Andrew Wheating wins 800m at 2009 Pac 10

[03hollywood]

Oh and not to get into all that shit down below but hell let's throw in PREs race in Munich he sat back tried to make a move got fucked took a step back tried again and yet fucked again then he goes all out with four to go and viren and two other guys past him. No doubt in my mind if pre would've waited say 150 more meters to make his move he would've caught viren sleeping and if not gold at least silver or bronze.

[03hollywood]

I ran a race 3rd to last the whole race until the last 300 I slowly moved up and out kicked the 2 best in the state in the last 100 ohh how I love track. And bowerman is not dummy it does take more energy to lead

[inurro]

The sit & kick tactic actually works VERY well...I use it in all of my races and win by a mile....all Wheating has to do is put a little more at first, he doesn't have to force the pace, because THAT tactic is a waste of energy....he just has to bring it up a tiny bit at 300-400m, and then use his kick :)

[DoctorSpecialK]

Andrew Wheating > Robby Andrews Enough said.

[trackliverun100]

i dont know if you guys realize this but andrew did have a 1500 race before the 800...

[jkma604]

he was lucky that robbie andrews wasnt in this race.

[eKriZZLe]

@jkma604 yeah...lucky he didn't have to destroy robbie andrews' spirits after dominating him. Wheating just kicked Andrews ASS this weekend and then came back and won the 1,500. and swept the top 3 with Oregon runners. bow down.

[dchartier1]

No, his strategy is called CHICKEN SHIT RACING! He'll never get ANYWHERE in the ELITE TRACK WORLD pulling those kinds of COWARDLY stunts. He needs to GO HARD straight from the START and leave EVERYTHING on the track. That's what HERNANDEZ does, and look at what he did to Whearing in the '08 NCAA Outdoors and the '09 NCAA Indoors. Until then, Wheating is a CHICKEN SHIT!

[dchartier1]

Typical CHICKEN SHIT racing by Wheating! He lets some OTHER guy do ALL the work for NEARLY THE WHOLE RACE, then STEALS it right at the END. I'm GLAD he got NOWHERE at the '08 Olympics!

[Mrcg12190]

@dchartier1 wheating races kind of stupid at times but it's championship racing, he's trying to get 10 pts and a win. look at guys like kipketer who never won an Olympic gold because he can't race smart and win a tactical race even though he's the world record holder at 800m

[dchartier1]

And HOW MANY Olympic medals has Wheating won? I don't think I need ANY FINGERS to count them!

In all SERIOUSNESS, your point IS well taken. That said, I DON'T THINK it's SMART to use a racing strategy that consists of WAITING UNTIL the LAST 50 METERS while TRAILING THE LEADER by 10 METERS to make a move and win by 0.02 SECONDS! Wheating is an OLYMPIAN, and this is JUST the Pac-10 Championships (big for us MORTALS but should be NOTHING for an Olympian), so his racing here is INEXCUSABLE!!!

[avorachak127]

lmaoooooooo.. you have some serisous anger issues man if coming someone who knows how to pace and win race makes you mad. in no way does his race strategy affect you but at the same time you start crying like a little bitch... on youtube? and you call him chicken shit...

[dchartier1]

@avorachak127

lamoooooooo... You DIDN'T address my ARGUMENTS at all. I guess you CONCEDE defeat! Does this mean SPORTS COMMENTATORS can't COMMENT because game strategy DOESN'T AFFECT THEM?

Wheating's strategy in this race was SH*T. He waited until the LAST 50 METERS to make a move and BARELY won. That is a HIGH-RISK STRATEGY. As an OLYMPIAN, he could've TAKEN THE LEAD much earlier or NOT TRAILED by as much in the last stretch. It's DISGUSTING that an OLYMPIAN would pull this SH*T!

[avorachak127]

OMG you are right! I DIDNT. MAYBE IF I WROTE IN ALL CAPS I WOULD OF. OF ONLY SOME OF my words in ALL CAPS. yea that IT. Dave wottle? ring a bell faggot? usa guy who sat way back and then won olympic gold. shows he knows how to pace and not do more than he can. look at his splits. wheating isn't speeding up. he just isn't decelerating as fast as the other guys because he didnt go out too hard.

[dchartier1]

@avorachak127

Sebastian Coe? Wilson Kipketer? Joaquim Cruz? Johnny Gray? Alberto Juantorena? Earl Jones? Peter Snell? Ring a bell, FAGGOT? None of those guys SAT BACK for THEIR golden performances (including some GOLDS), and RAN FASTER than (or for Snell, AS FAST as) Wottle! I knew an IDIOT LIKE YOU would choose WOTTLE as the ONE counterexample!

I don't agree that Wheating is DECELERATING LESS. But even if he was, it shows HE COULD'VE TAKEN THE LEAD EARLIER!

Okay, FAGGOT?

[tyronecee]

it worked obviously.

faggot. i doubt you're even qualified to make these kinds of criticisms on his racing strategy.

[dchartier1]

@tyronecee

Hey FAGGOT, it BARELY worked and it's OBSCENE that an OLYMPIAN would pull this KIND of CRAP at a PIDDLY college conference championship. What Wheating did is NOT the sort of behavior a TRUE CHAMPION would exhibit.

And what makes YOU so qualified to critique RACING STRATEGY? Huh? Don't have ANYTHING to say, DO YOU?

[tyronecee]

well it looks like you're the only person who thinks sitting and kicking is obscene. maybe you have some sort of grudge against wheating? i dont know. and i can critique racing strategy cause i do race..and i do sit and kick just like wheating.

[dchartier1]

@tyronecee

Then it SOUNDS like YOU are CHEATING YOURSELF out of more success. Your coach should TEACH YOU BETTER. And DON'T say something like I am successful, I'm league champ or SOMETHING LIKE THAT because unless you OWN THE WORLD RECORD, I'm NOT impressed.

[tyronecee]

and i NEED to IMPRESS you? because TYPING like THIS seems to GET your POINT across? shut UP because ALL you're DOING is GOING on HIS videos AND SAYING HOW MUCH HE SUCKS. DEAL WITH IT. YOU CANT RUN 1:45 AND CHANGE SO SHUT THE HELL UP. and IM SURE MY COACHES KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

[rsjh3adshot]

@dchartier1 chill the fuck out loser

[dchartier1]

@rsjh3adshot

You CHILL THE FUCK OUT, you LOSER. You know NOTHING about track and field and WHAT IT TAKES to be GREAT!

[rsjh3adshot]

@dchartier1 i am chill lmao and i run in college i understand what it takes to be great he runs the way he does and gets by fine....he was in the olympics give him some credit god damn and my dad was also in the olympics so dont tell me i dont know about track when my dad was one of the best milers in the world during his time

[dchartier1]

@rsjh3adshot

It is DISGUSTING that an OLYMPIAN runs these kinds of CHICKEN SH*T RACES in a COLLEGE MEET! Someone with his RESUME shouldn't be trying to GET BY FINE. He OWES THE COUNTRY more than THAT!

Who's your Dad?

[rsjh3adshot]

@dchartier1 John Hartnett ran for Nova from Ireland 3:54.7 mile.

[dchartier1]

@rsjh3adshot

(ASSUMIING you're telling the truth -- there's a LOT of BS on the Internet) I give RESPECT to your father as a HIGHLY ACCOMPLISHED track athlete. That said, I don't see HOW Wheating's SIT-AND-KICK tactics are going to WORK at the INTERNATIONAL LEVEL. He does't have the SPEED for that to work. The KENYANS will EAT HIM ALIVE. As an OLYMPIAN, he should have his sights SET HIGHER than winning PAC-10 by 0.02 seconds and NOW is the time to start changing his STRATEGY!

[rsjh3adshot]

@dchartier1 trust me im not lying I could tell you anything there is to know about him losing to Pre by a tenth of a second, in the penn relays wall of fame twice, nova hall of fame etc..but anyway the Kenyans dominate everybody for the most part, the sit and kick works for him in college, but he is getting shown up this year by robby andrews, still he is very accomplished at his age and i doubt he will sit and kick forever

[unloadedboar1]

can you post the full race please? that would be outstanding

[Mrcg12190]

i wish wheating would start running closer to the front..he leaves so much distance to be made up at the end..thats not going to work against guys like hernandez (just like it didnt at the past indoor and outdoor championships)

[disgruntledathlete]

Right you are.  And it cost him big-time in the Olympics.

[dchartier1]

@disgruntledathlete

I agree with BOTH of you ONE HUNDRED PERCENT. Wheating AIN'T getting any AMERICAN RECORDS (or even going sub-1:43.5) racing like THIS! Granted, he's YOUNG, but he should KNOW BETTER (or Lannana should TEACH him better) than to run like this, particularly in what (for HIM) should be an EASY WIN.