Watching it on All-Access... this track is amazing!

I had to leave early, but wow that place is nice

DD is there. She said it's packed and everyone is real excited about track. It's her first track meet. I don't think she expected it to be fun. Nice surprise.

Aggies Won!!

MEN:
A&M – 81, tu – 77

WOMEN:
A&M – 83, Tenn – 69

Neither Jeneba Tarmoh nor Vashti Thomas participated. Does anyone know why these super-stars have not run in any meets this season?

Whoop!

It was a fun meet to go to, the facility is just amazing. They announced attendance at over 3,000 and just over 900 TAMU students in attendance.

Fabulous facility and great atmosphere today! Hard to imagine what it will do for recruiting on top of the hot recruiting already!

BANA Class of '86 ('89)

Hard to believe - over 3000 for a dual track meet.

For those that went, how dark/light was it in the facility (A&M always seems to have dark/poor lighting, like Kyle and Reed)? Do they allow cameras? Any lens restrictions?

Nothing dark about the place. Plenty of lights and the walls and ceiling are bright white.
It's first class and then some ! Check with athletic dept re cameras. If permitted, the lighting is sufficient. The logistics of the meet were incredible~lots going on at the smae time. Far as I know, nobody missed a beat !
The announcer giving scores and such at times ran his words together making it hard to follow what he was saying.

Definitely bright and plenty of lights.

Really like the in-house play-by-play over the PA. This is something they do in swimming and track, and I think it really adds to the atmosphere, even though they have to kind of "dumb it down" for those not familiar with the sport.

What do you mean? How do you dumb down a track meet?

edit: my post sounds smart ass in print, but it is a serious question on what you mean.



[This message has been edited by Tabasco (edited 1/25/2009 4:46p).]

a great venue and a fun time

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What do you mean? How do you dumb down a track meet?

edit: my post sounds smart ass in print, but it is a serious question on what you mean.

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Ok not exactly dumb down, but my point was that I know a lot about swimming and track, and it's still enjoyable to hear the guy point out things that are obvious to those of us in the know, such as "the dolphin kicks off the wall are very important to the race" or "such and such is a very good jump" or...after one meet I can't think of anything off the top of my head, since it's not the same stuff over and over again.

Anyways, the point was that I really like the announcing they do in the arena, even as someone very familiar with the sport.