Well to start off with the women, this is our strongest team ever. A combination of Kai, Michelle, Semoy and kelly-Ann could destroy our current NR. Have never seen Michelle run a corner, but how she finished her recent races at Pan am Juniors says she would be a killer on the straight.
Here are some combinations i think that could work, but please feel free to add your opinions
Team 1- Hackett-Michelle-Kai-KAB
Team 2- Kai-Hackett-KAB-Michelle
IMO both line-ups maximise the respective strengths of all the runners. From everything I have seen, Kai seems to be good on the curve, but very average on the straight and the opposite or Michelle. That leaves us a bit handicapped with how we can shuffle our pieces.
On the men's side, It looks like Marc's almost decade long tenure of service to the 4x1 team is coming to an end. However I am not of the belief that his exclusion from the team will be a negative. This opens the door for us to use our 2 200 runners in positions to maximize their talents.
The team I propose will be Sorrillo-Bledman-Callendar-Thompson
Sorrillo is slower than Bledman in the flat 100m, but his curve running is superior. One only has to look at his 200m races this season, to see that he is alsways up there until about 130m, which is just fine for relay purposes. Bledman is as fast this year, as Burns has ever been, so there will be no let down in momentum. Callendar is having a very rough year, but his first 120m has not fallen off much, and is still way better than any curve that Armstrong could muster. Timewise, I anticipate RT to be in the high 9.8 to low 9.9 region, so he will be ready to do his thing.
Discuss!!!!!