CHAMPS CHATS DAY 1: SHA'CARRI SHOCKER, FRED KERLEY 9.83 FIRE, HOCKER OUT, ALLYSON FELIX MINDGAMES, ATHING DID HER THING + WHAT'S UP WITH EVAN JAGER?
The CITIUS MAG Podcast | A Running + Track and Field Show
CITIUS MAG
4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 24 June 2022
⏱️ 86 minutes
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Summary
The CITIUS MAG team is back with its daily podcast covering the 2022 USA Track and Field Championships live from Eugene, Oregon. In this episode, Chris Chavez, Kyle Merber, Dana Giordano, Katelyn Hutchison and Jasmine Todd unpack all of the biggest surprises from the first day of action including:
Men's 800m: Why is Donavan Brazier is done for the weekend? Is high schooler Cade Flatt making the team?
Women's 800m: Can anyone crack the top three of Athing Mu, Raeyvn Rogers and Ajee Wilson?
Women's Long Jump: What happened to Tara Davis?
Women's 100m: What's next for Sha'Carri Richardson?
Men's 100m: Why did Fred Kerley just drop a 10.83 in the first round?
Men's Discus Throw: Who made the team?
Men's steeplechase: What's up with American record holder Evan Jager? Is he back?
Men's 1500m: How does Cole Hocker's absence mean for the rest of Team USA?
Women's 1500m: Will there be another New Balance sweep in the final? What does Sinclaire Johnson and Karissa Schweizer have to say?
Women's 400m: What does Allyson Felix being in the race do to her competitors?
Men's 400m: Has Michael Norman been hitting the gym?
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| 0:00.0 | What is up everybody? Welcome to episode one of Champs Chats. I'm Chris Chavez. Join here |
| 0:12.4 | with Kyle Merber, Dana Giordano, Caitlin Hutchison, and Jasmine Todd. The city's mag crew has |
| 0:18.3 | touched down in Eugene, Oregon, and we're ready for the next four days of track and field |
| 0:25.1 | action. Kyle, how are you feeling? Is it Champs Chats? Champ Chats? Is there an apostrophe |
| 0:30.4 | us? What is the breakdown here? We'll have this figured out by the end of the champion |
| 0:36.6 | chips. Overall, we got to workshop the name of the world. Well, it's good to be back. |
| 0:41.7 | I feel like a four day long weekend of nonstop track and field action. It's just what |
| 0:48.0 | we love. It's perfect. So let's kind of kick things off with everyone else giving |
| 0:52.5 | a, you know, their feel for how Eugene has treated them so far. We'll start with the |
| 0:57.2 | rookie of the team. Caitlin, this is your first time in Eugene. First day you got to see |
| 1:05.4 | Hayward Field. So let's start there. First impressions. First impression, I think that |
| 1:11.2 | Eugene hates me mainly because I have fractured my foot with only being here for less than |
| 1:16.9 | 48 hours. So there's that. But besides the fact that I got a big old clunky blue |
| 1:22.6 | on my foot, stadium was awesome. But it's really messing up my allergies like right now |
| 1:26.8 | I'm about to cough into this mic. And you guys are going to think I'm crazy. |
| 1:31.0 | Paulin Count is high. It seems like everyone had some issues yesterday, but now we're like |
| 1:36.3 | a pharmacy back there. Paulin Count is high. The vibes are higher. Dana, take us through |
| 1:42.8 | the vibes in the stadium today because you got to record a lot of Instagram stories. |
| 1:49.3 | You got a couple of interviews. So what was the feel like among the fans? |
| 1:53.8 | I love the athletes. We're ready. The fans, they got to bring the heat a little bit more |
| 1:58.6 | in the next couple of days. So we're building up momentum. The prelims are always a little |
| 2:02.9 | bit, you know, you want to see the action. So I think every day we're going to see more |
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