xzcvxzcv wrote:
Critiques of Jerry are definitely off base. They fail to see his strengths, though they get his weak points right. His strengths are that he gets his runners in most cases to the short list of the best of their country. Look at all the sub-15 women and sub-13 men he has coached to that level.
Grant Fisher 12:46.96, 12:53.73i, 12:56.99
Mohammed Ahmed CAN 12:47.20, 12:50.12, 12:55.84, 12:56.46, 12:56.87i, 12:58.16, 12:58.61
Chris Solinsky 12:55.53, 12:56.45, 12:56.66
Marc Scott GBR 12:57.08i
William Kincaid 12:58.10 (his 12:51i and 12:54 this year were with Mike Smith)
Matt Tegenkamp 12:58.56
Lopez Lomong 12:58.78, 13:00.13
Matthew Centrowitz, Jr. 13:00.39
Shelby Houlihan* 14:23.92, 14:34.45
Karissa Schweizer 14:26.34, 14:45.18
GDS? 14:44, 14:51 (2019)
Elise Cranny 14:48.02
Vanessa Fraser 14:48.51i
Courtney Frerichs 14:50.06
Emily Infeld 14:54 (2021, still with BTC?)
Shalane Flanagan may have run sub-15 with BTC but I don't recall when she moved to BTC.
Lisa Uhl 14:55.74?
Find me another American coach with anywhere near as many people on these lists. He gets his athletes injured plenty but he gets times and medals like no other current American coach. Mike Smith's pro group is only really starting to be successful now.
How many burritos did they consume in total?