Someone gave Colin Sahlman really bad advise to scratch the Mile and or the 800m at NCAAs

A ton of awesome guys go for the DMR over the mile. It's not exactly a perfect field there either.

an interesting one is VTech's Christian Jackson skipped out on the open 800, ran a 1:44 leg in the DMR, but they finished only in 3rd, because they had George Couttie running the mile, instead of the DMR. I think 80% chance they are winning this with Couttie in the lineup, moving plant to the 1200 leg, instead of DeCambre who kind of blew it with a 2:55 leg.

Couttie can possibly get 2nd in the mile because I think a lot of the good milers went DMR. That mile/3000 double will be very tough on him.

Just last year we had the top two milers by far in Strand and Martin opt for the DMR/3k double. We are always going to have people go for this double because the team aspect of running is very appealing to many. You’ll also have some who won’t surely, which is their prerogative. I think it was nice to see Sahlman prioritize giving his teammates a chance to stand atop that podium instead of simply chasing individual glory. He has outdoors to chase an 800m or 1500m title, as well as his entire career after that. Will never have the chance to get a DMR title again.

Do you honestly think the contraction of "would have" is spelled "would of?"

You have to take the opportunity when it’s in front of you. Colin breaks the NCAA 800m record, then scratches the 800 and the mile. People see that. The DMR was a great run, but it’s not the same as lining up in your individual events and winning.

Do you honestly think this contributes positively the conversation?

guess ive never put much thought into this question. Is the 3000 the premier indoor indivual championship for 1500-5000 runners?

I think it is.

You act like people want him to lose. That’s not the case at all. Most people would love to see him win. The point is that when you’re the NCAA 800m record holder and one of the top seeds in the mile, it would look a lot better to go win one of those races. Hopefully he wins the 3000m, because if he doesn’t, people are going to look back and say scratching the 800 and the mile was one of the dumbest decisions

Anyone agreeing with OP has never done a team sport before or competed on a competitive relay. Winning with your teammates and friends is so much more rewarding and fun than individually.

there are people who view the sport a certain way who think everyone has the same mindset as them. But There are kids/people who really, really, really love the team aspect of the sport and super motivated by it.

The double champ does what he wants

Strand annihilated the NCAA mile record last year (and then Martin ended up right behind him on the lists$ and both scratched the mile. Did people see that? Was their DMR + 3k performance not the same as if they had run the mile?

I think he could have won that 800 in flip flops and an hour later still won that 3K

Past few years whoever wins the 3K is the best 15 and up runner in the NCAA on the track at the time. Hocker, Strand, Nur, Young, Messaoudi (probably the weakest of the bunch)… but no slouches