Well, I done dood it!
I gathered my brain, my habit of stepping in doggy do while checking out the pretty girl across the street, and about 3 pounds of courage, and have made my Top 3 picks for the World Indoor Championships.
Without further ado, and with minimal commentary, here they are (in order of place--1st, 2nd, 3rd)).
Men
60 Bracy Kimmons Carter
400 Gordon Santos Brown (One for us Old Farts!!)
800 Aman Sowinski Kszczot
(Symmonds just hasn't shown the record-breaking shape he predicted in December!)
1500 Willis Kiplagat Leer
3000 Lagat Gebrhiwet Gebremeskel
(Went with Lagat, but NOT just because he's an Old Fart!! LOL. And I went against Rupp more because of emotional rather than rational reasons. I'm just not in Salazar's camp right now! Though if Mary Cain were running, I'd make an exception for her!!)
60H Martinot-Legarde Osaghae Shubenkov
HJ Ukhov Kynard Barshim
(Wish Bondarenko could be there!!)
LJ Saladino Menkov Li
(Taking a big chance going against Menkov for Gold!)
TJ Pichardo Reve Carter
PV Mohr Broz Wojciechowski
(Also wish Lavillenie were there!!)
SP Whiting Majewski Storl
(Picked Majewski over Storl mainly because of home field advantage!)
Hept Eaton Warner Kasyanov
(Will Eaton get the WR?? Meaning his own!! YES!! Question is, by how much??)
4X400R USA Bahamas GB
Overall, my picks add up to the following medal count for USA:
Gold 5
Silver 4
Bronze 2
Women
60 Campbell-Brown Ahoure Fraser-Pryce
(VCB has more to prove than the others. SAFP hasn't been like her outdoor self.)
400 McCorory Miller George
800 Wilson Muir Price
(All 3 having great seasons! Should be one of the most competitive races in Sopot!))
1500 Aregawi Moser Kampf
(Would've given Cain even odds with Aregawi!! BUT......!! Moser best of rest. Kampf given 3rd more for sentimentality for Grunewald, who is a fellow Minnesotan with Kampf!)
3000 Dibaba Grunewald Obiri
(Dibaba's a solid lock! Throw away the key! Only negative is she's said she's running for the win there, not for time! As for Gabe, it's part sympathy for her Salazar/USATF ordeal, but part talent. She HAS what it takes!!)
60H Pearson Ali DeLoach Soukup
(Wish Rollins had decided to compete!!)
HJ Vlasic Beitia Kuchina
(Picked Blanka mainly so I could see her post-win celebration!! LOVE that gal!!!)
LJ Johnson-Thompson Polk Biryukina
(Picked the Brit out of sympathy for her NOT getting picked for the British Hept squad!!)
TJ Saladuha Koneva Williams
PV Rogowska Suhr Bleasdale
(Again, home field advantage for the Pole! Suhr not quite the Suhr of past years! And wish Isi were there!)
SP Adams Carter Schwanitz
Pent Day-Monroe Theisen-Eaton Melnichenko
4X400R USA GB Russia
Gold 4
Silver 6
Bronze 3
Overall, I've picked 9 Golds, 10 Silvers, and 5 Bronze medals for the US.
Too many?
Too few?
We'll begin finding out just 14.5 hours from right now!!
Next post might not be until the end of the meet on Sunday!
But guaranteed, it will include EVERYTHING you'll want to know about it!!
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