Tewalt
Tewalt
Samuel is a solid favorite in this race. Samuel has the best time, has won an ncaa distance title and seems to be healthy. If Hansen is 100% healthy I do believe he could challenge Samuel but this will be a tall task at this distance.
cxzvxzcv wrote:
Tewalt
Tactical race, Murphy will be there and close, and a bigger shifter than Hansen, who is a bit of a gathering type closer. Murphy with his 13:10 and 7:35.x will be in this hunt I would think. Hansen, has been dinged or sick, in and out of regular number of efforts. Nothing at ACC, I thought he would run down distance 3000 at least.
I expect Murphy to win this.
23 yrs old in his 5th year. Tends to run very well through moderate fractions, and this race should be fairly slow for a while. I think LM kicks late to win.
fnb wrote:
Rocky Hansen did NOT run the 3k at ACC. Not sure if you are talking about another Hansen.
Could be his brother? Long hair, thick glasses, on skates.
Here are the accepted distance entries. I include all of them just for those doubling. I'm inclined to agree that Liam Murphy is the favorite in this field, because Samuel would be the favorite in the 10000m or perhaps a paced 5000m but he doesn't have the closing speed and 1500m runners with good endurance usually win championship 5000m races. Musau should be up close to the front as well, and I can imagine Hansen getting to the podium, as he has a good combination of mile and xc ability but not if he's unhealthy.
Event 4 Men 800 Meter Run Prelims =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed =============================================================================== 1 Aidan McCarthy JR Cal Poly 1:45.19 2 Tinoda Matsatsa SO Georgetown 1:45.21 3 Abdullahi Hassan SR Miss State 1:45.53 4 Brian Kweyei SO Clemson 1:46.26 5 Darius Smallwood SR Penn State 1:46.28 6 Dan Watcke FR Villanova 1:46.32 7 Dayton Carlson SR Arizona Stat 1:46.39 8 Yukichi Ishii JR Penn State 1:46.41 9 Justin O'Toole SR Washington 1:46.44 10 Kyle Reinheimer SR Washington 1:46.45 11 Cole Lindhorst JR Washington 1:46.47 12 Darius Kipyego SR Iowa State 1:46.48 13 Olivier Desmeules SR Penn State 1:46.52 14 Koitatoi Kidali FR Oregon 1:46.55 15 Matthew Erickson SR Oregon 1:46.58 16 Tyrice Taylor JR Arkansas 1:46.62 Event 5 Men 1 Mile Run Prelims =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed =============================================================================== 1 Nathan Green JR Washington 3:50.74 2 Ronan McMahon-Staggs JR Washington 3:51.85 3 Abel Teffra SR Georgetown 3:52.44 4 Fouad Messaoudi SR Oklahoma Sta 3:52.66 5 Steven Jackson SR Boston Colle 3:52.71 6 Simeon Birnbaum FR Oregon 3:52.81 7 Colin Sahlman JR Northern Ari 3:52.82 8 Harrison Witt SR Princeton 3:52.87 9 Laban Kipkemboi SO Oklahoma Sta 3:53.29 10 Collins Kiprotich FR New Mexico 3:53.41 11 Rob McManus JR Montana Stat 3:53.59 12 Harvey Cramb SO Montana Stat 3:53.77 13 Foster Malleck SR Boston Unive 3:53.82 14 Reuben Reina JR Arkansas 3:53.95 15 Isaiah Givens SO Colorado 3:54.12 16 Benne Anderson SO Syracuse 3:54.12 Event 6 Men 3000 Meter Run =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed =============================================================================== 1 Ethan Strand SR North Caroli 7:30.15 2 Parker Wolfe SR North Caroli 7:30.23 3 Yaseen Abdalla SR Arkansas 7:34.17 4 Liam Murphy SR Villanova 7:35.47 5 Gary Martin JR Virginia 7:36.09 6 Marco Langon SO Villanova 7:36.87 7 Colin Sahlman JR Northern Ari 7:37.59 8 Drew Bosley SR Northern Ari 7:38.06 9 Luke Tewalt SR Wake Forest 7:39.09 10 Habtom Samuel SO New Mexico 7:39.39 11 Colton Sands JR North Caroli 7:39.60 12 Ishmael Kipkurui FR New Mexico 7:40.06 13 Matt Strangio SR Portland 7:40.09 14 Brian Musau SO Oklahoma Sta 7:40.18 15 George Couttie SO Virginia Tec 7:40.18 16 Adam Spencer SR Wisconsin 7:40.38 Event 7 Men 5000 Meter Run =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed =============================================================================== 1 Habtom Samuel SO New Mexico 13:04.92 2 Yaseen Abdalla SR Arkansas 13:09.99 3 Liam Murphy SR Villanova 13:10.42 4 Brian Musau SO Oklahoma Sta 13:11.29 5 Patrick Kiprop SR Arkansas 13:11.67 6 Ishmael Kipkurui FR New Mexico 13:11.95 7 Marco Langon SO Villanova 13:14.11 8 Rocky Hansen SO Wake Forest 13:14.43 9 Evans Kurui FR Washington S 13:17.16 10 Dylan Schubert SR Furman 13:17.89 11 Denis Kipngetich SO Oklahoma Sta 13:18.33 12 Casey Clinger SR BYU 13:18.96 13 Creed Thompson JR BYU 13:19.67 14 Sanele Masondo SR Iowa State 13:20.30 15 Joey Nokes SR BYU 13:20.76 16 Drew Bosley SR Northern Ari 13:21.11