Is Kerr lame for his DMR effort

And his teammates and those in the know will remember him as a prima Donna who let them down.

Because that's who this guy is.

It's Egun wrote:

And his teammates and those in the know will remember him as a prima Donna who let them down.

Because that's who this guy is.

You have utterly no idea if that is true or if his coach told him to shut it down or if his teammates are okay with or what the heck was actually going on.

Stop worrying about Josh Kerr and go run some more.

I'm not familiar with this situation. What place would this Kerr fellow's team have come in at the meet if he'd managed to pull them to a third place DMR finish?

quick question wrote:

I'm not familiar with this situation. What place would this Kerr fellow's team have come in at the meet if he'd managed to pull them to a third place DMR finish?

Not very high, but that's not the point. His teammates on that relay worked just as hard as Kerr all year and put their best efforts forth in the DMR only to have their efforts squandered by the anchor. Obviously the only one who will ever know the truth is Kerr himself, and for the sake of his teammates I hope he was truly sick that race.

vivalarepublica wrote:

Yea, Kerr is a real wuss. Ran a 4:02 and then 3:57 the next day with supreme closing speed in both races. What a coward! A real runner would have dropped a 3:55 1600m split in the middle of those to get 3rd place in the DMR.

So maybe he mailed it in after realizing that he didn't have it to chase the leaders or even 3rd place. Maybe he lost focus mentally after not feeling his best in a championship race, as many do.

Who cares. Two time NCAA indoor mile champ, one time NCAA 1500m champ. 'Nuff said.

The only reason people bash Kerr here is probs because Rojo practically worships him (and has pretty much admitted to it too). It's like the Paula effect. The more Rojo and Wejo proclaim her innocence, the more people claim she's guilty.

GonzoNun wrote:

vivalarepublica wrote:

Yea, Kerr is a real wuss. Ran a 4:02 and then 3:57 the next day with supreme closing speed in both races. What a coward! A real runner would have dropped a 3:55 1600m split in the middle of those to get 3rd place in the DMR.

So maybe he mailed it in after realizing that he didn't have it to chase the leaders or even 3rd place. Maybe he lost focus mentally after not feeling his best in a championship race, as many do.

Who cares. Two time NCAA indoor mile champ, one time NCAA 1500m champ. 'Nuff said.

The only reason people bash Kerr here is probs because Rojo practically worships him (and has pretty much admitted to it too). It's like the Paula effect. The more Rojo and Wejo proclaim her innocence, the more people claim she's guilty.

+1 This is exactly why this thread exists. Rojo being so obnoxious makes it hard for people to resist jumping in everyone he supports.

Inspector Clouseau you are not...there's a few ppl here who know who I am, wejo/rojo among them...I'm def not from the UK, grew up in California and have never won an ncaa title. Good try though.

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Sure you don't, Josh. Make sure to take some tums before bed tonight.

+1 was about to post this.

GonzoNun wrote:

vivalarepublica wrote:

Yea, Kerr is a real wuss. Ran a 4:02 and then 3:57 the next day with supreme closing speed in both races. What a coward! A real runner would have dropped a 3:55 1600m split in the middle of those to get 3rd place in the DMR.

So maybe he mailed it in after realizing that he didn't have it to chase the leaders or even 3rd place. Maybe he lost focus mentally after not feeling his best in a championship race, as many do.

Who cares. Two time NCAA indoor mile champ, one time NCAA 1500m champ. 'Nuff said.

The only reason people bash Kerr here is probs because Rojo practically worships him (and has pretty much admitted to it too). It's like the Paula effect. The more Rojo and Wejo proclaim her innocence, the more people claim she's guilty.

But I think the Josh Kerr admiration is well placed. The dude is 3 for 3 in his signature distance at the NCAA Champs, ran 3:35.99 as a freshman, ran in the World Champs at 19, and, unless he is the Ben Blankenship type, he is the usual age for a college sophomore. He is currently on pace to be to an all-time NCAA great. He might be the next great white hope!

I’m pretty sure Kerr is actually younger than the avg kid in the same year of college

This is one of the worst threads I’ve seen ever, it’s unbelievable the hate people here have for a kid they don’t know and have no idea how he felt, yet they can sit here behind an anonymous name and say how bad of person he is

The real losers and jokes are you all who bash this kid and have never done anything to support other people in life, the only reason anyone on UNM was here was because of Kerr anyway

Yes and yes. I get stomach problems before I do something I don't want to do, too.

I kind of put some of this on his coach for not realizing that Kerr had bigger fish to fry than a middle of the pack DMR finish. Really, what is a better takeaway from NCAAs: all American finishes in the DMR, or an NCAAchampionship in the mile(let alone, a repeat champion!) I'd take the latter.

No. Did you watch the race? Look at his face while he’s in fourth or so before he’s halfway through his mile. Do you think he was faking that anguished grimace because he was thinking ahead and providing video support for the fake excuse he was going to make? Clearly something was wrong with him.

Yes, he was thinking ahead. You've obviously never been a high profile athlete so you don't understand, he knew he needed an excuse so he wouldn't take so much heat.

He pussed out and was very selfish. /EOT

His aggressive, douchey stare-down into the camera after the mile was also cute.

Maybe if he hadn't been a little girl in the DMR the night before people would think he was tough.

Kerr had menstrual cramps wrote:

His aggressive, douchey stare-down into the camera after the mile was also cute.

Maybe if he hadn't been a little girl in the DMR the night before people would think he was tough.

maybe if you posted under your real name people would think your tough or honest, but no you're a pissy and cant do that

Gotta bee wrote:

Kerr had menstrual cramps wrote:

His aggressive, douchey stare-down into the camera after the mile was also cute.

Maybe if he hadn't been a little girl in the DMR the night before people would think he was tough.

maybe if you posted under your real name people would think your tough or honest, but no you're a pissy and cant do that

You're*. What's a pissy?

Kerr made fun of himself for his post-finish attitude. As for running “like a little girl,” high school coaches will tell you that your absurdly sexist comment has no foundation in the real world. Little girls can be as tough as anyone else.

Seyta wrote:

That being said, I don't think I've ever seen a situation where a runner has 3 races, somehow has an utterly debilitating stomach problem during the second race, but is perfectly fine for both the first and the third. Stitches and cramps bad enough to forcibly stop a runner from competing usually happen over much longer distances.

I can easily see this happening. Sometimes a visit to the toilet will fix things right up.

Ptr wrote:

I don’t know if there’s a replay available somewhere, but if there is, watch his face during the dmr. He was clearly struggling before he began to drop back. I’m inclined to believe he had a legitimate issue that caused him to slow down.

He should have told the coach to put the alternate in (there definitely was one considering he was debating not running), he basically just wasted the alternates opportunity.

It would be different if he wasn't hurting til 1200-1300 in and bombed, but he was out after 400m. Either that or they could have moved him to the 800m leg. Stanford would usually put Cranny on the anchor of the DMR, but had her run the 800m (2:04) because she had the mile prelim. If he wasn't feeling the best, surely he could have muscled out a 1:48.

I never ran as fast as Kerr but more interestingly, I never ran as slow either. I ran many races but never bad enough to go 4:20.