Men's 1500 is almost here. Who you got?

Will they be holding this event at 11pm or 3am because i cant imagine racing in 100+ degree heat

high school xc coach wrote:

Gjert wrote:

Hocker still needs the standard tho

i have read that hocker's world ranking is high enough to get him in without standard. anybody feel free to correct that if you're confident.

Teare will go into his race having already secured an Olympic qualifying time, which is 13:13.50. Hocker doesn’t have the standard of 3:35.0, but he is No. 41 in the World Athletics rankings, which is high enough to secure a spot if he finishes top three in his race.

I do not know if this means he qualifies by world ranking.

The top 9 seem to qualify with the others "Next best by World Rankings".

I just can't see in what scenario 2021 Centro can beat Hocker.

I mean it's not that Centro will push a 3:31. If anything, I can see him imploding like Brazier.

I reckon, if Big Jim Walmsley gave himself five months to train for the Trials, he would take down all but Centro and be off to Tokyo. It's a shame it clashed with Western States. Would have been awesome for the big man to show them who's boss.

OG Coconino Cowboy wrote:

I reckon, if Big Jim Walmsley gave himself five months to train for the Trials, he would take down all but Centro and be off to Tokyo. It's a shame it clashed with Western States. Would have been awesome for the big man to show them who's boss.

The games would interrupt Jimbo's record setting. Waste of his time.

1. Hocker low 3:36

2. Nuguse mid 3:36

3. Kessler high 3:36

4. Engels 3:37

............

7. Centro 3:38

I must admit I am biased: FOR the youngsters and AGAINST the oldies.

Centro hasn´t had any killer finish for years but I might be wrong if he has succeeded to make some efficient preparations in this Olympic year?

rojo wrote:

Read our preview here.

https://www.letsrun.com/news/2021/06/2020-olympic-trials-m1500-preview-centro-engels-hocker-nuguse-kessler-this-is-gonna-be-good/

“Who you have got”??????

bluejay wrote:

1. Hocker low 3:36

2. Nuguse mid 3:36

3. Kessler high 3:36

4. Engels 3:37

............

7. Centro 3:38

I see it similarly, except Kessler is not making third. Engels will beat him, maybe also Wynne. Kessler is not in the same shape as he was a month ago.

quote post wrote:

rojo wrote:

Read our preview here.

https://www.letsrun.com/news/2021/06/2020-olympic-trials-m1500-preview-centro-engels-hocker-nuguse-kessler-this-is-gonna-be-good/

“Who you have got”??????

The writing ineptitude and errors from LRC are always entertaining. Probably just another arrow in their clickbait quiver.

quote post wrote:

rojo wrote:

Read our preview here.

https://www.letsrun.com/news/2021/06/2020-olympic-trials-m1500-preview-centro-engels-hocker-nuguse-kessler-this-is-gonna-be-good/

“Who you have got”??????

I'm glad I'm not the only one that noticed. How did these guys get through school?

pathfinder wrote:

I'm glad I'm not the only one that noticed. How did these guys get through school?

Does it really matter?

I'm sure your running forum contains no mistakes. Let me check it out really quick and get back to you.

Instead of showing love for the sport and talking about athletes you guys come here to point out spelling mistakes... SMH

Sopa de Sabadell wrote:

pathfinder wrote:

I'm glad I'm not the only one that noticed. How did these guys get through school?

Does it really matter?

I'm sure your running forum contains no mistakes. Let me check it out really quick and get back to you.

Instead of showing love for the sport and talking about athletes you guys come here to point out spelling mistakes... SMH

Free speech

John Wesley Harding wrote:

1. Matt Centrowitz 3:33.0 [39.8]

2. Cole Hocker 3:33.2 [40.2]

3. Yared Nuguse 3:33.4 [40.5]

4. Craig Engels 3:33.7 [40.2]

5. Josh Thompson 3:34.8 [41.0]

6. Waleed Suliman 3:35.0 [41.1]

7. Johnny Gregorek 3:35.6 [42.3]

8. Sam Prakel 3:36.0 [41.8]

9. Henry Wynne 3:36.7 [42.1]

10. Hobbs Kessler 3:36.8 [41.7]

11. Colby Alexander 3:37.2 [42.2]

12. Brannon Kidder 3:40.5 [44.7]

400 - Hocker 56.9

800 - Hocker 1:54.9

1200 - Nuguse 2:52.9

This is pretty reasonable in terms of order, but I think 1 - 1.5 seconds slower, and because of that, Kessler a place or two higher

Sopa de Sabadell wrote:

pathfinder wrote:

I'm glad I'm not the only one that noticed. How did these guys get through school?

Does it really matter?

I'm sure your running forum contains no mistakes. Let me check it out really quick and get back to you.

Instead of showing love for the sport and talking about athletes you guys come here to point out spelling mistakes... SMH

Logic fail. We can do both.

bluejay wrote:

1. Hocker low 3:36

2. Nuguse mid 3:36

3. Kessler high 3:36

4. Engels 3:37

............

7. Centro 3:38

I must admit I am biased: FOR the youngsters and AGAINST the oldies.

Centro hasn´t had any killer finish for years but I might be wrong if he has succeeded to make some efficient preparations in this Olympic year?

Kessler needs hypnosis to free his mind!

pathfinder wrote:

Sopa de Sabadell wrote:

Does it really matter?

I'm sure your running forum contains no mistakes. Let me check it out really quick and get back to you.

Instead of showing love for the sport and talking about athletes you guys come here to point out spelling mistakes... SMH

Logic fail. We can do both.

Exactly

1.Hocker

2. Centro

3. Nuguse

Centro and Engels are 1-2 with 100m to go. Hocker right behind them in 3rd, unleashes a wild kick and throws up the O at the finish line over Centro. Meanwhile, Nuguse boxed in after leading the majority of the race manages to escape. He sees that Engels is fading which gives him that extra boost just enough for Nuguse to take the last Olympic spot by a thousandth of a second with his signature god tier lean.

GnomeBe wrote:

bluejay wrote:

1. Hocker low 3:36

2. Nuguse mid 3:36

3. Kessler high 3:36

4. Engels 3:37

............

7. Centro 3:38

I must admit I am biased: FOR the youngsters and AGAINST the oldies.

Centro hasn´t had any killer finish for years but I might be wrong if he has succeeded to make some efficient preparations in this Olympic year?

Kessler needs hypnosis to free his mind!

Centro wins over Engels, Nuguse third. There aren’t many participants on the start list who would “surprise” me by making it though.

1. Centro 3:32.68

2. Engels 3:32.91

3. Nuguse 3:33.24

4. Hocker 3:33.61

Afterward, Centro finally breaks 3:30 in Europe this summer, Engels runs 3:31 and Nuguse hits 1:45.low. Hocker returns to win NCAA XC in the fall, and runs 13:05 and 3:30 as a 20 year old.

engels

nuguse

hocker

kessler

centro 6th

not going to beat 3:37 due to temp