ches wins again
ches wins again
Unofficially a 157 last 8 for Ches according to the announcers
Sean McGorty (sp?) 2nd
Justyn Knight 3rd
Izaic Yorks 4th I believe
1 Edward Cheserek JR Oregon 8:00.40
2 Sean McGorty SO Stanford 8:01.55
3 Justyn Knight FR Syracuse 8:01.85
4 Izaic Yorks SR Washington 8:02.24
5 Pierce Murphy SR Colorado 8:02.40
6 Jefferson Abbey JR Colorado St. 8:02.43 (8:02.422)
7 Luis Vargas SR NC State 8:02.43 (8:02.426)
8 Colby Gilbert SO Washington 8:02.83
9 Patrick Corona SR Air Force 8:03.12
10 Connor Winter SR Colorado 8:04.23
11 Willy Fink JR Eastern Michigan 8:07.81
12 Morgan McDonald SO Wisconsin 8:12.92
13 David Elliott SR Boise State 8:16.63
14 Ahmed Bile SR Georgetown 8:24.15
15 Reid Buchanan SR Portland 8:36.41
Allie O not starting the 3k
So King Chez is like 30
oLD 800M DUDE wrote:
So King Chez is like 30
Uhm, nope.
Get new glasses.
Seidel leading from break. ~800 in still leading. Trying to give yall splits but the camera angle makes it difficult :/
ZippityZippity wrote:
Allie O not starting the 3k
Wise move
I note it says Anna R also not starting - did she get injured yesterday? Ran slower than her qualifier
And Aisling C who had injury issues right?
2:24 unofficially at 800 according to announcers
Seidel and Finn starting to break away from pack
4:49 at mile
Seidel starting to drop Finn now with 700 to go
Seidel ~10m gap now over Finn. 3rd is too far in the distance for me to see
Coogan in 3rd
Not going to continue arguing. You're missing the point. Either way, somebody who is capable of a 7:40 3k, isn't burnt from running an opening mile of 4:17 in a 5k. His last 2 miles avg'd about 4:30 pace. Stop getting caught up in apparent impressiveness of the actual numbers.. A 15min 5k'er go's and runs a 15:30. 30minutes later, runs a 4:15. Doesn't sound impressive does it? It's relative to the ability of the athlete. There's no reason an athlete with his talent SHOULDN'T have run close to his potential in a 1600m leg.
Now watching him toy with the 3k field, he has a subtle smugness to him. Sure he's a great kid, but, at this point, it appears he's content with being a big fish in a small pond.
Seidel 857.87 FTW
Finn
Coogan
Clark
Thackery
can I wear my uniform tomorrow wrote:
Ironically, I replied to rojo's original post (which claimed "your right to express yourself is being threatened") by pointing out that they heavily moderate these forums to remove dissenting opinions. My post was almost immediately removed...
FYI sorry I couldnt get times for everyone, I was having to switch back and forth between tabs and was just trying to give updates for ppl who dont have ESPN/couldnt watch it online
I wouldn't think that the NCAA 4x4 could be turned into a boring event, but they've managed to do it by separating the teams into 3 heats of 4x4s for the men and 3 heats of 4x4s for the women. Snoozeville.
ZippityZippity wrote:
FYI sorry I couldnt get times for everyone, I was having to switch back and forth between tabs and was just trying to give updates for ppl who dont have ESPN/couldnt watch it online
Much appreciated.
Bhhjbhbjhbj wrote:
Who ran for Georgetown?
yes.yes.yes.yes. wrote:
I was going to ask this as well. I thought Ahmed Bile was running but I know [they're] lead fell. The splits had their anchor at like a 4:41 though....
Blargh wrote:
It was Bile, he was jogging out in lane 4
Was he injured?
Anbessa wrote:
Not going to continue arguing. You're missing the point. Either way, somebody who is capable of a 7:40 3k, isn't burnt from running an opening mile of 4:17 in a 5k. His last 2 miles avg'd about 4:30 pace. Stop getting caught up in apparent impressiveness of the actual numbers.. A 15min 5k'er go's and runs a 15:30. 30minutes later, runs a 4:15. Doesn't sound impressive does it? It's relative to the ability of the athlete. There's no reason an athlete with his talent SHOULDN'T have run close to his potential in a 1600m leg.
Now watching him toy with the 3k field, he has a subtle smugness to him. Sure he's a great kid, but, at this point, it appears he's content with being a big fish in a small pond.
Makes perfect sense from a financial and career standpoint:
1) He's not a US citizen and wants to compete for the US. Him going pro right now means he can't compete for the US. If Cheserek's feelings for wanting to represent the US are genuine, then it's perfectly reasonable for him to not want to tarnish that by spending a chunk of his career first competing for Kenya.
For those who might argue against it, think about it for a moment. In Kenya, he had nothing. However, upon coming to the US, he received the following:
- A proper HS education
- A supportive HS team. He was absolutely the biggest team player when he was in HS. In case many of you have forgotten, he ran relay legs in almost every major meet his team entered, and basically ran his heart out while doing it. He would open up in something absurd like 1:53, and then die off to something like a 4:10+ after. He didn't have the slightest clue about tactics.
- A college education (which he probably couldn't dream of in Kenya)
- A supportive college team. He's much more tactically minded now, but he has ALWAYS done whatever he could to help his team.
No reason to doubt why he would want to represent the US.
2) He'll be more marketable if he manages something like "the greatest collegiate distance athlete", which could indeed be possible if he keeps winning titles like he has been so far. Right now, he's "one of the greatest". If he manages another XC win, that'll mean that he'll be the only collegiate athlete to win NCAAs all four years that he ran. Tack on his huge assortment of individual victories and it's very hard to contest his standing.