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A total wasteland.

Blows my mind that someone who gets paid to coach athletes can't get professional athletes to break 29:00. Training for the track can be bread and butter if you are lost, but Rosario can't even figure that out. Still "looking for answers" amongst the mythology on Lake Mary Road I'm sure.

eyetee wrote:

Mantz fourth after Klecker in 27.41

Ed Eyestone BYU record is 27:41:05 Mantz ran 27:41:16 from above. Just missed BYU record! That is too bad. He is the fastest in the NCAA now though so that was a great accomplishment. Great run and PB for him (I think his previous PB was 28:08 something).

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McDonald not good. Lacking the edge he had at Wisconsin. Has been lackluster as a pro.

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McDonald seems to be much heavier than he was as a collegiate. I remember in one of his youtube videos his dietician explained that's a conscious decision to make him more injury resistant, but he's gotta start cutting the weight if he wants to hit any Olympic standards and make a team.

krispy kremlin._._._._. wrote:

Wheating drops the finish line tape like he dropped the ball on his running career.

Ouch. But so true.

I feel really bad for Rory Linkletter. He strikes me as a guy who gets really inside his own head and thinks too much. His performances shouldn’t be as variable as they are just based on physiology. It seems like he feels at home in the marathon and has a strong headspace there, I’d love to see him transfer that to the track.

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Commentator guy was not good. Same uninformed jerkoff attitude as Wheating, but Wheating can get away with it because he ran 3:30 once upon a time.

Would be helpful to get people who know what they're talking about and are semi-informed, not just summarizing athletes' social media content.

Klecker looked solid, but got his doors blown off again. This is really going to make it difficult to make teams.

Mantz solid. Hehir what you would expect from 2:09 guy, but his training has not been spectacular so that's actually pretty impressive.

McDonald not good. Lacking the edge he had at Wisconsin. Has been lackluster as a pro.

Juan Luis Barrios has to be almost 50 years old.

Let's again lament how badly Schumacher has screwed up Chris Derrick. Painful to watch.

How about some positivity dude? All negatives from your post, you’re being a real downer.

Big PRs from the top 3 guys, and the standard to boot!

Mantz looking like a real threat for the trials. I’m sure he would have liked 13 seconds faster, yet a PR is a PR.

McDonald coming off injury and rounding into form, glad to see him under 28 even on an off day.

See? Not that hard.

Congrats guys on a gutsy race! Not everyone was going to come away with the standard, but then again that’s why it exists in the first place: to select out! Keep chasing the dream...

eyetee wrote:

Mantz now has the top 10K time in NCAAs.

Shows u how good Eyestone was in 1985. Mantz missed Eyestones 10000m time by .11 seconds

Ralphm wrote:

Would it be safe to say that no American has ever run as fast (27:22) at age 33 as Emmanuel Bor did tonight. There is no doubt that if some talent comes along then Galen’s U.S. 10000m record is toast.

Lopez Lomong ran 27:04 at 33 or 34

douglas burke wrote:

Ralphm wrote:

Would it be safe to say that no American has ever run as fast (27:22) at age 33 as Emmanuel Bor did tonight. There is no doubt that if some talent comes along then Galen’s U.S. 10000m record is toast.

Lopez Lomong ran 27:04 at 33 or 34

Give Fisher 2 or 3 years by then he will be a 26:40 guy if he gets in the right race

Runnerofruns wrote:

Mantz looking like a real threat for the trials. .

A real threat to what? Be in the top ten?

Two Americans beat him by 100 meters tonight.

My stream/audio was iffy but I enjoyed this. Obviously need a clock, but the finish line angle didn’t bother me. I like Merrill personally on the commentary but understand those who don’t. He’s cracking jokes the whole time and dropping random stuff about athletes but ultimately that’s better to fill time than most of what you get in a 10k which is regurgitation of the top 5 runners. I enjoyed the Big Friendly races a lot last year.

Runnerofruns wrote:

How about some positivity dude? All negatives from your post, you’re being a real downer.

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Enjoy your latest issue of Runners World and your fluorescent jogging apparel.

THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:

My stream/audio was iffy but I enjoyed this. Obviously need a clock, but the finish line angle didn’t bother me. I like Merrill personally on the commentary but understand those who don’t. He’s cracking jokes the whole time and dropping random stuff about athletes but ultimately that’s better to fill time than most of what you get in a 10k which is regurgitation of the top 5 runners. I enjoyed the Big Friendly races a lot last year.

I agree...he is a bit nerdy and thinks he is funny but he does at least know things like Mantz was the NCAA cross champ so at least he is not clueless

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Runnerofruns wrote:

Mantz looking like a real threat for the trials. .

A real threat to what? Be in the top ten?

Two Americans beat him by 100 meters tonight.

And what is your PR, sir? For a collegian (or anyone), this is an excellent performance and 27 seconds off his PR!!! He will be top 6-7 at the trials, with an outside shot at top 3 in a championship style race.

So negative.....you must be a drag at parties!

He needs to leave Team Boss and join Ritz. Both teams are in Boulder anyway.

Besides Emma Coburn, Boss' athletes are kinda meh.

Runnerofruns wrote:

free shipping with purchases wrote:

A real threat to what? Be in the top ten?

Two Americans beat him by 100 meters tonight.

And what is your PR, sir? For a collegian (or anyone), this is an excellent performance and 27 seconds off his PR!!! He will be top 6-7 at the trials, with an outside shot at top 3 in a championship style race.

So negative.....you must be a drag at parties!

I agree. You have to remember Mantz was on his Mormon mission for 2 years and has only been back at it a year or so and he is only a junior. Give him a couple years. He is only 24

douglas burke wrote:

Ralphm wrote:

Would it be safe to say that no American has ever run as fast (27:22) at age 33 as Emmanuel Bor did tonight. There is no doubt that if some talent comes along then Galen’s U.S. 10000m record is toast.

Lopez Lomong ran 27:04 at 33 or 34

You are correct. Lomong was 34. I guess it is the non African American runners that cannot run that fast as they get older.

michiganrunner55 wrote:

Runnerofruns wrote:

And what is your PR, sir? For a collegian (or anyone), this is an excellent performance and 27 seconds off his PR!!! He will be top 6-7 at the trials, with an outside shot at top 3 in a championship style race.

So negative.....you must be a drag at parties!

I agree. You have to remember Mantz was on his Mormon mission for 2 years and has only been back at it a year or so and he is only a junior. Give him a couple years. He is only 24

My bad his mission started summer 2015

klucker wrote:

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McDonald not good. Lacking the edge he had at Wisconsin. Has been lackluster as a pro.

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McDonald seems to be much heavier than he was as a collegiate. I remember in one of his youtube videos his dietician explained that's a conscious decision to make him more injury resistant, but he's gotta start cutting the weight if he wants to hit any Olympic standards and make a team.

He already has two qualifiers and looks like a shoe in for both