Leo Manzano: Top 3 at USATF1500m 10 years in a row

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8 years ago 06/27/2015 7:06pm EDT

2006 - 3rd

2007 - 2nd

2008 - 2nd

2009 - 2nd

2010 - 2nd

2011 - 3rd

2012 - 1st

2013 - 2nd

2014 - 1st

2015 - 3rd

It's pretty hard just to be healthy for the meet and made the finals 10 years in a row.

Top 3 ten years in an event that often comes down to a mad dash with with group of people is pretty crazy.

And in 2005 he won NCAA's but did not compete at USATF.

So that makes 11 straight years at performing well in a championship meet.

The guy competes.

Jumping ahead, can he make a third Olympic team?

8 years ago 06/27/2015 7:19pm EDT

re: Star

Indeed. We already wrote this up as a quick take for our 1500 recap (coming soon) before the race - just assuming it would be true.

Your post made me look up Lagat, I was thinking 'How long has his streak been' forgetting he only started at USAs in 2006. Here is lagat's record at USAs.

2014- 1st 5k

2013 - 1st 5k

2012 - 2nd 5k

2011 - 1st 5k, 2nd 1500

2010 - 1st 5k

2009 - only ran 1st round of 800 as defending World Champ

2008 - 1st 1500, 1st 5000

2007 - 1st 5k, 3rd 1500

2006 - 1st 1500, 1st 5000

8 years ago 06/27/2015 9:22pm EDT

re: rojo

And Centro is on a 5 year streak.

In each of the last 5 years both Manzano and Centro have been in the top 3.

8 years ago 06/27/2015 11:11pm EDT

re: Star

Star wrote:
And Centro is on a 5 year streak.
In each of the last 5 years both Manzano and Centro have been in the top 3.

Centro didn't run last year.

8 years ago 06/27/2015 11:23pm EDT

re: rojo

How did he perform in Kenyan championships? Those victories should be aggregated as like -1's if we were gonna average or some sht.

8 years ago 06/27/2015 11:28pm EDT

re: Star

F'ng gamer - plain and simple.

8 years ago 06/27/2015 11:33pm EDT

re: rojo

For every year from 1984-1996 Johnny Gray was ranked #1-3 in the U.S at 800m. Leo has a similar level of high achievement as Lagat and Gray but Leo is only 30, and he is already in a member of a very elite group.

8 years ago 06/28/2015 11:13am EDT

re: Johnny Gray 10+

It's interesting because in general Leo is not particularly consistent. He's just as likely to run a 4 flat mile as he is to run low 3:50's at some random invitational.

But at USA's he always shows up.

8 years ago 06/28/2015 11:20am EDT

re: Star

Star wrote:
And Centro is on a 5 year streak.
In each of the last 5 years both Manzano and Centro have been in the top 3.

Please don't link Leo and Centro. Centro is a f'ing cheater with no class.

8 years ago 06/28/2015 11:27am EDT

re: Star

Interestingly enough, out the the 6 major championships he's been to, he's only qualified for the final in 2 of them ('09 and '12). At the '09 WC he got last.

Then would later get an Olympic silver. Man what a time to get it right...

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