Instead of mixing up all the races on one thread, let's make the best use of our time by discussing the 1500m races at Stanford on this one.
I don't even know where to begin other than starting the thread. It looks like sections one and two are off the chain. And section three is legit.
PREDICTIONS??
MOTTRAM WILL WIN THE 10K
WOW 10k looks REALLY stacked!!!
Section 1:
finishing in the following order:
Symmonds
Lomong
Sullivan
Tegenkamp
Lukezic
Solinsky
Uh huh and where's LAGAT in that list?!?!?
He is going to win the FIVE K!!!
Lomong - men
Rowbury - women
lamong vs. symmonds is gunna be so good. Idon't want to call it. Actually I'll pick symmonds just because I know he's run 2:50 and I have no idea how fit lamong is right now.
womens 1500 and 800 wrote:
Lomong - men
Rowbury - women
Rowbury has shown a step up in class this year. I too am guessing that she will be in the fight for first, but there are a few stars in there (I do not know if Cummins is in shape but she is the only one there with an Olympic medal).
Acosta - men
Hasay - women
Cummins is an amazing 800 meter runner. Does anyone know how she has performed at 1500 meters? I don't ever recall seeing results from her at that distance.
Symmonds won't be top 3. Lucky to get top 5.
Symmonds will definitely be top 5. What 5 guys will beat him? Here re my picks:
Lukezic
Symmonds
Rankin
Sullivan
Teg
Lomong
are you kidding me? symmonds sucks!
He be rollin' wit da african and bad ass wisco's, his scrawny 800 speed ain't got nothin' on dems.
The question is, how many can run the olympic "A" (3:36.60). For many of the guys in this race that is the priority. For others (eg, Teg, Solinsky, and Symmonds) it is more of a work-out.
I don't mean to minimize the "racing" aspect of the race but I'm mostly excited to see not who wins but rather how fast they all manage to go.
Another way to look at it is to guess how many PR's there might be. I'm guessing about eight.
Depends upon if they have a rabbit
Ofcourse there's gonna be a rabbit. There's no way in hell there wouldn't be.
And if for some reason there isn't, Pifer seems to like doing the job.
Of course there's a rabbit, if not two. That's one of the main reasons why people go to this meet.
Lomong
Teg
Sullivan
Lukezic
Solinsky
Pifer
Symmonds
I don't think Jon Rankin is entered. I didn't see his name anywhere on the accepted entries list.
i expect 7 guys to run the standard (336
i expect 7 guys to run the standard (336