I guess it's a fast day for Aggies everywhere

Coach Henry comments after the meet yesterday

He said they stopped Lamara Distin at that height because we just wanted her to get a competition, she'll be ready to jump at conference. That's great news

He also said Achane lost his balance twice in that race and he is no disappointed

Coaches Box
Head Coach Pat Henry
On the women's jump squad:
"We know that Tyra [Gittens] is going to compete and she is tough every time she gets out there. Lamara [Distin] has been sitting for us all season but she finally got to do some jumping today and she cleared 5-11.5. We stopped her at that height because we just wanted her to get a competition, she'll be ready to jump at conference. Deborah has been trying some new things but she had another good day and she is consistent. You never know though, she can jump 46-feet anytime because she is one of those athletes."

On Allon Clay:
"Allon [Clay] ran a personal best indoors and he hasn't ran indoors that many times before. I saw a lot out of him today and he is the highest ranked freshman in the country right now. Allon was in a good race and it made him get the best out of himself. He did a good job today. Him and Brandon [Miller] are doing a good job, they've both ran 1:48 this season."

On Devon Achane's debut:
"It was the first time for him to step on a college track and compete. I wasn't disappointed, you can't be completely ready to go as a 200m guy in as less of time he's been with us. The race he was in just happened to be the fastest race in the world this year. He lost his balance twice and if you lose your balance at all then you're out of these races."

On Jon Bishop:
"Jon [Bishop] in the mile was one of the best in Aggie history. He has gotten better the last two weeks. He's looking really good right now and has gained a lot of confidence in himself."

taylorswift13 said:

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From poster Look Out Below on another thread the splits were
Jania Martin - 53.0
Syaira Richardson - 5.1.8
Charokee Young - 51.1
Athing Mu 50.2

Those are crazy splits! And I say we go faster...

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Syaira was running with her leg to stay with her. Only on the last curve entry did she try to make a move but it was too late then. She can go faster and will; she just needs to step into assassin mode. Likewise, Charokee would've had a 50' split She safely stalked her leg until the 2nd to last curve. You will notice she accelerated the last 30 m off the curve in lane two which was easily the difference in 12 hundreths of a sec( a 50' split). You give her a lead or allow her to run umimpeded to her ability and she is another assassin. She runs aggressive and is not afraid. She has the stamina to run that way too. Jania did what coach said and got the best out of her leg; she might have run out a lil too hard as she did have the pole at the break in a 24.07. That is ridiculously fast( Jessica Beard fast and over 0.2 faster than Mu). She wasn't slowing because of being rusty but it was ONLY .6 '' off her PB 200 m. That was gutsy and she didn't slow much. She did not let the team down and her leg was the most violent and aggressive to me. I enjoyed Young's leg most as far as excitment but as far as pure Warrior, Jania did that for me. I would have rathered her go out too fast than to under-do-it. She will need that type of mentality and output at conference. Her adrenaline and two prep buildup will allow her to hit 52 high open split at conference. Mu is obviously exciting. It's too bad she may not have another opportunity to run an open 400 this indoor as I am sure she had the collegiate record within her also as a freshmen. I honestly feel she is just running comfortably. Though she has deceptive speed I think she has yet to go out as she can. If she takes assassin mode, I don't doubt the NCAA 800 record of Fray is going down. She will have competition at NCAAs to go out aggressively. I honestly feel from what I have seen she is a sub 2 min this indoor season. Her 400 should give her the confidence to know that not only can she do it but that also she can go out harder and no one can catch her. Some will run with her but none will have an easy job o catch or stay with her finish. She just deaccelearates less than most on her closings and maintains pretty darn good relaxed form. USC, Florida, and Arky will all push these girls and I expect both 4x400s (indoor and outdoor) to be broken again. I am looking at 3:25 low indoor and 3:22 outdoor. If we can get some sprinters to pull an Alexandria Anderson on the 4x400 outdoor (like Laila or Madabuike) watch out - they could do something really stupid cause those are two girls with sprinter speed but 400 stamina. More importantly, I feel better about our weight training these last two years as our sprinters don't look to bulked up and we are carrying healthier body mass indices to carry our speed.