
01:31:13,920 --> 01:31:17,000
routine or your run. 
A big thanks to our producer 

1444
01:31:17,000 --> 01:31:19,840
Jasmine Fair and to everyone 
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1445
01:31:19,840 --> 01:31:23,040
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1446
01:31:23,040 --> 01:31:25,920
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1447
01:31:25,920 --> 01:31:29,120
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1448
01:31:29,240 --> 01:31:32,360
You can find 
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1449
01:31:32,360 --> 01:31:34,720
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1450
01:31:34,720 --> 01:31:36,240
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We'll see you next time. 

1451
01:31:36,440 --> 01:31:41,640
Thanks again for listening. 
Thanks for sticking around. 

1452
01:31:41,680 --> 01:31:44,720
Here's a little bit more from 
Bandit Director of Experiences 

1453
01:31:44,720 --> 01:31:47,800
Tim Rossi on the Unsponsored 
project, which you'll see on 

1454
01:31:47,800 --> 01:31:50,960
display at the US Championships.
What do you think? 

1455
01:31:51,320 --> 01:31:55,960
Is currently broken in the track
and field contract model that 

1456
01:31:55,960 --> 01:32:01,080
Bandit is trying to, in a way, 
come in as not the full fix, but

1457
01:32:01,280 --> 01:32:04,040
a temporary fix to, you know, 
hopefully improving things. 

1458
01:32:04,040 --> 01:32:07,960
Yeah, I think the top end of the
sport is always the side of the 

1459
01:32:07,960 --> 01:32:10,520
sport that gets taken care of, 
which is really, really cool and

1460
01:32:10,520 --> 01:32:12,720
it makes sense for what it's 
worth as well. 

1461
01:32:12,720 --> 01:32:16,160
Brands are looking for value out
of athletes and that means 

1462
01:32:16,160 --> 01:32:18,960
something different to every 
single brand, but often times it

1463
01:32:18,960 --> 01:32:22,240
means competing from metal, 
always making teams, running 

1464
01:32:22,240 --> 01:32:25,560
world records, whatever it might
look like, and those athletes 

1465
01:32:25,560 --> 01:32:27,600
get taken care of really, really
well. 

1466
01:32:28,240 --> 01:32:31,080
And then in the US as well, we 
have the NCAA system. 

1467
01:32:31,080 --> 01:32:34,280
There's obviously a lot of 
conversation around that and NIL

1468
01:32:34,280 --> 01:32:38,280
and that entire system right 
now, but it is an amazing 

1469
01:32:38,280 --> 01:32:41,720
development pipeline. 
Running is a tough sport though.

1470
01:32:41,720 --> 01:32:45,400
You get injured, you end up in 
the injury cycle for 12 months, 

1471
01:32:45,400 --> 01:32:47,680
18 months, and then all of a 
sudden you're not performing at 

1472
01:32:47,680 --> 01:32:50,000
the highest level. 
And there's so many people who 

1473
01:32:50,720 --> 01:32:54,120
leave that development system 
not having fulfilled their full 

1474
01:32:54,120 --> 01:32:55,760
potential and fall through the 
cracks. 

1475
01:32:55,760 --> 01:32:58,880
The same way that there are 
athletes that get that first 

1476
01:32:58,880 --> 01:33:02,320
professional contract and maybe 
go through a similar issue. 

1477
01:33:02,320 --> 01:33:06,560
Maybe a coaching fit or a system
fit doesn't work for them and 

1478
01:33:06,560 --> 01:33:09,280
they just go through a rough 
patch of performance and then 

1479
01:33:09,280 --> 01:33:11,400
all of a sudden they get 
released from that contract and 

1480
01:33:11,400 --> 01:33:14,000
it is tough for these athletes. 
You're going out of your own 

1481
01:33:14,000 --> 01:33:16,280
pocket, out of your own savings 
to compete. 

1482
01:33:16,680 --> 01:33:19,160
It's not the cheapest sport 
being able to fly around the 

1483
01:33:19,160 --> 01:33:22,080
world trying to find track meets
and trying to run your best. 

1484
01:33:22,960 --> 01:33:27,080
And it really is like a 
performance inhibitor as well if

1485
01:33:27,080 --> 01:33:29,160
you're out there trying to make 
a living off of it. 

1486
01:33:29,160 --> 01:33:32,120
It applies a lot of pressure 
that maybe some of the athletes 

1487
01:33:32,120 --> 01:33:33,760
at the top end. 
There's a ton of pressure no 

1488
01:33:33,760 --> 01:33:37,240
matter who you are in the sport,
but if you've got the financial 

1489
01:33:37,240 --> 01:33:40,280
system in place where you're not
risking your livelihood every 

1490
01:33:40,280 --> 01:33:43,800
time you step on the track, I 
believe that that unlocks 

1491
01:33:43,800 --> 01:33:46,200
performance. 
So us being able to support a 

1492
01:33:46,200 --> 01:33:48,840
lot of those individuals that 
would historically fall through 

1493
01:33:48,840 --> 01:33:51,200
the system and fall through the 
cracks and really keep them in 

1494
01:33:51,200 --> 01:33:54,360
the sport and give them a chance
to bet on themselves and and 

1495
01:33:54,360 --> 01:33:58,000
pursue track at the highest 
level it it's exactly what we 

1496
01:33:58,000 --> 01:34:00,440
want to do. 
And trying to focus on those up 

1497
01:34:00,440 --> 01:34:03,880
and comers or or underdog 
stories if you will, is 

1498
01:34:03,880 --> 01:34:06,800
important for Bandit because we 
think if we raise the floor 

1499
01:34:06,800 --> 01:34:10,120
within the sport, every level of
it will benefit from that. 

1500
01:34:10,880 --> 01:34:12,760
As part of our. 
Partnership with Bandit, we will

1501
01:34:12,760 --> 01:34:15,920
be highlighting some of the 
athletes partaking in the 

1502
01:34:15,920 --> 01:34:19,120
Unsponsored project with some 
features on cydusmag.com. 

1503
01:34:19,320 --> 01:34:22,480
You can also read some of them 
in the Lab Count newsletter. 

1504
01:34:23,000 --> 01:34:25,440
Watch out for those black hits 
in New York City in just a 

1505
01:34:25,440 --> 01:34:26,120
couple weeks.