20 years ago Gabe Jennings won the 2000 Olympics trials with a great kick in 3:35. How does he compare to Cole Hocker? who on this year in 3:35.
20 years ago Gabe Jennings won the 2000 Olympics trials with a great kick in 3:35. How does he compare to Cole Hocker? who on this year in 3:35.
Theobserver wrote:
20 years ago Gabe Jennings won the 2000 Olympics trials with a great kick in 3:35. How does he compare to Cole Hocker? who on this year in 3:35.
Hocker is stronger and faster. Jennings couldn't run as fast as Hocker does for the last 100m or hang with him in a 5000. Jennings was a great 1500m runner but Cole is a rare talent.
Gabe Jennings’ “kick” wasn’t in the same ballpark as Hockers 52.5/38.6/12.2 finish. Jennings’ last lap was around 56 flat and feature 42.8x last 300. So Hocker could’ve given Jennings 20-25 meters for kicks and roared by him in the final straight like a male 400m runner going against a female in the mixed relay.
Jennings kicked for 800 m.
THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:
Gabe Jennings’ “kick” wasn’t in the same ballpark as Hockers 52.5/38.6/12.2 finish. Jennings’ last lap was around 56 flat and feature 42.8x last 300. So Hocker could’ve given Jennings 20-25 meters for kicks and roared by him in the final straight like a male 400m runner going against a female in the mixed relay.
As I posted before, Hocker's edge isn't limited to his kick. If they raced one on one, Hocker could set the pace and gap Jennings.
Yeah I think you could compare Hockers NCAA mile title to Jennings’ run and it was also way more impressive and would’ve taken down Jennings pretty easily.
Gabe was likely a better drummer but Hocker's kick is next level.
With that said, Gabe was quite the character. Can you imagine Stanford Gabe in this social media era? I would visit his page daily.
I think an epic all-time battle would be Jennings, Stember, Hocker and Teare, 800 to 3000. There have been other epic teammate combos but these two pairs fit well together almost like Hocker and Teare are the reincarnation of the Stanford guys.
Jennings was so overrated. He ran one good season, 2000, and In that season he only really ran two good races. NCAA outdoor and the trials final.
Despite his PR of 3:35, jennings never ran faster than 3:58....
He just benefitted in a time when US distance running was at a all time low and Steve Holman was more or less done.
It would probably be a good race but Hocker would probably win since Gabe is probably in his 40s at this point.
JO Coach wrote:
Gabe was likely a better drummer but Hocker's kick is next level.
With that said, Gabe was quite the character. Can you imagine Stanford Gabe in this social media era? I would visit his page daily.
You guys seem to think Hocker's kick is a constant. If Cheruiyot does his thing and Cole tries to keep up, he will be lucky to break 15 seconds for the last 100.
The Farm wrote:
I think an epic all-time battle would be Jennings, Stember, Hocker and Teare, 800 to 3000. There have been other epic teammate combos but these two pairs fit well together almost like Hocker and Teare are the reincarnation of the Stanford guys.
Except Stember couldn't run over 1500. He was like an 8:30 3k guy.
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