Olympic Marathon Trials - Top-10 Predicted Order of Finish

1 HALL

2SELL

3RITZ

4GILMORE

5CULPEPPER

6VERRAN

7FASIL

8MEB

9BROWN

10JENKINS

winning time 2:11

1HALL

2ABDI

3CULP

4GILMORE

5SHAY

6RITZ

7FASIL

8LEMHUKE

9MEB

10 CARNEY

winning time 2:13, 2:15 might make it.

ritz

hall

sell

1) Meb

2) Gilmore

3) Hussien

4) Ritz

5) Sawe

6) Shay

7) Culpepper

8) Frey

9) Lundstrom

10)Bizuneh

11)Graft

12)Driscoll

Hall,Abdi,KK = DNF

2:11:20 wins it and 2:12:50 makes the team!

That would be ridiculous. If Hussein is 3rd then Morgan finishes right behind him (based on Osaka). Even Morgan would be pleased to finish within 4 minutes of Sell.

Culpepper. will put it together on the day

Abdi. having a great year

Sell. course suits his toughness well

Meb. not in peak form

Ritz. may not have the marathon down yet

Gilmore. experience

Hall. talented but hills may be hard on him

Lehmkuhle. has been racing great

Verran. always puts together a solid race

Frey. random hunch, ran great at panams

Bizuneh. Has raced less so should be ready

1. Abdi

2. Sell

3. Hall

4. Ritz

5. Coulp.

6. Lem.

7. Carney

8. Browne

9. Shay

10.Reneau

I think KK will dnf. or dns.

1. Abdi Abrirahman:

He's on another level right now.

2. Meb

Runs great on tough courses

3. Ritzenhien

Seems like his training is going really well.

4. Gilmore

6. Bizuneh

7. Ryan Hall

5. Brian Sell

8. Lehmkule

9. James Carney

10.Mbarek Hussein

KK- DNF

trialsobserver wrote:

6. Bizuneh

7. Ryan Hall

5. Brian Sell

correction

5.hall

6.bizuneh

7.sell

1. Abdi

2. Ritz

3. Hall

4. Browne

5. Culpepper

6. Sell

7. Meb

8. Gilmore

9. Verran

10. Biz

In a poll of 1000 Letsrun voters, here are the results for top 3:

1. Rexing

2. Rexing

3. Abdi

1 Abdi

2 Meb

3 Ritz

4 Hall

5 Sell

6 Culpepper

7 Carney

8 Gilmore

9 Browne

10 Rohatinsky

Hall

Abdi

Culpepper

Meb

Sell

Gilmore

Ritz

Rohatinsky

Carney

Browne

KK DNF

why do people give bizuneh so much respect? he's ran one good half marathon and his best marathon has been a 2:18 yet many are picking him to beat so many good runners. i don't understand it.

He's actually broken 1:03 twice, and has an 8k 22:32 PR, but he doesn't seem to be cut out for the marathon. Still, where the hell does Amby get off writing stuff like this:

Until a couple of days ago, I had never met or talked to Fasil Bizuneh, one of those "dark horse" picks to run well in the Marathon Trials. So I figured I should ease my way into our first conversation. I wanted it to go well. I didn't want to tell him, right off the bat, that I thought he was nuts...

http://dailynews.runnersworld.com/2007/10/mens-marathon-9.html

1 Alan Culpepper

2 Meb Keflezighi

3 Abdi Abdirahman

4 Brian Sell

5 Dathan Ritzenhein

6 Ryan Hall

7 James Carney

8 Peter Gilmore

9 Jason Lehmkuhle

10 Ed Torres

black power!

1. Abdi

2. Meb

3. KK

4. Hussein

the rest dont count!

Surprised Rohatinsky is making so many top 10 lists. He's never ran a marathon and only runs 100 mi/wk. Also doubt if Fasil Biseneh (2:18) guy makes top 10. Seems like if an athlete gets a big interview published, he immediately jumps into the top 10.

coachkritter wrote:

Surprised Rohatinsky is making so many top 10 lists. He's never ran a marathon and only runs 100 mi/wk. Also doubt if Fasil Biseneh (2:18) guy makes top 10. Seems like if an athlete gets a big interview published, he immediately jumps into the top 10.

exactly.

runners world featured Miguel Nuci, hence he's a darkhorse.

brandon leslie, featured in RW, therefore he's a darkhorse.

the power of mass media.