Ritz has already beaten Bairu, both as Sophomores, so as a Junior and Senior, Ritz would have absolutely destroyed Bairu. Remember, Bairu is a 28:00 guys, whereas Ritz has progressed to 27:30. I think it would be safe to say, Ritz 3, Bairu 0. Ritz is also an Olympian. Did Bairu makes Canada's team in '04?
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2003 NCAA CROSS COUNTRY MEN'S INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
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Place TmPl Name Class No. School 3k Split 5k Split 8k Split Timemen
1 1 Dathan Ritzenhein SO 288 Colorado 8:50 14:46 23:34 29:14.1
2 2 Ryan Hall JR 234 Stanford 8:49 14:45 23:34 29:15.4
3 Gavin Thompson SR 91 Eastern Michigan 8:50 14:46 23:35 29:17.4
4 3 Grant Robison SR 241 Stanford 8:50 14:46 23:35 29:19.2
5 4 Ian Dobson SR 230 Stanford 8:49 14:46 23:38 29:24.7
6 5 Louis Luchini SR 239 Stanford 8:50 14:46 23:37 29:28.2
7 Westly Keating JR 263 Texas-Pan American 8:50 14:45 23:38 29:30.4
8 6 Alistair Cragg SR 268 Arkansas 8:50 14:46 23:39 29:33.1
9 7 Simon Bairu SO 393 Wisconsin 8:51 14:46 23:41 29:33.8
10 8 Henrik Ahnstrom SR 168 Northern Arizona 8:50 14:46 23:47 29:41.6