Insane comeback in an indoor 4 x 400 women's relay. First runner fell

Jan 24, 2023
12:57:10pm

Avery All-American

and was 30 seconds behind the leader. Not only did they comeback, they won resoundingly...I don't know how that happens but there is a video embedded in the link below.

Watch: Michigan relay team's remarkable comeback win after fall on track | NCAA.com

Michigan 4x400 relay overcame a big fall during the first leg of the relay, only to win the race in the end. Watch the race here.

https://www.ncaa.com/news/trackfield-indoor-women/article/2023-01-22/watch-michigan-relay-teams-remarkable-comeback-win-after-fall-track

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Insane comeback in an indoor 4 x 400 women's relay. First runner fell

Avery

1/24/23 12:57pm

Holy crap. Those 2nd and 3rd legs, the other runners looked like they were in

Skeptical Optimist

1/24/23 1:02pm

Very impressive. I think the article has it wrong saying that it was a 30 sec

WDaddy

1/24/23 1:08pm

Agreed. It was maybe 30m, but certainly not 30 seconds. Still an insane performance.

cougfanblue

1/24/23 1:09pm

Yeah, she fell at 32.8 sec & roughly 250m into her 400m. For them to be behind by 30 sec, she would have had to remain

Spiff

1/24/23 2:14pm

Impressive that the girl got back up and the 2nd runner got them back in it.

txblue

1/24/23 1:09pm

Wow. Amazing.

cheezedawg

1/24/23 1:16pm

Wow. Michigan's third runner had an incredible stride length.

lightmann

1/24/23 1:20pm

Very cool, but can someone explain the rule of you depart your lane? When she fell she appears to have left the lane.

FromCAtoUT

1/24/23 1:24pm

I had the same thought. Figured they would be DQ’d based on that. Still amazing

Bar7h

1/24/23 1:27pm

They had already passed the merge point so there weren’t lanes anymore.

cougfanblue

1/24/23 1:31pm

What about the inside edge of the track? She went even beyond the first lane. Does that not matter?

FromCAtoUT

1/24/23 1:35pm

It appears she went inside the entire track edge of even the first lane. Does that not matter?

FromCAtoUT

1/24/23 1:35pm

I believe if you fall down and don’t gain an advantage by being off the track, you will not be DQ’d.

cougfanblue

1/24/23 1:46pm

After the first lap, they don't have lanes anymore. That's why all the runners

Skeptical Optimist

1/24/23 1:32pm

IN 4x400, you only have lane assignments at the start and on exchanges.

DomCasual

1/24/23 1:32pm

Why did the team in second place not have a final runner?

Watch: Michigan relay team's remarkable comeback win after fall on track | NCAA.com

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