Clayton Murphy - NCAA Champ

[zippyfan34]

School record in the 1,500 at 3:36.38!

[gozips19]

Curious as to who will have a better chance to medal at some point between Murphy and Barber. 

[ZippyRulz]

Goodbye Clayton. Thanks for representing UA and don't be a stranger 

 

http://www.gozips.com/sports/track/2015-16/releases/20160613jcpyqv

 

[skip-zip]

I hope everyone has caught the information about watching this on TV tonight.  

 

Clayton WON his semifinal heat, and is running in the 800 Meter Final tonight at the Olympic Trials in Eugene, OR.  

 

His finals race is supposed to be on NBC Sports Network at 8:51PM Eastern Time.

 

Good Luck Clayton.  We'd love to see you in the Olympics representing our University and our Country.  

Edited July 4, 2016 by skip-zip
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[zippyfan34]

Is he also trying in the 1,500?

[zippyfan34]

Way to go Clayton!  1st place!

[skip-zip]

WOW.  What a late kick to win !!

 

Zippyfan, they explained that he didn't have a good enough national qualifying time to run in the 1,500, so he's only in the 800.  

[ZippyRulz]

NBC video of the final

 

 

 

Edited July 5, 2016 by ZippyRulz

[roopride]

ZIPS continue to inspire!! Way to go Clayton.

[Z.I.P.]

Lots of Twitter action on Clayton's trials victory.  Clayton was trending for a couple hours.  How many of you know the man who presented him with the trials gold medal -- Dave Wottle?  Canton and BGSU product.  Here he is winning the US' last gold medal in the 800 at Munich in '72.   

 

[zippyfan34]

Still would have loved to see what he could have done in the 1,500.  3rd place tonight was .2 seconds better than his NCAA final time.

[Z.I.P.]

1 hour ago, zippyfan34 said:

Still would have loved to see what he could have done in the 1,500.  3rd place tonight was .2 seconds better than his NCAA final time.

Just wait four years -- that's his eventual distance.  He'll probably concentrate on that after Rio.

[Zip_ME87]

@Z.I.P ... Thanks for that Dave Wottle gold medal footage.

[ZippyRulz]

Olympics - 800m

 

https://www.google.com/search?q=olympics+schedule&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#mie=oly%2C["%2Fm%2F02slmm"%2C6%2C"g"%2C2%2Cnull%2C"%2Fx%2F3g4ftw65j5521"%2Cnull%2Cnull%2Cnull%2Cnull%2Cnull%2Cnull%2Cnull%2Cnull%2Cnull%2Cnull%2Cnull%2Cnull%2Cnull%2C19]

 

[kreed5120]

Clayton Murphy finished 4th in his heat just missing qualifying to the next round.

 

Edit: Disregard my comment. Apparently I don't know enough about Track and Field.

Edited August 12, 2016 by kreed5120

[Dr Z]

 

 

 

[gozips19]

Great to hear! Thought he'd be out as he placed 4th. He got clipped twice diring the race. How he didn't face plant on the first one is beyond me. 

[zippyfan34]

So best time during this round was 1:45:09 and Clayton ran 1:44:76 to win the U.S. Olympic trial.  I know different conditions, temperatures, etc but hopefully he can run another good race and get to the finals.

[Dr Z]

9 minutes ago, gozips19 said:

He got clipped twice diring the race.

 

 

[skip-zip]

Here's a clip of the race, if anyone wants to see it.

 

http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/david-rudisha-wins-800m-heat

[ZippyRulz]

The Kenyan looks really strong.

 

[skip-zip]

1 hour ago, ZippyRulz said:

The Kenyan looks really strong.

 

 

For sure.  I just hope Clayton might have a couple more seconds in him if he's not getting clipped or bumped, like he did in this heat. 

[ZippyRulz]

Semifinal 3, Lane 4 (next to Rudisha).

 

[skip-zip]

YES!!  He's in.  Easy 2nd place finish in his heat.  

[ZippyRulz]

Personal Best record time for him. Now he just needs a medal !