1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:05,480 All right, welcome to the cities back podcast US as edition Chris 2 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:08,640 Chavez and Kyle Merber here to recap all the action that took 3 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:12,120 place. We are live from New York City 4 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:16,280 rush back to my apartment in Brooklyn. 5 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:19,720 So actually let's let's start there. 6 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:22,720 First impressions US as comes to New York crowds. 7 00:00:22,720 --> 00:00:26,240 A little thinner to begin, but it's also a Thursday. 8 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:28,640 Well, Saturday, Sunday, we're going to have the New Balance 9 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:32,479 section going absolutely wild. We'll have packed section in the 10 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:35,080 city of Smack New Balance area doing Bleacher creature. 11 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:36,840 Cheers. You won't be able to miss us. 12 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:39,840 We have Did you see the the shirts neon green? 13 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:42,880 They are loud and as needed because. 14 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:45,000 But, you know, it's a Thursday afternoon. 15 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:48,120 Like you, we knew what to expect. 16 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:52,200 I I say you got to judge New York on Saturday and Sunday. 17 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:53,280 Yeah, Yeah. The host. 18 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:55,720 Weather and conditions seem to be. 19 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:58,120 I mean, it was a great day for racing all things considered. 20 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:01,960 Icon can sometimes be a little too windy, but today looked 21 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:02,800 great. It was great. 22 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:04,440 It was perfect. I mean, this morning when I got 23 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:07,800 up for a run, there was like a a Adirondack type chill in the 24 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:09,360 air. It was, it was nice. 25 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:14,240 I could have had a a light sweater, but it was comfortable. 26 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:18,240 And in terms of wind, I don't think you can ask for much more 27 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:22,600 at 5:00 PM. Yeah, in in New York on 28 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:24,760 Randall's Island, it didn't smell like. 29 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:28,600 Poop. No, it was on the other side as 30 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:31,280 like, yeah, New Jersey, the. Other side of. 31 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:34,520 No, the smell kind of kept to to one side of the island. 32 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:37,600 So we're fortunate for now. I can say we survive. 33 00:01:38,320 --> 00:01:43,040 So day one in the books, solid day of racing, although like, 34 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:46,160 like, like you said, the action's going to ramp up as we 35 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:48,640 kind of go along. So for some of these events, 36 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:51,320 like there really isn't a whole lot to to say. 37 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:56,280 Men's hundred, literally, I think they had 32 people 38 00:01:56,280 --> 00:01:59,160 competing and five of them got eliminated today. 39 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:03,640 Yeah, tough for those five, but you know what, we got a glimpse. 40 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:05,880 It's a good warm up. We ease into it. 41 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:08,880 You can't just start a meet like with a bang. 42 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:13,280 You got to ease yourself into it a little bit and the men's 43 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:19,240 hundred, we got a little glimpse and I think I, I, I got a little 44 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:21,600 sense some people are looking pretty good. 45 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:24,760 Yeah, all right. So in each one of the heats, 46 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:27,560 Christian Coleman won the first heat and Noel Lyos took the 47 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:30,080 second heat. Kenny Bernard took the third. 48 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:32,680 Courtney Lindsay took the the 4th and final one. 49 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:35,560 Lots of surprises. I mean, that's everything we 50 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:37,040 expected. And I think like when we we 51 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:40,480 talked about like who the big contenders in this one would be 52 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:44,680 like obviously this is sizing up to be Kenny versus Noah come the 53 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:48,920 final, OK, Christian Coleman is. Looking I saw Christian do a 54 00:02:48,920 --> 00:02:53,440 stride that must have been 90 meters long and it's hardly a 55 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:55,320 stride. It was quite quick. 56 00:02:55,720 --> 00:02:59,920 He was explosive today and you saw it in the start. 57 00:02:59,920 --> 00:03:04,000 I mean, his the way he got out of the blocks, the 1st 20 58 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:09,120 meters, it was not a prelim of he didn't run it like a prelim 59 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:11,520 as if everyone was just automatically getting into the 60 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:14,960 steady he practices. I mean, that's what Christian 61 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:17,520 Coleman has made his name on as his start and he showed it to 62 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:19,200 us. He was able to coast in. 63 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:22,840 He ran 996 but his legs are there. 64 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:28,720 His legs are under him. And so this is not going to 65 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:33,520 necessarily be all no, like Noah needs to show because I think 66 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:36,120 Christian is starting to fire. For the hundred, I guess like 67 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:39,000 Noah's got it so easy. I think in the 200, which we'll 68 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:40,280 we'll come to see in a little bit. 69 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:43,880 But for Noah, I guess like we were, we were kind of trying to 70 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:47,600 muster up the storyline of he's been in New York for the past 71 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:49,400 like 2 weeks doing all this other stuff. 72 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:51,960 So treating today as a rust Buster and just going out and 73 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:54,640 coasting to 997. Good sign of things for him. 74 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:59,920 He's got like quite a lengthy schedule while he's here even 75 00:03:59,920 --> 00:04:03,000 more during the meet because I guess like he started like this 76 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:06,200 trading card thing on the side. And so he's going to be in the 77 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:09,720 stands signing cards for for people at some point during the 78 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:12,880 championships. And so once again, I guess like, 79 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:15,960 kudos to Noah for like, really, I guess like he's one of the 80 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:19,040 guys who like, is probably thinking like, I want New York 81 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:22,800 to, to have a good showing here 'cause it's a big market and 82 00:04:22,840 --> 00:04:25,400 he's someone who benefits from from that. 83 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:28,560 So good to see him engaging with, with the crowd. 84 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:31,080 Yeah. Kenny look good. 85 00:04:31,280 --> 00:04:34,960 Courtney Lindsay look good. So the BIG4 all through. 86 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:38,200 Yeah, no, no, again, no real surprises. 87 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:43,440 I look, Ronnie Baker did look good in his race behind Noah. 88 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:47,400 I thought Courtney probably looked the freshest that we've 89 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:52,240 seen so far this season, but no one's showing all their cards 90 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:56,320 yet. No, now the women's Hundred had 91 00:04:56,320 --> 00:05:00,600 27 athletes competing and all of them made it through. 92 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:05,600 So literally it was just a public practice today for 93 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:07,720 everybody. It didn't matter if you ran the 94 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:11,200 fastest time of the day. 1090 by Shakira Richardson looking 95 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:19,280 fantastic or if you ran 11/7 which Paige Brady from BYU did 96 00:05:19,280 --> 00:05:22,040 and as the last time of the day and they all made it through 97 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:27,240 into to the semi finals. Yeah, I I mean, Shakari looked 98 00:05:27,280 --> 00:05:29,800 really strong. Great start. 99 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:34,840 I mean, we've seen already the last month that she is firing. 100 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:38,360 Yeah, Curious. I know you had a conversation 101 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:40,120 with her coach. Yeah. 102 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:45,600 Did we learn anything? Just that she's, she's good 103 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:47,600 right now. I think like, well, so it was 104 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:49,320 more so we didn't learn anything new. 105 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:52,920 No, no, not, not really. I, I, I had a chat with Dennis 106 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:59,000 Mitchell and yeah, it, it was, it wasn't like an interview or 107 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:01,400 anything like that, but more bigger picture. 108 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:04,080 Like we were talking about LA and all that kind of stuff. 109 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:08,000 I was more interested in just sort of like how he's manages, 110 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:12,600 he manages to keep his composure handling like the biggest stars 111 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:17,120 and also the public pressure of, you know, he's the coach who has 112 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:20,480 to deliver a gold medal for the United States in those in that 113 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:22,600 marquee event. So had a fun. 114 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:26,480 I'm just, you know, at a dinner that I attended and so. 115 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:29,400 So, all right, so Speaking of keeping your composure in these 116 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:34,400 moments, the 100 today, I mean the 1500 too, multiple 117 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:36,840 callbacks. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 118 00:06:36,840 --> 00:06:41,120 I had flashbacks of Bolt. I had flashbacks of the Fred 119 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:44,920 Curly block situation from a couple years ago because it's 120 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:48,760 the same. Blocks, yeah, I there's a lot of 121 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:53,000 callbacks in these races. So the ability to stay composed, 122 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:54,680 I mean, look, that's why we have the prelim. 123 00:06:54,840 --> 00:06:58,840 Yeah, so everyone got, you know, the nerves out of the way today 124 00:06:58,840 --> 00:07:01,840 in the women's hundred. I, I will note one of the aside 125 00:07:01,840 --> 00:07:05,080 from everyone having cues next to their names, the one notable 126 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:08,880 thing is Kayla White 1098 seasons best for her. 127 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:15,120 We, I was pretty high in buying stock in her, you know, after 128 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:20,600 the 200 that she ran a couple what, a week or two ago, But now 129 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:23,440 she's dabbling in the, in the 100 here and it was a, it was a 130 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:26,920 good showing. So Kayla White's fantastic 131 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:30,840 season continues and she's actually probably with the 132 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:33,960 absence of TG Terry due to injury and Melissa Jefferson 133 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:38,200 wouldn't only doing the 200 A Star Athletics 1-2 could be 134 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:40,960 still in the in in the cards with Shakari and Kayla White. 135 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:49,840 So that was the hundred and then we got into the 1500 first round 136 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:53,080 of the men's wear the top three from each heat and then the next 137 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:54,800 three fastest advance to the finals. 138 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:58,960 So I mean, these were actually pretty fun races all things 139 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:03,320 considered, because the top five from last year's championships 140 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:06,560 there there really isn't just sort of like the one guy that 141 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:08,520 you can look at on the start list and be like, oh, that is 142 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:11,920 the clear favorite. Yard's not here, Cole's not 143 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:17,120 here, Ethan Strand's not here. So it honestly, you know, I 144 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:19,240 think puts it up for grabs a bit more. 145 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:21,800 So let's go heat by heat 'cause these were actually really, 146 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:25,080 really entertaining. So the first one, the winning 147 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:29,080 times 344. Luke Houser powers through in 148 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:31,600 the final 100 meters to just get it just ahead of Nick Plant. 149 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:34,440 Did I tell you I took the I was standing at 125th. 150 00:08:34,440 --> 00:08:38,880 I took Metro North down waiting for the M35. 151 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:42,679 Boss was very delayed called I was like I got to get there 152 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:46,400 called an Uber, saw a couple wearing an Atlanta track club. 153 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:50,480 You're also looking like kind of stressed by the fact that I was 154 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:53,680 like you guys want to hop a ride got in Luke Houser's parents. 155 00:08:53,680 --> 00:08:56,760 Oh wow. And I ran for his coach, so nice 156 00:08:56,760 --> 00:08:59,400 connection and. And so they had a good day today 157 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:01,960 at the track because they got to watch their son come over with 158 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:04,800 the victory here to the three guys to make it through Luke 159 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:11,720 Houser, Nick Plant, Leah Murphy and notable because Luke Hauser 160 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:17,240 has made US teams before in indoors Nick plant though, Ben 161 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:20,520 Thomas guy. So there is some, some Ben 162 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:24,960 Thomas like Cole's not here but Ben, but he's got Nick Plant. 163 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:28,280 Yeah, I mean. And then Liam's like, trending 164 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:31,240 upward 'cause he had, I think, a little bit more of a delayed 165 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:33,920 start to the season. So if there was a heat of death, 166 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:37,520 it would have been heat 1 and the fact that they let it go out 167 00:09:37,520 --> 00:09:40,320 in 210. So he has three heats, top three 168 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:42,800 in each heat get through automatically next three fastest 169 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:47,520 times 210. Like this is one of those where 170 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:52,200 you just like scratch your head and look, we've all like been 171 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:54,920 that guy where you're like, I wish after the fact that maybe 172 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:56,320 we could have just run a 2O four. 173 00:09:56,320 --> 00:09:58,160 Yeah, yeah, yeah. But the fact that like these 174 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:05,960 guys didn't get time qualifiers, I mean, Waleed, Sam Simeon, 175 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:09,520 Burma, like Jackson Hook, like these guys looked like they were 176 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:12,440 poised to make a final. But that 210 just threw it out 177 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:14,200 the window. And we've seen Luke so 178 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:17,560 consistently run really well in these tactical races. 179 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:19,920 And he looked really, really good. 180 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:23,120 Big run for Nick Plant after disappointing and said Blaze, he 181 00:10:23,120 --> 00:10:26,280 didn't make that final. Bounces back looked really 182 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:28,360 strong. So a good run for him. 183 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:31,240 And then Leah Murphy, no surprise that he would make it 184 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:35,600 through. He to another kicker's race and 185 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:40,440 the two time NCAA champion Nathan Green ends up getting it 186 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:44,760 just ahead of Gary Martin. The results initially though I 187 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:48,640 guess like had Sam Ellis like in the automatic qualifiers, but 188 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:51,800 then a protest was filed and he was dequeued. 189 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:57,960 So as a result, Wes Porter is now moving into third and 190 00:10:57,960 --> 00:11:02,200 advances to the final. Yeah, I mean, look, Nathan 191 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:05,160 Green's really running well. We just saw it in Europe. 192 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:10,400 He's a guy who can win races. I was surprised not to see Gary 193 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:15,200 take it at some point just because we know Gary runs well 194 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:18,760 in fast races but was able to to get through no problem. 195 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:24,720 I would say I'll, I'll let I'll hide my pick for one more heat 196 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:26,280 of who I think is going to win this thing. 197 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:29,280 I would think a lot of people right now are picking Nathan 198 00:11:29,280 --> 00:11:34,320 Green to take it. Yeah, I think it you, I think 199 00:11:34,320 --> 00:11:36,600 kind of called it beforehand that like it this could be a 200 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:39,360 good championships. It's setting up well and nicely 201 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:46,160 for an Andy Powell type to win. And so he did have a bunch of 202 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:48,360 guys advance so you can take your pick. 203 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:52,960 So then at that point it was 2 for two for Andy Powell's 204 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:55,720 athletes. Well, Sam Pregel, but yeah. 205 00:11:55,760 --> 00:12:00,080 Yeah, I'm just saying 22 for two on the win out of this one. 206 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:03,720 I guess I was, you know, I think on the preview pod I said Abel 207 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:05,560 Tefra would was a dark horse for me. 208 00:12:05,560 --> 00:12:09,240 He ends up just on the outside. Craig Engels doesn't make it 209 00:12:09,240 --> 00:12:12,000 through. So some names did get eliminated 210 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:13,800 today. And then that brings us to Heat 211 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:22,440 3, where again, it was tactical and Vinciotti comes away with a 212 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:24,480 victory. He's been running super well all 213 00:12:24,480 --> 00:12:29,960 season, so not a total shocker, but the the close by Joe Wascom, 214 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:32,680 he could have honestly have taken it, but he knows. 215 00:12:32,680 --> 00:12:34,880 I think that there's a whole the, the, the round that matters 216 00:12:34,880 --> 00:12:38,200 is coming. Up so the the Joe Wascom is my 217 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:40,160 pick to win. I think he's got it. 218 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:44,760 I think coming off of a 332, he's got his momentum. 219 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:49,120 He's made teams before. The thing that I saw though 220 00:12:49,120 --> 00:12:52,640 today was the way he navigated that backstretch. 221 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:56,760 I mean, he weaved in and out multiple guys unnecessarily but. 222 00:12:56,960 --> 00:13:00,640 There's a pivot step in there. Yeah, like I you didn't have to 223 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:02,720 do that. But the fact that he was fresh 224 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:07,720 enough and comfortable enough and knew that he was able to do 225 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:10,360 that move that late in the race is a very promising sign. 226 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:15,400 And then the last 40 meters, I mean, his head was like an 227 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:18,480 ostrich, like it just all over the place. 228 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:21,800 And it would almost like to an unnecessary amount, like he was 229 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:25,400 good, he was comfortable. I think his legs are where he 230 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:27,480 needs to be. I think he's got the momentum. 231 00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:29,920 I know he's coming out of this with a ton of confidence out 232 00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:32,160 feeling really good. That would be my pick. 233 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:35,600 NCAA indoor mile champion Carter Cutting ended up taking the 234 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:39,760 third auto qualifier and then the rest of the time qualifiers 235 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:42,880 all came out of this one. Ruben Reyna, Reinhard Harrison 236 00:13:42,880 --> 00:13:45,440 and Eric Holt. Some feel goods there. 237 00:13:45,880 --> 00:13:49,680 Yeah. Reuben Rayna, I think he's still 238 00:13:49,680 --> 00:13:52,400 rocking the Washington singlet. I just feel like you have 239 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:55,560 eligibility left. I've watched Reuben go with 240 00:13:55,560 --> 00:13:58,400 moves or make moves all season long. 241 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:00,160 Yeah, yeah. And just seemingly like on a few 242 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:02,320 different occasions, it just come up short, like a guy's 243 00:14:02,320 --> 00:14:06,240 making a big move in at conference or and so, but 244 00:14:06,240 --> 00:14:09,960 whatever, like he's always game to make it a race. 245 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:14,960 And I, I feel like he just deserved to, to make this final 246 00:14:16,040 --> 00:14:17,360 and then. He was on the Europe circuit 247 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:20,360 before this I think like post Ncas he's been out. 248 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:22,160 Getting Ireland, I think so, yeah. 249 00:14:22,160 --> 00:14:26,520 Then Reinhart Harrison, I mean, just obviously a high school 250 00:14:26,520 --> 00:14:31,720 stand out finding himself. And then Holt, hometown guy, I 251 00:14:31,720 --> 00:14:33,240 heard he was yelling in the mix zone. 252 00:14:33,560 --> 00:14:36,240 Yeah, can't, can't shut New Yorkers up. 253 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:38,680 So. Holden five, yeah. 254 00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:47,840 Holden 5 yeah, So the little cues some, some feel good 255 00:14:47,880 --> 00:14:51,960 opportunities there all. Right, so that was the men's 256 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:56,240 1500. Brings us to the two heats of 257 00:14:56,720 --> 00:15:01,080 the women's 1500. Two very different races where 258 00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:05,920 the. I think maybe the stronger one 259 00:15:05,920 --> 00:15:09,560 was heat 1 where you've got Addie Wiley, who's won a Diamond 260 00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:14,360 League earlier this year, Emily Mackay, who has been running 261 00:15:14,360 --> 00:15:18,480 fantastic all season, Heather McClain, someone who has been 262 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:23,000 used to making teams. And it was those three really 263 00:15:23,080 --> 00:15:26,360 duking it out, I think in the second-half of the race where 264 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:28,480 Makai was doing a lot of leading. 265 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:32,200 Yeah, I mean, look and Emily's very good at holding a rail and 266 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:36,680 when when she takes the lead, she doesn't run slow. 267 00:15:36,680 --> 00:15:39,040 I mean, look, four O 4 for the win here. 268 00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:45,040 It's it's a pretty honest prelim in what is like in both the the 269 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:48,040 heats. That's pretty quick, especially 270 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:51,560 considering that the number of women that would have make it 271 00:15:51,560 --> 00:15:54,200 through. But she's strong. 272 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:57,440 She knows that keep it honest. I thought it was a great run for 273 00:15:57,440 --> 00:16:01,600 Addie Wiley coming off. She's always doing a lot of work 274 00:16:01,600 --> 00:16:03,760 in lane 2. She does, she does this thing 275 00:16:03,760 --> 00:16:08,280 where she doesn't commit to passing like she she hangs on 276 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:12,840 the outside of lane 1 and it's just like it's just like just go 277 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:16,160 around like take it. Probably running a little bit of 278 00:16:16,160 --> 00:16:18,200 extra distance, but was able to get it done today. 279 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:20,080 Really excited about Heather though. 280 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:22,000 I feel like this is your season's best. 281 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:25,120 We've just been waiting for that this season. 282 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:30,000 It's clicking. She is just a gamer, always 283 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:33,240 shows up when it's time prelim so feel good. 284 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:36,160 I will say the one that that pains me a little was seeing 285 00:16:36,160 --> 00:16:39,360 Lindsay Butler miss out. Yeah, obviously, like I think 286 00:16:39,360 --> 00:16:42,720 the Bandit unsponsored project and and that team has been doing 287 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:47,080 a ton of fantastic storytelling around Lindsay Butler and she's 288 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:49,720 someone who you can use in a final to really make it. 289 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:53,280 Like we're always thinking who's going to hit person to try and 290 00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:56,880 do something, do something to disrupt. 291 00:16:56,880 --> 00:17:02,760 Just sort of the expected kick from Nikki Hilltz and Lindsay 292 00:17:02,760 --> 00:17:06,160 did that indoors and we probably could have used her in the in 293 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:12,599 the final, but ends up on just outside of the auto of the time 294 00:17:12,599 --> 00:17:16,319 qualifier. So the two two of the four time 295 00:17:16,319 --> 00:17:20,160 qualifiers came out of this one where you had Otto's Wiley 296 00:17:20,160 --> 00:17:25,079 Mackay, McClain, Hansen and then Claire Stagall from the 297 00:17:25,079 --> 00:17:28,200 University of Florida, where I think we've been singing her 298 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:32,360 praises on this pod because of how well she ran at U 20s now 299 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:35,760 holding it down against, you know, the pros ends up fifth in 300 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:37,360 this one and and makes it through. 301 00:17:37,360 --> 00:17:42,120 So and then Kylie Finger was sixth in this one and also 302 00:17:42,120 --> 00:17:43,680 advances to the final. I want to. 303 00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:48,760 Just I I said this on a podcast recently, I think before 304 00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:53,280 Prefontaine. I hate when we announce athletes 305 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:56,760 signing the day around meets. Yeah. 306 00:17:56,840 --> 00:18:01,160 And Chloe Foster announcing today that she joined Nike 307 00:18:01,160 --> 00:18:04,320 Swoosh. Someone who's fully capable of 308 00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:07,160 being in that final. I I just don't like the 309 00:18:07,160 --> 00:18:09,080 announcing right before big meets. 310 00:18:09,280 --> 00:18:12,240 It's too much pressure. It's too exciting, too much 311 00:18:12,240 --> 00:18:14,360 dopamine. I'm out on it. 312 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:17,840 This is AI mean at some point for the lap count or something 313 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:19,840 like that, we're going to have to just do like a big case study 314 00:18:19,840 --> 00:18:23,640 of like how do athletes do in their first race post pro 315 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:26,520 announcement? It's either amazing or not 316 00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:28,720 amazing. What's the No one just does OK? 317 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:30,400 What's the best one? I can't. 318 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:32,400 I can't. Like, we'll need to research 319 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:36,000 this for sure. I've heard people debut at the 320 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:37,640 trials, but it's a little different, yeah. 321 00:18:38,760 --> 00:18:42,880 Often times I think the the most difficult thing that I've heard, 322 00:18:43,120 --> 00:18:46,320 and I have friends who've been in this situation and it either 323 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:49,680 works out really well or it doesn't, is basically a company 324 00:18:49,680 --> 00:18:52,200 between the semis and the finals. 325 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:55,800 Say you're unsponsored, they'll basically say, all right, if you 326 00:18:55,800 --> 00:19:00,320 make it, you get this contract. If you don't make it, you get 327 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:04,400 this contract. And I've seen it go both ways 328 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:07,520 and the numbers are significantly different. 329 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:11,240 And I'm just thinking like, wow, I'm about to try to make an 330 00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:15,160 Olympic team. Do I really have to like see the 331 00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:18,760 financial implications so. That's also on your agent. 332 00:19:18,760 --> 00:19:21,000 Like do you relay that information to the person? 333 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:22,280 Well, I've also had, yeah, I know. 334 00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:27,000 I've also had teammates who basically told their agent just 335 00:19:27,240 --> 00:19:29,880 get me the best deal and just tell me what uniform to put on. 336 00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:34,320 And just basically we're getting didn't know details or anything 337 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:35,720 really. Just basically just got a new 338 00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:39,160 uniform and it was just like trust, which I wouldn't always 339 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:40,560 do. That would stress me out on 340 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:42,480 like, what shoes am I going to wear tomorrow? 341 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:47,160 But then I guess like there's always the caveat of like they 342 00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:49,640 let them. They let people wear whatever 343 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:52,680 you wore in college you're most comfortable with for a very 344 00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:55,200 short period of time. All right. 345 00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:57,120 But yeah, all right, do. You have a pick one. 346 00:19:57,120 --> 00:19:57,960 Do you have a pick? Oh. 347 00:19:58,120 --> 00:19:59,240 No, we haven't talked about he too. 348 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:03,240 Yeah, he too. To your point, which you brought 349 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:06,560 up on the on the preview show is like this field is going to look 350 00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:09,920 around and try and figure out what is Nikki going to do, 351 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:11,960 right? Like Nikki is the top dog. 352 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:16,160 And so they'll defer to just sort of where they'll be at. 353 00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:20,280 And Nikki was just in the middle, like didn't go all the 354 00:20:20,280 --> 00:20:23,080 way to the back, didn't go to the front, stayed in the middle, 355 00:20:23,480 --> 00:20:26,640 bided their time before ultimately I think going with 356 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:30,280 what, 500 to go. There was a really good move 357 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:33,000 here and I'm trying to remember who it was. 358 00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:34,680 Gracie, it was Gracie. Oh yeah. 359 00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:41,280 So Nikki came up on Gracie around a lap to go and Gracie 360 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:43,360 did not want to take the pace yet. 361 00:20:43,360 --> 00:20:48,360 And Nikki just applied so much pressure on the outside of 362 00:20:48,360 --> 00:20:51,240 Gracie that Gracie had to take the lead. 363 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:54,120 And Nikki was able to just slide in and they just wrote it. 364 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:59,400 And I mean, Nikki could have won this anyways, but it it was a 365 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:03,320 very nice tactical move to ultimately for someone else to 366 00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:06,960 get the thing going. Yeah, and then from there, the 367 00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:08,600 summer of the Brooks Beast continues. 368 00:21:08,840 --> 00:21:11,800 They're so hot right now, yeah. It's. 369 00:21:12,120 --> 00:21:14,960 So hot Who? Do we, I guess, like who was the 370 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:19,360 obviously there's the Josh effect, but you got to give, I 371 00:21:19,360 --> 00:21:21,680 think some credit to Brandon Miller for really, I guess, like 372 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:23,400 lighting the fire that day in London. 373 00:21:23,520 --> 00:21:25,400 Oh, I was going to give it to Duke Simmons. 374 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:28,120 OK. Really. 375 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:31,840 Yeah, I was going back a. Little further, but no, this was 376 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:35,680 a breakout race for Tegan Scheinbecker, who local. 377 00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:39,880 Yeah, not that far from here. Went to school at Ryder is now I 378 00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:45,160 believe in her second or third year as a pro with the Brooks 379 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:49,760 beast like with someone constantly racing at the Armory 380 00:21:49,760 --> 00:21:55,240 and at these East Coast races. Sometimes I think just always 381 00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:57,960 bopping back and forth between the 8 and the 15. 382 00:21:57,960 --> 00:22:01,360 And so today to walk away from this one with a four O 4 383 00:22:01,360 --> 00:22:06,560 personal best and US final, you know, birth. 384 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:12,000 Fantastic showing for, you know, the Brooks beast once again and 385 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:16,160 for and for Tegan. So really was closing well in 386 00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:19,840 the final 100 I would say. Something that I think to. 387 00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:22,320 Pass some folks. Something I I think we'll see 388 00:22:23,240 --> 00:22:26,120 more of the next few days 'cause I I do believe the weather is 389 00:22:26,120 --> 00:22:30,920 supposed to continue to be pretty favorable. 5 women got 390 00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:33,840 PBS in a prelim at AUS Championship. 391 00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:38,840 Yeah, pretty sweet like Carly Hanson, Kylie Finger, yeah. 392 00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:43,760 So yeah, the others that got them from Heat 2, Taron Parks, 393 00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:50,000 UNCUNC star, then Rachel MacArthur, who quietly just put 394 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:53,320 in a training stint out in France at the ASICS camp that 395 00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:56,600 they have out there and then got some racing in and I think ran 396 00:22:56,600 --> 00:23:02,400 like a four O 3, so proving some good fitness come championship 397 00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:06,040 season. And then Jessica Kane was fifth 398 00:23:06,360 --> 00:23:08,400 with a personal best of four O 6. 399 00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:13,000 But unfortunately for Gracie Morris, a lot of time in the 400 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:16,880 front and then just really tied up in the final, final stretch. 401 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:21,760 Yeah, I mean, look, Gracie had such a strong start to the year. 402 00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:24,640 The last couple out haven't been everything, but it's still look 403 00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:27,560 at the end of and the season's not over. 404 00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:30,960 And obviously she closed out last season so well, but when 405 00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:34,960 you look at the last year, the amount of progress that she's 406 00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:37,880 made be like that's not going anywhere. 407 00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:42,960 That fitness is still there. So really good performance for 408 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:46,200 the entire body of work. Not a good one today, but it's 409 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:49,040 in there, it's coming. Let's talk about the final 410 00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:51,880 prediction. Prediction of how it goes. 411 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:54,160 Yeah, yeah, 'cause I think we're picking the same winner. 412 00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:58,600 But, you know, I look, I think Nikki is going to win, yes. 413 00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:00,040 I don't think it's going to be easy. 414 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:03,200 No, who makes it tough? I think Emily. 415 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:08,160 Emily 100%. Emily's gotten enough reps 416 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:15,800 against Nikki at this point and the pre classic mile, I don't 417 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:20,840 think necessarily was the race that Emily wanted to to to run. 418 00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:25,760 So that one obviously like worked in in Nikki's favor 419 00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:28,680 because Nikki was able to get in great position and react 420 00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:31,240 accordingly. I think Emily found herself in 421 00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:35,240 the front not ideal when Faith didn't go with the pace. 422 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:38,440 And so this time around, just sort of with a more dialed in 423 00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:42,360 plan and less of those variables, I think like it 424 00:24:42,360 --> 00:24:45,800 could, it could also play in Emily's favor too. 425 00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:48,720 I don't know if we can make this thing pretty damn close I would 426 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:52,200 say. I mean, remember indoors, I 427 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:56,160 think everyone kind of counted Emily out against Ellie and and 428 00:24:56,760 --> 00:25:02,040 there, there she was. So I would say if I'm Nikki, I'm 429 00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:04,560 playing the hits, I'm weighing the last 100. 430 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:08,520 We know that Nikki can do it so many other ways, but I think 431 00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:14,080 Emily is a very strong 1500 runner and probably thinks her 432 00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:17,200 best chance is to try to to really wind it up strong the 433 00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:19,200 last 600 meters. You're saying 600? 434 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:20,840 I was definitely going to say at least 400. 435 00:25:20,840 --> 00:25:24,280 And if I'm Nikki, I just say let's let's like, give me your 436 00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:26,400 best shot and let's see if you can do it. 437 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:29,000 And may the best one win the last 100. 438 00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:32,280 Yeah. Other than that, I think we're 439 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:35,560 also, well, Addie Wiley could also end up being someone who 440 00:25:35,560 --> 00:25:37,200 could disrupt things. Yeah, I think it is, 441 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:39,440 particularly if they do let it go slow. 442 00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:41,640 Addie would be the one to go to the front. 443 00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:45,240 I mean, Addie would probably be happy if it goes slow. 444 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:48,600 Yeah, he's got the best 800 time out of all of them, right? 445 00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:52,840 Yeah, I presume so. She won the diamond. 446 00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:54,320 She won the diamond. Well, at least he had the most 447 00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:55,840 accomplished on paper in the 800. 448 00:25:55,840 --> 00:25:58,520 Definitely. So yeah, I think like your 449 00:25:58,520 --> 00:26:02,160 podium looks like some combination of Nikki, Emily, 450 00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:05,360 then Addie. No hot takes there. 451 00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:10,400 Unless Heather really, I think like if this ends up being 452 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:17,600 anything close to A4 flat race, then it really is just Nikki and 453 00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:21,040 Emily right now. Like right, we're looking at 454 00:26:21,040 --> 00:26:23,000 just sort of like some. Of the. 455 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:26,840 Athletes who have run seasons best today, yeah. 456 00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:30,320 So yeah, it's going to be a good showdown. 457 00:26:30,360 --> 00:26:33,760 It's a when in our preview we're talking about like which races 458 00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:35,760 were really good ones. This is one of the really good 459 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:39,000 ones. Nikki versus Emily, then Addie 460 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:40,400 and Heather. I would throw their names in 461 00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:42,800 there, yeah. All right. 462 00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:47,200 So those were the 1500s, I guess on the men's side, you said your 463 00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:50,000 final prediction was? Joe Wascom. 464 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:55,360 Wascom I'll take well, I think I said Holden 5 right, but I might 465 00:26:55,360 --> 00:26:57,600 go. It's only this is the second. 466 00:26:57,880 --> 00:26:58,800 Yeah, OK. This is the second. 467 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:01,560 I might go. Nathan Green. 468 00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:03,720 Yeah. All right. 469 00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:07,720 Then we had first round of the men's steeplechase. 470 00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:11,920 Again, this is 1 where it's like not that many shockers. 471 00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:16,200 They did away with the first round of the women's 472 00:27:17,120 --> 00:27:19,360 steeplechase and so that's a straight final. 473 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:26,320 And yeah, of the top guys in this one, Parker Stokes, another 474 00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:30,560 Brooks Beast victory on the day, Bernard Keeter, Duncan Hamilton, 475 00:27:30,560 --> 00:27:33,640 Nathan Mountain and Daniel Mikulski, that's like your your 476 00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:37,960 top five. And you'd expect those guys to 477 00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:40,360 make the final. Now, I guess like the one thing 478 00:27:40,360 --> 00:27:47,360 that we just have to talk about is once again, Kenneth Brooks. 479 00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:49,320 I know. Just looked rough. 480 00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:52,480 Didn't you make it 1200 with the lead pack in this? 481 00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:54,520 One, it was the sort of thing where it's just like something's 482 00:27:54,520 --> 00:27:55,880 not right. Like we got to get the iron 483 00:27:55,880 --> 00:27:58,000 checked. Granted. 484 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:00,760 New father, correct? Yeah. 485 00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:05,200 Hey, maybe it was a tough week. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 486 00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:10,640 So yeah, hopefully figured out if there's a year to to have a a 487 00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:12,560 stinker at USA, this is a good one. 488 00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:15,160 But it's been 2 years. Yeah, hey, it's in there. 489 00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:16,600 I'm not. I'm not quitting. 490 00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:23,640 But yeah, I mean, look, there's a lot of depth right now in the 491 00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:26,280 men's steeple. I think outside of Kenneth, 492 00:28:26,280 --> 00:28:30,240 we're like really looking for our star of someone who could 493 00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:32,160 really show up on the international stage. 494 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:37,560 Wilkinson has demonstrated a little bit on the Diamond Link 495 00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:39,320 circuit that it maybe could be him. 496 00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:42,080 Today, though, he's just did exactly what he had to do. 497 00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:43,400 Yeah, yeah, that's true. Actually. 498 00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:44,480 That's why I didn't mention him before. 499 00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:48,240 It's because he's a bit buried in the overall results, the 500 00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:51,640 compiled results, Wilkinson, Corrigan, who'd made the Olympic 501 00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:53,960 team. He sneaks in with a little cue. 502 00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:58,800 And then Cooper Cothra is again, I think like fresh into the 503 00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:01,880 steeple chase, a wild card and could be a wild card. 504 00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:05,800 We were saying this during the race that it was lost on us in 505 00:29:05,800 --> 00:29:09,480 our previewers noting like a 1500 guys trying the steeple and 506 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:13,640 they remember like he's coached by Corey Leslie, who like went 507 00:29:13,640 --> 00:29:16,600 on the same exact path of him and made a really great career 508 00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:19,040 out of it. So a little bit of wild card. 509 00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:22,760 I also thought Duncan Hamilton looked really strong today, took 510 00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:28,040 some laps up front. So this There's no clear 511 00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:32,600 favorite here, no wide open. I might lean Parker Stokes just 512 00:29:32,680 --> 00:29:36,480 to the the Brooks Beast momentum is really swaying me here. 513 00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:39,680 Yeah, that's fair. I think I'm going to go 514 00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:44,880 Wilkinson just because I think he's been so consistently good. 515 00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:49,320 Someone on his Strava, I think, like he was sick like today all 516 00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:50,080 week. Yeah, yeah. 517 00:29:50,840 --> 00:29:53,400 Oh, what do we have? We have two days rest. 518 00:29:54,360 --> 00:29:57,120 It's not tomorrow, No. So he'll be fine. 519 00:29:57,160 --> 00:30:03,120 OK, all right. And then it brings us to our 2 520 00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:07,960 finals on the track of the day. First one women's 10K final 521 00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:13,120 which was really slow at the very. 522 00:30:13,120 --> 00:30:15,120 Beginning. I kind of loved it. 523 00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:18,120 It was. It was exactly what we thought 524 00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:20,080 would happen, but better. Yeah. 525 00:30:20,080 --> 00:30:26,560 So first 1K was 351. No, I mean, it was slower than 526 00:30:26,560 --> 00:30:30,120 that, but 351 up in the front for Sydney Vaught. 527 00:30:30,280 --> 00:30:32,560 And that's after she took the lead because the very beginning, 528 00:30:32,560 --> 00:30:35,760 it was like Vanessa Fraser's like in the front looking around 529 00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:38,720 me like no one wants to run. Today, I mean, the first lap was 530 00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:42,640 99 seconds. That might be that. 531 00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:46,000 I've never heard of that. It was pretty awesome. 532 00:30:46,040 --> 00:30:48,320 And then it took them a little while to get going and then they 533 00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:52,760 open it up and but. 1809 through the 1st 5K. 534 00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:57,240 Yeah, hey, it's not about how you start, it's how you finish. 535 00:30:57,240 --> 00:30:59,800 Not about time. Sydney bought recently 536 00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:02,360 graduated, finished up at Arkansas. 537 00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:03,880 Yeah. So if if people are wondering 538 00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:05,520 like who is this? Like where did they come from? 539 00:31:05,520 --> 00:31:09,720 That's because previously raced is Sydney Thorbolton right So. 540 00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:15,720 She had she, I mean, look, won her first US title immediately 541 00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:20,960 after finishing up college. The thing that I so she's 542 00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:23,920 finished 11th and 13th, I believe her highest finishes at 543 00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:26,200 Ensemble Cross. And we've seen her start to 544 00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:28,280 dabble on the roads a little bit. 545 00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:35,320 And today I I kind of got the vibe of like this in a in a few. 546 00:31:35,320 --> 00:31:39,760 This might be laying the groundwork for a great Rd. racer 547 00:31:39,760 --> 00:31:41,080 one day, yeah. Yeah, Yeah. 548 00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:42,720 I mean, we're seeing that already. 549 00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:46,160 I think like across the board of like, I mean this year in 550 00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:48,360 particular, it's like we look at this field and it's like 551 00:31:48,360 --> 00:31:51,400 obviously like the biggest names are missing for a variety of 552 00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:53,720 different reasons. Like again, I think we brought 553 00:31:53,720 --> 00:31:57,560 it back to the fact that for World Championship qualifying 554 00:31:57,560 --> 00:32:00,280 purposes for next year, qualifying windows isn't even 555 00:32:00,280 --> 00:32:04,200 open. And also the you're not going to 556 00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:07,280 run a fast time here. So there isn't a whole lot that 557 00:32:07,280 --> 00:32:11,240 you benefit from doing this. So I've I, I mean, from the 558 00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:13,400 people that were missing, I was like, why isn't like Emily 559 00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:16,280 Venters, who's on this hot streak on the roads here? 560 00:32:16,280 --> 00:32:19,520 And like, Sidney Vaught is kind of of that same archetype right 561 00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:21,760 now of just, you know, dabbling on the roads. 562 00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:25,080 And then at the same time, I mean, for today at least, like, 563 00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:27,640 she got back on the track. Katie Izzo, same exact thing. 564 00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:30,560 Like these two competed at Peachtree not that long ago. 565 00:32:30,560 --> 00:32:33,080 It's a transition, but I Sydney did run really well. 566 00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:35,840 At Peachtree was was the top American, Yeah. 567 00:32:35,840 --> 00:32:41,680 And so, yeah, I mean, it's, it's like that you don't have to, was 568 00:32:41,680 --> 00:32:43,920 it the Drew Hunter where it's like you don't have to commit to 569 00:32:43,920 --> 00:32:46,120 one or another? Like you can do cross, you can 570 00:32:46,120 --> 00:32:50,120 do roads, you can do track. And I, I think that archetype 571 00:32:50,120 --> 00:32:53,840 of, of athletes who know that they're eventually going to be 572 00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:58,560 marathoners. We had a lot of those today, but 573 00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:03,320 Katie did her absolute best to hang at the end. 574 00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:05,480 There was like a moment there where I thought maybe she could 575 00:33:05,480 --> 00:33:08,600 close the gap, but Sydney did just save that one last year. 576 00:33:08,680 --> 00:33:11,160 With like 600 to go where, like I don't think this race is over. 577 00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:13,400 And then like with 400 to go where like actually I think 578 00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:15,680 like, yeah, Sydney Vaught is going to hold on. 579 00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:19,360 So it it was just again, like one of our spin zones about 580 00:33:19,360 --> 00:33:25,000 having a USAS this year, given the context of it all is it's 581 00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:27,960 like, you know what? How many more people now are 582 00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:31,040 aware of Sydney, what she's capable of, what she looks like 583 00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:32,400 You can watch across the finish line. 584 00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:36,760 Her, Katie and Allie were all like pumped after. 585 00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:38,880 Yeah, sometimes. What is it? 586 00:33:38,920 --> 00:33:41,840 Is there bonuses in contract in the top three? 587 00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:45,400 Definitely, yeah, there's, there's they made money. 588 00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:50,160 It's $8800 for the win, a standard contract bonus. 589 00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:53,240 This is the most money some of these women in this field will. 590 00:33:53,640 --> 00:33:57,040 Win the US championship is easily 10 grand in the most 591 00:33:57,040 --> 00:34:00,040 contract like Mac, right like that. 592 00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:05,280 That's like the the very the some maybe more like it's you're 593 00:34:05,280 --> 00:34:09,040 making money and you're getting Instagram posts and we're 594 00:34:09,040 --> 00:34:11,120 talking about you. We just watch you for 30 595 00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:12,840 minutes. Like now you're on everyone's 596 00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:16,679 radar. And so I think it's a good 597 00:34:16,679 --> 00:34:19,840 exposure and we had fun watching 99 seconds. 598 00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:21,560 That's a memorable race. We're going to be talking about 599 00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:24,159 that for a while. Well, and I think like because 600 00:34:24,159 --> 00:34:25,960 at some point, like you could go the other way, right? 601 00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:29,440 And and totally think like I don't think they should have the 602 00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:32,159 10K at USA. It's like on a in an off year. 603 00:34:32,360 --> 00:34:35,480 Yeah, I mean. There's a, there's an argument, 604 00:34:35,679 --> 00:34:37,239 yeah. And also, yeah. 605 00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:41,000 You can make an argument, yeah, making a road race, mass road 606 00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:44,760 race, 10K in Central Park tomorrow morning instead of 607 00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:48,800 this. Oh, and to yeah, to award the 608 00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:51,760 the national title, well, I think that would be the 10K. 609 00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:54,920 We do already have that. We also have the 8K, the seven 610 00:34:54,920 --> 00:35:03,000 K, the 6K, the 5K. 11K12K13K yeah. 611 00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:07,720 So I don't know, it still ended up being, you know, a of race 612 00:35:07,720 --> 00:35:10,840 that puts her on the map. Shout out to all the 10K 613 00:35:10,840 --> 00:35:12,360 athletes who came out and ran in the heat. 614 00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:17,280 Yep, all 15 of you. All right, let's then take this 615 00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:22,280 to the men's 10K, which was the most exciting finish of the day. 616 00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:26,640 Yeah, because we're watching it and we're seeing, what was it, 617 00:35:26,640 --> 00:35:34,320 246 for the 1st 800 meters, and then five, what, 515 for the 1st 618 00:35:34,320 --> 00:35:36,640 1600? Yeah, and. 619 00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:39,160 So we're like, I mean. We made a graphic for how slow 620 00:35:39,160 --> 00:35:41,160 the first lap for the women were. 621 00:35:41,240 --> 00:35:44,600 Like we'll make a graphic for how slow the 1st 800 for the men 622 00:35:44,600 --> 00:35:47,400 were. 246 is incredible. Yeah. 623 00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:56,520 Yeah, I mean, Vincent Mowry runs 40 miles a day at that pace and 624 00:35:56,520 --> 00:35:59,240 then does it again. Yeah, it takes 15 seconds rest 625 00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:02,960 and does it again. Which today was announced that 626 00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:05,320 he's running the Chicago Marathon this fall so. 627 00:36:05,320 --> 00:36:06,600 Oh really? Yeah. 628 00:36:06,760 --> 00:36:09,600 Oh hell yeah. He's going to run 159 and then 629 00:36:12,600 --> 00:36:14,160 take 15 seconds rest and do it again. 630 00:36:17,240 --> 00:36:20,480 I know we're sidetracking, but I am his biggest fan. 631 00:36:20,720 --> 00:36:24,040 I think I send his. I think I send his Java to the 632 00:36:24,040 --> 00:36:28,480 group chat every single day. I mean, quick tangent for sure, 633 00:36:28,480 --> 00:36:34,680 but we any time there's been a Vincent Mowry the the treadmill 634 00:36:34,680 --> 00:36:39,440 video or a follow up post about like, you know, him running 30 635 00:36:39,440 --> 00:36:42,160 miles on for his Sunday long run or something like that. 636 00:36:42,560 --> 00:36:45,560 That's that comes from Kyle because I'm sure you have him 637 00:36:45,560 --> 00:36:47,160 like started as a favorite you get. 638 00:36:47,160 --> 00:36:48,880 To know I'm like, guys, you'll not believe. 639 00:36:48,920 --> 00:36:51,040 You, Vincent Mowry, just finished a run and then like, 640 00:36:51,040 --> 00:36:55,000 Kyle opens up his phone and then sees like, oh, there it is, 20 641 00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:58,440 miles with, you know, one minute rest and then by 4. 642 00:36:59,320 --> 00:37:01,040 It's the best thing out there right now. 643 00:37:01,040 --> 00:37:02,520 All right, Chicago. Awesome. 644 00:37:02,600 --> 00:37:06,240 Yeah, so it's Charles Hicks versus the Mad Men, Vincent 645 00:37:06,240 --> 00:37:08,160 Mallory. Two very different approaches. 646 00:37:08,280 --> 00:37:10,320 And Clayton Young's in it as well. 647 00:37:10,320 --> 00:37:13,480 So it's like you've got Clayton Young like the most dialed in, 648 00:37:13,480 --> 00:37:17,200 like every, everything's measured with him. 649 00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:20,560 He's got 7 different gadgets measuring. 650 00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:22,400 He's wearing cadence, all that stuff. 651 00:37:22,720 --> 00:37:26,320 Wraps around his arm, whatever it is, and then every Chamber of 652 00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:29,040 his heart giving independent level of beat. 653 00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:31,680 Yeah, and then you've got Vincent Mowry, who's at Planet 654 00:37:31,680 --> 00:37:37,200 Fitness just absolutely making that employee's life hell with 655 00:37:37,400 --> 00:37:42,520 with with just like the pounding of his ASIC shoes on his on the 656 00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:46,120 on the treadmill. So yeah, it's going to be great. 657 00:37:46,120 --> 00:37:48,600 It's going to be fantastic. I wish Vincent Mowry was in. 658 00:37:49,160 --> 00:37:52,880 This race, dude, I'll tell you what, we're not going out in 246 659 00:37:53,360 --> 00:37:55,320 if my boy Vincent's in this race. 660 00:37:57,200 --> 00:38:01,600 So he's going to sit out in 236, waiting 10 seconds, doing 661 00:38:01,600 --> 00:38:05,360 another 800. Would have been the perfect race 662 00:38:05,360 --> 00:38:08,600 for him, but no. So this thing was just like 663 00:38:08,960 --> 00:38:10,440 these guys are bidding their time. 664 00:38:10,440 --> 00:38:17,240 They go through the 1st 5K in 16-13 and then from there. 665 00:38:17,320 --> 00:38:19,840 Give some shout outs to some of our early race leaders. 666 00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:25,600 Chandler Gibbons took it on. OK, Evan Bishop took it on. 667 00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:28,560 Everyone in the. Field took it on everyone. 668 00:38:28,600 --> 00:38:30,760 In the field, took a lap. They took a blood oath before 669 00:38:30,760 --> 00:38:33,040 the race started and they said everyone has to do at least one. 670 00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:35,120 And then Woody Kincaid said. I'll take the last. 671 00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:38,440 Yeah. But yeah, so then at some point, 672 00:38:38,440 --> 00:38:41,040 I think, what, 20 minutes into this race, that's when Grant 673 00:38:41,040 --> 00:38:44,400 Fisher goes to the front and then starts to pull, which he 674 00:38:44,400 --> 00:38:48,400 took with him Woody Kincaid and Drew Bosley, who we expected to 675 00:38:48,400 --> 00:38:50,520 be the other contenders in this one. 676 00:38:51,560 --> 00:38:56,360 And then the problem is you just can't leave Woody in contention 677 00:38:56,360 --> 00:38:58,680 for all that long. I mean, how many times are we 678 00:38:58,680 --> 00:39:02,240 all going to fall for this? Yeah, well, Grant's pulled for 679 00:39:02,240 --> 00:39:07,560 it several times and he's only, I guess it's, I guess David 680 00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:11,200 pulled it up and it's like Grant's only got 3 national 681 00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:13,920 titles on the track and Woody, I think at this point is I, I 682 00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:17,520 don't know, like can you pull it up to see how many he's got? 683 00:39:17,560 --> 00:39:19,400 But. I would just ask you generally 684 00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:21,680 be how I pull things. Yeah, my track GPT mind. 685 00:39:22,920 --> 00:39:28,040 But I mean Woody, all right, so Woody is in solid shape coming 686 00:39:28,040 --> 00:39:30,200 in. We know that he ran 2720 earlier 687 00:39:30,200 --> 00:39:35,320 in the season. He, you know, ran 1312. 688 00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:41,160 It it's he's in good shape, but he's not in crazy shape, but 689 00:39:41,160 --> 00:39:45,080 he's in good enough shape that I don't want to leave get to the 690 00:39:45,080 --> 00:39:48,800 last 400 with him because he just always finds it somehow. 691 00:39:49,080 --> 00:39:52,360 He closed in 50. He closed in 54 seconds. 2595 692 00:39:52,360 --> 00:39:54,680 for the last 200. He just has like it. 693 00:39:55,040 --> 00:39:58,400 He's he has this ability to tap into like a completely different 694 00:39:58,400 --> 00:40:04,080 system and he just goes like X Games. 695 00:40:04,120 --> 00:40:06,720 Mode so now you just it what he Kincaid has now tied Grant 696 00:40:06,720 --> 00:40:09,800 Fisher for the same amount of national titles on the track 3 697 00:40:10,240 --> 00:40:13,520 and this is Woody's actually third US title. 698 00:40:13,520 --> 00:40:18,920 They've all come in the 10 K 20/21/2023 and now 2026, the 699 00:40:18,920 --> 00:40:21,000 winning times of each of those races. 700 00:40:21,520 --> 00:40:25,640 They've only gotten this is the slowest one of the bunch, 2753 701 00:40:25,640 --> 00:40:32,200 at the trials, 2823 at the 2023 championships, and then today 702 00:40:32,440 --> 00:40:37,320 30/30/13 for the win. So if Woody wins the 10K in two 703 00:40:37,320 --> 00:40:42,400 years, expected to be even slower and it'll be 32 minutes, 704 00:40:42,680 --> 00:40:46,000 Yeah. So the thing that's so exciting 705 00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:48,160 about this is that they're both entered in the 5K. 706 00:40:48,360 --> 00:40:51,240 Oh yeah. Which now, if you're Grant 707 00:40:51,240 --> 00:40:53,040 Fisher. Flashbacks in Miami. 708 00:40:53,440 --> 00:40:55,760 Yeah, you don't. You just don't let it happen 709 00:40:55,760 --> 00:40:58,040 again. It's that messy meme where it's 710 00:40:58,040 --> 00:41:00,040 like, I think Jude. Belt Oh, you don't piss him off? 711 00:41:00,040 --> 00:41:01,720 Yeah, you don't piss him off 'cause now he's going to do 712 00:41:01,720 --> 00:41:04,160 something crazy in this 5K. Yeah. 713 00:41:04,200 --> 00:41:08,560 So, and the interesting thing about the 5K, which we think we 714 00:41:08,560 --> 00:41:12,600 noted previously is that there are going to be some 1500 guys 715 00:41:12,600 --> 00:41:15,920 potentially doubling back up. I think I think Grant, Gary 716 00:41:15,920 --> 00:41:21,200 Martin, I I would put money down that that last mile is sub for 717 00:41:21,280 --> 00:41:25,160 in that five Ki think he's going to pull so hard with a mile to 718 00:41:25,200 --> 00:41:27,240 go. And The thing is with with Grant 719 00:41:27,240 --> 00:41:31,640 is that he's able to do this at times, like at trials. 720 00:41:31,640 --> 00:41:34,400 I think we've seen him in the past, like if he wants to make 721 00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:37,360 the race hard and he's going to be the only person going for 722 00:41:37,400 --> 00:41:40,560 like going for it. It's worked in the past a couple 723 00:41:40,560 --> 00:41:44,280 times, Yeah, not all the time, because sometimes Woody's just 724 00:41:44,280 --> 00:41:47,560 been left in contention and he's got it done. 725 00:41:47,560 --> 00:41:52,000 So the Wood man with his third US title in the 10K. 726 00:41:53,320 --> 00:41:57,160 So the podium was Woody Grant, Drew Bosley, which was all, I 727 00:41:57,160 --> 00:41:59,880 think kind of how many people expected this one to go. 728 00:42:01,840 --> 00:42:05,240 All right, So looking ahead to tomorrow on the track, the 729 00:42:05,240 --> 00:42:10,120 finals that we've got are the women's hundred, men's hundred. 730 00:42:11,720 --> 00:42:16,320 And I guess like it's Friday night in New York City, your 731 00:42:16,320 --> 00:42:20,880 opportunity to go and see Shakira Richardson and O Lyles 732 00:42:20,880 --> 00:42:24,680 in action give me a good time. They're selling beer at the 733 00:42:24,680 --> 00:42:27,040 track. That, yeah, good development, 734 00:42:27,880 --> 00:42:31,120 long line. So Friday night sounds like a 735 00:42:31,120 --> 00:42:32,360 good night. Good start. 736 00:42:32,440 --> 00:42:36,040 Yeah. And then we got some 800 737 00:42:36,040 --> 00:42:40,000 prelims. Which this will be interesting, 738 00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:44,760 right? If aren't, is Nikki Nikki's 739 00:42:44,760 --> 00:42:47,360 entered in the? That's a that's seeing who comes 740 00:42:47,360 --> 00:42:50,720 back was that was that an insurance policy in case 741 00:42:50,720 --> 00:42:55,720 something happens in the 1500, I think Addie is also entered in 742 00:42:55,720 --> 00:42:57,280 the 800. Yeah. 743 00:42:57,680 --> 00:43:00,160 So it's like, all right, who's actually showing up and trying 744 00:43:00,160 --> 00:43:03,200 to double and who's just doing it just in case of trip and fall 745 00:43:03,200 --> 00:43:06,680 happened. All right, well, we will find 746 00:43:06,680 --> 00:43:11,160 all of that out tomorrow, but that is day one of the 2026 747 00:43:11,160 --> 00:43:13,760 USATF Outdoor Championships in the books. 748 00:43:14,080 --> 00:43:16,080 If you want to keep up with all the action, be sure to follow 749 00:43:16,080 --> 00:43:19,800 along with CDs Mag on all of our social channels because we've 750 00:43:19,800 --> 00:43:23,600 got, you know, quick post going up immediately after the races 751 00:43:23,880 --> 00:43:26,080 happen. Our newsletter has gone daily 752 00:43:26,080 --> 00:43:29,600 over the next couple days, so you know you can subscribe to 753 00:43:29,600 --> 00:43:33,080 the the CDs Mag Substack and and what else we. 754 00:43:33,080 --> 00:43:34,960 Got group run tomorrow morning with. 755 00:43:34,960 --> 00:43:37,600 Yeah, if you're, if you're listening to this sometime 756 00:43:37,800 --> 00:43:44,520 between 9:00 PM and 7:00 AM Eastern Time and you're in the 757 00:43:44,520 --> 00:43:47,760 tri-state area and want to make your way over to the New Balance 758 00:43:47,760 --> 00:43:51,680 tour on the Upper West Side. Well, like you don't have much 759 00:43:51,680 --> 00:43:54,520 time. Get some good rest and we'll see 760 00:43:54,520 --> 00:43:56,120 you in the morning for some easy miles. 761 00:43:56,120 --> 00:44:01,320 And then from there, yeah, one more day to wait before the we 762 00:44:01,520 --> 00:44:06,240 unleash the Sidious mag and New Balance faithful out at icon. 763 00:44:06,240 --> 00:44:08,720 Because I'm really excited for what that cheers on is going to 764 00:44:08,720 --> 00:44:09,800 look like. We're just going to look like 765 00:44:09,840 --> 00:44:13,760 this green mob in the stand and it's going to be great. 766 00:44:14,680 --> 00:44:16,840 So that does it. I've been Chris Chavez with Kyle 767 00:44:16,840 --> 00:44:18,440 Merber. We'll see you guys tomorrow.