Is everyone on here stupid or just ignorant. I have hardly heard Emmanuel's name mentioned? He is the returning champion,the fastest in the field (having only done one fast mile,) 3rd place outdoors last year (with a 3.37 pr), double conferance champion just 2 weeks ago at altitude running 1.50 and 4.05 in a small amount of time.
If this guy isnt favourite, you are all nuts.
1. Abdi Hassan
2. Lee Emmanuel
3. Jeff See
4. Mac Fleet
5. Ben Blankenship
Abdi Hassan will win running 3:56.xx or faster. Dude is a straight beast.
Beer gut with abs wrote:
Why on earth is Ulrey not in this race????
Obviously his coach isn't selfish, and doesn't want a triple to affect his long-term development.
casey? wrote:
I'm not really getting all of the hype about Patrick Casey. For one thing, his 3:59 is converted from a 4:04. Not to mention that he lives and trains at the altitude he ran his 4:04, so 4800 feet shouldn't slow him down by 5 seconds. Now you guys have been saying that once he gets down to sea level and runs with some competition he will show his true potential, but just this past weekend he ran at sea level (at Notre Dame) in a race that was out in sub 4:00 pace through 1200. Yes he won the race, but he only won by a few tenths and didn't even break 4:00! Competing against this year's mile field is going to be tough for Casey. He is good, but not nearly good enough to win NCAAs.
You obviously didn't read the above posts. There is a guy here who has raced him for the last 6 YEARS! He says he can't lose at all.
For the record, Casey won't be top 5.
Bahaha, you are funny. nice screen name. No wonder people think letsrun posters are a bunch of egotistic bast@rds.
If Kyle Merber runs a smart race I can see him in the mix at 300 to go. The question is will we see a tactical tango or an honest pace. KM will benfit from a string of 30`s I think. It is going to be fun seeing everyones Qualifing tactics in the trials. Can any of these guys run a 4:03 and comeback 25 hours later and drop a 3;56? I`d be shocked if we see more than one or two go sub4 in final but very pleased if we do.Getting out of the first round with as much in the tank as possible may be the key to this race.A lot of underclassmen in here- the next couple of years will see some great college races.
vivalarepublica wrote:
I say its between Mac Fleet, Lee Emmanuel (returning champ remember), Ben Blankenship and Kyle Merber (because he ran a good time on a 200m track, while the rest of these guys ran on oversize tracks.
Travis H wrote:
Bahaha, you are funny. nice screen name. No wonder people think letsrun posters are a bunch of egotistic bast@rds.
Must be that Big Sky Conference education.....It's egotisticAL bast@rds. Demand your money back son!
UUUUMMMM he tripled every weekend last year running NCAA qualifying time after NCAA qualifying time. And for a 3:35 guy I'd have to say a mile prelim is no biggie. Also why is he even running the 3k then? Anyone else think he is scared of losing after having a monster end of the season last year?
Riley Masters for the win...dropping times like no one can believe right now...Watch out
1. See
2. Emmanuel
3. Merber
4. Hassan
5. Blankenship
6. Acosta
Fleet idk... Where is Centrowitz by the way?
I would agree with the post about running at altitude and then dropping some crazy time at sea level. If you live and train at altitude and have little time to do any fast training at sea level as most Big Sky Conf guys don't, more than likely you will run the same times that you have always run. I also think that people make too big of a deal about running with or without great competition. If you look historically at meet results the mile more than likely will be like every other championship meet. Almost every coach will tell their runner to run with the pack and look to be in position over the last 400-600 meters. Times from banked tracks, flat tracks, oversized tracks, sea level, the moon, or wherever it really doesn't matter that much. If an athlete has put up consistent times over the year and is healthy they have a legit shot at doing well.
The winner will probably run 4:01-4:02 in prelims (2:04, 1:58ish splits) and then come back in the finals with a 3:59-4:01 (3:32, with a 27ish last 200m). Even the best milers in the past have had a really hard time breaking 4:00 in the final.
That is exactly why anyone can win on Saturday!
I say Kyle Merber is top three, no doubt. That kid has proven time and again to A) have an excellent kick, especially at the mile distance, and B) have instincts like a cat. He has nerves of steel, and he'll manage to get himself in contention and can kick with the best of them. Plus, if anyone knows him, they know that he has to go for gold, every time.
Beer gut with abs wrote:
UUUUMMMM he tripled every weekend last year running NCAA qualifying time after NCAA qualifying time. And for a 3:35 guy I'd have to say a mile prelim is no biggie. Also why is he even running the 3k then? Anyone else think he is scared of losing after having a monster end of the season last year?
Just a remark after reading the thread about Jordan Hasay...
Ummmmmm...ever heard of Evan Jager?
Columbian Umbian wrote:
I say Kyle Merber is top three, no doubt. That kid has proven time and again to A) have an excellent kick, especially at the mile distance, and B) have instincts like a cat. He has nerves of steel, and he'll manage to get himself in contention and can kick with the best of them. Plus, if anyone knows him, they know that he has to go for gold, every time.
Instincts like at last year's indoor Heps meet, where he dusted his teammates in the prelims and didn't even score?
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Actually egotistic works just fine; it is also an adjective, which modifies bast@rds. If you were educated you would have known this, and not corrected a perfectly acceptable statement. -Peace
Also Pat Casey is going to win.
lyle love it wrote:
Columbian Umbian wrote:I say Kyle Merber is top three, no doubt. That kid has proven time and again to A) have an excellent kick, especially at the mile distance, and B) have instincts like a cat. He has nerves of steel, and he'll manage to get himself in contention and can kick with the best of them. Plus, if anyone knows him, they know that he has to go for gold, every time.
Instincts like at last year's indoor Heps meet, where he dusted his teammates in the prelims and didn't even score?
If he repeats that at Nationals, he gets an All-American title. That's what happened to Yale's Kate Grace in the 800m last year in indoors: ran very well in the semis (a new PR which she did not come close to during this past season) and then died in the finals. But people still call her an All-American, and she was a sophomore as well. Kyle could do the same thing. After all, it's not like he's in it for the team scoring this time.