Futsum Zeinasellassie will not be running do to religious obligations and Luke Brahm (4:13.96 2011) is out with a stress fracture, but there are still many talented runners from Indiana and Kentucky. Last year Austin Mudd won in a very windy race with an amazing kick:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdZ4nNFxX8Q
Webcast can be seen by going to
Friday evening. The meet starts at 6:00 PM Eastern Time, but the fast heat of the Boys Mile is at approximately 9 PM Eastern.
The boys fast heat is featuring the following athletes with the 1600 PRs (or converted miles). Most of the following times are from indoors or last year, so they could be much faster tomorrow:
Jason Crist 4:10.90
Jacob Thomson 4:13.76
Kent Garrett 4:14.05
Troy Reeder 4:14.71
Matt Dorsey 4:14.88
Joey Zielinski 4:15.91
Christopher Kelsey 4:16.74
Kyle DuVall 4:18.11
Brandon Smith 4:18.21
Hayden Merkel 4:19.24
Mark Chandler 4:19.47
Mitch Dutton 4:20.03
Jonathan Reynolds 4:20.13
Jacob Poyner 4:20.75
Tate Schienbein 9:08.69 3200
Connor Sorrells 9:11.99 3200
Mitch Hubner 15:32.00 2nd at Indiana cross country state meet
Adam Williams 1:55.11 800
To show how loaded it is, the following runners did not make the fast heat:
Michael Sublette 9:11.24 3200
Carl Smith 9:12.4 3200
Dillon Hinen 1:53.89 800
Sam Berger (Foot Locker Nationals qualifier) 15:20 cross country
Patrick Gregory: 14:57 5000m on track
Zack Snider (freshman) 9:29.32 3200 Indoors