armchair
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The Vols women's track program is not in great shape, but I think our new coach is a good one who will help it a lot. Today wasn't very encouraging, however--pay no attention to the PR on UTSports.com, which has a story raving about our women's 29th-place standing in the NCAA championship. On the last day of the championship, the UT sprinters performed poorly. First, our 4x100m relay team, which was not one of the favorites int the final, botched the final handoff and didn't even finish the race. We could have gotten one or two points, and instead got none.
In the 400M Final, Felecia Majors wasn't expected to be one of the top contenders, either--but she came in a DISTANT last, finishing something like 9 seconds behind the top finishers and about 7 seconds slower than her semifinal time. In a 51 second race, that's almost unheard of. She may have been injured--that's the only explanation.
I thought our best sprinter, Felecia Brown, was a real contender in the 200M race, but apparently not as she finished 6th.
Distant runner Chelsea Blase was our best performer in the NCAA finals--I think she came in second in the 10K m--and we'll miss her. We need to crank up our recruiting, big time, as we were no factor in field events and had very little depth in the track events. Onward and upward....
In the 400M Final, Felecia Majors wasn't expected to be one of the top contenders, either--but she came in a DISTANT last, finishing something like 9 seconds behind the top finishers and about 7 seconds slower than her semifinal time. In a 51 second race, that's almost unheard of. She may have been injured--that's the only explanation.
I thought our best sprinter, Felecia Brown, was a real contender in the 200M race, but apparently not as she finished 6th.
Distant runner Chelsea Blase was our best performer in the NCAA finals--I think she came in second in the 10K m--and we'll miss her. We need to crank up our recruiting, big time, as we were no factor in field events and had very little depth in the track events. Onward and upward....