I hate seeing Teare run a 1500. Focus on the 5000, man! The 1500 is not your event.
I don’t know if it’s just me, this and USA outdoors 1500, his tactics were terrible. If he has positioned himself in front of Henry Wynne before that last lap, it seems he could have maybe gotten Hobbs. Wynne pushed him out that entire last lap. Same thing happened in the 5k at USA’s last year with that Ahmed Muhumed cutting him off and slowing him down significantly the last lap. 1500 trials, his tactics were terrible. Teare has it, his positioning during these races need to be improved.l because it keeps screwing him out of a team.
It’s bizarre. Guy finished 7th in the World with barely any base training, so I’d give him the benefit of the doubt vs the guy who was 6th at USAs. And I like Hobbs, but the hype some times.
Sure. Hocker with the 8:05 probably should have been favored here.
still think if he can get out of his own head, Hobbs is more talented. His 8:39 in HS was the most effortless race I have seen a HSer at that level do, and his 3:34 is worlds better than anyone before or since save Ryun and Webb. But I don’t understand him getting the yips at these championship meets — guy just beat Wightman, doesn’t need to worry about Ciattei. In his interview before the race he said he would race worlds if he made it because he needs championship experience — that couldn’t be more true and I am glad he and Warhurst recognize it. If he had ran the tactical race Hocker did, that would have been a really competitive and close finish between them.
Completely agree. Kessler often looks smooth but was bouncing all over the lanes. Way too much energy expended.
T&F must be the only sport where your best runner sets the wr in the semi of a national championship and then simply doesn’t bother to run the final because why bother. Such a strange and frustrating set of incentives in this sport.
It’s like playing your star WR or QB in week 18 when you’ve already locked up the number one seed. Winning this game does nothing except risk injury for the playoffs.
Sure. Hocker with the 8:05 probably should have been favored here.
still think if he can get out of his own head, Hobbs is more talented. His 8:39 in HS was the most effortless race I have seen a HSer at that level do, and his 3:34 is worlds better than anyone before or since save Ryun and Webb. But I don’t understand him getting the yips at these championship meets — guy just beat Wightman, doesn’t need to worry about Ciattei. In his interview before the race he said he would race worlds if he made it because he needs championship experience — that couldn’t be more true and I am glad he and Warhurst recognize it. If he had ran the tactical race Hocker did, that would have been a really competitive and close finish between them.
Maybe the more talented engine. Maybe. Hocker was very undertrained in high school. In college at age 19-20 you saw some ridiculous stuff. A PAC-12 title in the 5k double with a 1:46.3 800 on the same day. A same-day NCAA mile/3k double. A US title over Centro. Then running 3:31 in the Olympics. All of this with preternatural feel and tactics. No time qualifiers, close shaves at all. This is a talent maybe more like Centro’s itself in range, racing instincts and competitiveness.
Sure. Hocker with the 8:05 probably should have been favored here.
still think if he can get out of his own head, Hobbs is more talented. His 8:39 in HS was the most effortless race I have seen a HSer at that level do, and his 3:34 is worlds better than anyone before or since save Ryun and Webb. But I don’t understand him getting the yips at these championship meets — guy just beat Wightman, doesn’t need to worry about Ciattei. In his interview before the race he said he would race worlds if he made it because he needs championship experience — that couldn’t be more true and I am glad he and Warhurst recognize it. If he had ran the tactical race Hocker did, that would have been a really competitive and close finish between them.
Maybe the more talented engine. Maybe. Hocker was very undertrained in high school. In college at age 19-20 you saw some ridiculous stuff. A PAC-12 title in the 5k double with a 1:46.3 800 on the same day. A same-day NCAA mile/3k double. A US title over Centro. Then running 3:31 in the Olympics. All of this with preternatural feel and tactics. No time qualifiers, close shaves at all. This is a talent maybe more like Centro’s itself in range, racing instincts and competitiveness.
Good points, and I agree with most of that. By the same token, Kessler was primarily a rock climber until his junior year. So he had 2 years of really elite coaching but I would say it’s a toss up as to who overall had more training in HS.
Hobbs almost got caught at the line. He needs to keep on the gas all the way through the line.
He may have learned his lesson. Got away with it, but he dropped the F bomb right after crossing the finish line. Pissed at himself.
Someone earlier said it looked like he thought the mile start line was the finish line. I wonder if he saw Hocker pull up and start celebrating, and saw him cross the mile line, so he stopped there. Either way, I hope he's learned his lesson.
Also when Hobbs ran his 3:34 HSR, just a reminder that it was faster than the NCAA record at the time — faster than Hocker, faster than Nuguse.
True though Teare/Hocker ran 3:50.39/3:50.55 for the mile that winter, which are faster by conversion by around a second. The rock climber thing is a good point, but also I think part of the Hocker equation was also not racing at many pro/all-star meets unless I’m mistaken.