1 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:05,280 All right, welcome to the City of Smack Podcast live from Icon 2 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:08,640 Stadium. After day two of the USATF 3 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:11,320 Outdoor track and Field Championships just wrapped up, 4 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:15,040 we had the 100m finals today where we saw Noah Lyles and 5 00:00:15,040 --> 00:00:17,840 Shakira Richardson get crowned national champions. 6 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:24,240 Once again, a little bit of noise, so bear with us if any of 7 00:00:24,240 --> 00:00:28,400 this picks up behind us, but Kyle, overall, I think today we 8 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:32,080 started with a quick vibe check of the stadium yesterday, today 9 00:00:32,119 --> 00:00:33,880 much better. More fans. 10 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:38,080 I think we're developing into Saturday, Sunday, The thing that 11 00:00:39,480 --> 00:00:41,440 I wish we could do a little differently. 12 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:45,880 OK, just start to meet an hour or two later because the 13 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:50,160 weather, the sun is now set. It's really common. 14 00:00:50,160 --> 00:00:51,200 Nice. Yeah, yeah. 15 00:00:51,480 --> 00:00:54,200 At least for some of the distance races, push it back a 16 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:57,360 little bit. But overall, we had some sewage 17 00:00:57,360 --> 00:01:03,280 smell today at times a little bit $30 parking, don't love that 18 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:05,760 you can just park a minute away and walk. 19 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:10,240 So we learned that and. Have you had the icon empanadas? 20 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:13,240 I've heard really good things about the empanadas. 21 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:16,800 Good empanadas at Icon Stadium. Yeah, I, I'll say that. 22 00:01:17,960 --> 00:01:20,760 So yeah, today, today was a great atmosphere, I would say 23 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:22,440 overall. I feel really good about 24 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:25,680 Saturday and Sunday. Us HF I think said that both 25 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:30,920 days were sold out so we'll see. And yeah, I Sidious manic cheer 26 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:33,920 zone will be in full force. You'll look you'll see us on the 27 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:37,440 broadcast with these neon green shirts that say I Apple track 28 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:41,520 and field a play on the I heart NYC. 29 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:43,840 Yeah, figured people would want the context. 30 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:47,200 All right, so how this show is going to go, we are going to 31 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:49,400 start off talking about the eight hundreds and then we'll 32 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:52,600 work our way to the sprints that went down because Anderson 33 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:54,800 Emerald will be joining us. He's wrapping things up in the 34 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:57,000 mix zone, literally, as we speak. 35 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:00,480 Not the busiest day on the track, like overall a pretty 36 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:05,360 light day, yeah, but when you have the 100 finals, that's 37 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:08,479 obviously the cherry on top. And I thought there's a moment 38 00:02:08,479 --> 00:02:11,039 of doubt for me that I was like, like with it just being the 39 00:02:11,039 --> 00:02:14,160 hundreds, like can Noah and Shikari command a big enough 40 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:17,680 crowd without any other events? And it did. 41 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:19,560 I mean, like crowd was great today. 42 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:22,840 And I see Anderson actually, we'll be able to start with the 43 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:24,640 100m finals because Anderson we're. 44 00:02:24,640 --> 00:02:27,800 Starting with the 100m finals. Yeah, yeah, it's the biggest 45 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:28,840 event all. Right. 46 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:30,440 Anderson, come on in. Yeah, yeah. 47 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:35,600 So coming into this one, obviously Shakari Richardson had 48 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:40,800 run 1077. We did not get Shakari versus 49 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:44,160 Melissa that's fine. She carried looked great in the 50 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:48,240 first round yesterday she did and so just took care of 51 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:53,720 Business Today and first round was a little when dated 10771078 52 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:55,840 for the. 1078, I think, yeah, something like that. 53 00:02:56,120 --> 00:03:01,320 And then didn't need the wind because she runs 1077 again in 54 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:03,720 the final. So just plain consistent. 55 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:07,120 All went as expected. Yeah, 1077 is her thing. 56 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:08,600 I don't know what's going on with it. 57 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:12,400 But no, this was Shakiri's race to lose all throughout. 58 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:13,520 I mean, I think we knew her as a favorite. 59 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:17,760 Like you said, Melissa wasn't running and I I feel like her 60 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:21,640 execution is getting a little bit better from the start, just 61 00:03:21,640 --> 00:03:23,880 a little bit. Not like, you know, I, I don't 62 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:27,160 think this was Shakiri 2023 final that won the gold medal, 63 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:29,920 but her start looks to be a little bit better. 64 00:03:29,920 --> 00:03:33,200 And I think coming off of last year where she was injured, she 65 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:36,920 had setbacks this year. I feel like she's making a 66 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:39,120 statement now. She did lose some Melissa and 67 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:41,720 Prefontaine, but I feel like she's kind of showing. 68 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:44,960 Not only am I ready to be back as one of the best in the world, 69 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:47,000 but I'm going to show it on the clock. 70 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:48,280 I'm also going to show it in my race. 71 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:49,840 Like I'm going to show you what I've been working on. 72 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:53,480 And yeah, I I'm feeling like she did very, very good and it was a 73 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:54,480 convincing win. I mean. 74 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:57,600 What is the part of the race that stinks at you the most 75 00:03:57,600 --> 00:03:59,720 about? Like an improved execution? 76 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:01,680 The start. I really think the start because 77 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:05,040 we know Shakiri, I don't know the splits and all that stuff, 78 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:07,720 but like Shakiri in the second-half is probably one of 79 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:09,760 the best in the world over the past couple years. 80 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:13,760 She once she gets like 5060 meters, she is just like it's 81 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:15,600 almost like she's walking on water and she's able to pull 82 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:17,560 away. But the start has always been 83 00:04:18,079 --> 00:04:19,920 her her issue. I mean, I remember from the 84 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:22,880 Olympic Games she had like some might have had like the worst 85 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:25,600 reaction times out of like any athlete all throughout. 86 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:30,120 But here it seems like there's some incremental improvement 87 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:32,400 relative to what she's been doing in previous years. 88 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:34,840 So that's why I'm looking. Obviously I got to like watch 89 00:04:34,840 --> 00:04:38,280 back the races, but I don't know that that's a good sign because 90 00:04:38,280 --> 00:04:41,680 now going into the rest of the year, if she had three well 91 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:44,840 executed races, we don't know when she's going to race like 92 00:04:44,840 --> 00:04:46,560 Melissa and Julie and all of them later on. 93 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:49,000 Maybe it is world ultimate, but that probably gives her 94 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:52,440 confidence about OK, now I'm I'm actually ready to be back to who 95 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:55,520 I was before. Form down the final in the 96 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:57,200 second-half of the race also looks better. 97 00:04:58,280 --> 00:05:00,600 Like, not perfect, let me not say perfect, but like it looks, 98 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:02,840 it looked very, very good. It looked very good. 99 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:05,880 And maybe that's a factor of what would it have looked like 100 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:07,840 if Melissa was here, right? Because she wasn't really 101 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:09,840 pressed. She did have to kind of run down 102 00:05:09,840 --> 00:05:11,560 Kayla White a little bit from the start, right? 103 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:14,720 But yeah, once you get to 60 meters, she just like floating. 104 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:17,760 So I wonder, OK, if she had Melissa next to her, that would 105 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:20,520 have been interesting to see. Does she maintain that form? 106 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:23,840 Because that's when I think athletes, especially in the 107 00:05:23,840 --> 00:05:27,760 sprints are like, OK, if I have pressure, if I have like someone 108 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:30,280 really next to me, how am I able to remain composed? 109 00:05:30,280 --> 00:05:33,480 Am I able to like keep, you know, everything going that my 110 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:34,760 coaches told me right beforehand? 111 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:36,920 So, but yeah, she looked smooth. She looked very smooth. 112 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:41,080 She looked. Amped after the race, like very 113 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:45,720 clearly, like this one meant something to her. back-to-back, 114 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:47,720 right? No, last year she won. 115 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:50,040 No, last year was Melissa. Melissa, that's right. 116 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:51,840 But. Actually it's interesting, it's 117 00:05:51,840 --> 00:05:54,760 now I was looking back over since 2021 it's only been 118 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:56,560 Shakuri and Melissa has won every title. 119 00:05:56,680 --> 00:05:59,840 Just been crazy, but they both have never been on at the same 120 00:05:59,840 --> 00:06:02,400 exact time which makes this season so much more exciting in 121 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:04,760 particular. I think today was in some ways 122 00:06:04,760 --> 00:06:09,840 just such a good like scrimmage or like glorified practice for 123 00:06:09,840 --> 00:06:11,800 her. Like she was definitely the 124 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:13,560 favorite. There's really only a couple 125 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:17,320 athletes in the world who right when she's at her best can pose 126 00:06:17,320 --> 00:06:20,800 a challenge. Kayla made her work for it. 127 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:23,000 That first half, Kayla ran great. 128 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:28,000 Like Kayla, Kayla is really doing very well and was able to 129 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:29,800 put just enough pressure on Shakari. 130 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:32,840 I did something I I liked and we saw both on the men's and 131 00:06:32,840 --> 00:06:36,640 women's side was you could just see the reactions after the semi 132 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:38,560 final where they were like, oh tracks fast. 133 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:40,720 And. Like we're feeling good, like 134 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:43,880 conditions are, are like setting up for us. 135 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:49,240 And I, I think in the, the semis I saw her just kind of hold back 136 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:51,520 like that. Like she I would love to know 137 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:53,960 her reaction time the semis because it was just like just 138 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:55,320 get through. Like when you have this type of 139 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:58,560 top end speed, like you have so much confidence and Noah does 140 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:02,200 the same exact thing. It's almost like the Yakabinga 141 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:04,720 Brits in going out in last. And it's like jogger, like a 142 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:07,320 mophar, like, yeah, just let everyone go and you'll go get 143 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:11,000 them. But it's it's just like 144 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:14,440 definitely great to see. Just have one of the biggest 145 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:16,960 wins that she's had in a while. And I know it's not like the 146 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:20,960 biggest win in the entire world, but after last year, it's nice. 147 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:22,360 There's some momentum building right now. 148 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:25,840 I was actually going to say that, like, this year, I feel 149 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:28,720 like Prefontaine was it. But this also, this is like her 150 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:32,240 biggest races since the Olympic Games, like, by far because 151 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:35,720 again, injured last year, there weren't no, like, expectations 152 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:39,160 for her at the world champs. So now it's like Melissa has 153 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:41,040 stepped up, Julian has stepped up. 154 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:43,680 What do you look like relative to the rest of the world right 155 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:45,600 now? And these are the races that she 156 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:48,600 has to really prove herself. OK, now I'm actually back in 157 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:51,480 that conversation where I'm competing for, you know, there's 158 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:54,160 no worlds or Olympics, but like I'm competing for gold or 159 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:56,320 whatever it may be. Can I, can I just say I feel 160 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:58,680 like a year ago when we were talking about World Ultimate 161 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:01,560 Championships, everyone was kind of doing this thing of like, 162 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:03,960 well, I don't know if I'm going to do it like. 163 00:08:04,080 --> 00:08:06,560 And I'm curious if the tone in the mix zone has changed. 164 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:09,040 Because my impression of everyone I've talked to in the 165 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:12,080 sport is we're now less than 50 days till World Ultimate 166 00:08:12,080 --> 00:08:14,120 Championships and people are starting to be like, yeah, well, 167 00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:16,840 obviously I'm going to do it. Yeah, I know I was playing like 168 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:18,720 Koi a little bit, but. Big money on the line. 169 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:21,200 And now, like, ideas are floating in people's heads of 170 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:24,080 potential double S and they're getting, now that it's becoming 171 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:26,400 more real, they're taking a closer look at the schedule. 172 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:29,160 So right now, Shikari would only be in for the 100. 173 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:31,120 Only in the 100. Yeah, yeah, it. 174 00:08:31,120 --> 00:08:33,240 Seems like that's the way she's structuring her season this year 175 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:35,880 is very intentional. On the 100, I think it makes 176 00:08:35,880 --> 00:08:38,000 sense. Just focus on the 100 that 177 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:40,400 that's her bread and butter. She got a medal in the 200 in 178 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:42,159 2023. But I don't think anyone looks 179 00:08:42,159 --> 00:08:44,520 at Shakira is like, OK, what damage are you going to do in 180 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:46,920 the 200, at least for the time. It's a very crowded picture 181 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:49,680 right now with like 6. I mean women who easily could be 182 00:08:49,680 --> 00:08:52,280 better on the day. Exactly and again, she has to 183 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:56,080 like reassert herself in the 100 to prove OK, I'm a world 184 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:58,680 champion and I could still compete with the rest of yacht. 185 00:08:58,680 --> 00:09:03,560 So yeah, I and yes, every athlete now, I think as the once 186 00:09:03,560 --> 00:09:06,120 in weeks have gone on, they're like, yeah, world ultimates, 187 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:08,480 yeah, how many points do I have? Like every single person. 188 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:10,880 So yeah, that's like what it is for this year. 189 00:09:12,240 --> 00:09:17,080 As of right now, after USA's now, she carries around 190 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:21,600 10771078, like on three occasions, one of them when 191 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:22,200 dated. Yeah. 192 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:26,480 Where does she fall? Sort of in the power rankings of 193 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:28,480 the women's hundred, right? Because you have Julian, you 194 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:31,720 have Melissa. Like is she still at 3:00? 195 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:33,760 I I think. Until she does this, what? 196 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:37,800 Yeah, I think at minimum she's 3. 197 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:40,400 Like if I'm saying that right, minimum, maximum, I don't know, 198 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:43,880 but yeah, yeah, at best, Yeah, at best she's 3, right. 199 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:45,880 You can't. We already saw the head to head 200 00:09:45,880 --> 00:09:49,000 between Melissa, right. So that's that's there, Julian. 201 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:51,200 Now though, she hasn't run 10/7 this year. 202 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:55,000 She has a windy 10 seven. But regards to the time, she's 203 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:57,920 just been on fire in like the 200 and like she's won all of 204 00:09:57,920 --> 00:10:00,640 her hundred races, so you got to put her there as well. 205 00:10:01,280 --> 00:10:05,240 And then after that, that's where you enter in the Sharikas 206 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:08,160 and the, you know, Tia Clayans where that's a little more mixed 207 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:09,840 picture. I think Shakiri with her 208 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:14,360 consistency and going up against the top 100m woman, and Melissa, 209 00:10:14,400 --> 00:10:16,440 she was toe to toe in Prefontaine. 210 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:18,400 That I think puts her right, right there. 211 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:21,600 So yeah, solid 3. Yeah, I mean, she's one of the 212 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:24,640 biggest stars and delivered here at Icon Stadium I. 213 00:10:24,640 --> 00:10:26,920 Do I don't know if y'all spoke about just a shout out Kayla 214 00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:28,760 White. I'm very, very impressed. 215 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:31,320 I know you've. Been I've been shouting her out 216 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:35,640 too, cuz it quietly it's turned into a really, really good 217 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:38,040 season and she's like a very quiet threat. 218 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:41,080 And like when I when I brought up the the 200 and how there's 219 00:10:41,080 --> 00:10:44,200 six other women who are better, could be better than Shakiri on 220 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:46,320 the day. Like Kayla White is knocking on 221 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:48,000 the door of cracking into that top 6. 222 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:51,400 Yeah, I look at Kayla and I, I have no idea if you remember 223 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:54,560 this, Chris, but in 2023, I might have whispered to you, 224 00:10:54,560 --> 00:10:57,600 like adding the rounds that like Kayla might make this team and 225 00:10:57,600 --> 00:10:59,040 she made the team in the 200 that year. 226 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:02,880 But since then she actually moved to Dennis Mitchell like 227 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:04,480 shortly after. Who was she with before? 228 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:07,240 She was at a North Carolina into her college coach. 229 00:11:07,520 --> 00:11:10,480 So just after USA she moved to Dennis Mitchell and I kind of 230 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:13,480 look at like, OK, she's now been with Dennis and the whole 231 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:17,120 Melissa and Shakiri TT like that whole crew for now full three 232 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:19,400 years. I think that has worked wonders 233 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:21,280 for her kind of like getting her footing. 234 00:11:21,560 --> 00:11:24,440 Now she's been made the team. Last year she was on the relay 235 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:28,280 and now it's like she's almost a mainstay in American sprinting. 236 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:31,960 So, and she actually spoke about that in the mix zone where it's 237 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:34,840 like her, Melissa TG Terry, Shakira Richardson, they are a 238 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:36,720 powerhouse. Like they're an absolute 239 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:38,840 powerhouse when it comes to American sprinting. 240 00:11:38,840 --> 00:11:41,640 Right now that's our 4 by 1 potentially well in LA. 241 00:11:41,800 --> 00:11:44,080 That was the four by one. Last year, so it's. 242 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:46,960 Forever. So yeah, yeah, she's having a 243 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:48,920 great season so far. Is she doubling back for the 2? 244 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:50,320 She is. She's back for the two, Yeah. 245 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:54,560 All right, let's go over to the men's hundred in this one. 246 00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:56,320 Let's see if this will load for me. 247 00:11:58,200 --> 00:11:59,480 No, no. Yeah, like. 248 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:01,760 So. Let's go through Noah's day, 249 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:05,200 right? Like he in the semis was coming 250 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:07,640 out and hyping up the crowd and then. 251 00:12:07,680 --> 00:12:11,640 He ran like 50 meters, 60 meters just from the start, not like 252 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:13,280 before the race started, just not the. 253 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:15,960 Crowd doesn't have the best start all right, the. 254 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:18,920 Semis. We can cut the semis down from a 255 00:12:18,920 --> 00:12:24,040 20 minute like parade across the track heat by heat. 256 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:26,440 Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, too much time. 257 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:28,880 Too much time. That's all right. 258 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:33,120 Go back to the actual analyzer. Range so he had to run down 259 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:36,760 Ronnie Baker in that one and he didn't have the best start so 260 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:39,040 then you give him a little bit of time in between the semis and 261 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:43,920 the finals and much better start and then was just pressed by 262 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:49,120 Kenny and Ronnie Baker yeah and ends up pulling away like 263 00:12:49,120 --> 00:12:54,200 holding on for the V979, which in the semis was he had a. 264 00:12:54,800 --> 00:12:56,360 Windy 975? Yep. 265 00:12:56,360 --> 00:12:58,480 Or 976 something like that. Yeah, but which I think is the 266 00:12:58,480 --> 00:13:00,800 second fastest all conditions time. 267 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:03,640 For the year or well, no. In his career, I. 268 00:13:03,680 --> 00:13:06,120 Think no, that's the fastest all conditions really. 269 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:08,480 I think he's only run 979. I don't think he's ever run a 270 00:13:08,480 --> 00:13:11,040 windy 97. OK, so then that was the fastest 271 00:13:11,040 --> 00:13:12,080 he's ever gone. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 272 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:16,800 But then he ties his personal best in the final running 979 273 00:13:17,040 --> 00:13:20,560 world leading time. I mean, it was it great 274 00:13:20,560 --> 00:13:22,360 performance. So it's like same as Shakari, 275 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:26,120 just like the favorite came, delivered the victory. 276 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:29,480 Yeah, and like and like you said, he had to rundown getting 277 00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:33,200 challenged by Ronnie and Kenny and even Christian at a point. 278 00:13:33,440 --> 00:13:36,040 But like that's every race that Noah runs. 279 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:39,640 Like every single final. It seems like he is behind for 280 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:43,120 thirty 4050 meters and then he just finds a way. 281 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:46,040 He finds that extra gear, like I said, very similar to Shikari, 282 00:13:46,280 --> 00:13:50,080 his top end and his second-half is like is second to none when 283 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:51,520 we're talking about the world right now. 284 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:55,960 And it's very hard to beat Noah if he is close to you at 30 to 285 00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:57,520 40 meters. And he did exactly that. 286 00:13:57,560 --> 00:14:01,400 And to run a personal best, it's very impressive. 287 00:14:01,560 --> 00:14:06,000 I'll, I'll be honest, I, I'm, I didn't think that Noah was like, 288 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:08,600 there was a world where I could have imagined Noah winning more 289 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:11,680 medals in the future, but never running a personal best again or 290 00:14:11,680 --> 00:14:14,520 matching it. But he just knows how to show up 291 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:16,600 when it counts the most, no matter who's on the line. 292 00:14:16,680 --> 00:14:20,200 Like, I mean, this was I, I don't know, I guess Trayvon's 293 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:23,200 the only missing person, but this was all of the best 100m 294 00:14:23,200 --> 00:14:24,640 sprinters in the United States right now. 295 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:27,360 And Noah dominated the field. It wasn't even close. 296 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:31,000 So. Yeah, I mean continuing to be 297 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:35,640 blown away by by Noah, I think I just love the added context of 298 00:14:35,640 --> 00:14:38,560 the fact that he's been he's had a crazy hectic busy last two 299 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:40,600 weeks. Like how much he's been able to. 300 00:14:40,800 --> 00:14:43,280 I don't I want to know where he's squeezing in the training 301 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:45,840 side of things. But whatever it was, it's like 302 00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:47,560 didn't really affect him all too much. 303 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:51,880 So maybe the key is like hit Fanatics fest for like 4 days 304 00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:56,800 and go to Michael Reuben's White Party and like all this other 305 00:14:56,800 --> 00:14:57,680 stuff. Go to the. 306 00:14:57,680 --> 00:15:00,280 World Cup with the. With the boxes guys, so he can't 307 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:03,320 have the World Cup every year, so we'll need to fix that. 308 00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:05,440 All right. But then second place Ronnie 309 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:07,120 Baker. This is the best race in years. 310 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:10,640 I mean, actually in five years, like literally his best race 311 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:13,480 since the Tokyo, yeah, that's semifinals. 312 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:16,840 He ran his personal best air like 988 by Ronnie Baker. 313 00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:19,880 We we got the glimpses of it in the semis with Noah where he ran 314 00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:23,520 really well. I mean like Ronnie Baker and 315 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:26,400 this is I think kind of emblematic of like this entire 316 00:15:26,400 --> 00:15:29,360 cuz you had Noah Lyles, you had Ronnie Baker, you had Kenny B 317 00:15:29,360 --> 00:15:33,880 Christian Coleman as a top 4. All these guys were relevant I 318 00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:36,800 guess pre pandemic. Like these are veteran guys and 319 00:15:36,800 --> 00:15:38,840 I think Ronnie is kind of the most emblematic of that. 320 00:15:38,840 --> 00:15:40,480 Where? But he had the biggest fall off 321 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:41,600 in the last couple years. Exactly. 322 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:44,000 Yeah, he had the biggest drop off afterwards. 323 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:46,520 He was kind of speaking about the injuries, the setbacks and 324 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:49,800 points where he was like, he said that there was a point in 325 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:52,080 like 2022 or something he said he ran. 326 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:54,560 I ran 10 four. I'm like, I think I shouldn't be 327 00:15:54,560 --> 00:15:58,320 doing this anymore. Like he was like, I might be 328 00:15:58,320 --> 00:16:00,440 done. But you know, moments like these 329 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:03,480 give him the confidence. I like, OK, Nah, I I still have 330 00:16:03,480 --> 00:16:05,240 it in me. So yeah, huge task. 331 00:16:05,240 --> 00:16:06,960 Around did he go through a coaching switch or anything? 332 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:09,680 No, he actually has been with his coach when he was at TCUI. 333 00:16:09,960 --> 00:16:13,240 Guess for 11 and 12 years, like he's with the same coach. 334 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:16,760 Yeah, he has two kids now. Like he was really just like, 335 00:16:17,040 --> 00:16:19,480 thankful for the journey. Like. 336 00:16:19,480 --> 00:16:23,200 That that's a story where it's like, yo, no matter what you go 337 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:24,960 through, it's like you still have something in you, you know 338 00:16:24,960 --> 00:16:26,560 what I'm saying? Like you still have something in 339 00:16:26,560 --> 00:16:28,360 you. It's it's pretty interesting 340 00:16:28,480 --> 00:16:31,160 looking at the ages that they have listed and it just like, 341 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:32,440 all right. Noah, 29. 342 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:34,400 Ronnie Baker 32. Kenny 27. 343 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:36,560 Christian Coleman 30. Like everyone. 344 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:40,400 Everyone's over 25, Trayvon not. Young, like exactly like is an 345 00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:44,120 old squad of veterans, but they're not slowing down, no 346 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:47,600 like, and I think that's kind of a nice trend to see. 347 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:52,200 I mean, the US sprinters really have a ton of longevity in them. 348 00:16:52,520 --> 00:16:58,400 And yeah, I mean, even when you think guys are gone, they have a 349 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:00,680 tendency to come back. So get comfortable. 350 00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:04,640 And if you're like 21, yeah. Oh yeah, I'll wait a little bit 351 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:06,560 longer. Well, I mean, what do you do if 352 00:17:06,560 --> 00:17:09,640 you're one of the younger guys and you see Ronnie Baker at 32 353 00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:11,640 now run second? Like what do you think? 354 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:14,880 You move to. You move to the two or the four. 355 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:17,079 Like you just switch events, it's crazy. 356 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:22,240 Kenny Bernard, not the outcome that he expected, going all in 357 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:25,200 on the 100, ends up in 3rd place limping afterwards. 358 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:26,960 Yeah, Paul said that he was limping a little bit. 359 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:29,240 I saw Dennis Mitchell was kind of like holding him on the 360 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:31,960 shoulder. I I don't I don't know if he 361 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:35,440 looked like that after the like on the track, but I don't I 362 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:37,400 don't know. It's Kenny B has been 363 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:43,320 interesting because his 200 and 100 I feel like are worlds apart 364 00:17:43,320 --> 00:17:46,680 where he's like so consistent. We even we saw him on the 365 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:48,600 Diamond League. He wins all his two hundreds 366 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:53,920 when Noah isn't racing in, but like in the hundred, it's like a 367 00:17:54,080 --> 00:17:57,040 a mixed bag and a race like this kind of did show that as well 368 00:17:57,040 --> 00:17:59,280 where you know, he runs great through the rounds. 369 00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:01,480 You know, he has some great, good performances on the 370 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:05,240 circuit. But then in the final it's more 371 00:18:05,240 --> 00:18:07,800 mixed bag. It's I'm not sure how to read 372 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:10,720 into Kenny in the 100. And granted, like he was fourth 373 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:13,080 place at worlds last year. He made the Olympic final. 374 00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:15,520 It's not to say like he's a really, really good, he's world 375 00:18:15,520 --> 00:18:19,760 class in the 100, but it's I feel like he Kenny is trying to 376 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:23,240 really insert himself into the global 100 meter landscape. 377 00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:27,760 But he hasn't kind of taken that big step up to say, OK, no, I am 378 00:18:27,760 --> 00:18:31,240 here and I don't, I don't know. I don't know when it will come, 379 00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:34,920 but yeah. Yeah, it's like clearly last 380 00:18:34,920 --> 00:18:39,600 year he was like on one in the 100 and then there were so, so 381 00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:40,840 many high hopes. And then it was just sort of 382 00:18:40,840 --> 00:18:44,240 like everyone else timed their peak perfectly for Tokyo. 383 00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:45,960 What? You know what I'm going to say 384 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:48,040 because I say it about every athlete ever. 385 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:50,200 The time to move up. To the. 386 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:54,680 Four, he was a 400 guy. The 200 is his game. 387 00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:58,480 He's obviously developed a ton of top end speed, a great start 388 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:02,280 from the 100, but can you suppose like? 389 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:05,120 Kevin, it should be. I don't know. 390 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:07,920 The four is kind of different. Now, and I'm not saying this 391 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:10,240 just because it's Kenny, I'm saying it because I say it about 392 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:12,680 everyone and everyone to. Know it's very much so. 393 00:19:13,120 --> 00:19:14,640 I'm staying consistent. Yeah. 394 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:23,080 No, yeah, I had one more thought on Kenny and now you just 395 00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:27,680 totally sidetracked me. But Christian Coleman, his start 396 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:30,600 looks so good in in the earlier rounds and he just like didn't 397 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:33,120 come together in the finals. I was so high on Christian. 398 00:19:33,120 --> 00:19:34,640 You thought he was I. Yeah, he was. 399 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:37,200 I sent the text because I was like, I'm gonna screenshot this 400 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:39,360 after. I was like, yo, am I crazy if 401 00:19:39,360 --> 00:19:40,640 I'm picking Christian for the win? 402 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:46,080 And you know, I would be dancing all over you guys if he did pull 403 00:19:46,080 --> 00:19:49,320 it off. But he looked so good through 404 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:52,880 the 1st 2 rounds that it seemed like it was in play, it just 405 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:54,600 wasn't there. It really did. 406 00:19:54,600 --> 00:19:56,520 It really did. And Christian is actually 407 00:19:56,520 --> 00:20:00,480 someone who tends to get better and perform relatively well at 408 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:03,080 USAS. Now, granted, I feel like the 409 00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:05,600 rest of the world has kind of caught up with him in the in the 410 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:09,480 sense of like Kenny, Noah and previously as Fred. 411 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:13,360 So like, but he's run fast in at USAS. 412 00:20:13,360 --> 00:20:16,200 But there has been times where. He'll run fast through the 413 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:18,760 rounds, but then in the final dip back a little bit. 414 00:20:19,040 --> 00:20:23,200 Now, granted, I think in the semifinals it was he ran 990. 415 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:25,520 It was a little bit windy. So it was win dated here. 416 00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:28,760 I think he ran 993 in the final. So like all things considered, 417 00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:32,000 he probably actually did very well in the final, but it's just 418 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:34,960 it's tough. It's really tough because you 419 00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:38,920 have all these guys who are like just ahead of Christian and like 420 00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:42,760 just keeping him away from where he used to be, right? 421 00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:46,000 Like that 2019, that 20/17/2018 form. 422 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:49,240 Like I, I don't know that that's the thing I'm looking at. 423 00:20:49,360 --> 00:20:54,160 But I'll say similar to like I noted for Kayla White, this is 424 00:20:54,400 --> 00:20:57,160 Christian's second full year with Dennis Mitchell. 425 00:20:57,360 --> 00:21:00,560 And I wonder if it is just like, OK, I'm starting to figure it 426 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:01,840 out. I'm starting to get used to the 427 00:21:01,840 --> 00:21:04,040 training program. He used to literally like train 428 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:07,480 by himself, I think while he was at Kentucky. 429 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:09,480 Yeah, at Kentucky, Kentucky, South Carolina. 430 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:12,920 So I, I still have hope Indiana Christian Coleman. 431 00:21:12,920 --> 00:21:14,560 I'm still like a Christian Coleman supporter. 432 00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:17,120 But like, you know, it is tough. It is tough. 433 00:21:18,120 --> 00:21:21,520 All right, let's touch on the 4/4 hundreds. 434 00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:24,960 My results aren't loading. Not too many big surprises in 435 00:21:24,960 --> 00:21:26,280 this. Oh, I guess the one big surprise 436 00:21:26,280 --> 00:21:29,480 on the men's side, the Olympic champion, Quincy Hall. 437 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:31,360 Quincy Hall. Doesn't make it through. 438 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:34,080 Yeah, and just didn't look. Didn't look great. 439 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:37,800 Yeah, I have a, I guess just a whole bunch of questions that 440 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:39,920 unfortunately we didn't get to ask because he walked through. 441 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:43,920 Yeah, he just walked through. But like, so Olympic champion in 442 00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:47,760 2024, he got a bronze medal in the 42023I. 443 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:51,640 I think famously he got injured in that Olympic final despite 444 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:53,800 running, you know, an all time mark and winning the gold medal. 445 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:56,240 And he just hasn't been on his game since. 446 00:21:56,760 --> 00:21:59,600 Now the top of this year for him, he actually looked 447 00:22:00,120 --> 00:22:03,320 relatively similar time wise to what he did in 2024. 448 00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:05,920 And I was holding out hope of like, OK, I don't know, like 449 00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:09,800 Quincy might be getting it back, but this was a set back. 450 00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:11,080 I don't know. He ran like 46. 451 00:22:11,120 --> 00:22:14,320 It just wasn't a race. Nowhere near, nowhere near, 452 00:22:14,320 --> 00:22:15,680 nowhere near SO. CBT. 453 00:22:15,680 --> 00:22:17,760 Still on it, yeah. So I mean it could be just sort 454 00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:20,080 of because like he scratched from a bunch of races in the 455 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:21,920 lead up to this and said he wasn't going to race until he's 456 00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:23,720 ready. And so maybe it's one of those 457 00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:26,520 things where it's like you have to show up to USA as your 458 00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:30,680 contract or whatever it is. And so, yeah, maybe just not 459 00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:32,800 ready race ready just yet. So. 460 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:34,360 He has a wild card to ultimate champ so. 461 00:22:34,360 --> 00:22:35,840 Oh, that's right. He's the Olympic. 462 00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:37,160 Champion. I mean, you literally could just 463 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:40,080 train the next month and a half and then just give it another 464 00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:41,800 shot and that could be your season, right? 465 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:42,920 Like who? Knows. 466 00:22:42,920 --> 00:22:44,480 Who knows? All right. 467 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:48,120 So you've got the results. I think Caleb McCray had the top 468 00:22:48,120 --> 00:22:50,800 time 4465. He looked very comfortable. 469 00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:54,960 Caleb is someone who made the team last year, 2 worlds. 470 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:58,600 I think he's probably rounding into form and definitely, you 471 00:22:58,600 --> 00:22:59,520 know, we'll keep an eye out for him. 472 00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:02,960 And then Chris Bailey also did well to witness he. 473 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:08,440 Chris Bailey actually did tell me he was originally in lane 6 474 00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:10,120 in his. Yeah, what happened with those 475 00:23:10,120 --> 00:23:10,560 lane? Drugs. 476 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:13,280 And then he said he woke up this morning and he got a text from 477 00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:15,880 his agent that like, OK, you're actually in lane 2. 478 00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:18,080 And he had no explanation as to why. 479 00:23:18,080 --> 00:23:20,480 And he was kind of kind of pissed. 480 00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:24,240 And I don't see Chris Bailey get pissed, but he was like, I don't 481 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:26,840 know what's going on, but I mean, he went comfortably 482 00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:29,160 through but. Is it down to those between 483 00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:30,800 those two guys for the victory in the final? 484 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:33,280 I think so. Chris Bailey is the fastest 485 00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:36,240 American this year, and he's been the most consistent outside 486 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:39,920 of a whole nother story of rye, Benjamins, Corey Patterson, 487 00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:41,680 Vernon Norwood. They're in New York City, but 488 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:43,360 they're not running. But it's OK. 489 00:23:44,040 --> 00:23:45,720 I love him, but like, I would love to see him race. 490 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:47,920 But yeah, Chris Bailey is like the most consistent. 491 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:49,960 Out of those guys, so you're leaning towards. 492 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:53,040 Him leaning Chris but Caleb I think he's someone who rounds 493 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:56,240 into form and like he could. Also he has a faster personal 494 00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:58,920 best thing Chris, so he's someone to look out for for 495 00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:01,240 sure. How do you think that race plays 496 00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:05,000 out if you're just narrowing in on Chris first, Caleb? 497 00:24:05,040 --> 00:24:07,640 Like, who's taking it out? Who's following who? 498 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:12,000 Well, so Chris Bailey never has a good start like ever. 499 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:15,800 And I even after he got in lane two, I was like, OK, did that 500 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:18,880 motivate you to go out harder? He's like, I guess I don't even 501 00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:20,800 know. Like he just never goes out 502 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:23,800 hard. So Caleb McRae is the opposite. 503 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:26,280 He goes out like a rocket. He really takes things out 504 00:24:26,280 --> 00:24:29,400 strong. So expect that to happen where I 505 00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:31,680 I don't know what the lanes for the 9 draws for the final are, 506 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:34,840 but Chris is going to go out a little bit slower, but he's 507 00:24:35,360 --> 00:24:38,080 pretty aware of how to key off of his opponent. 508 00:24:38,080 --> 00:24:42,840 So I expect him to keep relatively close pace to Caleb. 509 00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:46,080 And then he's always going to have probably the fastest 2nd 510 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:47,400 200. He's gonna have a strong 2nd 511 00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:48,640 200. So we'll see. 512 00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:52,400 I think that's the most likely outcome, but we'll see, OK. 513 00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:54,640 Chris on the inside. So that's that might play in 514 00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:57,560 Chris's favor. But then Caleb's probably 515 00:24:57,560 --> 00:25:00,720 thinking, OK, I already go out fast, but I have to get out even 516 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:03,200 faster to put enough gap on Chris so that he doesn't 517 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:05,640 actually catch me. So that's how I think it'll play 518 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:06,080 out. But. 519 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:09,400 All right, so that final is Saturday at like 3:00. 520 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:11,200 Let's go over to the women's side. 521 00:25:15,120 --> 00:25:16,720 This. Feels like Aaliyah Butler's 522 00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:19,440 title to lose. This is by far Aaliyah Butler's 523 00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:23,280 title because we don't have obviously Sydney just gave birth 524 00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:26,040 to her first child, Isabella Whitaker. 525 00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:28,560 She was, she's injured. I think she had surgery. 526 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:31,360 So it's like Aaliyah Butler just became the fourth fastest 527 00:25:31,360 --> 00:25:34,080 American in history. It's like, and not only did she 528 00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:37,800 run fast, she's like, I think her top five or six times are 529 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:40,000 like better than everyone else in this field. 530 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:42,240 Like just this year. It's crazy. 531 00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:44,960 So, I mean, like, even to zoom out, she's been facing off 532 00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:48,200 against Paulino a bunch, right? And Paulino's been untouchable 533 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:49,080 so far this year. Yeah. 534 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:52,960 Nasser's been like Mia. You got fans. 535 00:25:53,360 --> 00:25:56,480 He said. You guys, all of us, all of. 536 00:25:57,240 --> 00:26:00,400 Us. So yeah, Nasser hasn't, is she? 537 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:02,120 I have disappeared. Right. 538 00:26:02,120 --> 00:26:04,360 Like literally disappeared. I assume she's injured but. 539 00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:05,880 I don't know. Yeah, we have no idea. 540 00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:09,480 So is like Aaliyah Butler potentially like a medalist 541 00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:11,800 Medal threat at ultimate? Very strong medal threat. 542 00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:12,960 Yeah. I mean, you have like the 543 00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:15,360 Europeans. Henrietta Jaeger, Henrietta. 544 00:26:15,360 --> 00:26:16,760 Jaeger Yeah, you have. Martina. 545 00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:19,240 Well, not Martina, you have. Natalia. 546 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:24,360 Natalia Bukoviatska Manuel, who won the world indoor title, 547 00:26:24,360 --> 00:26:28,120 she's been doing well but like Aaliyah, is second in the world 548 00:26:28,120 --> 00:26:32,600 this year behind Paulino by far. But I mean, to be clear, I think 549 00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:34,880 it's Paulino and then the rest of the field will figure things 550 00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:36,600 out. But I mean, as it relates to 551 00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:41,320 USASI think this is Aaliyah Butler figuring out her race 552 00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:44,120 strategy, figuring out, OK, what is it that I need to work on 553 00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:48,000 heading in to World Ultimates? Because like, again, all due 554 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:50,440 respect, I I like, I love everyone in this field. 555 00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:52,400 But it's like, you know, Aaliyah is so far ahead. 556 00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:55,000 Of everyone, I was going to say the same exact thing like this 557 00:26:55,000 --> 00:27:00,240 is an opportunity in a pretty low medium pressure situation 558 00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:03,560 for her. I mean, look like she dominated 559 00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:05,760 her heat. Yeah, she is. 560 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:08,800 She's in great form taking it easy. 561 00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:11,320 She's still dominating. If I'm her, I'm thinking, all 562 00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:14,080 right, what can I do in my race pattern to get me ready for my 563 00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:16,880 lady? I want to see her just sit back 564 00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:20,240 for 300 meters and just let it RIP the last. 100 The risk. 565 00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:21,480 Right. That's nobody. 566 00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:24,080 Just stay with them. Like just stay with the lead. 567 00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:27,600 I'm not saying like sit and kick from the back, like don't go 568 00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:33,960 full Dave Waddle, but just leave a little bit of space and just 569 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:37,280 practice closing down that last 100 because you know, that's 570 00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:40,880 what Paulino's game is and that's ultimately what you need 571 00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:45,200 to be prepared for. Yeah, actually on that, Aliyah 572 00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:48,160 Butler is someone who goes out like a rocket, like she always 573 00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:50,560 goes out hard. So to your point, maybe, yeah, 574 00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:53,520 be a little more controlled in the first half to play with a 575 00:27:53,520 --> 00:27:56,040 different race strategy just in case, because you never know 576 00:27:56,040 --> 00:27:57,640 what can happen when you get to ultimate. 577 00:27:57,640 --> 00:27:59,240 So that's a good point. That's actually a good point. 578 00:27:59,880 --> 00:28:01,400 All right. Is that all the sprints for 579 00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:03,120 today? Yeah, I guess we want to give a 580 00:28:03,120 --> 00:28:04,800 shout out to Britain Wilson for getting in. 581 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:07,400 We always stand for Britain and and. 582 00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:09,480 Last one in right. Squeaked in I. 583 00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:12,080 Think she was, yeah. But like, you just need to get 584 00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:14,360 into the final and then you could shock the world. 585 00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:16,760 It's all about being there. Yeah. 586 00:28:17,120 --> 00:28:19,000 All right. Well, Anderson, thanks so much 587 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:22,800 for all the insights and contributions and we'll do this 588 00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:24,480 again tomorrow. Yeah, awesome. 589 00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:27,000 Thanks, Anderson. All right, let's talk some 8 590 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:30,480 hundreds. These were some entertaining 591 00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:34,400 races. Once again, we have a mix of 592 00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:37,240 some people here, some people not so from last year. 593 00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:42,160 We have Cooper and Donovan from Team USA and no Bryce Hoppel, no 594 00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:46,760 Josh Hoey, no Brandon Miller. So you could look to Cooper as 595 00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:50,160 the heavy favorite now, even more so after Donovan didn't 596 00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:53,360 advance to the final. But let's go quick. 597 00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:56,200 Takes heat by heat. First one, Cooper gets the win 598 00:28:56,200 --> 00:29:01,720 in 14583 and Hobbs Kessler does a masterful job of just sort of 599 00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:04,520 what he does in the 1500 when he glues himself to yard and a 600 00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:05,960 goose. He just did the same thing to 601 00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:08,000 Cooper and gets a spot in the final. 602 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:12,480 I mean Hobbs, so this was top 2 and the next three fastest times 603 00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:17,440 we have 9 lanes, 24 down to 9 is just aggressive always. 604 00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:20,920 It's always going to be the 800 and it keeps things honest. 605 00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:25,600 Hobbs took it easy off the line. He ran basically a pretty even 606 00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:28,360 split race throughout from 1:40 and 59. 607 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:33,080 Very controlled. I I don't think here Cooper even 608 00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:36,440 showed like the tiniest bit of cards to one another, but. 609 00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:38,640 He's wearing his heart rate monitor. 610 00:29:38,640 --> 00:29:41,240 It's just chilling at like 120 the whole time. 611 00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:41,600 Yeah. And. 612 00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:42,920 He let it be known. Yeah. 613 00:29:43,120 --> 00:29:45,360 Yeah. Coming in 3rd. 614 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:48,800 Christian Jackson, that is. You you like him a lot? 615 00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:53,960 Mac and I both really like him. I mean, he's he's media team. 616 00:29:54,560 --> 00:30:02,240 He's very, very smooth green. He he has just like he has a 617 00:30:02,240 --> 00:30:06,840 very he has a strong knack for just like finding the right spot 618 00:30:07,360 --> 00:30:10,720 on the outside of lane one applying some pressure. 619 00:30:10,920 --> 00:30:12,720 He seems like he's pretty versatile. 620 00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:18,720 He's a strong 800 runner. So I feel long term good about 621 00:30:18,720 --> 00:30:22,720 where his career is going to develop still in that Virginia 622 00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:29,080 Tech jersey today. So overall, really it was a good 623 00:30:29,080 --> 00:30:32,680 heat first guy out, though Brandon Kidder coming off the 624 00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:36,800 high of the pace job out of London, but. 625 00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:39,400 Yeah, he's, he's walking around. He's probably getting 626 00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:42,200 congratulated on, like helping deliver some history. 627 00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:45,480 I mean, we spent 10 minutes with the the Brooks Sports marketing 628 00:30:45,480 --> 00:30:48,800 team earlier today and all anyone could do was walk up and 629 00:30:48,800 --> 00:30:50,880 congratulate them as if they were the ones who the world 630 00:30:50,880 --> 00:30:53,240 record. So big win for for for them. 631 00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:58,360 He too, was fun to watch because like barely even all all around 632 00:30:58,640 --> 00:31:03,280 and West you, you call this, I think at 400 you're like, this 633 00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:06,280 feels like a race. No, no, no earlier than 400. 634 00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:07,960 Gun went off. Everyone's going around. 635 00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:10,000 I go this feels like a W Ferguson victory. 636 00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:15,880 And then Tonota goes out in 49 and I was just like, I know 637 00:31:15,880 --> 00:31:18,200 we're about to see some with this. 638 00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:21,120 Maybe it's 49.7 seconds, you're going to see some serious shit. 639 00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:25,200 And then it turns out that the last 100 we saw some, some 640 00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:27,240 carnage because guys came back in. 641 00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:32,520 Wes Ferguson totally came up on him look strong. 1:45 One he 642 00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:38,160 doesn't like he he didn't at any point look like he made like 643 00:31:38,160 --> 00:31:41,160 some huge shift of gears. It's just guys came back to him, 644 00:31:42,040 --> 00:31:45,080 so strong race for him the the other. 645 00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:47,880 Auto qualifier was Andrew James Casey. 646 00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:49,400 Yeah. And then out of this one, they 647 00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:52,320 did snag 2 little cues with Carver, Morgan and Shane Cohen. 648 00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:56,760 Shane Cohen wanted nothing to do with that 49 second first four. 649 00:31:56,760 --> 00:32:00,600 He may have been, what, like 55? I mean 53. 650 00:32:00,680 --> 00:32:04,400 No, he was 51 one. Which looked like a 54. 651 00:32:04,520 --> 00:32:07,160 Looks like he started, like he missed the gun. 652 00:32:07,280 --> 00:32:11,120 Yeah, they let him in. Big mistake. 653 00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:13,920 Yeah, yeah, he's again. You make it to the final. 654 00:32:14,080 --> 00:32:16,560 Anything could happen. All right, Heat 3 feel good 655 00:32:16,560 --> 00:32:19,720 story here when we got Atlanta track club going 1/2 with Sean 656 00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:23,680 Dolan and Camden Marshall fist bumping across the finish line. 657 00:32:23,920 --> 00:32:28,520 But it the the story is Donovan Brazier just not ever really 658 00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:30,040 looking all that comfortable in this one. 659 00:32:30,040 --> 00:32:33,240 Something something might be up. Something just not clicking 660 00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:37,360 right now. And I mean, he's racing so often 661 00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:39,680 that I don't think it's an injury. 662 00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:43,320 And it like you wouldn't be lining up week in and week out. 663 00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:48,160 And I understand with especially a guy of Donovan's talent that 664 00:32:48,160 --> 00:32:50,800 if if you do have a couple bad races, it's kind of just like, 665 00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:52,400 well, let's just keep getting out there and you're going to 666 00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:56,160 find it because that's always worked for the last decade. 667 00:32:56,600 --> 00:33:00,400 But it just didn't click today. And this year's so different 668 00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:03,880 than last year totally because like last year was like every 669 00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:07,640 single race, there was just emotional excitement building 670 00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:11,040 and little bits and pieces of takeaways that he took from each 671 00:33:11,040 --> 00:33:12,640 race. It was like, oh, like there's 672 00:33:12,640 --> 00:33:15,320 this growing excitement and the fitness is working. 673 00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:19,920 And like now with 2026, he's got a hold this year to last year's 674 00:33:19,920 --> 00:33:21,920 standard. There's more of a, a body of 675 00:33:21,920 --> 00:33:25,800 work to look at year over year. And so it makes it just tougher 676 00:33:25,800 --> 00:33:29,200 for or maybe maybe it makes it tougher. 677 00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:32,160 And I think he's talked about this before at the pre classic 678 00:33:32,160 --> 00:33:36,200 or some other interview mentally get up for some of these races. 679 00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:39,520 And so even though this is AUS championship like and he hasn't 680 00:33:39,520 --> 00:33:44,120 had the best season so far. Yeah, it just didn't it did. 681 00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:47,400 It was not there today. So thinking about the final now, 682 00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:50,440 yeah. Who are our players in your 683 00:33:50,440 --> 00:33:52,240 mind? Like who? 684 00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:54,720 The challenge Cooper. Hobbs. 685 00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:58,440 Anyone else have a shot? Well, I mean, like, if you think 686 00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:02,560 about just like how well some like Sean Dolan looked indoors. 687 00:34:02,840 --> 00:34:07,480 Yeah, and he looked great today. And he he he's a very smart 688 00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:10,880 tactical runner. He and he has a great last 200. 689 00:34:10,880 --> 00:34:14,880 He's strong and he's a guy who arguably a lot of people say it 690 00:34:14,880 --> 00:34:17,840 could be a 1500 guy. No, but he's very strong and he 691 00:34:17,840 --> 00:34:21,199 Mr. move up. He he took it today, 200 out. 692 00:34:22,679 --> 00:34:28,320 I I would say if this is a fast race, it's really Cooper and 693 00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:30,239 Hobbs. I mean, we've got a lot of guys 694 00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:35,000 who can run 145 many ways. The number of guys here that can 695 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:38,159 run 143 ultimately is 2. Yeah. 696 00:34:38,719 --> 00:34:43,400 So if I'm Hobbs, I'm going out, but I'm not going I'm I don't 697 00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:46,239 want to run around 7 guys to get to Cooper. 698 00:34:46,719 --> 00:34:50,120 I think it's just not worth the extra distance and the stress or 699 00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:51,480 any of that. I know he doesn't necessarily 700 00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:55,800 want to go out in 24 points to pick his spot, but like now 701 00:34:55,800 --> 00:34:58,080 we're in the final and what worked in the Freeland might not 702 00:34:58,080 --> 00:35:00,480 necessarily work in the final. I think he just got to get off 703 00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:03,320 the line a little harder. If you're hobsy try and pull 704 00:35:03,640 --> 00:35:07,400 what Cooper did it win Yuni? But to Cooper, can you win that 705 00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:09,600 way beat him? No, but I mean like just sit on 706 00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:12,360 him, sit on him and then at 600 that's when you try and make a 707 00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:16,280 move on him. Yeah, I mean, I don't know how 708 00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:17,480 you beat Cooper. Honestly. 709 00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:21,320 I think I think the the best shot that Hobbs could have to be 710 00:35:21,320 --> 00:35:24,360 Cooper is if the field collectively decides like to 711 00:35:24,360 --> 00:35:27,000 make it difficult for Cooper, don't let him control the race, 712 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:30,040 which is tough because he's such a good racer. 713 00:35:30,040 --> 00:35:35,360 He races like he's well, well beyond a high schooler. 714 00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:39,040 He just hasn't. You saw it actually with him and 715 00:35:39,040 --> 00:35:42,240 Hobbs today. He he threw a little elbow and 716 00:35:42,240 --> 00:35:44,680 made some space going into that that. 717 00:35:44,960 --> 00:35:47,720 And then looks over his shoulder and in the final hundred, just 718 00:35:47,720 --> 00:35:48,800 to double check, it's like Brandon. 719 00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:53,720 Miller Yeah, yeah. I guess yeah, Hobbs should go 720 00:35:53,720 --> 00:35:56,320 back and watch. Yeah, Hobbs, go back and watch 721 00:35:56,320 --> 00:35:57,840 how Brandon Miller did it at free. 722 00:35:57,840 --> 00:36:00,000 Which was giving him a little bit of space. 723 00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:03,800 But then I mean, Brandon, when he made his move, he made his 724 00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:05,960 move. I think Hobbs can afford to do 725 00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:09,160 that from even further out. Obviously, coming in from the 726 00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:13,640 strength of the 1500 guy, you don't necessarily want Cooper to 727 00:36:13,640 --> 00:36:16,160 get to 100 meters being like, all right, it's time to go. 728 00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:17,800 Yeah, yeah. You wanted to hit him a little 729 00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:20,440 earlier to get him to a place where he's like, I need to hang 730 00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:25,720 on, which is, you know what, in the races in which he's been 731 00:36:25,720 --> 00:36:27,520 challenged, that's what the guys have been able to do. 732 00:36:27,680 --> 00:36:30,440 Maybe the Atlanta Track Club guys find a way to team up. 733 00:36:30,880 --> 00:36:32,480 Throw 2. Of them or three of them in 734 00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:36,600 there. 22 OK, but maybe they find a way to just make it 735 00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:39,920 difficult at some point. He's not a high schooler 736 00:36:39,920 --> 00:36:42,240 anymore. He's just the the best minor 737 00:36:42,240 --> 00:36:44,880 arguably in the world in the world, and you got to treat him 738 00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:47,960 like that. All right, let's move on. 739 00:36:48,160 --> 00:36:50,680 So prediction is Hobbs or Cooper. 740 00:36:50,680 --> 00:36:54,000 We're both taking Cooper. I mean, I'm taking Cooper 741 00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:57,360 because I just believe that Cooper's smart enough that he's 742 00:36:57,360 --> 00:36:58,880 going to be able to run his. Game. 743 00:36:59,960 --> 00:37:01,920 Yeah. And this, yeah, I guess like the 744 00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:04,680 Mac just reminded us, this is his last race of the season. 745 00:37:05,720 --> 00:37:07,120 Hey. Please. 746 00:37:07,320 --> 00:37:11,760 Cooper, he's. Come on, come on, let's do world 747 00:37:11,760 --> 00:37:13,880 ultimates. He's like, you can get the days 748 00:37:13,880 --> 00:37:17,160 off from school. He's got 10 DBQS and six books 749 00:37:17,160 --> 00:37:21,120 to read before school starts, all right. 750 00:37:21,560 --> 00:37:24,560 Women's Aid. What a field. 751 00:37:25,200 --> 00:37:28,120 Well, yeah, we looked at it. We said first when we were 752 00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:30,280 looking at it and we're like, OK, so the time qualifier is 753 00:37:30,280 --> 00:37:34,320 obviously going to come out of this one because it had. 754 00:37:34,920 --> 00:37:36,600 Who said Rocheen? It had. 755 00:37:37,840 --> 00:37:40,480 Megan. Hunter, Megan Hunter, Michaela 756 00:37:40,480 --> 00:37:45,320 Rose, Heather McClain. And we're like, OK, so they have 757 00:37:45,320 --> 00:37:49,640 a pacer with Michaela Rose and. But although she did hold back 758 00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:53,360 like it was not just like A and. Megan Hunter, despite them 759 00:37:53,360 --> 00:37:56,240 coming through in a perfectly honest pace with Michaela Rose 760 00:37:56,240 --> 00:37:58,320 at the front. Someone who you can trust to 761 00:37:58,320 --> 00:38:02,240 keep it honest. With like 22410 to go like she 762 00:38:02,240 --> 00:38:03,960 just made a move. She took the I was. 763 00:38:04,600 --> 00:38:07,640 If Michaela Rose wants to lead the ladder, yeah. 764 00:38:08,440 --> 00:38:10,720 But ultimately it's about qualifying. 765 00:38:11,040 --> 00:38:14,240 Megan was coming back a little bit there at the end. 766 00:38:14,240 --> 00:38:16,720 She was starting to tie up and obviously Rocheen got her at the 767 00:38:16,760 --> 00:38:20,520 end. But all the time qualifiers did 768 00:38:20,560 --> 00:38:22,880 come out of this. 1st and it wasn't all that quick, I mean 769 00:38:22,920 --> 00:38:25,360 like 159 up in the front for for Rocheen. 770 00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:28,960 And then so Megan Hunter, Emma Sullivan, Lauren Tolbert, and 771 00:38:28,960 --> 00:38:32,160 then we're, you know, as team new bounce over the next couple 772 00:38:32,160 --> 00:38:33,840 days. And like someone we've been 773 00:38:33,840 --> 00:38:36,280 following super closely over the course of the season, Paige 774 00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:41,880 Shepherd 222 flat 99. So knocking on the door of sub 775 00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:46,240 two. She's got UA world U 20s coming 776 00:38:46,240 --> 00:38:49,640 up as well. And so she squeaks by in as the 777 00:38:50,480 --> 00:38:52,800 final time qualifier. And if you look at the names 778 00:38:52,840 --> 00:38:56,320 behind her, just in not just in her heat, but in where she 779 00:38:56,320 --> 00:38:59,640 ranked for the day, like she took down some some some pro 780 00:38:59,640 --> 00:39:02,120 pros. Yeah, so the Bleacher creatures 781 00:39:02,120 --> 00:39:06,480 have Rochine, Yeah. And Paige to be to be going wild 782 00:39:06,480 --> 00:39:08,800 for there, Yeah. So this will be a fun race to to 783 00:39:08,800 --> 00:39:11,240 unpack. All right, so then we go to Heat 784 00:39:11,240 --> 00:39:17,280 2, NIA Aikens back in action for this may have been her opener, 785 00:39:17,280 --> 00:39:20,360 but. She ran some races indoors. 786 00:39:21,160 --> 00:39:23,880 But revealed in the mix zone afterwards that she was involved 787 00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:27,080 in a car crash, a pretty scary car crash, and like, had to, you 788 00:39:27,080 --> 00:39:29,320 know, take some time to make a full recovery from it. 789 00:39:30,360 --> 00:39:33,080 I haven't had a chance to watch the full thing, but Paul was 790 00:39:33,080 --> 00:39:35,200 sending over some notes afterwards. 791 00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:39,160 And so, one, glad that she's OK and, two, glad to see you're 792 00:39:39,160 --> 00:39:41,320 back in action. But when we look at the names on 793 00:39:41,320 --> 00:39:45,320 the start list, we're like, wait, it looks like 90% of this 794 00:39:45,320 --> 00:39:48,680 field has made a team in some way, shape or form with like 795 00:39:48,920 --> 00:39:50,640 Sammy Watson being like The only exception. 796 00:39:50,640 --> 00:39:52,600 But we could stretch it to AU 20 teams. 797 00:39:52,600 --> 00:39:54,600 And then, yeah, then you would you would put her on there. 798 00:39:54,600 --> 00:39:57,000 But. There's a lot of names. 4 799 00:39:57,000 --> 00:40:03,960 Olympians I think in this one. So yeah, this one was NIA 800 00:40:04,120 --> 00:40:09,040 Juliet. I was so nervous because she it 801 00:40:09,040 --> 00:40:09,720 was. Tight. 802 00:40:09,960 --> 00:40:12,120 Today they announced that she joined the Brooks base. 803 00:40:12,200 --> 00:40:16,840 And I've I've made it a thing of how people do after getting 804 00:40:16,840 --> 00:40:19,240 announced within 24 hours of a race. 805 00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:23,160 And it's an emotional thing. And it was close, but she held 806 00:40:23,160 --> 00:40:26,000 on by a couple tenths of a second to make it through. 807 00:40:26,960 --> 00:40:28,680 So that was the top two that came out of this one. 808 00:40:29,120 --> 00:40:34,120 Ajay, so close, but just like tied up in the final hundred and 809 00:40:34,120 --> 00:40:38,000 Juliet pasture. Yeah, so unfortunately no IJ 810 00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:42,240 Wilson in the final. And only 6 athletes in this heat 811 00:40:42,240 --> 00:40:47,640 because we had two DNS's in both Nikki Hilts and Tegan 812 00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:51,000 Scheinbecker because they made it in the 1500s so. 813 00:40:52,600 --> 00:40:56,400 We saw a game of just sort of like looking at double entries 814 00:40:56,400 --> 00:40:59,760 in the 15 and 8 and today just kind of like made it a bit more 815 00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:02,000 sense of like, all right, no. So some of these athletes had 816 00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:03,840 this as an insurance policy and they went all in. 817 00:41:03,840 --> 00:41:06,360 Not Addie Wiley. Not Addie Wiley because like 818 00:41:06,960 --> 00:41:09,520 raced yesterday, race today, is going to race tomorrow and then 819 00:41:09,720 --> 00:41:14,480 race on Sunday. Addie Wiley in Heat 3 takes it 820 00:41:14,480 --> 00:41:19,080 over Michaela Page Another just announced today she joined 821 00:41:19,120 --> 00:41:21,840 Swoosh TC. We know which version of Nike 822 00:41:21,840 --> 00:41:23,440 Swoosh. TC I think they finally, they 823 00:41:23,440 --> 00:41:25,480 must have heard us because they made it clear like in the 824 00:41:25,480 --> 00:41:30,400 graphics now like Swoosh, TC Flagstaff or like I think we 825 00:41:30,400 --> 00:41:33,200 learned Gracie Morris's, which has been unclear for a bit. 826 00:41:33,200 --> 00:41:36,760 It's Flagstaff. Some of the others are more 827 00:41:36,760 --> 00:41:38,880 obvious when it's sort of like they went to BYU, they're 828 00:41:38,880 --> 00:41:43,440 staying in Provo, so Addie and Michaela Page come out of Heat 829 00:41:43,440 --> 00:41:45,280 3. What are the odds we have two 830 00:41:45,280 --> 00:41:48,440 Michaela's and a heat spelled exactly the same way? 831 00:41:48,560 --> 00:41:51,680 I mean, like, I give kudos to the announcers for trying to 832 00:41:51,680 --> 00:41:54,920 juggle this one because we had Michaela Page, McKenna Keegan 833 00:41:55,320 --> 00:41:59,800 and Michaela Clark. Yeah, so 2 Michaela's and a 834 00:41:59,800 --> 00:42:03,240 McKenna. Hot name on the baby list right 835 00:42:03,240 --> 00:42:05,240 now. Or I guess 20 years ago. 836 00:42:05,800 --> 00:42:08,880 Maybe 20 years ago they'll go back and look and see like 20 837 00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:11,440 years from now this meet, they'll be like there's 5 838 00:42:11,840 --> 00:42:16,080 Jalen's in this heat. So there's going to be like 10 839 00:42:16,080 --> 00:42:17,160 Lebrons. Yeah. 840 00:42:17,240 --> 00:42:20,480 Yeah, but Addie Wiley looked great. 841 00:42:20,480 --> 00:42:25,280 I mean, I this heat, nothing crazy happened. 842 00:42:25,280 --> 00:42:27,760 I mean, I thought Michaela Page looked really strong. 843 00:42:27,880 --> 00:42:30,720 Yeah. And Addie bounced back well from 844 00:42:30,720 --> 00:42:33,440 the 1500. No, like huge upsets. 845 00:42:34,720 --> 00:42:38,040 McKenna Keegan just honestly didn't have the space. 846 00:42:38,040 --> 00:42:41,600 I think she was, I think she had the bandwidth in order to 847 00:42:41,600 --> 00:42:44,800 challenge for one of those top two spots in the last 100, but 848 00:42:44,800 --> 00:42:46,480 she just couldn't. There was never a hole that 849 00:42:46,480 --> 00:42:48,800 opened up and she never committed to going wide and just 850 00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:52,280 ultimately the the finish line came and I, I bet she finished 851 00:42:52,840 --> 00:42:56,720 feel like I got something left. Do we so now when we look at the 852 00:42:56,720 --> 00:43:00,720 sort of all the names, do we have a favorite for the win? 853 00:43:00,720 --> 00:43:08,000 I think Rocheen. Yeah, I so Rasheen, if she gets 854 00:43:08,200 --> 00:43:11,240 her race execution right, definitely. 855 00:43:11,600 --> 00:43:14,800 I think like has the highest ceiling right now among fitness 856 00:43:14,840 --> 00:43:17,840 in the field. I do like what I've seen out of 857 00:43:17,840 --> 00:43:22,000 Megan Hunter, but if she can just stay patient a little bit, 858 00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:25,480 I think today she did show that she is very fit and we've seen 859 00:43:25,480 --> 00:43:28,920 that already. Just don't try to leave from 410 860 00:43:28,920 --> 00:43:31,280 out. Yeah, I mean, there's only one 861 00:43:31,280 --> 00:43:34,880 person in the field is running, what, 15157? 862 00:43:36,160 --> 00:43:38,040 You think Mac is throwing it out there? 863 00:43:38,040 --> 00:43:40,240 Rochine's going to run 155 in the final. 864 00:43:40,840 --> 00:43:41,880 I like that. Wow. 865 00:43:41,880 --> 00:43:44,320 You know, we're going to be going absolutely crazy. 866 00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:50,480 We should just throw our beer cups in the air if that happens. 867 00:43:50,480 --> 00:43:52,280 Shirts are coming off if that happens. 868 00:43:52,280 --> 00:43:54,120 But don't. Wasn't it being explained that 869 00:43:54,120 --> 00:43:57,360 shirts come off like if your team is doing bad, our team's 870 00:43:57,360 --> 00:44:00,040 going to be doing great? All right, maybe. 871 00:44:01,360 --> 00:44:05,680 Our shirts are off in the beginning and then we put them 872 00:44:05,680 --> 00:44:08,440 back on well. Depends on how team New Balance 873 00:44:08,440 --> 00:44:11,960 is doing in the other races. The start of this race, yeah, 874 00:44:11,960 --> 00:44:13,920 because you know Rachine is not going to lead in the beginning. 875 00:44:13,920 --> 00:44:16,840 She's been coming on strong. So when she's not winning the 876 00:44:16,840 --> 00:44:20,400 first half, shirts are off and then as soon as she starts 877 00:44:20,400 --> 00:44:23,680 coming, shirts back on. I got to get like a couple push 878 00:44:23,680 --> 00:44:27,320 ups and a couple of AB workouts in between now and the final. 879 00:44:27,320 --> 00:44:28,880 But if I'm going to have any comfort. 880 00:44:28,880 --> 00:44:29,880 Level. Of being. 881 00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:31,920 Shirtless, we have a second shirt on underneath. 882 00:44:31,920 --> 00:44:35,800 A tank top. But yeah, all right, I think 883 00:44:35,800 --> 00:44:38,120 we're both going Rosheen for the victory in the final. 884 00:44:38,960 --> 00:44:43,520 What finals do we have tomorrow? Tomorrow earlier start to the 885 00:44:43,520 --> 00:44:47,120 day. OK, so the the the kids over at 886 00:44:47,120 --> 00:44:51,080 Joy, MO. OK, you have this theory. 887 00:44:51,320 --> 00:44:55,440 I have a theory that Joy MO has been I talked I talked to the 888 00:44:55,480 --> 00:44:59,200 higher ups at Joy MO OK and attorney tell it turns out it's 889 00:44:59,200 --> 00:45:03,960 just three little kids in a trench coat who Claude coded 890 00:45:05,080 --> 00:45:09,040 this this streaming website together and they didn't buy the 891 00:45:09,040 --> 00:45:12,560 highest level of the Claude subscription. 892 00:45:12,880 --> 00:45:15,120 And so that's why we have so much time between me just 893 00:45:15,120 --> 00:45:19,360 because they're waiting for to mark for they don't, they don't 894 00:45:19,360 --> 00:45:22,680 have enough and they can't, they didn't, they don't have a credit 895 00:45:22,680 --> 00:45:24,160 card because they're nine years old. 896 00:45:27,640 --> 00:45:31,560 This is This is the story Kyle came up with in between events 897 00:45:31,680 --> 00:45:34,000 today. He's like, huh, who can we blame 898 00:45:34,000 --> 00:45:36,960 for this? It's freaking joy, MO, I know. 899 00:45:38,440 --> 00:45:40,600 All right, so the finals start earlier, start tomorrow. 900 00:45:40,600 --> 00:45:43,720 And also not on Joy MO. It's it'll be on NBC and 901 00:45:43,800 --> 00:45:46,160 Peacock. You, you kids did great. 902 00:45:46,440 --> 00:45:54,800 Let your dogs take it from here. OK, so first track final starts 903 00:45:54,840 --> 00:46:00,800 at at 3:00, about 3:00 with the women's 400, men's 400. 904 00:46:01,080 --> 00:46:04,600 And then we've also got the women's steeple, men's steeple, 905 00:46:05,040 --> 00:46:10,480 women's shop put, men's 1500, women's 1500, women's 100 meter 906 00:46:10,480 --> 00:46:13,000 hurdles, women's pole vault, men's discus throw. 907 00:46:13,000 --> 00:46:16,760 So the final men's triple jump. The finals are starting to pile 908 00:46:16,760 --> 00:46:19,120 up tomorrow. We could have thrown one or two 909 00:46:19,120 --> 00:46:22,720 more finals into today. Into today, Yeah, I think so. 910 00:46:22,960 --> 00:46:24,360 Tomorrow will be a good one. Yeah. 911 00:46:24,560 --> 00:46:26,440 Tomorrow will be good. All right. 912 00:46:26,440 --> 00:46:28,760 New Balance. Today we had a group run. 913 00:46:29,240 --> 00:46:31,080 Great turn out. Great turn out for Friday. 914 00:46:31,080 --> 00:46:33,680 Everyone's going to work after. Yeah. 915 00:46:34,640 --> 00:46:39,240 And then tomorrow we've got a brunch. 916 00:46:39,240 --> 00:46:42,080 Brunch trivia. A brunch and some trivia for 917 00:46:42,080 --> 00:46:44,920 folks who got invited to the CDs Mag New Balance Cheer Zone. 918 00:46:44,920 --> 00:46:48,400 And then we've got an after party on Sunday night. 919 00:46:48,880 --> 00:46:51,680 If you slide into the CDs Mag dams, maybe you get the details, 920 00:46:52,000 --> 00:46:54,320 maybe you don't. Just try. 921 00:46:55,800 --> 00:46:59,240 All right, Well, that does it. From Icon Stadium, day two of 922 00:46:59,240 --> 00:47:03,360 the 2026 USATF Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the 923 00:47:03,360 --> 00:47:05,080 books. I'm Erica Chavez. 924 00:47:05,480 --> 00:47:08,560 This is Kyle Merber and we will see you tomorrow.