Let's take a moment to appreciate the young and promising Kessler. If he can run this fast at age 21 and still learning tactics as a new pro, I think he's got a 3:27 in him down the line and hopefully a hold medal in a future Olympics! (Also, I think because the 1500 mens field is so hot now, he doesn't get noticed/honored enough, this my shout out). And no I'm not his Mom 🤣
Kessler is awesome, but Hocker was better at a younger age. it will be difficult for him to ever be the best in the USA.
That should just make us appreciate the greatness of Jakob. Nuguse beat hocker by nearly 3 seconds at Pre and got beaten handily by him.
Does anyone who speaks Rojo understand WTF he's trying to say here?
I think he means that Jakob is so good he can pull Nuguse clear of Hocker. Like without Jakob helping set the pace Nuguse can't beat Hocker by himself?
But then again Kerr led a fair bit of that race so idk...
This has to be one of the best mens 1500 Olympic teams this country has ever sent, right?
Certainly in the last 50-60 years.
Enjoy this people. I remember the lean years (90’s and 00’s), when a 3:40+ was enough to win, and 2nd and 3rd place were lucky to have an Olympic qualifier. That it took 3:30 to make this year’s team is just incredible, and so exciting.
I might put 2012 ahead of it. Manzano (got oly silver), Centro (already a medalist at that point, got 4th), Wheating (pretend he’s the Hobbs Kessler, young dude, except he had run 3:30 I believe)
1. Kerr 2. Jakob 3. Hocker 4. Nuguse 5. Gourley 6. Tim Cheruiyot 7. R. Cheruiyot 8. Wightman 9. Kessler 10. Habz 11. Miller 12. Munguti
Gourley at 5 is silly. He should be 9. He just got exposed at Europeans which only had 2 rounds. I think there’s real doubt he makes that British team.
There is plenty of time to the Olymp final. A lot of changes can happen.
That should just make us appreciate the greatness of Jakob. Nuguse beat hocker by nearly 3 seconds at Pre and got beaten handily by him.
Does anyone who speaks Rojo understand WTF he's trying to say here?
I think he just wanted to say that it's impressive for Jakob to get 2 silvers and sub 3:30 with his front-running. Actually I don't think hes wrong, BUT the logic by which he arrived at that conclusion was idiotic and plain wrong and the way he presented it was abysmal.
Does anyone who speaks Rojo understand WTF he's trying to say here?
I think he just wanted to say that it's impressive for Jakob to get 2 silvers and sub 3:30 with his front-running. Actually I don't think hes wrong, BUT the logic by which he arrived at that conclusion was idiotic and plain wrong and the way he presented it was abysmal.
Wow I did not get that AT ALL, amazing to be able to speak another language like that.
Kessler looked calm and looked around down the stretch
Cole 3:30????
Nathan Green 3:32.2 is a second and half faster than Waskom !
What a race--god I love the 1500
I know I’m late posting for this but the 1500 lived up to the hype, and confirms that it is the best event in T&F right now (and I’m including the men’s 400h)
A lot of people who insisted that Kessler couldn't race tactically, that he'd get out-raced by savvier NCAA guys or journeymen or whatever, need to eat a lot of crow--you know who you are.
This wasn't a tactical race... it was a fast race. Kessler absolutely did the right thing by gluing himself on Nuguse's back... which I guess is technically good tactics, but it wasn't a hard plan to execute.
I think people might be underselling why it was a fast race--because Nuguse and Kessler deliberately pushed the pace. Both wanted a fast pace (to reduce randomness and cull the field) and both moved to the front to make it happen. These were tactical decisions, including because it was the third round in four days, so it wasn't totally without the risk of blowing up.
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