This race is STACKED. I can't wait.
Add Sisson and Cuffe to the discussion after Sisson was pretty close to Sheila Reid last week and Cuffe ran 9:07 leading a ton. Although I don't think those two will be up with the aforementioned ladies.
I'm not so sure Hasay is the definite favorite for the mile. I'm rooting for her but Van Dalen has run fast and won't have a DMR in her legs from the night before. Lipari's kick is ALWAYS a factor and also won't have a tough DMR in her legs (Hasay will likely bate Infeld and Flood in the DMR Friday night).
I love Jordan Hasay and would love to see her win it, but I think that it will be either Flood or Infeld (which is great cause I am huge fans of both!). Flood is obviously on fire, but Infeld's kick has been really underrated this season and is very very good.
D'Agostino somehow always flies onto the radar but seems to show up and get on the podium. I'm going to pick her for fourth though.
I'm going to say that Infeld "surprises" over Flood (even though it shouldn't really be a surprise as I think Infeld is in 8:55 or better shape too), with Hasay fading a bit for third just ahead of D'Agostino.