Track Supergroup: Athing Mu, Keni Harrison, Jenna Prandini and Sydney McLaughlin with Bobby Kersee

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Bobby Kersee is unquestionably one of the greatest coaches in Track & Field History
From Florence Griffith-Joyner and Jackie Joyner-Kersee, to Gail Devers and Joanna Hayes, to Allyson Felix and Sydney McLaughlin. Over his 40+ years of coaching, his athletes have won a plethora of Olympic and World Championship medals as well as broken a plethora of American and World Records
It was recently announced that 800 Olympic and World Champion Athing Mu, as well as 2022 World Championship qualifier Brandon Miller, would be moving to California to train with Bobby Kersee and his group.
Shortly after that, Kendra Harrison and Jenna Prandini who were training under coach Edrick Floréal in Austin Texas, both Olympic Silver medalists, announced that they would also be moving to Bobby Kersee’s group as well.
With these recent moves, everyone in the Track & Field world is questioning: was this a good move for them?

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@ekiamediambedeka5188 Год назад

I am very happy Keni made the move. She needs a coach that can grow her self-believe.

@nyaikaedmond1829 Год назад

I wish to see Sydney and Athing go down to the flat 400 at 2023 USA world championship trials🔥🔥🔥 since they both already got a bye in their primary events 400mh & 800m respectively 💃💃

@TheFinalLeg Год назад

Agreed, they both have the wild card, so might as well take the opportunity to run the 400m at USA championships since there is really nothing to lose. That would be an amazing race! Thanks for watching!

@goldcanine_8751 Год назад

That’s going to be the race of the championships if that happen

@brianrobinson1412 Год назад

Can you imagine? That would be BAD ASS!

@trumplostlol3007 Год назад

Not likely. Athing Mu isn't fast enough in her first 200m. Mclaughlin can run close to 48 in her 400m right now, whereas Mu's best was over 49.5. It may be possible for them to meet in 800m though. Wait until Mclaughlin breaks 400m WR and she may move up to 800m as she gets older!

@marjorjorietillman856 Год назад

I hope Kersey has an assistant he’s training, because if he retires, we don’t want to loose his method of turning out winners. Other coaches are good also, but Kersey has “the gift” to train winners. And, if you have the goods, he’s gonna bring it out! 😀

@cavaleermountaineer3839 Год назад

My thoughts exactly! haha

@alexarihani2902 Год назад

Allyson Felix said he is INTENSE and definitely not for everybody

@BluDrop5 Год назад

Allyson trained with Evelyn Ashford's coach for about five years before she trained with Bobby.

@magnummax78 Год назад

Since I first saw Ms. Mu, I thought she was so beautiful…and VERY fast.😍 She’s rekindled my interest in this sport.😁💯

@ThePasterio Год назад

Godbless and goodluck to Kersee and All the ladies. Kick some butt...

@MichaelADtwin Год назад

Fantastic narration-you are a true expert of the sport which is why I saved this video

@TheFinalLeg Год назад

Really appreciate that, thanks for watching!

@thomasgreen1914 Год назад

Track and Field is so much fun to watch ⌚️ 🙌

@michellewilliams4458 Год назад

I think all of the athletes are making a great move. Maybe they feel like to be the best you train with the best. However the coaches each athlete had before Kersey did one hell of a job and no one should deny him his prompts. LETS GO TEAM USA!!!!

@floydgreaves3474 Год назад

Awaiting patiently to see all under the athletes to compete in there various events. Wishing all but success. Coach Mr BK 🙏🏾

@angelmatos9143 Год назад

Kersee has great instincts. I would have him coach me if I were a 5000 meter runner.

@hahafalseflag5090 Год назад

kersee need to be in the hall of fame if he isn't

@guslevy3506 Год назад

It was such a shame that UCLA was essentially forced to end its T&F program…it was such a dominant presence. I remember when the announcers at the Olympics would call UCLA the Olympics’ Track Factory as so many participants went to school there. Looks like Coach Kersee is going to make one final push in his already legendary career and it is basically a superhero training center there at Drake Stadium with these current athletes…I use to run at that same track as an undergrad at midnight after my studies to reset my mind, so cool to think these legends will be running those same lanes…

@norwolf4765 Год назад

Amazing group and I am still waiting for things to get rolling with the season.

@losdog911 Год назад

That group is insane

@AllInTheGame01 Год назад

Yeah this is primarily about Athing levelling up in the 800m i.e. trying to do the equivalent of what Syd has done to the 400mH! There's bound to be some overlap in their workouts, will be interesting to see Kersee try and coach a middle distance runner to potentially a WR and then maybe focus on the 400m afterwards! I think the 'realistic' goal should be trying to be the first clean sub 1.54 runner after Pamela Jelimo came close with her incredible 1.54.01 in 2008. As much as I want to see that 1.53.28 WR gone, I'd still be very happy with a 1.53.99 time! Keni made the move to finally win her first WC & Olympic 100mH Gold after a Silver in each and maybe hopefully in the process regain her WR. She's now 30yrs old and basically has the next 3 championship years to achieve all that! Same with 30yr old Jenna (10.92/21.89) who's long overdue making an individual WC & Olympic 200m Final especially let alone get a medal!

@alexarihani2902 7 дней назад

Only one of his athletes made it to the 2024 Olympics

@josiah5060 Год назад

This recruiting group is setting up Sydney to continue to grow as a sprinter and 400m hurdler. Keni Harrison, the top American short hurdler, will push her to grow as a hurdler. Jenna Prandini will push her in speed workouts Athing Mu will help her growth and endurance as a 400m runner.

@nudimensionstheawakenedsou4940 Год назад

Absolutely on point. I totally agree with you about that. Id love Britton Wilson to join that dream team.

@jeaneunia1178 Год назад

I though same! As people came To help Sydney improve

@alexarihani2902 7 дней назад

Hadn’t seemed to happen Only SML made the 2024 Olympics

@adetuborichard8512 Год назад

Keep doing great! Nice job!!!! I had to subscribe

@TheFinalLeg Год назад

Really do appreciate that! Thanks for watching!!

@paulaogilvie5216 Год назад

Jenna!!!! Yes, yes, yes Do this 🧡🧡🧡

@madman1rug Год назад

Jenna needs to work on her stamina, she tired badly after 150m almost every time.

@cavaleermountaineer3839 Год назад

Harrison and Prandini I believe have both underachieved since bursting on the scene> Harrison in particular really struggles with mentally-emotionally showing up in the big meets. I don't think Floreal prepared her to run her best from a mental emotional perspective, which in the 100h is so important. I think watching the girl from UTEP run her best races EVER at world's shook Harrison. The clock is ticking too. Great moves by all going to the Maestro's camp.

@alexarihani2902 Год назад

She looked like the wind got knocked out of her when her WR was broken

@Glenintheden Год назад

I do wonder if coach Kersee appreciates the importance of endurance in the 800, especially for an athlete coming up from the 400 and is more of a sprinter to begin with. There are really two ways to improve in the 800, which really applies to any running event, but especially the 800; either improve your all out sprinting speed or improve your endurance. For Mu, her sprinting speed is already stellar and every tenth of a second improvement in the 400 would be very difficult. But if she were to train like a 10,000 runner most of the time, without neglecting her sprinting form training, I think it would be much easier for her to achieve improvements in the 800 versus eking out improvements in her 400 time. If she were to build up to 80 miles per week, I think Mu could handily break the 800 world record.

@TheFinalLeg Год назад

Great points made! Thanks for watching!

@dennisrobinson8008 Год назад

Glen you are aware Mu came to college being able to run 200 to 1500m? That most of her accolades are on longer distances of 800m and over? She's not known as a sprinter although she can run a 400m due to her stamina.

@alexarihani2902 Год назад

It looks like he did by having her train for the 1500s at US championships but putting her back to 800s for worlds. It will be a very exciting race to watch!

@trinidadrodriquez876 Год назад

The texas coach Floria should coach Matt boiling in the future.

@cochise4390 Год назад

Wow, talk about iron sharpening iron 😱

@stanogrady893 Год назад

I think he will make them stronger and faster. Records will fall.

@moegillums9301 Год назад

Hello, hello, hello, Bobby it's time too do your thingy.

@jollymolly2521 Месяц назад

Don't know why this popped up in my feed today, but the comments about Mu "not improving" in 2022 didn't really age well since she's now revealed she had a hip injury that year.

@dwheels87 Год назад

Would love to see McLaughlin, Mu, Bol, Paulino all in a 400m race together. Who else should be in this race? Four more lanes available. Naser? Kazmarek? .....?

@TheFinalLeg Год назад

Naser, Sada Williams, Shericka Jackson and Miller-Uibo (though SMU said she is leaving the 400m)

@reginaldhampton3451 Год назад

@@TheFinalLeg Sherika Jackson? She is not going back to the 400.

@TheFinalLeg Год назад

@@reginaldhampton3451 She actually said that she would like to go back to the 400m again: jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20220908/jackson-wants-settle-unfinished-business-400m

@distanceman8147 Год назад

@@TheFinalLeg Gonna come down to a business decision.

@distanceman8147 Год назад

@@TheFinalLeg anxious to see Nasser back in action!

@madamnoire7464 Год назад

I think the coach is gunning for the women 4x400m relay world record.

@TheFinalLeg Год назад

Possibly! That record is very very tough! But we'll see if in the next 2-3 years the women can get close. Thanks for watching!

@donaldwhite5847 Год назад

Join the group, Rai Benjamin

@TheFinalLeg Год назад

Interesting, you think Norman and Benjamin should leave Quincy Watts and join Bobby Kersee?

@mcl-cp4go Год назад

@@TheFinalLeg Rai has a lot of upside if he can perfect his hurdling technique. Kersee REALLY helped Sydney with that.

@TheFinalLeg Год назад

@@mcl-cp4go If you notice with Rai, he moved from UCLA to USC in 2018, his junior year when he was 21, and went from 48.33 to 47.02 that year. When McLaughlin was 21 in 2020, she moved to Kersee from Joanna Hayes, and the next year went from 52.23 to 51.46. Ofcourse both got much faster in subsequent years as well (46.17 and 50.68). I think Benjamin mainly need to remain healthy and he could be running 45 soon.

@mcl-cp4go Год назад

@@TheFinalLeg Good point. But it seems to me that if he could improve his technique to close to Warholm level, he has a better chance of success.

@nudimensionstheawakenedsou4940 Год назад

Absolutely right about that. Time for a new coach to help him get out of the shadow of the Norwegian viking. He's had some niggling injuries.

@Superdave8503 Год назад

Athing and Brandon Miller are a couple so coach got both of them!!

@WalkerOne Год назад

If he can get Abby Steiner the USA would be incredible.

@chuke6897 Год назад

I’m hoping for Britton Wilson too

@nudimensionstheawakenedsou4940 Год назад

You're right about that!

@nudimensionstheawakenedsou4940 Год назад

You're right about that!

@christsleiman7475 Год назад

I think mu can easily break 49 and mid 48 but I don't think more than this her best 400 is around 49.4 until now and sydney dropped a 47.9 relay split and she was racing alone so no one was pushing her and she slowed down at the finish so I think if there's anyone who can do it it's her . I mean she's 22 and she can only get better in the next 5 years I can see her doing it and breaking 50 In 400mH which is completely mind-blowing

@TheFinalLeg Год назад

Interesting. But to be fair, the world record of 47.60 was run from blocks, so not a relay split. McLaughlin would have to drop was more time to get to that record. Will be interesting to see. I generally do agree that Mu could probably run about 48 mid to low

@eduardoriveiracano3424 Год назад

Mu's pb over the 400 is 49.57. she is not 49.4 until she runs an open 400 and reach the 49.4 or 48 high, or 48mids.

@madman1rug Год назад

Sydney is 23. Birthdate August 7th, 1999

@dr.pacohintonjr.8988 Год назад

Mu ran just as fast a split at the Olympics running by herself as well. Mu owns the collegiate record for a reason.

@mattsilva4377 Год назад

Word of the day…Plethora! 😂

@TheFinalLeg Год назад

I definitely said it a PLETHORA of times 🤣🤣

@mattsilva4377 Год назад

@@TheFinalLeg I appreciate what you are doing for the sport that I love above all others! I am glad you are able to share in the humor! Much love and success my brother.

@igloozoo3771 Год назад

I just hope Sydney remains with New Balance or any company other than Nike. I was a bit dissapointed that Athing signed with Nike. It is not good to see all dominant American athletes under one Coach and one Brand. Hope these athletes learned their lessons with the fallout of Nike Oregon Project/Alberto Salazar. As much as hope and trust that Kersee is a clean coach, there is still a small cloud of suspicion when he was coaching Flojo and Jackie.

@jermainebourn4218 Год назад

Im still waiting for an American to get the guts to go over to Jamaica and Join MVP for that natural power speed....

@whydidyoutubeaddthis Год назад

uh yea now we never get to see them run

@netia2 Год назад

Allyson felix did not train with Bobby her entire career. She joined him after the 2004 Olympics.

@TheFinalLeg Год назад

Yea, clarification, pretty much her entire professional career since she went pro in 2003 instead of enrolling at USC in the fall.

@cackhanded Год назад

Possibly great in the same way as Ma Junren.

@TheTimo5494 Год назад

How about people just wait and see how these athletes do with new coaching before jumping to conclusions

@mssha1980 Год назад

I agree. We have to give them time to adjust. I think they will be ready by 2024 Paris though

@TheTimo5494 Год назад

@@mssha1980 people so quick to jump to conclusions or assume they know what's really going on and truthfully none of know anything we should wait and see athletes and coaches switch constantly its not that big of a deal

@kennethwoods6525 Год назад

People are questioning Bobby Kersee? I 😅

@TheFinalLeg Год назад

Crazy right

@igloozoo3771 Год назад

Valerie Brisco Hooks, Jackie Joyner, Flojo is why there is a cloud of suspicion. These gals were beating European Block women who were on state sponsored drug programs.

@kennethwoods6525 Год назад

@@igloozoo3771 : Wrong! You are producing a false narrative with no support. The issue at hand is whether Mr. Kersee can turn Athing Mu into the 800 meter world record holder.

@igloozoo3771 Год назад

@@kennethwoods6525 I wasn't declaring him guilty. I was only providing where the cloud of suspicion comes from. It is out there. It comes with the territory with all coaches who produce multiple great GOATS. Clyde Hart, Mark Wetmore, Jerry Schumacher, Alberto Salazar

@kennethwoods6525 Год назад

@@igloozoo3771 : Thanks for the clarity but the phrase "cloud of suspicion" was never referenced in the video. The word suspicion wasn't used. You are responding to a question that was never asked.

@thomasgreen1914 Год назад

Love these 2

@Hazeleyedbri Год назад

pretty sure the womens world record has a lot to do with steriods in the 800m record back then. Is Abby training with Bobby Kersee?

@IrisesRBlooming Год назад

Allison Felix did not train her entire career with Bobby Kersey. That is incorrect.

@TheFinalLeg Год назад

she did train her entire 18 year professional career under Kersee. After she left high school she joined bobby Kersee

@IrisesRBlooming Год назад

@@TheFinalLeg She trained with Pat Winslow Banks Connelly at first. Pat was Evelyn Ashford's coach.

@TheFinalLeg Год назад

@@IrisesRBlooming ok fair enough, that was for about less than a year though no? She started working with Pat in late 2003 and left Pat shortly after Athens in the summer of 2004 to work with Bobby. But yes fair her very first year as a pro she wasn't with Bobby.

@XDF745 Год назад

Kersee the Chemist has quite the full stable at the moment.

@1man1bike1road Год назад

Elephant in the room mega doping of his athletes

@pepelopezcrecimientopersonal Год назад

WIth Kersee probably Mu will go under 1.53 and McLaughlin sub 48...

@TheFinalLeg Год назад

You think Mu can run 1:52? That will be a very very tall task! But she is an extremely talented athlete so anything is possible

@pepelopezcrecimientopersonal Год назад

@@TheFinalLeg of course, she already did 1.55 with 19 y.o. If she stays injury free and progress well with the help of kersee, she is the chosen one to beat the oldest outdoor WR. SHe has 49.6 in the flat, so she is potentially capable of run a first lap of 54.5 and then 58.4, i see it possible if she gets with training the necessary endurance.

@kellywillis8091 Год назад

I am almost certain Sydney will be going after the record in the 400, now that Mu is her training partner this increases the chances of her setting a new record in the event. I also think she will be doubling in the 400 and the 400H.

@TheFinalLeg Год назад

Yes it's very likely she'll be going after the record. If she can take it down is another question (47.60 is brutal!). But we'll see if she doubles, the 400m/400mH schedule is not easy at world's in 2023. Thanks for watching!

@ImagineJoyy Год назад

@@TheFinalLeg i believe Sydney can do that double if she puts her mind to it. But also, i hope there is more talk about Britton Wilson who won the 400m/400m hurdle at the SEC championships. She also had a LONG collegiate season but was rarely mentioned because ppl were so focused on Abby Steiner. Britton has so much potential and even ran a faster split than Abby, if i can recall correctly. Would have to look up her time at Worlds.

@nudimensionstheawakenedsou4940 Год назад

Britton Wilson is a special talent. A hurdler first who is a good quarter miler. With proper monitoring and handling of her race schedule she's expected to break Sydney's collegiate record in the 400 hurdles. She's even better than Diggs in the 400 flat. I'd love her to train with the dream team under Kersee. Britton has the talent to surpass Femke Bol and create a clean sweep for the USA in the hurdles.

@ronald8792 Год назад

Anyone being coached by Bob Kersee is automatically sus, I hope Abby stays away from him.

@philb.1502 Год назад

Stephen Francis is the greatest track coach of all time. His powerhouse Jamaican MVP track club has a record that's spectacular!! Kersee is second.

@bkmeahan Год назад

To think Bobby Kersee couldn't coach an 800 m runner is just ridiculous. If he wanted to he could coach a runner at any distance or event.

@paulclarke7571 Год назад

Take a look at some of these athlete's history. He is known for having athlete's on certain "supplements". The record books don't lie.

@alexi.de.charle Год назад

To simply answer your question: he is a coach who got 2 incredible athletes. Give credit to the runners.

@1stdaughter Год назад

He got two incredible athletes by being an incredible coach. Giving credit to Kersee isn't stealing credit from the runners.

@jsigur157 Год назад

I'm glad Abby Steiner isn''t following the crowd

@didi33333 Год назад

Somebody is going to get busted.😒😒

@nnamdiezeanochie5525 Год назад

Coming in to 2023, Ludwig has Naser and Paulino, Bobby has Sydney and Athing. It's going to be a decade-long battle for supremacy over the women's 400m and the race to the world record. May the best coach win. My money is on Ludwig.

@TheFinalLeg Год назад

It will be interesting to see what form Naser is in this coming year after such a long time away. Paulino is also dangerous now that she is sub 49. Thanks for watching!

@nnamdiezeanochie5525 Год назад

@The Final Leg word from Naser's camp is that she has been putting in the work in training for a year and is in dangerous form. Rested and ready to go. Its about to get crazy. Can't wait for 2023.

@TheFinalLeg Год назад

@@nnamdiezeanochie5525 Nice, definitely cant wait. I wish Shaunae Miller-Uibo was not leaving the 400m as that would make the event wild. Especially as Shericka Jackson said she wants to run the 400m again

@cmonsterblitz Год назад

Great points.

@amazingneutral8021 Год назад

From videos online Nasir is training like she has sth to prove hope she doesn’t hurt herself.

@koolhandduke4087 Год назад

Sha'carrie Richardson needs to wake up to reality and get new people around her, starting with Bob Kersey.

@TheFinalLeg Год назад

Interesting, do you think her coaching situation is not working out for her? Note that some others in her group (Kenny Bednarek, Twanisha Terry, Aaron Brown etc.) have been doing very well

@koolhandduke4087 Год назад

@@TheFinalLeg --IMO she needs new people around her. New Mgr., PR people, New coach (Kersey) with a champion petigree and training with others with that champion mindset and work ethic.

@michellewilliams4458 Год назад

Richardson just needs more positivity around her and a attitude check and she will be one of the greatest and a dose of Kersey!!!

@alicksasylum Год назад

She needs a change in mindset and attitude. She had a breakout year then had 'smoke' in 2021 and has not been the same since. I'm not a fan of her but I did want to see her use her talent to do well. 2022 was not a good year for her; she should have been progressing but did hardly anything of note. 2023, let's see if she can challenge the Jamaicans and the rest of the world.

@igloozoo3771 Год назад

She chose the Kardashian route. She doesn't have to sprint anymore. She is making her money through social media and the wrong publicity. When money is more important than class, her career is already over.

@chrisring123 Год назад

Kersee has had a number of cheaters, too. I don’t trust him at all.

@jjbigfoot9077 Год назад

Too late for Jenna I'm afraid. She's nearing 30.

@TheFinalLeg Год назад

It is tough as athletes get closer to 30, but the Jamaicans have shown that running too times in your late 20s and 30s is very possible. Thanks for watching!

@trevorwoodley3897 Год назад

@@TheFinalLeg Maybe don't compare Prandini to the Jamaicans? It''s not the same, and she's not in their league.

@TheFinalLeg Год назад

@@trevorwoodley3897 Fair enough and good point, but there are still many examples of women to reference over the years: Allyson Felix, Richards-Ross, Tianna Madison (Bartoletta) all competed into their 30s and saw success. But your right, Prandini still has some progress to make to be put into the same conversation with thoes others

@trevorwoodley3897 Год назад

@@TheFinalLeg For one, she's white; let's not be cute and coy about biology. It's not on her side. She's fast for a white girl, but let's not let PC-fueled timidity affect the expression of the truth, however uncomfortable it makes some.

@mcl-cp4go Год назад

@@trevorwoodley3897 Tell that to Abby Steiner.

@kaikenjr Год назад

I hope she stays focused. Her not so good boyfriend is following her to Kersee.

@alexarihani2902 7 дней назад

Well he left Kersee and made the team for Paris and My is sitting home this year and came in fifth in a race with no big names with week. Hope she can turn it around. She’s got such talent

@kaikenjr 7 дней назад

@@alexarihani2902 I watched her run last Friday. She did not look good. She has to get away from Kersee. He likes to isolate his athletes.

@amazingneutral8021 Год назад

His wife was accused of doping tho. Now he’s resurfaced with another training regimen. 🤭

@andreasinclair1819 Год назад

She was "accused" but NEVER failed a test. People can make accusations all day but that doesn't mean they are true.

@willawentertainment Год назад

She never failed one test, and in more recent history, Allyson Felix was never accused of doping and was willingly a part of a program that tested her more than usual.

@guslevy3506 Год назад

If you can’t beat ‘em…accuse em!

@erich1780 Год назад

Watch the video on youtube from Victor Conte. He sure leaves himself open for a slander suit.

@billallison988 Год назад

Bobby Kersee what does he know about coaching 800m runners i say not much so Miss Mu i believe you wont improve in the 800m the British girl is on your back now?

@hollychen4806 Год назад

Wasn't his wife accused of doping? Makes me wonder 🤔

@andreasinclair1819 Год назад

Were the accusations true? He has been training Sidney. Will they accuse her too? Just because he can bring out the best in athletes doesn't mean he cheats to do it. His wife passed all her drug tests.

@marjorjorietillman856 Год назад

@@andreasinclair1819 You know someone will always believe a lie before the truth! Some people view you as guilty, until proven innocent! So much jealousy out there. 😢

@BluDrop5 Год назад

Did she ever fail a test?