Princeton 11 guys under 2:30 for a 1k

not that special wrote:

peterpan wrote:

Princeton's incentivized to have a huge md squad since indoor heps has so many md events. 500m, 800m, 1000m, mile, DMR, 4x800m. 11 md guys on teams for most conferences doesnt make as much sense.

You don't necessarily need 11 mid-d guys to have 11 guys who can basically run a 2 flat 800m with a little extra distance added on. Pretty typical for 5K and 10K guys on decent teams to have high school 800m PRs in the 1:50-1:54 range. Presumably those guys could step down in distance and run a 2:30 1K if they needed to.

Is having 11 guys at or under 2:30 really something that, say, a mid-pack Big Ten team wouldn't be expected to be able to do?

I hope you are incorrect. I hope most college D-1 T&F coaches are not giving up on high school athletes with 1:50.xx to 1:52.xx 800m P.B. and making them 5000m & 10000m men.

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Dk why the haters are out in full force. Guessing a lot of the 11 were coming off of cross & that most have either been training for cross or base building. Just shows that they have a lot of guys in the 1:50s for 800 & close to 4-flat in the mile. I feel like some are overestimating the Ivy League and/or entire NCAA system. Feel like some schools in power conferences have maybe a dozen guys like this. These performances aren't otherworldly but they don't need to be knocked. Shows that Princeton has some depth & will be plenty competitive in their conference. Solid early season effort.

This reaction is why we don't always hear about stuff like this FWIW.

Lol I know, they make it look like the ran sub 2:20.

Good luck with that winning titles.

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Well, whatever they are doing, it didn't work at NCAA XC, they got blasted by Harvard after beating them easily a week earlier.

Yeah I agree, some people think that D1 running is all teams like Oregon. Many D1 teams only have a few guys who can run sub 2:30.

This impresses me because the top guys were quick, but also shows that the team is willing to invest time in 2:29 type guys. That's not going to win a conference meet, but it could score and will qualify for IC4As. Most importantly - some of those 2:28-2:30 guys could become 2:24-2:27 guys in a few years, which actually does move the needle in the Ivy League.