{"id":365,"date":"2010-07-19T15:27:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-19T22:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/?p=365"},"modified":"2010-07-19T15:27:00","modified_gmt":"2010-07-19T22:27:00","slug":"us-800-meter-explosion-in-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/?p=365","title":{"rendered":"US 800 Meter Explosion in Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"

This time of year everyone is focused on the big competitions \u2013 Rome, Paris, Zurich, Oslo, New York, Lausanne, London, etc. It\u2019s those locations that have the big budgets and the ability to bring in the big names and provide the ticket buyer with the splashy results. <\/p>\n

Every once in a while, however, the little out of the way meets attract enough athletes looking for an extra meet, or a tune up prior to a \u201cbig\u201d meet, to get some pretty good results. Such was the case yesterday, as the little town of Lignano Sabiaddoro in Italy, as American women did a number in the 800 meters. To be honest I had never even heard of the town until I was scanning through results earlier today. And even then nothing was really striking as I scanned through.<\/p>\n

10.10 to win the men\u2019s 100. 45.85 took the 400. 22.71 the women\u2019s 200. But then I got to the women\u2019s 800 and the following results:<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
1.<\/td>\n1:57.85<\/td>\nAlysia Johnson<\/td>\nUSA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2.<\/td>\n1:59.00<\/td>\nMaggie Vessey<\/td>\nUSA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3.<\/td>\n1:59.29<\/td>\nMorgan Uceny<\/td>\nUSA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4.<\/td>\n1:59.83<\/td>\nMolly Beckwith<\/td>\nUSA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5.<\/td>\n2:00.79<\/td>\nAnna Pierce<\/td>\nUSA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6. <\/td>\n2:02.14<\/td>\nHeidi Dahl<\/td>\nUSA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7. <\/td>\n2:03.29<\/td>\nTreniere Moser<\/td>\nUSA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8.<\/td>\n2:03.88<\/td>\nRiva Antonella<\/td>\nITA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

The times are huge for our women. Personal bests for Johnson, Uceny and Beckwith. Johnson\u2019s mark moves her into the all time top 10 American women at #9. Most importantly it continues the improvement US women have been showing in the middle distances over the past two seasons. It\u2019s a big race for Johnson who has shown talent in the past but just hasn\u2019t been able to break through. Perhaps this will be her race. Uceny has been improving like crazy in both the 800\/1500 this season, and looks ready to step up and be a major competitor. <\/p>\n

Add in Anna Pierce (5th here, but had a late start to her season), Christin Wurth Thomas (who ran a big 1500 just this past week), Maggie Vessey (2nd here but broke through last year at 1:57.84), Shannon Rowbury, Jenny Barringer, and Phoebe Wright (in the middle of a big breakout season), and suddenly we\u2019re looking very strong in the middle distances for women! <\/p>\n

I\u2019m looking forward to great things from this group in the very near future. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This time of year everyone is focused on the big competitions \u2013 Rome, Paris, Zurich, Oslo, New York, Lausanne, London, etc. It\u2019s those locations that have the big budgets and the ability to bring in the big names and provide the ticket buyer with the splashy results. Every once in a while, however, the little out of the way meets attract enough athletes looking for an extra meet, or a tune up prior to a \u201cbig\u201d meet, to get some pretty good results. Such was the case yesterday, as the little town of Lignano Sabiaddoro in Italy, as American women did a number in the 800 meters. To be honest I had never even heard of the town until I was scanning through results earlier today. And even then nothing was really striking as I scanned through. 10.10 to win the men\u2019s 100. 45.85 took the 400. 22.71 the women\u2019s 200. But then I got to the women\u2019s 800 and the following results:   1. 1:57.85 Alysia Johnson USA 2. 1:59.00 Maggie Vessey USA 3. 1:59.29 Morgan Uceny USA 4. 1:59.83 Molly Beckwith USA 5. 2:00.79 Anna Pierce USA 6. 2:02.14 Heidi Dahl USA 7. 2:03.29 Treniere Moser USA 8. 2:03.88 Riva Antonella ITA   The times are huge for our women. Personal bests for Johnson, Uceny and Beckwith. Johnson\u2019s mark moves her into the all time top 10 American women at #9. Most importantly it continues the improvement US women have been showing in the middle distances over the past two seasons. It\u2019s a big race for Johnson who has shown talent in the past but just hasn\u2019t been able to break through. Perhaps this will be her race. Uceny has been improving like crazy in both the 800\/1500 this season, and looks ready to step up and be a major competitor. Add in Anna Pierce (5th here, but had a late start to her season), Christin Wurth Thomas (who ran a big 1500 just this past week), Maggie Vessey (2nd here but broke through last year at 1:57.84), Shannon Rowbury, Jenny Barringer, and Phoebe Wright (in the middle of a big breakout season), and suddenly we\u2019re looking very strong in the middle distances for women! I\u2019m looking forward to great things from this group in the very near future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa3DCY-5T","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":368,"url":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/?p=368","url_meta":{"origin":365,"position":0},"title":"Middle Distance Runners Continue to Shine in Monaco","author":"CHill","date":"July 23, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"With no major championship on the docket this season, I keep looking at results as to what they may mean for our chances in Daegu, London and Moscow. 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