1 00:00:01,400 --> 00:00:05,040 All right, we are here. Day three of the 2026 USATF 2 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:07,360 Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the books, 3 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:09,640 Chris Chavez with Kyle Merber here. 4 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:12,360 I mean, let's start off with our quick vibe check. 5 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:16,320 Incredible atmosphere today. At the track it's building. 6 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:19,000 It's building thanks to the New Balance Cheer Zone. 7 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:22,400 We brought the energy for sure. The the lime green stood out. 8 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:26,040 We had a great section until about we were 45 when the Sun 9 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:31,160 made it a different game. Yeah, fractured art, fractured 10 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:34,200 entire cheer zone. But I'd say we really peaked 11 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:36,480 during the. Steeplechase Women's steeple. 12 00:00:36,480 --> 00:00:39,720 We had a cobra. That went well. 13 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:43,240 And like we, you don't get that at a track meet. 14 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:47,440 In general, I would say those around us were very confused 15 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:52,200 when we were chanting Slow it Down during the 1500s, but they 16 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:55,600 bought in. The mayor made it to the meet. 17 00:00:56,120 --> 00:00:58,920 Zohran Mamdani, in attendance today for a brief moment, held 18 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:01,520 the finish line for. Very nervous for holding the 19 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:06,560 finish line, yeah. Did a good job and yeah, he 20 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:08,720 stuck around for a little bit. Didn't say for the whole entire 21 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:10,880 meet. He got into the stand, sat down, 22 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:12,520 shook hands and all that stuff. So. 23 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:14,640 Was that the biggest cheer of the day? 24 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:21,320 Or was it Nikki? Nikki got some big cheers during 25 00:01:21,320 --> 00:01:26,400 their intro after the win. Like in this post celebration 26 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:29,200 moment. Zohran was up there for sure. 27 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:31,880 I forget who it was. One of the athletes after just 28 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:34,840 like, gave a shout out to New York City Pizza and the crowd 29 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:36,360 erupted for that. People. 30 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:37,600 Really. Responded that was like during 31 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:41,400 when I like the the wheelchair I think one hundreds afterwards. 32 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:45,680 So yeah, there were some I guess like we, we got you got a couple 33 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:48,320 texts about some like deceiving crowd shots. 34 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:52,800 Yeah, so. This kind of reminded me today. 35 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:55,880 The 1500s were great. Crowd was so into it. 36 00:01:56,200 --> 00:02:00,280 And then we had the we kind of had a mass exodus, yeah, of a 37 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:05,040 lot of distance fans before the 100 meter hurdles final. 38 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:07,920 Part of the problem is that it takes a little while to set up 39 00:02:08,039 --> 00:02:11,080 the 100 hurdles and then like, I guess like, and there's been so 40 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:12,720 much time in between these events. 41 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:15,520 There's a few problems. There's also like 12 city bikes 42 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:18,760 on Randall's Island. And it's a contest to see like 43 00:02:18,920 --> 00:02:21,280 there's there's that's actually like one of the more intriguing 44 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:22,520 races of the day is. Like. 45 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:25,400 Who can make it out of the stadium? 46 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:29,960 Like, we were sitting next to a guy who had the app open and 47 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:32,680 watching how many city bikes were left in the one dock that's 48 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:37,240 immediately outside the stadium. And the added challenge to that, 49 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:38,400 you would think, oh, that's just easy. 50 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:40,600 Just, you know, head out when there's three or two left. 51 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:43,520 No, there's no service in the stadium. 52 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:46,240 So yeah. So like it's. 53 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:49,080 So all that's to say a lot. Of kinks, but they're working 54 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:50,440 through. It all that's to say is whatever 55 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:53,800 the crowd shot was, that inspired 3 different people to 56 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:56,440 text me asking why no one was. There, fake news. 57 00:02:56,440 --> 00:02:59,880 Fake news, very deceiving. The crowd was very good. 58 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:03,560 Our voices like you could tell, like have taken a toll today. 59 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:07,600 It was the cigarettes primarily, but the I think tomorrow with 60 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:12,680 basically just hits yeah, finals finals, finals finals and then 61 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:14,720 we're going to see a really, really strong crowd. 62 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:19,000 But today definitely good vibes was exciting. 63 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:25,240 I I drank a ton of water. It one of the a hot dog that had 64 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:29,520 probably been off the grill for roughly 90 minutes, but we 65 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:31,400 pushed her. We pushed through the day 66 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:32,840 buzzing today. Persevered. 67 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:33,520 Yeah. Yeah. 68 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:38,320 And so let's get through some finals that took place today, 69 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:43,000 cuz the first rounds that took place, nothing all that crazy. 70 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:48,120 No, Lyles ran the slowest 200 he's run since. 2019 2019 71 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:50,040 Outdoor 200 He had a slower indoor. 72 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:53,880 Yeah, so, but no big eliminations in that. 73 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:57,440 It was just from a Sprint perspective or I don't know how 74 00:03:57,440 --> 00:03:59,280 much we're diving in right now for the sprints. 75 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:02,920 It was just windy. It was like a strong head wind 76 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:08,040 and so the times went out the window and it just like you knew 77 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:10,920 who was going to go through in the two hundreds. 78 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:13,360 Like there wasn't that many surprises. 79 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:18,360 I don't know what did you think? Like Noah really took his time 80 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:19,600 getting out. Well, that's what. 81 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:23,440 We said it was just sort of like that this is going to be Noah's 82 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:25,320 final. To lose like I did, the odds on 83 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:28,480 that thing must be insane. Like you can't make money on 84 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:33,360 that race. So Garrett, Karen was, I was. 85 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:37,600 Pumped to just see him on the line healthy, looking good. 86 00:04:37,840 --> 00:04:39,760 He beat Max Thomas I think in his heat. 87 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:42,520 Former teammate. Yeah, hugging it out after. 88 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:46,280 But All in all, yeah, I mean, like Will will like it's 89 00:04:46,280 --> 00:04:49,520 basically what the what theatrics does know Lyles have 90 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:51,720 in store for the final and it'll be good. 91 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:55,280 All right, So what do you what do you prefer? 92 00:04:55,280 --> 00:05:01,520 Do you prefer that we get into the 1500 finals or we lead our 93 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:04,640 viewers into going through the other races first? 94 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:06,400 Because that's obviously the event you want to talk about 95 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:08,040 the. Most let's let's get to the 96 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:11,560 1500s. That way we keep everyone OK. 97 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:12,440 All right, great. So we. 98 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:16,760 So we're so the women's 200. OK, yeah, let's hit the women's 99 00:05:16,760 --> 00:05:18,840 200. Well, the women's 200 also 100 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:20,600 didn't. Well, Melissa Jefferson wouldn't 101 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:24,480 look phenomenal. 22 five looking down at like 60 meters. 102 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:25,720 Truly incredible. Yeah. 103 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:30,800 Did not have to run anywhere close to 100 meters to have that 104 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:33,600 one locked up. Cambridge. 105 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:38,360 Fergus, I think she was. Was she in lean one or two? 106 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:42,360 Not always the the preferred way, but she looked very strong 107 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:46,200 as well. She's obviously just having a 108 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:48,080 great season and it continues here. 109 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:53,560 Look, I don't think anyone is going to touch Melissa in that 110 00:05:53,560 --> 00:05:55,240 final. Like I want to hype it up. 111 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:57,320 I want to build people up. Give your reason to tune in. 112 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:02,960 It is Melissa's race. But if anyone is going to push 113 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:05,280 Melissa, it's gonna be camera series. 114 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:07,440 And there's two things to maybe think about. 115 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:11,320 It's like, all right, we obviously saw, like, the show 116 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:12,760 Shikari put on. Yeah. 117 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:17,320 So now it's like, what can Melissa deliver as her own show 118 00:06:17,320 --> 00:06:20,280 woman in this thing? But she did also have a moment 119 00:06:20,280 --> 00:06:24,920 after the race, walked through the mix zone and talked to the 120 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:29,080 reporters and said that like, she wanted to not necessarily 121 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:33,160 apologize, but clarify that like, none of whatever, however 122 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:37,680 she came off at the Prefontaine Classic was intended about 123 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:39,200 anybody. She was going through some 124 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:41,040 personal stuff, like around the same time. 125 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:46,720 And so for all the talk of the Shikari doesn't like Melissa and 126 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:50,400 vice versa, like it doesn't seem like there's too much credence 127 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:52,680 to it. But I mean, again, like, they're 128 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:55,760 just too big stars in the same event. 129 00:06:55,880 --> 00:06:58,840 Of course there's going to be some sort of friction when you 130 00:06:58,840 --> 00:07:03,440 get to the starting line or just you know, it can get close to 131 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:04,280 it. Yeah. 132 00:07:04,280 --> 00:07:07,160 I mean, I think I said this a couple weeks ago that I imagine 133 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:09,760 that there was a closed door coaches meeting or something at 134 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:13,000 some point and we're. All Better Together. 135 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:16,920 We're Better Together pushing each other and so saying the 136 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:20,160 right things, focusing. I think having them if I'm 137 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:24,520 coach, having them in separate races this weekend net good for 138 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:27,400 the entire group and for them probably individually this 139 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:31,760 season, but looked great. Let's go to the no major 140 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:33,200 surprise, yeah. No major surprise. 141 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:35,880 Women's 400. Aaliyah Butler. 142 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:39,560 Did not listen to my suggestion of taking it easy the 1st 300 143 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:41,000 meters and practice closing it down. 144 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:45,360 Yeah, maybe you go do that another like domestic smaller 145 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:50,520 meat that has lower stakes, but for the win 4993 only woman 146 00:07:50,520 --> 00:07:54,440 under 50 seconds and then. She had a full half second plus 147 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:57,000 lead at 200 meters. Yeah, just established from the 148 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:59,600 very beginning I'm the alpha in this field. 149 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:01,800 I'm. It's mine to lose. 150 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:06,600 And in fairness, her last 100, Alexis always was coming back. 151 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:11,760 Yes, like she felt that the the monkey jumped on her back a 152 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:14,880 little bit. But she had worked up a big 153 00:08:14,880 --> 00:08:18,200 enough lead and it's just so fit that at the end of the day, job 154 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:22,160 done, national title secured. First national title for Aaliyah 155 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:25,680 Butler Men's 400. This one, a little bit of 156 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:30,480 controversy because initially Justin Robinson had run a 157 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:34,960 personal best to cross the finish line first, was declared 158 00:08:34,960 --> 00:08:37,280 the winner. They even like, I think they 159 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:38,679 announced him and celebrated him. 160 00:08:38,679 --> 00:08:43,000 And then they come over the PA no more than 510 minutes later 161 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:47,520 and they announced that he had been dequeued and it was due to 162 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:49,600 a lane infringement and Chris Bailey. 163 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:51,600 You booed. Oh, I booed. 164 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:53,880 You had a DQID. Q And I booed, yeah. 165 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:56,160 I was like, I mean, we're celebrating this guy. 166 00:08:56,520 --> 00:08:58,240 I was pumped. It was a really feel good. 167 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:00,880 It was win. I mean, he's had some success 168 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:05,880 unsponsored on relays. I mean, he just he was so good 169 00:09:05,880 --> 00:09:09,280 as a teenager and I feel like just kind of stagnated there for 170 00:09:09,280 --> 00:09:12,160 a few years and this just felt like a big breakthrough. 171 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:16,960 And it just like a guy who through Arizona State has just 172 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:22,160 been putting it away, just like running solid races year in and 173 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:25,480 year out, a very key contributor on many relays. 174 00:09:25,640 --> 00:09:28,000 But like, this was his moment. It was like, this is what off 175 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:29,400 years are all about. Yeah. 176 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:33,880 And then take it away from us. Unfortunate Chris Bailey ends up 177 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:35,920 being the winner. You don't want to win like that 178 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:39,360 either. No, Like Chris, I can't imagine. 179 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:41,760 Feels great about that in this moment. 180 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:45,440 But yeah, a win's a win, but it's like a weird win. 181 00:09:45,760 --> 00:09:48,320 Yeah, so world I don't already said in the mix zone. 182 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:50,680 I'm sure it's. Complicated world Ender champion 183 00:09:50,680 --> 00:09:53,680 last year, now US champion this year. 184 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:59,680 So that's the men's 400 bringing us to the next final, which was 185 00:09:59,680 --> 00:10:03,440 the women's steeple chase. Where the prediction, I think 186 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:06,520 that was thrown out there on the preview podcast was that the 187 00:10:06,520 --> 00:10:09,560 fastest time by an American would be run here at this race. 188 00:10:09,560 --> 00:10:11,960 And there was a point where it looked like they were going to, 189 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:13,560 I think Mac at one point called out. 190 00:10:13,560 --> 00:10:15,640 I don't know if we were just doing our own math, they looked 191 00:10:15,640 --> 00:10:17,880 like they were on like nine O 7 pace or something like that. 192 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:23,960 But it ended up being Lexy Halladay taking it from AK out 193 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:30,160 and got the victory 912 back-to-back national titles for 194 00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:33,120 her. Someone did chime in on the 195 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:36,160 comments section on one of the podcasts on Spotify and said 196 00:10:36,160 --> 00:10:43,320 that last year she was someone who announced her pro signing at 197 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:47,040 the championships and then went on to win it all. 198 00:10:47,040 --> 00:10:50,920 So. So she's the the Kyle the the 199 00:10:50,920 --> 00:10:54,000 the pro announcement, curse breaker and adds another 200 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:56,640 national title here. Gabbi Jennings just took that 201 00:10:56,640 --> 00:10:59,280 from the beginning and. A lot of time up in the front, 202 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:00,960 yeah. I kind of just appreciate like, 203 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:04,480 it was the middle of the day steeple change. 204 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:06,480 Yeah. And like the whole joke people 205 00:11:06,480 --> 00:11:08,720 make about like, at least you get to cool off in the water. 206 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:09,840 Yeah. Bad joke. 207 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:13,040 Still hot as hell. So the fact that in the middle 208 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:18,800 of the day, on not a calm day wind wise, like there was wind 209 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:21,000 that Gabby just went to the front, kept it honest, wind up 210 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:25,160 getting some PBS and season best out of this entire field because 211 00:11:25,160 --> 00:11:26,720 of it. Unfortunately, at some point 212 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:31,360 Lexi just decided to take over. We were rooting hard for Emma 213 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:35,440 Coburn in this one and all Things considered, a really good 214 00:11:35,440 --> 00:11:38,760 return to the national championships, like after, you 215 00:11:38,760 --> 00:11:41,800 know, the last couple years having been a little bit rough, 216 00:11:42,080 --> 00:11:46,880 but now fully back and just good to see her back in action. 217 00:11:46,920 --> 00:11:49,560 We had Emma's army in full force wearing. 218 00:11:49,560 --> 00:11:51,160 Our young. Heads there were. 219 00:11:51,160 --> 00:11:54,120 Fatheads there was. Who else was there? 220 00:11:54,120 --> 00:11:59,760 It was we had, yeah, I mean, we had, we, we had cheers, all that 221 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:00,760 kind of stuff. So. 222 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:05,440 Quick tangent, I know we normally leave throws to Paul. 223 00:12:05,640 --> 00:12:08,000 Paul Yeah, But when we're talking about the. 224 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:11,720 Loudest Thompson The. Loudest moment of the day, in 225 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:14,800 fairness, maybe was the javelin, yes, So we're down. 226 00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:19,640 Curtis Thompson was leading going into the final throws and 227 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:25,320 at the last moment Jordan Davis absolutely from launches 1. 228 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:29,200 From Georgia, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. 70 So I think 229 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:33,160 it they were like the 70 they were like 77 was the lead at the 230 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:36,840 time. And then he tossed it 8236 and 231 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:38,720 the crowd went nuts. He went nuts. 232 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:43,640 It was so electric in there. Moments later, Curtis Thompson 233 00:12:43,640 --> 00:12:45,840 stepped up. I was looking at the flags 234 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:48,480 because I was like, if it's windy, this thing's going to 235 00:12:48,560 --> 00:12:53,960 fly, yeah. So reminder to running fans, it, 236 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:59,320 you know, about airplanes, headwind is good in the javelin 237 00:12:59,560 --> 00:13:04,240 and so it was a strong headwind. Curtis Thompson, I think he's 238 00:13:04,240 --> 00:13:08,000 made 12 Olympic teams, something like that, something like that 239 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:11,200 anyway. It wasn't even a question. 240 00:13:11,760 --> 00:13:17,480 87.59. I mean he improved by a full 10 241 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:21,640 meters over his previous best in the series. 242 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:23,480 The crowd went nuts. Crowd went nuts. 243 00:13:23,480 --> 00:13:26,080 That was like one of the best moments of the day. 244 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:32,280 So for a moment we were back to being big throws guys we had. 245 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:36,200 Oh, and Speaking of clutch, also women's pole vault, same exact 246 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:39,000 thing sort of happened. Sandi Morris, who has been 247 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:43,040 unsponsored this season, clutched up at the very end, 248 00:13:43,040 --> 00:13:47,960 cleared 490, got the victory over Emily Grove And it's just 249 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:49,400 like, really good to see her back. 250 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:55,120 Yeah, and the crowd was really into that as well, so. 251 00:13:56,280 --> 00:13:59,120 So we touched on women's steeple. 400 hurdles. 252 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:02,680 We saw first rounds. No major surprises, No, I would 253 00:14:02,680 --> 00:14:09,160 say Is this a battle between Caleb Dean and Chris Robinson? 254 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:12,120 Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. Cuz like, we're not, we don't 255 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:15,440 have rye. We don't have Trevor Bassett. 256 00:14:15,440 --> 00:14:19,640 Which Speaking of, Congrats to Trevor Bassett and his wife 257 00:14:19,640 --> 00:14:22,680 Harley. They're expecting a baby girl. 258 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:27,080 Excited. Great video of the, the, the 259 00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:29,320 gender reveal. They had like a star-studded 260 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:33,400 cast of like Anna Hall, Mike Holloway, Clair Bryant, like all 261 00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:34,560 the games. That wasn't AI. 262 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:38,000 No, it wasn't AI. They were all making their their 263 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:42,360 guesses and so Congrats to to Trevor and Harley. 264 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:45,760 But yeah, no, it's Caleb Dean and honestly, like I want to see 265 00:14:46,280 --> 00:14:48,680 what kind of race Caleb goes for cuz like. 266 00:14:49,240 --> 00:14:51,720 Well, Chris Robinson kind of has a very similar style as well. 267 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:53,040 They. Go next next to each. 268 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:56,560 Other they both just send it, yeah, and then hope to hold on. 269 00:14:56,920 --> 00:14:58,680 So it'll be a battle of who can hold on. 270 00:14:58,840 --> 00:15:02,280 Yeah, All right, so the fastest time of the day today was Caleb 271 00:15:02,280 --> 00:15:06,640 Dean's 4847. Almost a half second over the 272 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:11,680 next fastest guy women shot put another national title for Chase 273 00:15:11,680 --> 00:15:16,840 Jackson 2055 way ahead of of 2nd place and. 274 00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:20,840 Women's 400 hurdles. I mean, the winner's going to 275 00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:23,400 come out of some combination of Anna Cockrell, Shamir Little or 276 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:24,760 Delilah Mohammed, I think right now. 277 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:27,760 Like right? Yeah, I mean, Anna looked great. 278 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:31,240 Anna just has this tendency as the season goes, just really 279 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:35,280 finding her rhythm. And it's it has been found. 280 00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:39,120 Delilah Mohammed has the crowd behind me, though the Queen's 281 00:15:39,120 --> 00:15:40,840 native. I mean, she walked here 282 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:42,680 probably. But yeah, she stayed. 283 00:15:43,160 --> 00:15:45,960 She stayed with her family. Yeah. 284 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:49,560 So, Anna Shamir Delilah. The The fact that Delilah came 285 00:15:49,560 --> 00:15:53,040 back still running US championships is so cool. 286 00:15:53,840 --> 00:15:56,080 This must be what it. It is and then like it all kind 287 00:15:56,080 --> 00:15:57,640 of like. In New York. 288 00:15:58,080 --> 00:16:02,200 It played out perfectly where like in a way, the car, the 289 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:03,400 stars align. Are you all right? 290 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:07,040 I actually lost my voice from yeah like a little bit today. 291 00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:10,360 Taken aback by the Delilah. Win I'm so I'm getting emotional 292 00:16:10,360 --> 00:16:11,840 I. Can't believe it. 293 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:14,600 I can't believe she's. Back it's like playing with this 294 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:17,640 is like playing with LeBron for some of these athletes so they 295 00:16:17,640 --> 00:16:20,800 have like Delilah, OK you're like Oh my, I used to look up to 296 00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:23,280 you I used. I was running New Balance 297 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:25,280 nationals when you set the world record. 298 00:16:26,840 --> 00:16:29,320 Yeah. Like, well, So what I'm saying 299 00:16:29,320 --> 00:16:31,800 is the stars align for Delilah, where, like, she contemplated 300 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:34,440 retirement, basically was fully going into retirement. 301 00:16:34,440 --> 00:16:39,400 Had a little bit of a farewell tour last year, then Sydney wins 302 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:44,560 the gold medal in the 400 it gets pregnant is missing 2025. 303 00:16:44,840 --> 00:16:47,360 So now you're like OK, she's for sure out of the 400 hurdles. 304 00:16:47,560 --> 00:16:53,240 Then Femka decides, hey, I'm leaving the 400 hurdles too, so 305 00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:54,640 peace out. And you're like, all right, 306 00:16:54,640 --> 00:16:57,840 well, at least two medals just moved, moved out of the way. 307 00:16:57,840 --> 00:17:02,240 And so if you're Delilah and you go to the world Ultimate champs 308 00:17:02,280 --> 00:17:06,319 and you win the world ultimate champs, do you do you retire as? 309 00:17:06,319 --> 00:17:09,000 No. The first world ultimate champ. 310 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:11,319 Like she'd make history as the first person to hold the world 311 00:17:11,319 --> 00:17:13,079 record. The Olympic gold medal, ultimate 312 00:17:13,079 --> 00:17:15,319 champion. Look, we're populated at this 313 00:17:15,359 --> 00:17:17,280 point. We're going to LA Like we can 314 00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:19,079 keep pretending we're taking this day by day. 315 00:17:19,119 --> 00:17:21,119 Yeah, we're going to LA. Yeah. 316 00:17:21,119 --> 00:17:24,720 So I think it's it's awesome. It's a great story. 317 00:17:24,839 --> 00:17:27,200 And I think mentally you probably have to take it day by 318 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:27,920 day. Yeah. 319 00:17:28,079 --> 00:17:31,480 We're like meet season by season, but there's no way you 320 00:17:31,480 --> 00:17:36,520 finish up 2026 potentially with the US title, potentially with 321 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:39,840 the world Ultimate Championship like podium or something like 322 00:17:40,120 --> 00:17:43,520 maybe a win, who knows? And then say I'm done, like 323 00:17:43,560 --> 00:17:45,520 you're going to your your home Olympics. 324 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:46,880 Let's go with the prediction then. 325 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:58,160 Who you taking in this final? I I just feel like Anna is is 326 00:17:58,840 --> 00:18:03,400 finding it like what is needed I think like Delilah doesn't. 327 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:06,880 Miss. But I feel like Anna has the 328 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:09,160 higher ceiling right now, if that's fair. 329 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:12,600 Like if you tell me the winning time is, you know, something 330 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:15,160 crazy, I'm going to say, OK, Anna won. 331 00:18:16,640 --> 00:18:18,600 But. Some of these times have been 332 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:21,400 slower. This thing gets tactical. 333 00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:24,560 Yeah. My pick would probably be Anna, 334 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:28,040 but not nothing against Anna, just obviously the story of it 335 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:30,000 all. We'll be rooting for Jalila and 336 00:18:30,120 --> 00:18:31,800 we'll be very excited if she pulls it off. 337 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:35,080 Part of me misses that Jasmine and wishes Jasmine Jones was in 338 00:18:35,080 --> 00:18:38,600 this field because it would have made that showdown a little bit 339 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:42,880 more interesting. But it seems to me, I think that 340 00:18:43,960 --> 00:18:47,920 that whole training group has opted to kind of stay in 341 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:51,080 training. So I'll I'll keep it 342 00:18:51,080 --> 00:18:52,640 interesting. So we each have a different dog 343 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:55,400 in the fight. You can go and I'll go Delilah, 344 00:18:55,400 --> 00:19:00,120 sticking with your local my local Queens compatriot. 345 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:02,360 So we've forgotten the men's steeple chase. 346 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:05,080 The men's steeple chase, Yes. Oh, thrilling finish. 347 00:19:05,360 --> 00:19:06,800 Crazy race. Yeah. 348 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:11,480 So for the folks who may not be as familiar with Nate Mountain, 349 00:19:11,480 --> 00:19:13,560 why don't you brief him a little bit on on some of his 350 00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:15,360 background? Yeah, I mean, Nate Mountain is 351 00:19:15,360 --> 00:19:18,040 like a true steeple chaser out of UVA. 352 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:21,320 He ran and one of the fastest, I think it was the world lead when 353 00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:23,480 he did it in April earlier this season. 354 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:27,560 Now running with Hoka, but there were 5-6 guys of them at the 355 00:19:27,560 --> 00:19:29,280 bell. It was a pretty honest race, 356 00:19:29,280 --> 00:19:31,520 too. I mean, Nate ultimately won in 357 00:19:31,520 --> 00:19:36,680 813, but there's just so much depth right now in the US men's 358 00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:41,080 steeple that in an honest race, you can have 5-6 guys with a lap 359 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:45,120 to go still together. And so you had Carson Williams 360 00:19:45,120 --> 00:19:48,880 there, Duncan Hamilton, Daniel Makowski, and I want to say 361 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:50,960 Parker Stokes and Cooper Katha were still there. 362 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:53,360 James Corrigan was still breathing down the neck like it 363 00:19:53,360 --> 00:19:56,200 was, it was very, very competitive. 364 00:19:56,520 --> 00:20:00,080 But the the moment was on the final barrier. 365 00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:04,360 Nate looks like he's got it. He looks like he's gotten the 366 00:20:04,360 --> 00:20:09,280 best legs. Just his toe tapped the barrier. 367 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:11,960 Let's let's tell the folks what we were doing. 368 00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:16,560 Yeah, we were doing something. We were trying to so, so there 369 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:19,160 weren't as many team New Balance athletes competing today. 370 00:20:19,160 --> 00:20:22,760 So like we still wanted to like lose our minds and stands. 371 00:20:23,120 --> 00:20:26,480 And so at one point during the men's steeple and the women's 372 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:32,400 steeple, we just started doing like the like when they clear 373 00:20:32,520 --> 00:20:35,600 the the barrier and. Finally, breathe. 374 00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:38,880 Yeah. And so we were doing that each 375 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:40,600 time. And when we did it for the men's 376 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:43,240 rage, we're like, OK, this is the one that they're the most 377 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:45,080 tired for right at the very end of the race. 378 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:49,880 Like if we get a crash out, it's going to happen here and nearly. 379 00:20:49,880 --> 00:20:51,840 Happened it was, so he recovered. 380 00:20:51,840 --> 00:20:54,440 Nathan Madden. Brilliantly, he didn't go down, 381 00:20:54,640 --> 00:20:59,240 but he stumbled, got up and just barely held off Carson Williams. 382 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:03,720 Big PB for him. I think it was 817 from Monaco. 383 00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:05,120 Earlier this season for Carson Williams. 384 00:21:05,120 --> 00:21:06,600 Yeah, for Carson. Williams yeah, actually shout 385 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:10,200 out to someone I think in our Spotify or in our Instagram DMS, 386 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:13,120 like said, you know, messaged us and said like, hey, like look 387 00:21:13,120 --> 00:21:14,880 out for Carson Williams. You guys didn't talk about him 388 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:17,240 at all in the first round, but he. 389 00:21:17,760 --> 00:21:21,400 Had been 23rd at NCAA's last year. 390 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:25,120 Currently unattached. Is he with the bandit? 391 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:28,600 That's a good question. I thought he might have saw All 392 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:31,560 Blacks maybe. Maybe it was just a homemade 393 00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:33,760 black singlet. Could have been that. 394 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:38,000 But yeah, great race for him. Hopefully he gets picked up off 395 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:38,880 of this. Yep. 396 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:42,600 And then you also, yeah, I mean, here's the thing with the men's 397 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:45,120 people is just sort of like we have a rotating cast right now, 398 00:21:45,120 --> 00:21:47,280 potential contenders of people who can make these teams. 399 00:21:47,280 --> 00:21:50,720 Like I if you told me to make my picks for three guys who'll make 400 00:21:50,760 --> 00:21:53,480 the team in Beijing next year, I have no idea who I would pick. 401 00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:59,160 Right now, wide open. So it's a it's a event prime for 402 00:21:59,160 --> 00:22:03,400 some turnover in young Town to really establish themselves. 403 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:05,680 All right, time for some 1500. Meters. 404 00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:08,280 Let's do 100m hurdles. Oh, yeah, Let's start with that 405 00:22:08,280 --> 00:22:11,240 because like, basically, like you said, same thing that 406 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:13,640 happened in London. It's sort of like we want to. 407 00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:16,000 Well, when they built this schedule, they probably thought 408 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:19,640 that Messiah Russell was going to run here and. 409 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:22,480 Imagine a world in which Messiah like breaks the world record as 410 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:25,160 the last event of the day and be perfect. 411 00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:28,960 Mamdani would have been like, I wish I would have stayed longer 412 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:30,640 so. We got to find out if he bought 413 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:33,640 his tickets or if he only buys his Knicks tickets. 414 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:36,640 Yeah, yeah. He didn't make a trip through 415 00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:39,440 the mix zone. I was waiting for an opportunity 416 00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:44,600 for our mix zone team to ask him one of those question like that 417 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:48,280 or just the the Robert Johnson from Let's Run interaction with 418 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:51,040 Mumdani. But we did text Robert and he 419 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:52,720 was pretty amp. He's like, he's like, I didn't 420 00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:54,840 see him, but I heard the crowd so. 421 00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:57,560 They heard him in the Bronx. They heard him in the Bronx. 422 00:22:58,520 --> 00:23:01,840 All right, women's under hurdles when we were Speaking of 423 00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:04,280 unsponsored project. Big win for them here because 424 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:07,480 Alia Armstrong has been unsponsored the last two years. 425 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:11,000 I think, yeah. And Alia was great out of LSU, 426 00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:15,840 really great college career and has just been consistently doing 427 00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:18,320 really well. Just kind of like on that cusp 428 00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:21,000 of always getting into diamond leagues or like winning 429 00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:24,920 continental gold races. And she's just been really 430 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:27,880 consistent in that 12 three 12412 five range. 431 00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:31,760 So this is a great win for her. Also. 432 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:36,120 I mean, she had a moment earlier this year in which there was 433 00:23:36,120 --> 00:23:39,480 like a short ban because she was taking acne medication, acne 434 00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:43,320 medication and I'm I'm sure was like super hard on herself for 435 00:23:43,320 --> 00:23:45,480 that is like that's an honest mistake. 436 00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:47,280 Things happen sometimes like that. 437 00:23:47,360 --> 00:23:50,960 I get passes on because we, yeah, I give passes in certain 438 00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:52,720 situations. I gave her pass on that. 439 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:56,480 And so for her to come out and triumph in that, this is what 440 00:23:56,480 --> 00:23:58,880 not having Messiah here does, is they create these other 441 00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:02,400 timelines where an unsponsored athlete who's been fighting on 442 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:06,600 the circuit hard to get into the races, get the opportunities to 443 00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:09,760 just show what she's capable of. It's awesome. 444 00:24:10,360 --> 00:24:12,240 Yeah, I'm looking at it right now and it looks like Alia 445 00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:16,000 Armstrong, Alicia Johnson and Rania Jones are four of the top 446 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:20,040 three of the top four and they're all unsponsored with a 447 00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:23,800 no footwear or apparel company. Tara Davis Woodhall ends up in 448 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:25,280 3rd place. So the Olympic long term 449 00:24:25,280 --> 00:24:28,920 champion holding her own where like you made an observation 450 00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:32,360 where you're thinking like, does she like go too high over the 451 00:24:32,360 --> 00:24:35,160 hurdles? Yeah, I, I mean, she's 452 00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:41,480 definitely just a little bit like she she doesn't she she 453 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:43,080 jumps, I don't know, like it seemed. 454 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:46,440 And she's so athletic. It's like I would love to see 455 00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:49,400 her in a heptathlon. She can do anything. 456 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:54,560 It's like, I mean, I guess jumping makes sense now that I 457 00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:58,000 think about it. That's on brand. 458 00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:01,760 But just the fact that she is taking the opportunity to come 459 00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:04,960 out and off the year, have some fun, enjoy it, crowd loved it. 460 00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:07,360 I mean. It's not at the point yet where. 461 00:25:07,360 --> 00:25:10,920 Like it can quit like, yeah. Where they, I think at one point 462 00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:13,960 floated the after the pre classic press conference coming 463 00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:16,080 off the LA Grand Prix performance. 464 00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:18,960 It's like, hey, like if they approach you, would you want the 465 00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:22,400 schedule changed for LA to accommodate a long jump 100 466 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:24,800 hurdles double? It's like today doesn't 467 00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:27,440 necessarily prove to me that we're at the point of having to 468 00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:33,040 consider that sort of adjustment quite yet, but this is, I mean, 469 00:25:34,120 --> 00:25:36,920 a podium at AUS Championship. It's fun, it's good for her, 470 00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:39,960 it's good fun. Now the 1500s. 471 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:42,440 Should we bring Mac in? Mac and chat with us. 472 00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:45,360 Yeah, he wants to. Chime in 15 hundreds come on in 473 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:52,040 bud all right so the. Men's 1500 was first and. 474 00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:55,320 Going out in an absolute jog fest, yeah. 475 00:25:55,360 --> 00:26:01,200 And whereas 10K, look, there's some mixed feelings about a 476 00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:05,440 tactical 10K, I get that it's a long time to be tactical. 477 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:09,440 So first lap was 68 I think was the slowest. 478 00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:12,680 All right, here's my thing about a tactical 10K tangent. 479 00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:17,400 It's not tactical if you just jog the entire time and then 480 00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:19,240 Sprint. That is not a tactic. 481 00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:24,840 A tactic is surging, making moves, different people, taking 482 00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:26,600 the lead. That is tactical. 483 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:30,200 Yeah, in a 10K. If not, you're just doing a 9600 484 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:34,200 warm up and then a final four. Yeah, that's that's a little bit 485 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:38,200 different, but a tactical 1500, if it's slow, it's tactical. 486 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:42,480 The bar is lower, but all right, so they started jogging. 487 00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:44,320 And we were cheering for it. Nuts. 488 00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:46,280 Yeah. About Mac, I think you started 489 00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:48,480 the slow it down chant. Yeah. 490 00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:51,280 You know, we were trying to bring some like good baseball, 491 00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:54,480 football, you know, crowd energy, I think, to the stadium. 492 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:59,200 So we had to, you know, slow it down, you know, some of those, 493 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:02,120 some other slower. It went over well, I think. 494 00:27:02,120 --> 00:27:03,520 I think it went over I, you know, I hope. 495 00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:07,920 That. Not to toot our own horns, but. 496 00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:10,600 Toot our own horns. I like to think that our section 497 00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:13,400 had a little bit of an effect, an energy effect on the crowd 498 00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:15,720 around us because we were excited. 499 00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:19,760 We're track and field fans. But yeah, no, they, they decided 500 00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:22,200 to walk off the line and for fifteens, like Kyle was saying, 501 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:24,360 for fifteens, that that's just incredibly exciting. 502 00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:28,320 For 10 KS, not so much. But yeah, they walked off the 503 00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:34,480 line and yeah, really. And yes, going out hard can be a 504 00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:37,080 tactic. And we use the term, you know, 505 00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:40,120 it got tactful when they run slower. 506 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:42,760 But yeah, Nathan, Nathan made the right move. 507 00:27:43,120 --> 00:27:48,080 So then at 800 they come through in like 215 and Nathan at that 508 00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:50,840 point slots into second. So he was taking this thing from 509 00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:53,240 the front. So my early pick, which didn't 510 00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:55,640 age well, was Joe Wascombe. I thought it was going to be 511 00:27:56,080 --> 00:27:58,400 relatively honest race. I like the way he looked the 512 00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:02,000 other day, but I think when we were having conversations about 513 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:05,640 what we might see in the in different, we were saying like 514 00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:07,600 if it's a 339 race, this person wins. 515 00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:09,360 If it's 336, race this person. Wins. 516 00:28:09,360 --> 00:28:11,640 We didn't run this scenario for a 350 race. 517 00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:14,960 We did say if it was slow and I think a lot of us felt Nate 518 00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:19,040 would excel in a slow race. I mean, we know he's got a good 519 00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:25,360 800 wheels and the thing about I changed my pick from Joe to Nate 520 00:28:25,360 --> 00:28:28,400 with forge meters to go a little late to be picking some live 521 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:32,480 betting, but he had the rail, yeah, and everyone was capable 522 00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:36,000 of running a 51 second last lap. And so whoever is going to win 523 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:39,240 is the guy who's in first and running on the rail. 524 00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:41,160 He didn't have to do anything extra. 525 00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:42,880 Hole looked dangerous for a little bit. 526 00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:48,080 He did look dangerous and he didn't have it in him today, but 527 00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:51,520 the one mistake Nate could have possibly made was if he would 528 00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:54,960 have swung wide off the rail and he didn't do that, so there was 529 00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:57,320 no room for anyone to come in and sneak by him. 530 00:28:57,840 --> 00:29:03,360 Yeah, Vinciotti was fighting for that, fighting for the win 531 00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:05,360 there, and it just stayed second. 532 00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:08,040 Think of the races that Vince has been training for this 533 00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:10,800 season and primarily Diamond Leagues, which have been going 534 00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:14,520 out in 150 through 800 and how different of a race this was. 535 00:29:15,240 --> 00:29:18,120 And it's just like Vince is kind of in a tough spot because he's 536 00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:21,480 not used to front running. I mean, he had his LA Grand Prix 537 00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:24,840 1500 meter win at the beginning of the outdoor season and you're 538 00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:27,160 kind of thinking like that's his best shot, but that certainly 539 00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:30,000 wasn't a three fifty 1500 meter race. 540 00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:33,600 So. And like Reinhard, Harrison was 541 00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:34,920 third. Right and it but. 542 00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:38,800 You you leave anyone and. You leave it open and it's I've 543 00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:40,800 been like Kyle said, I mean, that's kind of been my shtick 544 00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:43,160 over the last few years. Is like the rail is the shortest 545 00:29:43,160 --> 00:29:46,160 way around the track. Like lane #2 I will say this a 546 00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:54,120 million times until I die. Lane #2 is lane 2 is, is 7 547 00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:57,360 meters further from from from line to line. 548 00:29:57,520 --> 00:29:59,800 It's 7 meters further. And think about that one through 549 00:29:59,800 --> 00:30:02,400 9 all ran 350. They all ran within point feet 550 00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:06,000 of each other. 7 meters is that entire length. 551 00:30:06,160 --> 00:30:08,920 Like if you if you're running 7 meters less, you're you're 552 00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:12,520 finishing first instead of 9th. That is like, and that's how 553 00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:14,880 important the rail is in races like this where everyone has 554 00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:19,120 extremely similar top end speed over the last 400 meters. 555 00:30:19,120 --> 00:30:21,960 So yeah, Nathan, Nathan taking control, sticking to the rail 556 00:30:21,960 --> 00:30:23,240 and make sure no one went around him. 557 00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:25,080 Like it's really hard to do. Really impressive. 558 00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:28,840 And and Congrats to him. Gary made a big move at the 559 00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:30,480 going into that bell lap as well. 560 00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:34,680 Yeah. And and look again, it's it's 561 00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:37,320 just a crap shoot at that point because you got to get around 562 00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:41,280 all those guys too. If I'm Gary, which it look, 563 00:30:41,280 --> 00:30:44,960 it's, it's a solid race for him. It doesn't It's it's, I would 564 00:30:44,960 --> 00:30:48,160 say it's like AB, it's kind of like B plus like it's what you 565 00:30:48,160 --> 00:30:52,840 expect. I think that is a great learning 566 00:30:52,840 --> 00:30:55,920 experience for a lot of these guys because you have now 567 00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:59,080 learned back to your point. And this is something that Josh 568 00:30:59,320 --> 00:31:02,760 had talked about a bit about his world record was like, no, now 569 00:31:02,760 --> 00:31:05,760 I'm learning to, like, run a rhythm rather than tactical and 570 00:31:05,760 --> 00:31:07,960 like shifting gears. And that, like, reflects in the 571 00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:12,200 type of training you're doing. A guy like Vince, who is running 572 00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:14,720 diamond leagues all the time, Yeah, you're just settling in 573 00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:18,480 behind a rabbit and going, this is a totally different beast. 574 00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:21,920 And now you think about the way you approach things differently 575 00:31:21,920 --> 00:31:24,560 in championship years. Don't get caught up in the idea 576 00:31:24,560 --> 00:31:26,320 of just getting behind rabbits. It's about. 577 00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:32,720 How how do some of these guys Kyle get winning becomes a habit 578 00:31:32,960 --> 00:31:36,400 Nathan Green has one more races than than a lot of these guys 579 00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:39,720 this over the last year or two. How do some of these guys that 580 00:31:39,720 --> 00:31:42,240 are in this like weird kind of zone where they're not winning 581 00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:46,120 Diamond leagues? Yeah, how do they how does that 582 00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:49,440 habit, how do they get. That habit, I made this analogy. 583 00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:54,480 So there's two ways to practice. One run 8 hundreds. 584 00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:58,480 It's the best way to replicate the end of a 1500 in a 585 00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:02,280 championship without having to run championship 1500s, which 586 00:32:02,280 --> 00:32:05,280 you only get the opportunity maybe once a year, maybe twice a 587 00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:07,560 year. And so you have to go and run 8 588 00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:08,920 hundreds. You can do it regularly. 589 00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:12,040 It's part of the training block and you can figure out the way 590 00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:16,360 of navigating a field at top end speeds. 591 00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:18,800 That's the first thing. Second thing, though, Mac is I 592 00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:23,720 used to always use an analogy of a boxer, which is before you get 593 00:32:23,720 --> 00:32:26,560 that title fight, you have to like work your way up to 594 00:32:26,560 --> 00:32:30,480 thinking you have the to the the right to even be in the title 595 00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:32,920 fight. And just because you are getting 596 00:32:32,920 --> 00:32:37,240 that last second call to go to a Diamond League and be in it, to 597 00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:41,560 maybe come in 12th place with APB, doesn't mean you should 598 00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:43,400 accept it. Sometimes the right move is to 599 00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:47,160 go to a little race in Belgium, race guys have similar ability 600 00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:50,960 and win and come away with a head on your shoulders that no 601 00:32:50,960 --> 00:32:53,600 longer fits on it. Like that's the mood. 602 00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:56,600 Like you need to just get that ego. 603 00:32:56,880 --> 00:32:59,960 And it's really hard to walk away from a Diamond League race 604 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:03,240 even if you PB. But if so many guys beat you to 605 00:33:03,240 --> 00:33:05,480 say no, I deserve to win the championship. 606 00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:10,640 Yeah, so that's your case for going to the B tier like 607 00:33:10,760 --> 00:33:13,560 European meets post COP? And that's, and I like, I'm 608 00:33:13,560 --> 00:33:17,920 thinking that for someone like Vince, someone like Gary, a few 609 00:33:17,920 --> 00:33:19,440 other guys. They need that. 610 00:33:19,440 --> 00:33:21,400 They're missing those reps. I think they're missing those 611 00:33:21,440 --> 00:33:23,960 reps They can run really fast. There's no like no one has any 612 00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:28,240 doubt that Vince or Gary can just like run a just a crazy 613 00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:31,680 fire 1500. But yeah, it's it's that habit 614 00:33:31,680 --> 00:33:33,200 of winning. And I know we'll move on to the 615 00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:37,160 women's 15, but like we see the same thing there where it 616 00:33:37,160 --> 00:33:39,720 becomes like second nature. It's muscle memory. 617 00:33:39,760 --> 00:33:42,240 Like once you get to 100 meters to go, you're familiar with what 618 00:33:42,240 --> 00:33:45,000 that last 100 meters is like when you are going to win. 619 00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:47,960 And that's something that you start expecting of yourself. 620 00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:51,000 You, you, when you start winning races, you're like, oh, I'm 621 00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:51,960 going to. Beat you. 622 00:33:52,040 --> 00:33:54,520 Yeah, yeah. It's it when you're getting 2nd, 623 00:33:54,520 --> 00:33:58,680 3rd, 4th, 6th, you don't have that mindset when you get to the 624 00:33:58,680 --> 00:34:03,680 start line or 100 meters to go. So now question national title 625 00:34:03,680 --> 00:34:06,280 for Nathan Green. What is it do you want to see 626 00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:07,800 from him in a different style of race? 627 00:34:07,800 --> 00:34:13,080 Because he's proven himself as a, you know, tremendous kicker 628 00:34:13,080 --> 00:34:17,679 when it's a slow race. But like set like when you add 629 00:34:17,679 --> 00:34:19,960 this to your resume, you'll get the invitation to some of these 630 00:34:20,040 --> 00:34:22,080 diamond leagues later on in the season. 631 00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:24,280 Like what would you like to see from him in some of those races? 632 00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:26,199 I mean. When he's up against Yard again 633 00:34:26,440 --> 00:34:30,280 and Cole. Nate has run 348 OH. 634 00:34:31,120 --> 00:34:36,280 Yeah. He is AUS champion, he is a he 635 00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:40,800 is consistently been a guy to watch now in every race he's in 636 00:34:40,840 --> 00:34:44,679 for a few years. For him, you you need to get 637 00:34:44,679 --> 00:34:49,880 strong and continue to build up that ability to do rounds and 638 00:34:49,880 --> 00:34:52,760 make sure that you get through the rounds with no issues. 639 00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:55,920 Because it's a big difference between whatever the hell this 640 00:34:55,920 --> 00:35:02,440 prelim was here and a prelim and semi final at a World 641 00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:05,440 Championships or an Olympics. Because a semi final at an 642 00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:09,240 Olympics or World Championships is the hardest race you will 643 00:35:09,240 --> 00:35:12,360 ever run. And he's got to be really, 644 00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:15,040 really strong and able and be able to handle that. 645 00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:15,840 I. Was going to say something. 646 00:35:15,840 --> 00:35:17,800 I was identically, I'm going to see him like emotionally 647 00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:20,960 developed to handle rounds like. That I love when Mac agrees with 648 00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:23,120 me and when he's shaking his head Yes, yes. 649 00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:27,040 Because because like, I don't know from, I don't know Nate 650 00:35:27,040 --> 00:35:30,560 that well, but he he but it's really up for these races. 651 00:35:30,560 --> 00:35:33,200 He's a bulldog. Yeah, he real peaks and valleys 652 00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:34,200 type of runner. Yeah. 653 00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:39,560 And we know his top end is there that to make US teams 654 00:35:39,560 --> 00:35:41,840 consistently. And I think part of that is 655 00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:43,880 exactly what Kyle is saying is he just got to be able to manage 656 00:35:43,880 --> 00:35:45,080 the rounds. I want to see him go through 657 00:35:45,080 --> 00:35:49,120 like next year's preliminary round with like, not even the 658 00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:52,560 fake, oh, that wasn't hard. I want, I want it to emotionally 659 00:35:52,560 --> 00:35:55,320 not be difficult for him. Yeah, let's get into the final 660 00:35:55,320 --> 00:35:57,240 and have that expectation that he's going to actually make the 661 00:35:57,240 --> 00:35:58,960 team and not be so much of A like. 662 00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:01,440 Yeah. I told you so like type of 663 00:36:01,440 --> 00:36:04,360 energy. It's working for him. 664 00:36:04,360 --> 00:36:07,760 It's worked from this far. But you know, see, think of 665 00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:12,080 Cole, think of Yard, think of how they kind of have navigated 666 00:36:12,080 --> 00:36:14,600 around recently. And it's it's not necessarily 667 00:36:14,600 --> 00:36:16,960 that as they're going through the the preliminary and semi 668 00:36:16,960 --> 00:36:19,960 final rounds. I don't think his ranking is 669 00:36:20,200 --> 00:36:23,720 high enough to get him the ultimate champs right and a 350 670 00:36:24,240 --> 00:36:25,520 is not going to do you all that good. 671 00:36:25,760 --> 00:36:27,800 We were talking. About that, he's close. 672 00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:29,720 His current world ranking is 17th. 673 00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:32,760 So he's right there. I mean, he just, he just did 674 00:36:32,760 --> 00:36:35,200 great in London. Yards coming in, so yards coming 675 00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:36,080 in. But not everyone. 676 00:36:36,080 --> 00:36:38,400 'S coming out. You got to assume Seb might 677 00:36:38,600 --> 00:36:40,800 offer a spot to Josh. Yeah. 678 00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:43,240 But. That doesn't take. 679 00:36:43,240 --> 00:36:46,240 I think that's just another. Spot from the again this is this 680 00:36:46,320 --> 00:36:50,640 get on my my like my preacher. Get on it, stand. 681 00:36:50,640 --> 00:36:54,320 On it like This is why world ultimate is awesome because now 682 00:36:54,320 --> 00:36:57,280 we have if you are a Nathan Green fan and you want to see 683 00:36:57,280 --> 00:37:02,280 him get in, it is time to get on the road to ultimate website. 684 00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:05,080 Get a sense of the numbers and he needs to do in the next race 685 00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:08,920 out that he's in, have an idea of like what it actually will 686 00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:11,720 matter. The next Diamond League matters 687 00:37:11,720 --> 00:37:13,400 for him. He needs to get in it and he 688 00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:16,520 needs to place relatively well in an honest race if he's going 689 00:37:16,520 --> 00:37:18,800 to qualify. That's the Olympic Trials, and 690 00:37:18,800 --> 00:37:23,920 that exists for dozens of athletes now for the rest of the 691 00:37:23,920 --> 00:37:25,480 season. Or just interesting. 692 00:37:25,760 --> 00:37:28,320 Listen to Seduce Mac Podcast and we'll probably keep tabs on all 693 00:37:28,320 --> 00:37:31,000 the rankings and all that. Preet is right now at home in an 694 00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:33,240 excel file telling us everything that we need to know. 695 00:37:33,240 --> 00:37:34,920 Text. Meeting and ask him my yard. 696 00:37:35,200 --> 00:37:37,680 Yeah, that's yeah. All right. 697 00:37:37,680 --> 00:37:44,040 So now let's move on over to the women's 1500 meter final, which 698 00:37:45,880 --> 00:37:51,440 it was another fantastic thrilling finish where it looked 699 00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:58,800 like going into the Bell Lab, Addie Wiley 800 meter stud like 700 00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:02,080 winner of the Diamond League earlier this year, going up 701 00:38:02,080 --> 00:38:07,320 against trying to hold off Nikki Hiltz to the reigning champion. 702 00:38:07,320 --> 00:38:11,320 And Nikki just was bidding their time, bidding their time, 703 00:38:11,320 --> 00:38:13,920 bidding their time. And at one point you just turn 704 00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:18,080 to me and say, I don't think Nikki can wait that much longer 705 00:38:18,160 --> 00:38:23,040 to make a move. Yeah, I mean, look, this this 706 00:38:23,040 --> 00:38:25,560 wasn't quite the jog fest of the men's race. 707 00:38:25,920 --> 00:38:28,280 But at the beginning, we were contemplating starting to slow. 708 00:38:28,280 --> 00:38:33,160 It down it was not a fast race and you have an athlete who's 709 00:38:33,160 --> 00:38:36,320 run 156 in it. Yeah, hanging out and this is 710 00:38:36,320 --> 00:38:39,360 not just like an 800 runner who's moved up to the 1500 711 00:38:39,360 --> 00:38:41,520 runner. This is also a 359 girl. 712 00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:46,920 So if you have to beat Addie Wiley, you got to be on like in 713 00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:51,040 this situation, this is this is tactics. 714 00:38:51,040 --> 00:38:52,520 This is when are you making your move? 715 00:38:52,880 --> 00:38:56,760 And I think we kind of nailed in our preview where we all did 716 00:38:56,760 --> 00:39:00,320 pick Nikki, but we said it is not going to be easy. 717 00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:02,800 Yeah. And well after the race, Nikki 718 00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:06,160 was clearly gassed, still catching their breath. 719 00:39:06,320 --> 00:39:09,320 Yeah, yeah, I mean the crowd went nuts. 720 00:39:09,920 --> 00:39:15,520 The the trans flag was was thrown out onto to the track and 721 00:39:15,800 --> 00:39:18,280 Nikki got the chance to to celebrate with that. 722 00:39:18,480 --> 00:39:20,360 Such a shame, Mumdani. Wasn't here. 723 00:39:20,560 --> 00:39:24,120 Mamdani would have loved that. Yeah, but then Nikki. 724 00:39:24,120 --> 00:39:27,640 Would have loved it. But then when, yeah, I think it 725 00:39:27,640 --> 00:39:29,760 was Don Harper Nelson was interviewing Nikki. 726 00:39:29,760 --> 00:39:31,640 Like Nikki was still catching their breath. 727 00:39:32,320 --> 00:39:36,440 So this was a hard effort. And so, Mac, I think you did a 728 00:39:36,440 --> 00:39:39,400 good job in the stance of kind of explaining what the hell 729 00:39:39,400 --> 00:39:44,160 happened in that final 100 where like for a second it did look 730 00:39:44,160 --> 00:39:48,080 like Addie was trying to hold off Nikki. 731 00:39:48,280 --> 00:39:51,080 And at the same time, Emily Mackay was digging pretty damn 732 00:39:51,080 --> 00:39:54,600 deep and like, going to the like we saw head Bob I think towards 733 00:39:54,600 --> 00:39:58,880 the towards the end. But yeah, I mean, what? 734 00:39:59,320 --> 00:40:01,480 How did they lose the race and how did Nikki win? 735 00:40:02,240 --> 00:40:04,560 Yeah, I mean. I mean this is this is armchair 736 00:40:04,560 --> 00:40:06,080 expert here. Yeah, armchair expert. 737 00:40:06,080 --> 00:40:09,400 I, you know, this is Nikki's 10th US title, including Rd. 738 00:40:09,560 --> 00:40:12,880 Rd. races with absolutely insane stat at this point. 739 00:40:13,240 --> 00:40:19,680 I think moving up behind no, we had Jenny cause Jenny's medals. 740 00:40:19,880 --> 00:40:21,840 Well, we also, I think we had that thing earlier today. 741 00:40:21,840 --> 00:40:27,200 We, we played trivia at the, the preemie party that we threw and 742 00:40:27,960 --> 00:40:31,480 one of the questions was like who, which active athlete has 743 00:40:31,480 --> 00:40:33,920 the most US? It was outdoor titles. 744 00:40:33,920 --> 00:40:37,920 But if we consider all national titles, I think the answer, what 745 00:40:37,920 --> 00:40:41,440 was the answer Emma Coburn had? Emma Coburn has 10 in the in the 746 00:40:41,440 --> 00:40:44,880 steeplechase. And but I mean, if you consider 747 00:40:44,920 --> 00:40:46,960 indoors and all that kind of stuff, Nikki's now getting up 748 00:40:46,960 --> 00:40:49,000 there too. Yeah, I think Nikki's got 10. 749 00:40:49,480 --> 00:40:51,040 Yeah, no, that was a super fun race. 750 00:40:51,040 --> 00:40:54,600 I right away I'm like, why did Addie run the 800 yesterday? 751 00:40:55,320 --> 00:40:58,480 You know? Yeah, cuz Addie, Addie Wiley won 752 00:40:58,480 --> 00:41:02,320 her her heat yesterday in the in the 800 prelim. 753 00:41:03,360 --> 00:41:04,840 Against Heather, I think it. Was yeah. 754 00:41:04,840 --> 00:41:08,320 So that was like, we do kind of think about that a little bit 755 00:41:08,320 --> 00:41:10,960 and then and then just like what's left in the legs for that 756 00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:14,160 final lap today. But yeah, Addie definitely had 757 00:41:14,240 --> 00:41:17,640 one of the stronger races I've seen out of her over the last 758 00:41:17,640 --> 00:41:19,120 like, year, especially over the last lap. 759 00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:23,920 Addie's an interesting racer, like often finds herself kind of 760 00:41:24,640 --> 00:41:27,160 just not in the right spot with like 800 to go. 761 00:41:27,160 --> 00:41:28,880 Is always kind of like on the wrong side. 762 00:41:28,880 --> 00:41:30,880 Crazy wide turns. Yeah. 763 00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:36,000 Yeah, like wide moves all that, but like was in the right spot 764 00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:38,880 with 400 to go and I think did an excellent jump squeezing. 765 00:41:39,760 --> 00:41:41,080 Yeah. I think we all kind of expected 766 00:41:41,080 --> 00:41:43,760 Nikki to have a bigger move with like 1:20 to go. 767 00:41:43,760 --> 00:41:45,360 And it just like there still wasn't there. 768 00:41:45,360 --> 00:41:48,080 There was still a little bit of a gap some some daylight with 769 00:41:48,080 --> 00:41:51,040 100 to go. And you're just expecting Emily 770 00:41:51,040 --> 00:41:54,000 Mackay as well to just have a really strong close and finish. 771 00:41:54,880 --> 00:41:57,800 And they were all neck. And like, all three of them were 772 00:41:57,800 --> 00:42:00,440 neck and neck, 50 to go pretty much. 773 00:42:01,080 --> 00:42:05,400 And then you really, you know, as Chris asked, like, what's the 774 00:42:05,400 --> 00:42:07,720 difference there? It's as little as the last 10 775 00:42:07,720 --> 00:42:10,040 meters. You see Addie and Emily both 776 00:42:10,040 --> 00:42:13,400 start kind of falling forward. And Nikki was the only one that 777 00:42:13,400 --> 00:42:16,120 seemed to be still running. All three of them were fading 778 00:42:16,120 --> 00:42:20,240 equally, but Nikki was, I think did the best out of the three of 779 00:42:20,240 --> 00:42:23,600 them at keeping form all the way through the line. 780 00:42:23,600 --> 00:42:26,680 And that's, that's the 100th difference that you're seeing. 781 00:42:26,680 --> 00:42:29,600 And I think that goes back to what we're saying about muscle 782 00:42:29,600 --> 00:42:32,400 memory of winning and kind of the expectation of winning. 783 00:42:32,440 --> 00:42:35,040 It's, it's not, it's not something you're grasping for. 784 00:42:35,160 --> 00:42:37,560 Like you're running through the finish line, not looking for the 785 00:42:37,560 --> 00:42:38,280 right. It's not something you're 786 00:42:38,280 --> 00:42:41,680 grasping for trying to win. It's you're in more in control 787 00:42:41,680 --> 00:42:44,160 and command of it because you're mentally just used to winning. 788 00:42:44,160 --> 00:42:47,160 So you're used to that fight, to that line to win. 789 00:42:47,600 --> 00:42:48,720 But what if? It was different thing. 790 00:42:49,720 --> 00:42:52,200 I don't think that was easy, no. But what if it was easy? 791 00:42:52,200 --> 00:42:54,240 But what if it was easy? But what if it was easy? 792 00:42:55,040 --> 00:42:59,520 Just a little added perspective on just how well they closed. 793 00:42:59,800 --> 00:43:02,040 I think it was the fact that those three were all four O 6 794 00:43:02,040 --> 00:43:07,480 and then fourth was four O 9 and their last 800 for Nikki was two 795 00:43:07,480 --> 00:43:08,880 O 1.4. Really. 796 00:43:09,320 --> 00:43:11,960 Wow. That doesn't make the final. 797 00:43:12,280 --> 00:43:14,080 It almost makes the final though. 798 00:43:15,600 --> 00:43:18,800 So they worked. It was, it was. 799 00:43:18,800 --> 00:43:21,520 Honestly, I think we should have a meet that is almost 800 00:43:21,520 --> 00:43:26,800 exclusively 1500 championship racing cuz it's too much fun. 801 00:43:26,840 --> 00:43:30,640 This was life. Yeah, so the results, Sneaky 802 00:43:30,640 --> 00:43:33,800 Hills, Addie Wiley, I'm and Mackay, Rachel MacArthur also 803 00:43:33,960 --> 00:43:38,000 solid showing and was one of those athletes where we always 804 00:43:38,000 --> 00:43:40,360 try and look and see like who's going to do something. 805 00:43:40,360 --> 00:43:42,800 And and Rachel was someone who like wanted to get up there to 806 00:43:42,800 --> 00:43:46,560 try and fight in that final lap. And then last but not not least, 807 00:43:46,840 --> 00:43:50,320 shout out to New Balance NIL athlete Clare Stegall, who 808 00:43:50,640 --> 00:43:54,280 finishes 5th, who's in the back, I think for like most of the 809 00:43:54,280 --> 00:43:57,920 race and then just moved up. Like if we're looking at it 810 00:43:58,480 --> 00:44:02,520 10th, 12th, 11th, 11th, 11th, 12th, 10th place, 10th place 811 00:44:02,800 --> 00:44:07,560 goes from 9th at 1200 to 5th overall. 812 00:44:08,440 --> 00:44:10,160 Great bounce back from NCAA's from her. 813 00:44:10,720 --> 00:44:14,120 Yeah, because horrible NCAA's based on how good, how well 814 00:44:14,120 --> 00:44:16,600 she's run since then. But yeah, obviously she made the 815 00:44:16,600 --> 00:44:18,520 U20 team coming up. Here, Yeah. 816 00:44:18,520 --> 00:44:21,800 So now I'm thinking U20 medal. Potentially. 817 00:44:22,600 --> 00:44:25,240 I don't know where the depth of the the the Kenyan team is. 818 00:44:25,240 --> 00:44:26,840 I. Don't know where four O 5 is or 819 00:44:26,840 --> 00:44:28,480 I don't know where she ran earlier this year but I don't. 820 00:44:28,480 --> 00:44:30,240 Know where that is on four O 4. Four O 4. 821 00:44:30,240 --> 00:44:32,800 On this is I think multiple 4 O fours at this point, yeah. 822 00:44:33,400 --> 00:44:36,240 But yeah, no, I think we're like just she's going to be one of 823 00:44:36,240 --> 00:44:38,200 our next stars. We're we're watching the, the, 824 00:44:38,720 --> 00:44:41,240 you know, beginnings of her career. 825 00:44:41,440 --> 00:44:44,480 It's really cool. All right, so that was the 826 00:44:44,480 --> 00:44:47,400 women's 1500 meter final. Thanks for joining us, Mac. 827 00:44:48,440 --> 00:44:53,840 Tomorrow, Tomorrow, final day and it's all finals. 828 00:44:54,200 --> 00:44:59,000 The meet will start and be broadcast on TV, starting it at 829 00:44:59,080 --> 00:45:07,240 I believe 4:00 and run all the way through 6:00 PM. 830 00:45:07,240 --> 00:45:10,640 And on the track, we'll have the women's 8, the men's eight, 831 00:45:10,640 --> 00:45:14,640 women's 5K, Parker Valby in action men's shop put men's 400 832 00:45:14,640 --> 00:45:19,360 hurdles, women's 400 hurdles, men's 5K, men's 200, women's 200 833 00:45:19,640 --> 00:45:23,480 and then the men's 110 hurdles. Which one race are you most 834 00:45:23,480 --> 00:45:25,920 excited for? I think we talked about it on 835 00:45:25,920 --> 00:45:28,520 the preview pod. I think that 5K, it has the 836 00:45:28,520 --> 00:45:35,520 potential to be a good clash between Parker and and Shelby. 837 00:45:36,120 --> 00:45:38,400 Yeah. How many different ways that 838 00:45:38,400 --> 00:45:39,760 race can unfold. I didn't know if you were saying 839 00:45:39,760 --> 00:45:44,040 men's or women's. OK, I'm gonna go the women's 840 00:45:44,040 --> 00:45:44,960 800. OK. 841 00:45:45,600 --> 00:45:48,120 Just feels like. Oh, that is a really deep field 842 00:45:48,120 --> 00:45:48,800 that I. Think deep. 843 00:45:48,800 --> 00:45:54,320 Yeah, the way I take back, Mac wants to take back the 1:55 844 00:45:54,320 --> 00:45:55,960 call. Rasheen is still gonna win, 845 00:45:55,960 --> 00:45:58,280 according to Mac, but not in 155. 846 00:45:58,280 --> 00:46:03,720 Gonna take it out I just feel like that race can be run in so 847 00:46:03,720 --> 00:46:07,720 many different ways that result in different winners and one of 848 00:46:07,720 --> 00:46:10,400 those like if we ran this 10 times we'd have 5 different 849 00:46:10,400 --> 00:46:13,520 winners so that's that's what I'm looking forward to we're. 850 00:46:13,800 --> 00:46:15,440 Going to have some good chance tomorrow. 851 00:46:15,760 --> 00:46:20,560 Rosheen, Willis and then Parker Valley. 852 00:46:20,560 --> 00:46:24,280 Same exact cadence, slower. No. 853 00:46:24,280 --> 00:46:26,920 For Parker, no. For Parker, we got to say faster 854 00:46:26,920 --> 00:46:31,160 so that Shelby is not as being. Contended to keep ramping it up. 855 00:46:31,920 --> 00:46:35,680 70 and then just like cheer for how close we get. 856 00:46:35,680 --> 00:46:38,480 To I think every time she runs a 69 we explode. 857 00:46:38,480 --> 00:46:41,960 Yeah, yeah, yeah. That could be on that note. 858 00:46:43,680 --> 00:46:45,880 All right. Well, that does it for day three 859 00:46:45,880 --> 00:46:49,240 of the 2026 USATF Outdoor Track and Field Championships. 860 00:46:49,960 --> 00:46:52,760 Thanks again to New Balance for supporting all of Sidious Max 861 00:46:52,760 --> 00:46:56,320 coverage throughout the weekend and outfitting us with these 862 00:46:56,320 --> 00:46:59,800 amazing shirts that clearly make a stand out on the broadcast. 863 00:47:00,120 --> 00:47:04,040 And tomorrow, look out for us on the broadcast once again in our 864 00:47:04,280 --> 00:47:08,120 green sing green tops. Some fatheads as well of the of 865 00:47:08,120 --> 00:47:11,280 the pro athletes. And if you want more coverage of 866 00:47:11,280 --> 00:47:13,560 these championships, be sure to follow along on everything we're 867 00:47:13,560 --> 00:47:17,320 doing on Citius Mag's Instagram, Twitter, and the Citius Mag 868 00:47:17,320 --> 00:47:19,520 newsletter that David is putting together daily. 869 00:47:19,520 --> 00:47:22,680 So you can find all that stuff on our channels. 870 00:47:23,120 --> 00:47:25,920 But on that note, I've been Chris Chavez along with Colin 871 00:47:25,920 --> 00:47:28,040 Merber. We will see you guys tomorrow.