We want to know you've got. We are holding off on our predictions until afer the race.
What a great field.
Will Leer just won the Wanamaker mile in 3:52.47 last week. How can he not make the team? Well, he’s never made a Worlds Outdoor team (he did make World Indoors in 2010) and there is A TON of talent in this race.
David Torrence has run 3:33 outdoors (Leer’s best is 3:35) and just ran a 4:56.99 2000 last week. Guess what 4:56.99 converts to for a mile? 3:52 flat for the mile – faster than Leer’s time.
Ryan Hill ran 3:54 in the mile last year while in college and seems to be at a new level in 2014.
Garrett Heath has beaten Asbel Kiprop and Kenenisa Bekele in cross country this year and run 7:37 for 3000 and 3:54 for the mile.
Lopez Lomong ran 3:51 last year and was only a second behind Nick Willis in Boston and Willis just ran 3:53 at Millrose.
And oh yeah, don’t forget “Mr Clutch” Leo Manzano. You may have written off the 2012 Olympic silver medallist after he ran 4:04 in Boston two weeks ago. But he ran 3:56 at Millrose last week and is AMAZINGLY good at running well when the pressure is on the line.
And if he shows up, how can you discount Galen Rupp? He was talking about going for the World Record in the indoor mile earlier this year and ran 3:50 indoors last year.
One thing worth noting is Bernard Lagat is not double entered at USAs (he actually didn’t have a qualifier but also has no interest in the 1500). If he doesn’t make it in the 3000, he’s not going to Worlds in Poland.
Predictions: Get back to us after the 3000. We dont’ want to offend some total studs by not picking them until we know who is actually racing here. This one has our brain hurting trying to analyze it.