So does Parker Wolfe got to Paris?

That's right, the Trials are category B. The person who thinks it's GL thinks got "national" championships (which this is) confused with "area" championships (Euros, NACACs, etc).

(And the points are different for the steeple, 5k, and 10k than the other events, which is why everyone keeps getting that wrong.)

Yeah Mills I don’t think would help even. They have guys with the standard.

Ok thanks so 50 not 70 bonus points.

Today's performance = 1221 | Average score 1201

Graham Blanks should just voluntarily step down and give Wolfe his spot out of respect for what Wolfe did this evening.

Will be close with the scratches

https://x.com/ChrisChavez/status/1807570346004079054

Our sport makes no sense

Why do people keep posting this crap? Would his last lap have been as fast had he gone with them and tried to win? NO!

Given the downvotes, I should probably clarify that this was a joke. I see it didn't land.

It’s not Grahams choice whether Wolfe goes, it’s a matter of if Parker Wolfe qualifies to go. If he doesn’t Graham goes. Would be happy to see either go. Parker has looked great the last few races and Graham seemed unstoppable last fall, got an injury that almost seemed like would ruin his Olympic chances, and then bounced back with an awesome performance tonight. Congrats to both men either way.

Sorry i wrote this right after your other response good joke.

Yeah for the record I'd actually be pumped to watch Blanks race at Paris. He was an absolute stud in cross country and I'm sure he'll represent team USA well. It's just funny that (as someone else pointed out) Wolfe has now beat him head-to-head multiple times but Blanks has a decent shot at going instead of him.

It's 70 points for the win at Nationals, so he actually got ~1221 points (1171 + 50).

For Trials it goes 70, 60, 50. For an example - Wilkinson was second and now appears in the rankings with a 1213 (1153 + 60).

Blanks smoked him in November and again in December, and he'd probably be back in better shape than Wolfe by August.

If Wolfe could have hung with Blanks at the BU Season Opener he wouldn't be in this predicament. Or he could have got in that Olympic Standard race at the Terrier Classic. Instead he ran a 3k all by himself at the Scarlet & White meet.

Hope someone starts a Parker Wolfe training thread soon

When will we find out?

Two Americans (Teare and Nico) and Beamish would be scratching. So he needs one more.

In Blanks’ last 2 races before injury (NCAA XC and BU5k), he beat Wolfe by 35 seconds and 10 seconds (with an NCAA title and NCAA record enroute). Two months ago, Blanks was running 13:37 for 5k and getting smoked. He is a freak talent and getting fitter with every passing week.

I’m not in favor of the rankings system by any means, but it does in some ways protect for injury cases like this where Blanks was in stunning form before getting hurt. Taking into account his body of work over the last 8months, he is a deserving Olympian. To make it sound like it’s some disgrace or that he is definitively worse a candidate than Wolfe is disingenuous and neglecting context.

With all that being said, just go back to A standard / B standard system. It was way easier.

July 7th . . . when WA has received and compiled all participating nation's declarations based upon results through June 30th.

It's definitely bs if he doesn't go. Anyone with a clue can see that he is in 12:55 shape and has such a high race IQ that he can upset much faster runners. He has a much better chance at medaling than the dorks time trialing 13:04s in rabbited races with perfect weather.