Colin Sahlman 3:33.9

No, the US has just really sucked at distance running until very recently. 3:40 might have been a good college time in the 90's because the US was garbage at distance running back then. There's a reason why people look to Jim Ryun, a guy who competed in the 60's, as the US's great distance hero. He didn't even win gold! No US man had medaled in the oly 1500 after Ryun until Leo Manzano got silver in 2012 - that's 44 years. Centro's gold was the first US gold since 1908. Chelimo's 2016 silver was the first medal in the 5000 since 1964, Rupp's silver was the first medal in the 10000 since 1964 as well. We haven't done much better at World's either.

I think it's safe to say that the US has not been a good distance running country, historically speaking.

Here is the last lap.

He, Kessler and Nathan Green are all within about 6-7 months. Definitely all with tons of potential but Kessler has been on a slightly higher level throughout their careers.

Just watched. He dominated green the last 100m. Wow

He did a great job holding Green off around the final corner, making him run in the second lane. That was probably the difference in the race.

Colins kick was the difference not holding off anyone

MS is a pretty hyper type of guy. I'm just wondering what s going on....

Is it just me or everyone else thinks NAU crew so suspicious?! Start with Nico Y. All of the sudden he is unbeatable and now Colin 3:33 and beating the pros including Engles?

agree, he was gonna kick like that whether anyone was next to him or not. it's in his DNA.

I'm sure there are several other miserable people like you who think that, but no, everyone else doesn't think that.

Are you Mike Smith s relative ?

You need to wake up. NCAA is so dirty. Everyone run fast in NCAA’s and when they turn pro they running backwards.
Are you Mike Smith?

Eh I think his point was that he made Green use more energy. Always the best strategy late. Getting that inside pass and making Green run long left him with comparatively more energy in the final 100 than Green, who had done a lot of extra work that last 300.

Are you familiar with Abdi Nur? Luis G? Heck, George Beamish? He's been developing good runners for almost 10 years at NAU and in the past five years has started to get generational talent to go there over the likes of Oregon, Colorado, Stanford, etc.

Sure I agree , but if you ran before you know jumping from 3:38 to 3:33 in a year it is pretty hard at least clean. Let’s see what he can run when he turns pro. I will get back to you on this

I think he is clearly capable of running 3:32, meaning 3:32.99 or faster. I stand by that. Yes I think he can run 1 second faster due to the rain. I said "maybe" he can run 3:31, meaning 3:31.99 or faster. It is common for NCAA runners to peak in May or June, not mid-April. To my mind it is not unreasonable to think that Sahlman may be able to improve by 2 seconds from here, especially if he runs when it isn't raining.

Beating Engels hasn’t been impressive for about 2-3 years my man.

With the 1.08x conversion factor, Colin Sahlman's 1500m is equivalent to a 3:51.07 mile. Sure, it's not as fast as Todd Harbour ran about 44 years ago, but it was in the rain and it was 2 seconds faster than he ran at BU this winter, which was itself a second better than the converted altitude time of 4:03 (=3:54) that he ran in Flagstaff. Eat some damn crow, King99! Just because he's not your guy doesn't mean you can't give him some credit. Sahlman has just run the equivalent of a 3:51 mile in the rain no less, winning against at least four different NCAA champs at 1500/mile/3k (Green, Houser, Wascom, Messaoudi). It is what it is.