In reply to: Not sure what to make of the Devon Allen DQ. posted by G.K.Chesterton
What was your best time in the HH...in HS and college?
In college they get higher and at 5'9'' that didn't help. I still ran them but was "better" at the 400 hurdles, as most elite hurdlers seemed to focus on one event and chose the 110s bc the 400 was just a much harder race for them. I ran the 400 hurdles in highschool whereas most states ran 300 at that point so for me it wasn't an adjustment - race actually got easier over time.
I ran the 120HH and the 180LH in high school. (ran 14.8 and 19.6 - both school records). In college I ran a 14.6 and in the 400IH a 54.2.
I actually ran the HS highs in college and ran a 14.1...and still got beat by a guy that ran a 13.8 LOL
I also ran the HH, but back when you used to get 2 false starts (on the second one you'd be disqualified) and a lot of people used to try to beat the gun on the first one.
I ran the 100m as well and people tried to jump that gun all of the time - it was definitely a problem.
The 110HH I only remember one double false start b/c it was a 3-way meet and both A runners from the other schools jumped, but since it was a tie the starter let them both back in. But since we were facing both schools individually it boned me, as both should have been tossed in their head-to-head vs me.
Back in the 70s, you got one false start without being disqualified. So everyone tried to 'steal' the start. On the second one you were disqualified.
Later on, meets were taking too long so they decided to only have the one false start and you were kicked out.
especially in the 100m.