2007 NCAA Men's 800m Track Championship

[jolteon43]

lady, please shut the fuck up you have no clue what youre talking about

i mean a 100-200m sprint after 600-700meters?! no fucking way that's going to happen as your legs pretty much transform into steel

and about that guy who was leading i can tell you that a 800m race is only decided at the end

i hope you are not being paid to narrate track races...

[thebradbickley]

Wow. That woman has never seen an 800 or ran that far in her life.

[LHInsan1ty]

why the fuck is he wearing sunglasses

[thetimsterdog]

ryan! i know him!

[Amyloverboy]

This woman is re fucking tarded

[sueyking]

ear rape! 

[AANate007]

lets go blue!!!

[okonh0wp]

is this prerecorded? the fact that they talk about the guys who finished 1-2 and noone else, is a little suspicious, tim bayley of iona who finished 2nd the year before had a good chance of winning, he should have theoretically been talked about if the announcers thought he had no chance of winning

[okonh0wp]

neat to see Washington excel at something.

Also, they got two things wrong in this race:

#1 tim bailey of iona wasn't in second according to the announcer, it was a runner from UTEP

#2 the UTEP runner was labeled as being from Utah

Also, WTF? they should show the top 8 runners

[MrTrackman99]

her voice is like fucking nails on a chalkboard

[tbnoprob]

Fire that bitch

[krussvt]

God that guy from Miss had strange form didn't he?  Strange arms...

[kittybunny666]

this entire race is ruined by the female commentary, it is totaly worthless and shows no insight or knowledge of the 800 meter race, especially after the race finishes and her description of the finish.

[MrSdog13]

Great race!

[TheCrestHawk]

i run this and the mile

[mamowolde]

okay good for you bitch

[guitargod66]

@mamowolde hahaha

[TheCrestHawk]

Your An Ass

[rmrooster01]

Carol Lewis got a big mouth just like her brother Carl, lol.

[electrospecter99]

I wish that woman would just shut up... I believe its carol lewis who always does a horrible job of commentating

[mosholt]

That nigger got a bad arm swing while hes running ;)

[georgehennessy]

The two black commentators really had a tough time with the white guy winning the race.

[xpimpin101]

that was a good race...Ellerton had a crazy finish..a dn ryna brown also had a good finish..had his form down and everything.

[ryan0wnzu]

Ever notice how the white guys always end up with the crazy finish? They stay in the back and wait until the last 200m. This isn't intended to be sterotyping I'm just saying.

[KingAttle]

its because white people run smart....that dumb nigger in front obviously has the brain of a chimp...look at his arm swing!!!! LOL

[redwinger219]

I didn't know that Klansmen were such experts at track and field. Did your Third Reich overlords teach you this "science"? Say hello to Rush, Trent, Ann, Bill O., Newt and the whole gang for me, will you?

[KingAttle]

they send their regards!

[2012leeroy]

i love the 800 race! check out my 800 races... "the 800 runner"

[chrisfootball2]

the person who ussaily is in first for most of the race never wins in the 800m

[Eimantasss25]

lol i had to lead my run im my countrys champ, and gues what, i won, at the last straight i thought will i really win by leading all the time...

[250dirtbikes]

800m is a very difficult race...u need to know how much to put in to stay within ur pysical abilities nd to stay in tha race to finish with a good placing...TACTICS...i love it

[WhiteScarWolf]

agree with

niqcook

[niqcook]

"they basically run 6 or 700 meters and then line up across the track and decide who has the biggest sprint"

this lady has no understanding of the 800... they're lineing up to see who can slow down the least. The last 100 is almost NEVER the fastest part of the race, and the race is hardly ever decided there.

[imfastrdinu07]

the last 200 and/or 100 meters is basically were the race IS determined. runners jostle for position for the first 400, by now some lactic acid has built and pick up the pace but when they pick up the pace they really arn't going faster generally, just not decelerating as fast pace, then at the 200 the people still with the pack start to make a move and the women even though as anoying as is, is right they basically line up and see who has most sprint. but there are the few who led th entire way

[niqcook]

depends on the type of runner, but for most the idea is that you need to run the race as smoothly as you can without too much jostling or accelerating (some say you only get 2 accels or "moves" in a race). If you pay close attention to most 800 races you'll see that the fast guys in the last 100/200 are the ones who ran smoothly before then. The ones dying are the ones who made 1 or 2 too many accels to fight people off earlier in the race. Last 100/200 is usually determined by first 600.

[niqcook]

evidence of this idea:

1) watch yuriy borzakovskiy. The races he does well in are when he's managed to stay close to the pack but out of danger so that he can run the first 500 or so very smooth, then turns on the kick he's so carefully preserved. If you see him not doing well in the last 100 it's because he had to fight in the pack too much.

2) K. Robinson at oly trials. Died in the last 100. This was predictable from when he surged at 200m to fight off another runner to stay in the lead.

[dkrusekontrol]

It's really hard to tell who's going to win an 800 until ~100 m left because, as you say, everyone is just dying out there. The guys kicking to win are those with the most left, not those with the most sprint. The subtle differences in top end speed are almost irrelevant at the end of a race like this.

[MossMagicCrunch98]

@niqcook At the highschool level races are usually decided at about the 450 meter mark to about the 500 meter mark. However, it all depends on the type of runner and the stratedgy they runner uses. My friend beat out another teammate of mine at the last 100 to go to state in the 800.

[jleeod]

the reporter at the end.... coachmen did a fine job rabbiting... who rabbits in a championship race? Looks to me like he had the balls to take it out f'in kickers!

[stoppre75]

Carol Lewis is an absolute idiot! Everything she says is a WASTE! The worst--1:50--What is everybody doing?" He didn't even finish in the top 3! At 2:46...WHAT IS SHE ADDING? Absolutely no insight!

[OceanBreezy09]

shes fucking stupid i hate her too

[Stateman11]

agreed...

[s41alk]

check out german fernandez run a 4 minute mile. type in german fernandez mile on youtube

[fantasilianka]

.. im 17, and my personal best at the moment is: 1.57.93 ..

.. And the key to a good time is NOT(!) the finish, it's your stamina combined with a nice/high topspeed ..

.. THe DANISH guy!

[BattleRifle112]

So basically your finish... "nice/top speed"....

[Torydaes]

jamesruns, my best is 2:13.18 all you can do is keep in good shape all year, and try some hill training maybe, work on a strong finish, that's key

[decoursey5]

800m rulz

[bubbleowns219]

what does pr mean?

[fasterthanpre93]

PR=Personal Record (or personal best)

[Requiredfields2]

holy fuck. you just want to show the world what moron you are. is that it?

[Kalfein3]

wow carol lewis... but seriously, try running the 400 hurdles sometime.

[whiteboy1295]

Their fast...

My pr is 2:01...

[allergic2fun]

dude no body gives a shit what your pr is. so dont waste your energy typing it, ass clown

[trudycouldeatyou]

eww someone has issues

[Rock171023]

asshole much?

[allergic2fun]

so you get on youtube everyday just to watch videos and find out some other guys pr?

[theeds123]

yes i do.

[Shammyjoy]

ryan brown is super gay

[cocopuffsareyummy1]

hooooly shit.

[mgolfuc06]

the 800 is THE EVENT.  there is no pain that can match it. also, the world record is the most difficult to break (1:41.11)

[trudycouldeatyou]

ya, i hate it whenever i have to do it every year, i luv hurdles so much more than this lol it hurts at the end

[sidstille]

the 800 is what my track team calls "the man maker"

[Mrcg12190]

amen.

[Ashco]

Join "I LOVE THE 800m" on facebook groups.

[mclace]

Why all of you hate on carol lewis

[GtngThr]

Because her commentary for most of the race was very poor.

[lc400matt]

I know that guy leading the pack in the beginning. Larry Brooks from UTSA! He would have own that too if he wasnt sick that day, he got food poisoning the night before...

[dukkadukka10]

yay Andrew!!!! Totally loved this. Haven't seen the guy since shortly after highschool. :) So proud!!!! (and congrats to him for being named Michagan's athlete of the year!!)

[jamesrunsalot]

My personal record is 2:27, i live in Florida and am in 8th grade, if anybody knows, how can i imporve?

[maxlyger]

run long distance before track season starts...then you will get stamina and endurance to build up on it

[CCWarrior506]

word.

[flame123652]

how u can improve? hmmm... ball up or shut up. Nobody needs to know your times as an eigth grader.

[SoCalRunner07]

"That's Tim Bayley from Iona in second position"...apparently Tim Bayley turned black at some point in this race. Carol Lewis sucks at as a commentator.

[mrrda]

This lady has no idea what she is talking about....wow

[ww1313]

i completely agree

she should shut up

[HeshimaJameni]

It's strange nobody mentioned the name Elias Koech running for UTEP throughout the race despite finishing second.

[gaudmeff]

They got his school wrong at the start too. 44 Seconds in, Lane 6. Elias Koech from Utah...

[jimmyg141]

UTEP, not Utah. but ur right, tim bayley is a white englishman, tough bastard too, raced him a few times that season

[spreitzrunner1]

that lady should be fired

"what are they doing he is opening up 2 or 3 meter lead!!!! my god what are they doing" he ended up finishing 4rth...... dumbass

[dcsolorunner]

You don't think it had to do with Carol Lewis and Ryan Browns' shared race do'ya? She's always been biased toward black athletes in the mid-distance races.

[swilkerson]

doubt it...if anything, it sounded like the commentators knew it was between brown and ellerton so their every move was critiqued...sadly koech was left out of the mix...ellerton ran two consistent laps (from start to finish)

[25LLeo]

Ellerton does his best to move to the back of the pack...Ryan Brown coming to take the win. Some interesting commentary.

[injendc4]

he was my teammate, she's right though because that is how he runs his 800, he paces himself off of other people.