Payton Jordan 10,000m is STACKED!

Who will win this?! A lot of people will be factors but who will take the whole thing?

Levins, Derrick, Nelson, Birmingham, Cragg, McNeill, Bairu, True, Bauhs, Chelanga, Estrada, Romero, Braun, Goucher, Vaughn, Gotcher...

I think Cragg will make a strong push near the end. Levins or Derrick will take it. My bet's on Derrick.

This is going to be good.

I <3 Tacos wrote:

This isn't east africa bro. 2 north americans have run sub 27 and neither are in this race so it must be a bunch of scrubs, says the 36:xx 10k guy.

Solid field, but it isn't stacked. You don't have to be awesome at basketball to know the Bobcats suck.

For a lot of guys wanting to run their respective 10k Olympic trials this is their last chance to do a 10k before then. For some guys this may even be their Olympic trials. Think of the Olympic 10k as a 3 round event. This is the first round. Next round is the national Olympic trial. Last round is the Olympics.

Levins is a Canuck, a B.C. boy. I think "A" standard for him and Bairu and Ahmed is 27:45.

iShares wrote:

This is anything but stacked. This is a second class field which will make for a tired, uninteresting race. Name one runner in that race who I should get excited about?

I thought the same thing.

I want to see how Derrick does. As long as Chelanga is Kenyan he's second tier. Cam Levins surprised at Mt. Sac.

Now I'll read the rest of the thread to see who people think this is stacked with.

Say what?! wrote:

What?! wrote:

No one talking about Chelanga??!

Never say never.

No one said never?

sdf wrote:

ggg wrote:

Der Solinsky lauft nicht?

Der Solinsky kaputt Bein.

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Das ist schade. Ich dachte, er wäre besser. Ich hoffe, sie fühlen sich bald besser Hr. Solinsky.

1. Allistair Craig

2. Simon Bairu

3. Sam Chelanga

4. Collis Birmingham

5. Chris Derrick

6. Aron Rono

7. Brent Vaughn

8. Cam Levins

9. Ryan Vail

10. Scott Bauhs

all 10 between 27:00 and 27:30

People are severely underestimating McNeill right now. The kid caught Levins and Lalang at Mt SAC that last lap...

Didn't Ben True beat Chelanga last week?

Sure did (might of been 2 weeks ago)!

Well, if Derrick and Levins (and, for an outside shot, Estrada and Puskedra) go for Chelanga's collegiate record of 27:08.49 that he set two years ago at this meet, that would be pretty damn exciting.

I'm doubtful that's quite within any of their capabilities just yet, but would love to see them go for it.

Looks like a second tier quality field.

Lots of very good runners, no world beaters.

Nobody in the field can come close to sub 27:00 I don't think. Am I misinformed?

The most incredible yearly meet in the Western Hemisphere is on hiatus now due to the recession. I hope USATF can re-start the meet soon. The Home Depot meets had the most loaded field next to Olys & Worlds with an Oly & World medalist in nearly every lane of the sprints and hurdles races. It was logistically cheap since most of the medalists who were entered live a few minutes down the freeway from Compton.

Big chance for Collis Birmingham to get the AR, Cragg will run well- says he just wants 27:44.99 though. Chelanga, Levins, and True will also be up there. Winning time- 27:16.

Does Harry wear the Vibrams on the track? I'm assuming he's sponsored by them.

Linsanity wrote:

STACKED!

No one has broken 27 mins in that race.

Nor has anyone whose run this meet ever. In terms of PR's, this race is more "stacked" than it was two years ago.

Yeah, Cragg should take this. Of course, it all depends on which Alistair shows up.

Including McNeill himself- he had no intention of running as fast as he did.

mytwocent wrote:

People are severely underestimating McNeill right now. The kid caught Levins and Lalang at Mt SAC that last lap...