Women's: 800m- 1) Wilson, 2) Roesler, 3) MartinezRoelser did a ton of racing and wasn't very sharp later on in this summer when she ran back to back 1:59's, she can run 1:58, maybe 1:57 high next season, Wilson has really good tactics and will get her, Martized is inconsistent, but will do enough to hang on1500m- 1) Simpson, 2) Rowbury 3) CainOf course DL Champ Simpson can lead wire to wire to win, Rowbury like in DL Zurich will be following closely behind, and Cain will be 5th-6th, before last lap, but will use her speed to take 3rd over the last 150m3k Steeple- 1) CoburnCoburn's 9:11 AR has her a bit over this field, other than her, I don't really follow Women's steeple, maybe Higginson? Cheever? Idk...5000m- 1) Huddle, 2) Thweatt 3) CuffeHuddle said in an article that she was thinking about next year, just doing the 10k because of her success at the higher distances lately (for women's 10k is after 5k)... It makes sense, women's 10k isn't a strong, Shalane and Kara have gotten medals in 07, 08, and her 14:42 AR is impressive, but it'll take more than that to medal... Rowbury did 14:48, but don't think she will double... Thweatt's 15:04 at Payton Jordan was impressive and I think Huddle will make the past honest, flowing right into her type of race... Last one is tough, but ill say Moser, she ran 15:13 at Oxy and that was only a tune-up, didn't do so well at US Champs last year, but Salazar will develop her into a 5k type, watch out for Collegiates: D'agostino, Disanza, Cuffe, and Nike signee Marielle Hall10000m- 1) Huddle, 2) Thweatt 3) HasayHasay has impressed me w/ her 10k's as of lately and her PR'ing at her lower distances... Thweatt ran 15:04, but is even more of a 10k type, I think she can go 31:10, so I would put her just ahead of Hasay, Huddle, no explanation... Watch out for Emily Sisson or Sarah Disanza if she decides to move up in distance...Men's: 800m- 1) Symmonds, 2) Solomon, 3) SowinskiSymmonds will come back in nice 1:43 form and it won't go too fast so he'll get to save a kick for Solomon, and Sowinski will have the closing speed to get that last spot1500m- 1) Centrowitz, 2) Manzano 3) TorrenceI'm banking on Centro's speed this time, but Manzano has been top 3 the last 8 or 9 US champs so he comes in clutch at the U.S. Champs, can't see him not making it right behind Centro, and Torrence has very good potential, he has 3:33 in his back pocket, and he signed w/ Hoka, if he trains w/ Manzano, that could make him more convincing for this 3rd pick3k steeple- 1) Jäger, 2) Huling 3) Cowart5000m- 1) Rupp, 2) Lagat 3) HillRupp did his job last year in the DL (especially at Zurich) and had some good races, enough to convince me to put him at the top spot over Lagat... Lagat is getting old, but at the end of the year, he did run that tactical 13:06 which let me know in peak form he can still produce some good results, oh yeah, and his U.S. indoor 3k along w/ a silver at World ahead of Gebremeskel, and Hill has a lethal kick and it could keep him in this top 3, but still watch out for True, Mead, Lamong if he chooses 5k, and Derrick10000m- 1) Rupp, 2) Derrick, 3) TrueRupp, no explanation, but I can see Derrick finishing over True in this if the pace is honest... Both of them are aerobic monsters, but I feel like people under estimate Derricks's speed, yeah sure at 5k True can finish well, but he has 7:34 3k speed, at 10k who knows? I putting my bets on Derrick...
LetsPredictWorlds wrote:
Maybe you LetsRunners do this every year, but I can't help myself...
800 m: Solomon, Greer, Sowinski // Wilson, Martinez, Montano
1500m: Centrowitz, Wheating, Symmonds // Simpson, Rowbury, Cain
Steeple: Jager, Huling, Bayer // Coburn, Bush
5000m: Rupp, Fernandez, Derrick // Huddle, Hasay, Moser
10000m: Rupp, Derrick, True // Huddle, Hasay, Conley
I am about 96% sure with the men and 76% sure with the women...I can and will defend these positions.