With the state of the American 1500 runners this year, I started really wondering about who was going to make the team this year. In my eyes, Centrowitz and Andrews are still locks for me simply because Centrowitz, even at 90% fitness, would no doubt nab at least a 3rd place spot with this year's competition and Andrews' kick is too deadly when it comes to national competition to not make the team. Now that leaves one more spot and there's few 1500 runners that actually have a real shot of making the team. Note that when I say make the team, I also consider the fact that the Olympic Standard has also been met by the athlete. The athletes, excluding Centrowitz and Andrews, who have the standard so far are Jager, Heath, Merber, Leslie, Ben Blankenship and Manzano. Jager and Leslie are going to run the steeple, Merber recently ran a 3:40/41 and Heath recently ran a 3:40/41, thus he'd more likely go for the tactical 5000 than a tactical 1500 at the trials. That leaves Blankenship with a 3:53 seasons best and Manzano with a recent 3:39 win. I consider both of these runners plausible contenders, though they're no the only ones. Colby Alexander and Clayton Murphy also have shown great upside with both of them just missing the Oly standard. However, Murphy likely won't be going for another attempt at the standard and stick with the 800 after multiple recent races failing to achieve the 1500 standard and with what seemed to be slight burnout in the last lackluster result at Brooks. I don't know what Colby has planned as far as races before the trials go, but if he doesn't get it before the trials that will more than likely leave him off the team with the way championship races play out. I'll still keep him in consideration as he may still get the standard before race day and is one of the few 1500 runners this year that seems like he even has a possibility of achieving the standard before trials. Finally, that brings us to my title about McNamara. Though none of his races so far have been against overly impressive competition, the fact is that against American competition he is winning races. He isn't going to beat guys like Andrews and Centro, but he is clearly doing better than the guys who will actually have to worry about making the final. Also, he is winning these races mainly off of a final 150-100 meter kick in the last bend which adds a little more credence to him being more impressive than many of America's 1500 talents currently as he probably could have run at least a 3:37 if he didn't leave the real racing so late. This makes me believe he has potential to actually achieve that standard if he really goes for it. However, like most of those guys he does not have the standard regardless. He is running the Stumptown Twilight tomorrow in order to try and get it, in which he will be facing some fair competition that will probably also be going for the standard. I believe if he achieves that tomorrow, that he will definitely be in contention for that 3rd spot along with the 3 others of particular note that I mentioned earlier (Colby, Ben, Leo), so we may be seeing McNamara in Rio if all goes well tomorrow. Now, am I being an over analytical fan boy, or do I have credence in my belief? Rip me or agree with me, I'm here for all opinions.