hicees wrote:
And Notre Dame had two guys open at 13:44/13:45 that didn’t make their NCAA xc team. Teams at the top have crazy depth.
Pretty sure one of them didn't have eligibility but yeah the shear number of guys running well sub 14 seems crazy. The combo is shoes, interrupted training and who knows what seems to have shifted the performance curve by 10-15s for 5k runners. I wouldn't be shocked for a 1330 guy not to score this year...
Here's Notre Dame's depth on display at the Raleigh Relays:
Steeple: 8:52, 8:53, 8:58
5k: 13:40, 13:44, 13:45, 13:54, 14:05
10k: 28:34, 29:14, 29:15
Pretty comparable to Stanford I'd say. NCAA distance running is so deep right now.
Per Stanford's website write-up on the meet, the team now has 11 guys that have run sub-14 for 5k.
But, as has been noted above, NCAA distance running has become so good that Stanford may be fortunate just to scrape out 1 point/8th place finish in June in Eugene.
From Youtube, here's FloTrack's video of the men's 5k race @ Stanford Invite:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmHz-S578cYa
As announcers noted, true frosh Thomas Boyden likely biggest surprise -- he was only 8th man at Pac-12 xc champs last month so didn't run nationals - - now a 13:45 premiere.
another video link:
Yes, but out of season, both WRs run in European meets. Neither was remotely close to their PBs during the college season. The UTEP guys ran under 27:39 at Mt Sac.
Sprout 3:42 (1500) and Hicks 13:34 (5000) today.
https://live.athletictiming.net/meets/8343/events/268534/results
News for this meet re: Stanford was true-frosh Robinson running the 8:45 Steeple.
First Stanford frosh ever under 9:00 and now just 13 secs off the school record.
May be hard to believe, but despite all the great times they put up, no one from Stanford besides Robinson cracked the school's all-time outdoor top-10 lists.
Vin & his successors have produced such a steady stream of superstars over the past 25 years.
But guys like Hicks, Boyden & Sprout will have plenty of future opportunities to get pulled along to incredible times by the professional stars, just likely not this year w/o the Payton Jordan meet.
Hicks now 12th guy on roster with a sub-14/5k pr.
#13 guy, Meika Beaudoin-Rousseau, now at 14:05.
Looks like the upcoming OR Relays is set-up to be a high-performance meet for collegians & post-collegians where Stanford will likely have it's best runners going after more prs.
What caught my eye was Sprout closing in 59/56. Not bad for a 5000 guy.
Watched the race on the Pac-12 live stream . . . Cole took off in an all-out sprint at the bell . . . even the announcers thought he had it won on the backstretch . . . ran the last 100 with a piano on his back but still split that 56 . . . he'll be tactically better the next time . . . now has a 1500 pr better than Nico . . . 3:42 to 3:44 . . .
RIP: D3 All-American Frank Csorba - who ran 13:56 in March - dead
RENATO can you talk about the preparation of Emile Cairess 2:06
Great interview with Steve Cram - says Jakob has no chance of WRs this year
Running for Bowerman Track Club used to be cool now its embarrassing
Hats off to my dad. He just ran a 1:42 Half Marathon and turns 75 in 2 months!
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