I feel sick to my stomach and its not the terrible service at this restaurant in Asheville . Brazier has been so much fun to watch the last few years and for that to be the race we're it all goes wrong is gut renching

I agree. She would have won the 400. 800 is tough since you don't stay in your lane. More experience and strategy is important. More things can go wrong.

Brazier was wincing a lot. Something was definitely off. I feel like he hasn't run much this year. This screams of some sort of injury issue.

Donovan post interview. He explains the race. I feel for him but also give him props doing this interview right after the race.

Wow, that was shocking. He looked in prime form in the indoor 800 back in February, was a fast pace race. Got to think injury played more into it then he is letting on. Just didn't seem relaxed. Heart braking.

Injuries are well-known for keeping people from stepping it up.

From Craig Engels on Donovan Brazier... and from the rumors ive seen it seems like Brazier was dealing with a stress fracture on his foot and it kept him out of two other meets this season and hampered his training significantly! We shouldn't bash the guy for having one bad race... he's an Aggie who puts it all on the line every time he races! We should send him so love in what's most likely a difficult time for him!

Here's Athing Mu's heat for tomorrow! It seems as though she'll front run the entire race and win comfortably! Since more women hit the trials standard 43 will be racing in first round! So only two per hear automatically qualify and the next 6 times. Her competition in this heat will be Hanna Green and Brenda Martinez, and don't worry about Martinez' PB that was ran 8 years ago lol. Both of these runners are distance based and don't have nowhere near the speed Mu does so I expect Mu to push the pace early and win comfortably! I could see where she can relax and run smoothly around the 59/60 mark and make a move that most girls cover as well in order to preserve her legs, but she's that ahead of the field that she can win regardless, but I Expect her to lead from the gun! Sammy Watson is also in this heat and has not looked great this season! Her 2:03 season's best came in February and she hasn't been able to match that. I hope she's okay and could put up a good fight!

Another interesting thing to note is that there will be 3 high schoolers running the 800 as well! The three top 800 girls are Roisin Willis, Juliette Whittaker, and Sophia Gorriaran, who have ran 2:00, 2:01, and 2:02, but Gorriaran is only going to be a junior in high schools she's ahead of where Mu was! They're all Northeastern girls like Athing Mu so that will definitely help in recruiting! Seeing someone like Mu come in and improve her times and dominate the national scene and earn a huge Nike contract will be the most amazing selling point to every recruit, especially these 3 anyone of these 3 girls can come in the next couple of years and have a Mu like impact! I think if Bailey Goggans had not gotten hurt during indoor season she would have been running here as well!

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It better be a broken leg.

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From Craig Engel's Instagram story earlier... Brazier with the crutches and a boot. Not sure what the medical diagnosis is but for him to have to walk around like that... he just have raced in extreme pain and fought to run out there, you have to give props to him! That's how an Aggie fights... I hope he has a speedy recovery!

The concourse on the top of the first level here is a track surface rather than concrete.

The young high schooler who placed 3rd in the first heat is following Athing Mu, Texas A&M Track, and Coach Mallard on Instagram