Would Jakob win NCAA

Hicks and Jakob already raced each other in the 2019 U20 European X country champs in Lissabon:

In the initial stages they almost ran shoulders to shoulders until Jakob took off just over halfway putting 45 seconds on Hicks on the final kilometers. Hicks got a respectable 5th place.

Cade Flatt would bust Jakob hard in the 800 on 10% the weekly volume.

Was referring to US-born athletes - I think Jakob would be the 2nd best if he was in that group behind Fisher and ahead of Klecker.

He didn't destroy anyone, fanboy. Unless you tell us he got destroyed by 4 athletes in Doha.

Come on now. He went wide for a water stop twice during the race and had such a significant gap by the end that he was practically walking over the finish line. You can't seriously rewatch that race and say that the result was in any doubt whatsoever.

Yeah 18 years old out of highschool Jakob got destroyed in the world 5000m final only placing 5th.

I don´t know if I am a fanboy but I have followed Jakob for more than 5 years and long ago predicted he would get a great career barring illness and injury (and I am not Norwegian).

But you are definitively a HATER!

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Yes I can agree that Jakob was destroyed in the Doha 5000m or perhaps rather he destroyed himself by overestimating his strenght when he started his run for home 300m out.

I think he could have got the bronce if he had stayed behind Mo Ahmed 100-200m longer.

And as stated above he had just finished highschool and just turned 19 (14 days before the Doha 5000m).

The same age as Colin Sahlman has now. An athlete who is predicted by many posters to get a great career despite his lacklustre X country races lately. I agree that Colin has the potential to be a top runner PROVIDED HE INCREASES HIS AEROBIC CAPACITY SIGNIFICANTLY.