Strand has shown an awesome kick off of a slow race with a fast final 400, and very fast final 200.
Interesting to compare his NCAA result to Kerr and Jakob's European Championship 3000s over the past 2 years. Also have to wonder what Jakob's final 200 looks like if he runs similarly slow over the final laps. Perhaps he's run a similar race to those two at another time. Maybe he's more of a mid 25 vs low 25 those guys ran? I also wouldn't be surprised if he popped a low 25 as they did.
Sky seems to be the limit right now though.
Right now the difference between Strand's world vs the world of Jakob and Kerr
Strand's final 5 laps at NCAAs:
31.3, 30.1, 29.7, 28.6, 25.3 2:25.25 for final 1000
Jakob's final 5 laps at Euros:
27.9, 27.9, 27.4, 27.6, 26.2. 2:19.0 final 1000
Kerr's final 5 laps at 2024 Euros:
31.7, 30.6, 29.6, 27.4, 25.1. 2:24.5 final 1000