What will Nico Young place in the NCAA 5000m?

zxcvzxvc wrote:

He's got good mile speed but a rapid change of pace and the ability to close in 25-26 is what generally wins championships. He'll have to work on that. In my view, the ability to change gears and kick hard is closely related to whether you're an upright runner like Young or lean forward and run on the forefoot at the end like the best kickers. He needs to be able to shift at the end of races. To run away from the field, he'd have to be in considerably better shape than them. But Kioko has run 13:13, and Fay has run 13:16 and can kick, so it'll be tough, but that's why they race it. He should have a great shot at an NCAA title next year in xc and the 10000m if Nur goes pro.

SDSU Aztec wrote:

Saudi Golf League wrote:

I must have missed when NXN was an NCAA race.

Do you Nico Young diubters have an example of him losing a race he should have won? If HS doesn’t matter, than we shouldn’t expect the other NP studs to ever win an NCAA championship. If Nur isn’t running the 5k, who is going to beat him? Are you saying Young is a choker?

fkkfkfkfkf wrote:

FastTuohy wrote:

He will need a similar strategy and set a very fast pace early on to take the kick out of the field (or separate from them).

The fast last 1200 is almost always the better strategy if you can get someone else to set a respectable pace.

FastTuohy wrote:

fkkfkfkfkf wrote:

The fast last 1200 is almost always the better strategy if you can get someone else to set a respectable pace.

IF...who else in the field needs the fast pace like he does? Wildschutt maybe but he has the 10000 first.

SDSU Aztec wrote:

wazzu1452 wrote:

Love Nico but he might be the Grant Fisher of the NCAA. Always a bridesmaid, never a bride.

The NCAA is too deep.

Always a bridesmaid? He rocked at NXN and led wire to wire.

fkkfkfkfkf wrote:

FastTuohy wrote:

IF...who else in the field needs the fast pace like he does? Wildschutt maybe but he has the 10000 first.

It isn't what people need. It is what they do. You just need 1 person who thinks running 1340 instead of 1440 is what they want to do and your fine. You sit for 3-4k and then drop it down to 60s. Trying to lead for 5k rarely works outdoors when racing your peers. You just make the race easy for them.

Saudi Golf League wrote:

SDSU Aztec wrote:

Do you Nico Young diubters have an example of him losing a race he should have won? If HS doesn’t matter, than we shouldn’t expect the other NP studs to ever win an NCAA championship. If Nur isn’t running the 5k, who is going to beat him? Are you saying Young is a choker?

You are literally having a fictional argument in your head. I was simply disputing your NXN comment, considering the subject was about the NCAA. At no point did I mention anything about him being a choker or his ability to win titles.

John Wesley Harding wrote:

Nico makes his move with 1k to go. Beadlescomb passes him with 120m to go and then Olin Hacker shocks the world by passing Beadlescomb FTW. 1. Hacker 2. Beadlescomb 3. Young, winning time 13:25.

John Wesley Harding wrote:

John Wesley Harding wrote:

Nico makes his move with 1k to go. Beadlescomb passes him with 120m to go and then Olin Hacker shocks the world by passing Beadlescomb FTW. 1. Hacker 2. Beadlescomb 3. Young, winning time 13:25.

I’ll take it.

John Wesley Harding wrote:

John Wesley Harding wrote:

Nico makes his move with 1k to go. Beadlescomb passes him with 120m to go and then Olin Hacker shocks the world by passing Beadlescomb FTW. 1. Hacker 2. Beadlescomb 3. Young, winning time 13:25.

I’ll take it.