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Prefontaine - Lanaro 5.80, everyone else not so hot

Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 1:00 pm
by rainbowgirl28
I am going to try and do live updates from Pre here. The pole vault starts tomorrow at 1:08. Men's only.

It will be shown LIVE on NBC from 1-3 (Pacific), so be sure to check it out. My coverage is only meant to fill in for what TV does not show.

It all happens tomorrow (Sunday)

Who is going to the meet?

Thanks

Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 12:11 am
by Vault Chick
Cool, thanks Becca for letting me know, I'll definetely turn it on!!!! -Ashley

Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 3:52 am
by rainbowgirl28
Start List

POLE VAULT
Brad Walker
Russ Buller
Toby Stevenson
Jeff Hartwig
Daichi Sawano (Japan)
Giovanni Lanaro (Mexico)
Giuseppe Gibilisco (Italy)
Tim Mack

Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 3:53 am
by rainbowgirl28
I am also pretty excited to see this race:

200 METERS
Xavier Carter
Wallace Spearmon
Shawn Crawford
Rodney Martin
Jeremy Wariner
Asafa Powell (Jamaica)
Chris Berrian
J.J. Johnson
:eek: :eek:

Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 3:35 pm
by rainbowgirl28
I am here in Eugene and the guys are getting warmed up. It is a little on the cool side, but they are in the sun so it probably feels nice.

Unfortunately they are running into a smoking headwind. The wind kept shifting around when the games committee was trying to make a decision about it, so they decided to leave it the way it is now. They won't let them change it.

It'll be a headwind for all the sprints as well :no:

Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 3:47 pm
by rainbowgirl28
The women's javelin appears to be going well. Kreiner threw 193-0. The crowd is appreciative.

The vaulters are coming up short a lot in warmups.

Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 4:08 pm
by rainbowgirl28
Sawano bails on his first attempt at 5.45.
Hartwig makes it clean.
Toby knocks it off on the way up.
Tim Mack runs through


Internet is cutting in and out

Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 4:10 pm
by rainbowgirl28
Buller runs through.

The wind sucks.

Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 4:14 pm
by rainbowgirl28
False start in the 100.

There is a meeting at the PV Pit. I think they are thinking about saying screw TV and turn the pits around anyway. The wind is just a smoking headwind and the guys are not happy.

Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 4:17 pm
by rainbowgirl28
Screw TV, they are turning the pits around. :yes:

I dunno what the wind reading was, but the 100 was won in 10.42 by Brown, so you can tell there is a smoking headwind.

Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 4:18 pm
by rainbowgirl28
The standings at this point.

5.45
Walker
Buller x
Stevenson
Hartwig o
Sawano x
Lanaro
Gibilisco
Mack x


Not sure what happens now. I thought it was against the rules to turn the pit around mid competition *shrug*

Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 4:26 pm
by rainbowgirl28
8:08.08 for Koech in the steeple. He absolutely obliterated the field. It broke all kinds of records. Broke Rono's record.