1st of all I'm not Jarrin and you need to stop acting so emotional because I made a comment all I am saying is 44.50 would not get you a medal anymore Santos ran 44.11 and could not get a medal you had to run 44.50 just to get to the final, even if J Solomon got knocked out in the 1st rounds he could not say anything because he got a shot at it now the national championship look like a joke it just was not handled in a professional manner and with the young guns coming up he might not get a chance to run a individual race on that level again.
I disagree as to your points because your focus is on jarrin solomon and not on T&T . The country comes first and if he cant see that then I beg to ask how patriotic he is. Secondly as I told socapro before the way jarrin behaved in the nationals , It is hard to see the rest fighting for him to be included. His behaviour at nationals would of affected how the others view him.Thirdly being able to run a 44.5 leg does not justify selection. Carlyle Roudette ran how many 44 legs for Texas A&M so he should be included also. The team ran a National record and got silver and men crying that jarrin got left out. He get a silver in world. Something he could never do by himself. If you so vex then turn that into motivation and be the best. But in my honest opinion I feel he knows he cant compete at that level so this was his swansong
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Jusbless, I have to disagree with your assessment on Solomon in regards to not running in the 4x400m relay final as Solomon has proved that he is a reliable relay beast on many occasions. Solomon is an example of a quarter-miler who runs well in the 400m flat but who reliably runs faster once you put him on a relay leg with a baton in his hand. And what was so wrong with Solomon pointing out that Cedenio ran in his lane in the 400m Final at nationals? The video footage would have confirmed it even if Solomon did not point it out.
I am of course happy and satisfied with the performances of our guys for the silver in the 4x4 relay final but based upon performances in the 4x4 Heats, I personally would have rewarded Solomon with a leg in the 4x4 Final. In fact I believe that our 4x4 team with the personnel and legs in this order in the 4x4 final could have ran the USA closer for the gold medal:-
1st leg Lalonde Gordon; 2nd leg Jarrin Solomon; 3rd leg Deon Lendore; 4th leg Machel Cedenio.
If you look at the official splits of the TTO runners in the 4x4 final it looks like Lalonde Gordon ran the fastest leg and would have given us a faster 1st leg than Quow if the team and order I listed above was used in the 4x4 final.
Here are the offical splits of our TTO quarter milers in the final:-
1st leg Renny Quow 44.9; 2nd leg Lalonde Gordon 44.1; 3rd leg Deon Lendore 44.85; 4th leg Machel Cedenio 44.47.
I reckon if Lalonde was on 1st leg and Solomon (who gave us a 44.mid leg in the 4x4 Heats) was on 2nd leg with Deon on 3rd and Cedenio on 4th leg that our team would have run even faster and Machel Cedenio would have collected the baton further ahead of Merritt on the last leg leaving Merritt of USA with too much work to do to overhaul Cedenio.
Regardless I am still satisfied with the result and the silver medal.
God willing if everyone is fit next year and not affected by injuries then I expect that our Men's 4x4 relay team will be even faster in Rio 2016 and will be able to run USA even close for gold. I am predicting that one of our quarter-milers between Deon Lendore, Machel Cedenio and Lalonde Gordon will officially go sub-44 in the flat 400m by next year and whoever is the fastest should be rewarded with the anchor leg for team TTO to help neutralise the speed of Merritt or anyone else if they collect the baton ahead of them on the final leg.
If everything goes right next year then team TTO could be mining 4x4 gold in Rio and Solomon could easily be part of that team in the final depending on who shows the best relay form in the 4x4 Heats. I personally believe in rewarding athletes who run the most impressive legs in the 4x4 Heats with a leg in the 4x4 Final especially when they are fresher than most of the other athletes who were not able to perform as impressively in the 4x4 Heats. Using this fair strategy will also keeps all our quarter milers on their toes that they can't take their spot in the 4x4 final for granted. It for this reason why the USA usually does so well in the 4x4 as none of their quarter-milers can take their spot in the 4x4 final for granted unless they are clearly the best on their sqaud like Merritt is.