SAM CHELENGA FASTER THAN SOLINKSY!

He's a Kenyan, no one cares. We are sick of Kenyans.

amen to that.....what another successfull kenyan...is that suppose be news?

Sam is a great runner and has a lot of good qualities, but I also think he occasionally tends to make excuses. Let's accept his race as a great accomplishment without hyping him up to anything faster just yet.

Chelanga has more natural talent than Rupp or Solinsky.

He should move to Oregon and begin to train for real!

But he's only 40 seconds off of the Kenyan National Record! He could get it by the time he's 33!

RuKiddingMe! wrote:

amen to that.....what another successfull kenyan...is that suppose be news?

Sam is applying for American citizenship. So once WADA catches up to whatever the OTC is currently using, we will be caring alot as he will be our best 10K runner.

Ursus horribilis wrote:

But he's only 40 seconds off of the Kenyan National Record! He could get it by the time he's 33!

RuKiddingMe! wrote:

amen to that.....what another successfull kenyan...is that suppose be news?

Um, I thought he was 33?

Well great, everyone starts spanking it to 25 year old collegiate Junior.

RealTalk wrote:

Chelanga has more natural talent than Rupp or Solinsky.

He should move to Oregon and begin to train for real!

Yeah, no more making do with training with his brother Joshua Chelanga (2:07:05) and Paul Tergat (2:04:55).

He needs to move to Oregon and get all those unfair advantages that Rupp had (like a machine that, instead of Rupp moving on the ground, moved the ground beneath Rupp!).

Rupp Unfair to Kenyans! Erase His NCAA Career! Chelanga 2008 XC Champion!

poksjkjsjksj wrote:

Rupp Unfair to Kenyans! Erase His NCAA Career! Chelanga 2008 XC Champion!

Right. Chelana is erasing Rupp's career.

Need a laugh wrote:

Right. Chelana is erasing Rupp's career.

How? By losing the 5000m indoor to David McNeil?

Anyway, Chelanga will always be remembered as the overaged foreigner who was Rupp's punching bag for an greatest single male American NCAA year ever.

Nothing can erase that.

kjsjkjshgd wrote:

How? By losing the 5000m indoor to David McNeil?

Anyway, Chelanga will always be remembered as the overaged foreigner who was Rupp's punching bag for an greatest single male American NCAA year ever.

Nothing can erase that.

Nah, he will be remembered as the guy who f***ing stomped people at NCAAs last fall crushing Ruppsters course record and the guy who now holds the collegiate 10k record.

haha, YO (super serial) wrote:

Nah, he will be remembered as the guy who f***ing stomped people at NCAAs last fall crushing Ruppsters course record and the guy who now holds the collegiate 10k record.

This is the best case scenario for your hero.

2009 XC results:

1. Some old as dirt Kenyan. Q: Who was that again? A: The one Rupp pwned while doubling/tripling in 09. Re: Oh yeah, that guy.

3. Chris Derrick.

97. German Fernandez.

Time will erase all else.

I agree. Chelanga ran a perfectly executed race. Rupp raced out front like an overeager middle schooler and showed no discipline. Chelanga showed patience, discipline, control and overall superior tactical acumen. That is why he blew by Rupp in the later stages of the race. Some may try to change the story, but the tape don't lie.

Did anybody notice that Galen kept looking over is shoulder and saying something to Sammy? My guess was that Sammy was clipping Galen's heels and it was pissing him off.

youknowit wrote:

Sorry I don't think Chelenga is getting enough credit here. Just because it wasn't his 10k debut doesn't mean his performance was anything but incredible. The guy just crushed his own collegiate record, old american record, and beat rupp. According to his interview he's not 100% healthy which means he could very well end up being one of the top 10k runners in history. Not only that but the guy is humble, quiet, talks no smack, and makes no predictions. Chelenga fan all the way! Mcdougal had it right when he said Sam was the most talented guy he'd ever met.

like a few other guys out there, he is a great example of a great runner who just trains, runs with heart, and doesn't need someone holding his hands.

http://www.flotrack.org/videos/coverage/view_video/236854-2010-payton-jordan-cardinal-invitational/331144-sam-chelanga-2708-10k-collegiate-record-round-2-2010-payton-jordan

How this makes you think he's faster than Solinsky is beyond me. Not 100% healthy? Runners say that all the time. You can still run a PR with a slight injury. He may be one of the most talented people McDougal has met, but if you put it in perspective, McDougal hasn't met many people. Don't get me wrong, it was great, but the guy who gets the most credit is the guy who deserves it the most. That happens to be Solinsky here, even though a ton of people ran great. In fact, it was such a great meet it's almost guaranteed that not everyone is going to get their fair share of credit.

youknowit wrote:

Sorry I don't think Chelenga is getting enough credit here. he could very well end up being one of the top 10k runners in history.

Except maybe for the 19 year old who outkicked him?

Test of Time wrote:

This is the best case scenario for your hero.

2009 XC results:

1. Some old as dirt Kenyan. Q: Who was that again? A: The one Rupp pwned while doubling/tripling in 09. Re: Oh yeah, that guy.

3. Chris Derrick.

97. German Fernandez.

Time will erase all else.

Don't you mean that Kenyan who smashed the collegiate 10k record? That guy? And who beat Rupp yesterday? Him?

Don't you mean that Kenyan who smashed the collegiate 10k record? That guy? And who beat Rupp yesterday? Him?

Nobody pays attention to the collegiate record when it's held by a foreigner.

And he beat Rupp once. Once.

Put him in a race against Rupp where Rupp isn't concerned about time, and is just running to win, and see what happens. Oh, wait, we've already done that, and he's beaten Chelenga EVERY TIME.

hes just another faceless african until he wins some olympic or wc medals with a US uniform on.