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          birdmanwangthang on March 24, 2004 at 10:01 pm #9036

          I know that the sprinter with the best start runs the first leg of 4x100m. But I was not sure who should run 2,3 and anchor. Usually anchor is the fastest runner in the team, but i heard that second leg is the fastest also. How about third leg? Can somebody define what type of runner is the best for each leg?
          Thank you for your help in advance.

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          Jay Turner on March 24, 2004 at 10:16 pm #26633

          The fastest runner can be either anchor or 2nd leg. It just depends on what strategy to decide on.

          The first leg is traditionally the best starter.

          The third leg is either the best curve runner.

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          Mike Young on March 24, 2004 at 11:55 pm #26634

          This is how I think of it:

          *The first leg should be the best starter but also be able to run a curve.
          *The second leg could be a long sprinter or the fastest sprinter as this leg of the relay can potentially be the longest (~115m) so if a team set puts their fastest athlete or athlete with the best speed endurance on the second leg, they could take advantage of this fact by having the best people carry the baton the longest.
          *Accoring to Coach Shaver (the mastermind behind LSU womens relay success) hurdlers make nice third leg runners because the turnover demands of their event make running on the curve a little more natural.
          *The anchor leg should be either the fastest or second fastest runner but should definitely be one who knows how to compete and can relax and run their race even when they have other runners charging up their back or runners 5m ahead that they need to catch.

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          birdmanwangthang on March 25, 2004 at 2:16 am #26635

          Thanks to DaGovernor and Mike for your detailed replies. It was very helpful.

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          swift on March 28, 2004 at 12:57 am #26636

          my coach defines it as follows:
          1st: best starter, good drive phase
          2nd: strongest leg
          3rd: most intelligent leg
          4th: the leg with a killer instinct

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          Guest on March 28, 2004 at 1:34 am #26637

          [i]Originally posted by Mike[/i]
          This is how I think of it:

          *The first leg should be the best starter but also be able to run a curve.
          *The second leg could be a long sprinter or the fastest sprinter as this leg of the relay can potentially be the longest (~115m) so if a team set puts their fastest athlete or athlete with the best speed endurance on the second leg, they could take advantage of this fact by having the best people carry the baton the longest.
          *Accoring to Coach Shaver (the mastermind behind LSU womens relay success) hurdlers make nice third leg runners because the turnover demands of their event make running on the curve a little more natural.
          *The anchor leg should be either the fastest or second fastest runner but should definitely be one who knows how to compete and can relax and run their race even when they have other runners charging up their back or runners 5m ahead that they need to catch.

          Well what exactly would be his reason for putting Durst on there last year. She wasn't the best starter. I think she and Lolo should have switched.

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          Mike Young on March 31, 2004 at 12:39 pm #26638

          Shaver knew what he was doing…..Durst was only running about an 11.9 100m at the time because her fitness was low. As a result, despite lolo being the faster starter and an equally good curve runner, he didn't want to put our slowest leg (Durst at the time) on the third leg.

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          Jay Turner on March 31, 2004 at 5:27 pm #26639

          mike,

          You say Durst was running 11.9 at the time because of her fitness (or lack thereof). Anyway, when was this when she was running this time? I mean I know it was last year, but at what point last year?

          Also, what did she finally run at season's end?

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          Mike Young on April 3, 2004 at 2:46 pm #26640

          I believe she was running fastest earlier on in the season. She didn't run a 100m as far as I can remember but did run a couple good 200m races though not nearly at the level where she was the year before.

          ELITETRACK Founder

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          Jay Turner on April 4, 2004 at 9:21 am #26641

          [i]Originally posted by mike[/i]
          I believe she was running fastest earlier on in the season. She didn't run a 100m as far as I can remember but did run a couple good 200m races though not nearly at the level where she was the year before.

          Well I guess my question was, did she see any kind of improvement from when she was running 11.9 through the end of the season? If so what were her times?

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