Ricky, It appears that some states give their distance runners a break by running the 3200 finals on Friday night and the 1600 finals on Saturday. In California, they run qualifying heats in every event except the 3200 on Friday night, and ALL the running finals on Saturday within a two and a half hour window, girls and boys.
If Solinsky runs the 800, 1600 and 3200, he would never be able to get a triple win in California as the overall talent is too great, i.e. Duane Solomon (Cabrillo) ran 1:51.1 in the qualifying Friday, and 1:49.79 (#3 US) on Saturday to win the championship; Phillip Reid (Rio Mesa) ran 4:11.? in qualifying on Friday and 4:08.9 (#9 US) to win on Saturday; Philip Reid also ran the 3200 (9:10.91) an hour after winning the 1600; Tim Nelson ran 8:53.59 (#7 US) to win the 3200 (he did run the 1600 as did not the first seven finishers in the 3200)! The slowest qualifiers in the 800 ran 1:54.8; the slowest qualifiers in the 1600 ran 4:15.41. As you can see, these are pretty swift high school times just to qualify. Solinsky may have had a shot at the 1600 and 3200 double, but not the trifecta here! Gerald "Woody" Woodward
