As expectional as Solinsky's 4:00 1600m finish is, I thought an equally impressive note is that 15 of the 16 runners in the race probably ran their last 1500 in under 4:00
number 16, 7 seconds adrift would have closed alone in 4:23 (1600) at the slowest, probably a little quicker if he was 2-3 seconds back at 3400m
I don't think that's really that impressive, considering how slow the first 2 miles were. For an NCAA finalist that race was like a 2-mile tempo run followed immediately by a mile at 3k race pace. Sure a hard workout, but nothing spectacular.
If Solinsky's mile at 3000 pace is correct he is going to destroy the AR because he was about 3:43 or better for the last 1500.
really makes a sub135k at the end of a 10k look reasonable if some college guys are able to go sub4 at the end of a 5k