German Fernandez 10k debut!!!!

Of course this isn't an April Fools gag, but it's still curious that he's not on the start list.

Event 30 Men 10000 Meter Run (72)

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Name Year School

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1 Tanner Anderson Oregon

2 Hugh Armstrong Providence

3 Ian Barnett Illinois

4 Brian Barraza Houston

5 William Bertrand Princeton

6 Andrew Butchart Unattached

7 Henry Cheseto Alaska Ancho

8 Tyler Day Northern Ari

9 Alex Dillard Portland

10 Alex Dunbar Lamar

11 Kyle Eller Air Force

12 Chris Enriquez Portland

13 Scott Fauble NAZ Elite

14 Bryan Fernandez Oregon

15 Wes Gallagher Mississippi

16 Philo Germano Syracuse

17 Cory Glines Northern Ari

18 Timo Goehler Portland

19 Gabe Gonzalez Arkansas

20 Spencer Hanson BYU

21 Jonathan Harper BYU

22 Hayden Hawks Southern Utah

23 Martin Hehir UNAT-Syracus

24 Liam Hillery Providence

25 Kevyn Hoyos Syracuse

26 Tyler King Washington

27 shadrack kipchirchir US Army WCAP

28 leonard korir Unattached

29 Antibahs Kosgei Alabama

30 Amos Kosgey Eastern Kent

31 Ian LaMere Wis.-Plattev

32 Evan Landes Kansas

33 Matt Leach San Francisc

34 Dan Lennon Syracuse

35 Dan Lowry BAA

36 Trent Lusignan South Dakota

37 Craig Lutz NAZ Elite

38 Billy Magnesen Illinois

39 Zackery McBride Miami (Ohio)

40 Connor McMillan BYU

41 Matthew Melancon Oregon

42 Dan Milechman New Mexico

43 Jerrell Mock Colorado St.

44 Alex Monroe Boulder Trac

45 Nicolas Montanez BYU

46 Aaron Nelson Washington

47 Travis Neuman Oregon

48 LUIS FERNANDO OSTOS CRUZ FEDERACIÓN P

49 Rhys Park Boise State

50 George Parsons North Caroli

51 Jaime Perales Eastern Kent

52 Tim Rackers Tulsa

53 Joel Reichow South Dakota

54 Will Reyes Chico State

55 Aron Rono Unattached

56 Andrew Ronoh Arkansas

57 Ryan Rutherford Illinois Sta

58 Dan Schubert Oklahoma

59 Brendan Shearn Penn

60 Alex Short San Francisc

61 Joseph Stewart Miami (Ohio)

62 Michael Sublette Princeton

63 Garrett Sweatt Stanford

64 Frankline Tonui Arkansas

65 Luke Traynor Tulsa

66 Brandon Vientos Loyola Marym

67 Ryan Walling Mississippi

68 Sam Wharton Stanford

69 John Whelan Washington S

70 Michael Williams Washington S

71 Clayton Young BYU

72 Adam Zutz Minnesota

bigtool05 wrote:

You guys who think it might be an April Fools joke realize how f*cking stupid that would be? Like what exactly would the joke be? A runner said he was doing a race that he actually wasn't doing? Wow he sure got us!

NEVER FORGET THE BOWERMAN 5K FIASCO!!!!

Heat sheets due to be posted late Wednesday (30th).

We'll see then . . .

Maybe he got himself confused with Bryan Fernandez. It's an honest mistake.

Hey, Dick Pole. He broke the AR in his first 10k...seems like a calculated move to me.

Contracts are about selling shoes and equipment. There's no other reason to do it for Nike or any other shoe company.

People still talk about German all the time even though he has not run a solid race is over a year (or two). He'll lose his contract when people stop caring...which might be after this year if he gets injured again and/or does not have a good result.

It he pops a sub 13:20 or another 3:35, then he'll get a few more years, IMO.

The potential for him to be a big money maker is still there, but it becomes less and less with each injury.

BTW: Stanford 10K is not a premier event for an elite. I'm sure this is just a rust buster. He'll run in the pack and pick it up in the last 2-3K if he feels good. I would not expect anything too fast.

Clarivoyant wrote:

Montesquieu wrote:

Good heavens--are you ever dumb. No way he runs faster than 28:32.72. Think man, think.

You're both ridiculous. The number is clearly 28:32.77, of course!

This is getting crazy no way he runs faster then 28:32.78

Hopefully the injury bug is behind him and he runs a good race.

Maybe he and his former OSU teammate Kipchirchir, 27:36 PR, can work together and get under 28:00 for A standard.

He'll either DNS or DNF.

Xcguy0988 wrote:

Clarivoyant wrote:

You're both ridiculous. The number is clearly 28:32.77, of course!

This is getting crazy no way he runs faster then 28:32.78

Dunno. I could see 28:32.775 - 28:32.777, something in that range.

How are they going to fit 72 guys on the track? There's going to be a lot of pushing and shoving. It'll be hard to navigate through all the lapped runners

I hope you're joking. 2 sections, as usual.

Did he get his Stanford meets messed up? I see high 28:40s with this field. Peyton Jordan will have 27:30 runners.

Dunno wrote:

Xcguy0988 wrote:

This is getting crazy no way he runs faster then 28:32.78

Dunno. I could see 28:32.775 - 28:32.777, something in that range.

You guys are a great example of why there is a stereotype that runners have poor social skills.

yoyomama wrote:

Did he get his Stanford meets messed up? I see high 28:40s with this field. Peyton Jordan will have 27:30 runners.

It's an Olympic year, my opinion after following this sport for 45 years, German's coach is not going to waste a 10k effort unless they feel he can get the A standard. Payton Jordan my be to close to trails. Especially after his injury history.

If he does run I expect there to be pacers to help him get the A standard.

He's been a disappointment. 29 flat

oldold runner wrote:

It's an Olympic year, my opinion after following this sport for 45 years, German's coach is not going to waste a 10k effort unless they feel he can get the A standard. Payton Jordan my be to close to trails. Especially after his injury history.

Not many trails around there.

Population density wrote:

oldold runner wrote:

It's an Olympic year, my opinion after following this sport for 45 years, German's coach is not going to waste a 10k effort unless they feel he can get the A standard. Payton Jordan my be to close to trails. Especially after his injury history.

Not many trails around there.

You got me on the spelling, but there are many trails around there.

Man I hope German is healthy. That's all I hope for first. Hope he is feeling good over the entire body, hope its all coming together for him. German is one guy I believe we would all be psyched for, if he made it to the worlds big dances. Take care German!