Pan Am Games 2019

[AS]

Decath ends up thus:

1. Warner 8513
2. Victor 8240
3. LePage 8161

Other finals today

MSP:
1. Romani 22.07
2. Geist 20.67
3. Munoz 20.56
4. Nedow 20.48
5. Richards 20.07
(Top 5 all threw best marks in final round. Nedow was in 2nd after Round 5)

W800m
1. Goule 2:01.26
2. Almanza 2:01.64
3. Rodrigues URU 2:01.66

M100
1. Rodgers 10.09 (-0.5)
2. Andre Camilo BRA 10.16
3. Greene ANT 10.23

W100
1. E.Thompson 11.18 (-0.6)
2. Ahye 11.27
3. Rosa BRA 11.30

[AS]

Jordan Geist nabbed silver in the men's shot, improving from 20.16 to 20.67 on his final throw. Darlan Romani dominated with the best 6 throws of the competition, including a meet record 22.07 on his final throw. He beat the 21.69 standard of O'Dayne Richards -- 5th here today -- from 2015.

That's three comps in a row over 22m by Romani. That's getting into rarified air.

Walsh had a 3-in-a-row sequence leading into Pre this year, but was sub-22 there. Did strong together a 4-in-a-row sequence back in 20.17

Crouser is currently on 6 in a row (and also managed a 6-in-a-row sequence in early 2018).

Kovacs, Haratyk, Bertemes and Hill have not yet managed 3-in-a-row.

[steveu]

Prep Justin Robinson advanced to the final of the 400 with a 2nd place 45.38 in his semi. Wil London also made the final.

A third prep (in addition to Mu and Robinson) is Morgan Smalls in the women's HJ (imagine she was picked based on that 6-3.25 indoors).

[steveu]

The USATF press release announcing the team (before the USATF Championships) lists Engels in the 1500.

http://www.usatf.org/News/USATF-anno...es-roster.aspx

Now that start lists are up for tomorrow, Gregorek is the only American listed. Engels was confirmed as withdrawn according to a letsrun post by Jonathan Gault.

[tandfman]

I hope someone figures out what that was all about. Was Engels ever properly entered? Did he ever intend to run?

[Juicy News]

I hope someone figures out what that was all about. Was Engels ever properly entered? Did he ever intend to run?

He scratched.

[tandfman]

OK. I see that now. It still doesn't explain the mis-information on the Pan-Am website, but it's good to know that his not running in Lima was voluntary and not the result of a clerical/administrative error by someone else.

[gm]

Anyone care to guess what Craig Engels' middle name is?

[tandfman]

I thought that might be the problem. Somewhere in the process, someone may have insisted on using passport names.

[Atticus]

Anyone care to guess what Craig Engels' middle name is?

Gotta be

1. Friedrich
or
2. Nominame

but I would like

A. Acute
or
B. Obtuse
or maybe even
C. Complementary

It has to be a trick question of some kind.