People going gaga over Nur and Young, and Sprout but haven't heard of this guy. Nearly won this thing being just out-edged by Nur. And is the youngest guy there I believe. What's his story?
Who is Ky Robinson?? 2nd place NCAAs..
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He was hardly close to winning.. Nur was smiling and cruising through the finish line while Robinson was kicking as hard as he could. Anyways, Robinson is an Australian import who placed 14th at NCAA XC last season and ran 13:21 at UW, so he's definitely much of not an unknown.
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Seemed to me Robinson closed 75% of a gap that existed at the start of the final lap..which would explain him looking like he was kicking hard. Nur was holding on. And most definitely was not "cruising". I feel Robinson would have had this if he timed it better.
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Well, he's a Steeplechaser.
Set the Stanford school record last spring while finishing 6th at NCAAs in 8:32 for an U20 Australian record.
Going into this year his 5k pr was 13:51.
So, hasn't raced the 5k much at all.
Doubt he'll race from the back for the remainder of his college career.
Australia's found a gem . . .
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classy n sassy wrote:
Seemed to me Robinson closed 75% of a gap that existed at the start of the final lap..which would explain him looking like he was kicking hard. Nur was holding on. And most definitely was not "cruising". I feel Robinson would have had this if he timed it better.
Nah, look at this video at the 14:40 minute mark. He knew he had it with 70m to go.
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Aussie from Queensland. Not even the best Jude Thomas won 3k Aussie title tonight. Will be interesting to see how these two go.
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classy n sassy wrote:
Seemed to me Robinson closed 75% of a gap that existed at the start of the final lap..which would explain him looking like he was kicking hard. Nur was holding on. And most definitely was not "cruising". I feel Robinson would have had this if he timed it better.
I feel you did not watch the same race as everyone else.
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Nur looked fantastic out there the last laps and he wasn't going to be caught by anyone in this field. He really surprised me with how much speed he had in the kick, just effortlessly pulling away from the field. We knew he had the endurance and we learned he could run a 3:56 mile this year, but this was something else.
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RedditisBetter wrote:
classy n sassy wrote:
Seemed to me Robinson closed 75% of a gap that existed at the start of the final lap..which would explain him looking like he was kicking hard. Nur was holding on. And most definitely was not "cruising". I feel Robinson would have had this if he timed it better.
I feel you did not watch the same race as everyone else.
So what you're saying is that Robinson in fact did not close that 25 meter gap at the start of the final lap to a mere 5-6 meters at the end??
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classy n sassy wrote:
Seemed to me Robinson closed 75% of a gap that existed at the start of the final lap..which would explain him looking like he was kicking hard. Nur was holding on. And most definitely was not "cruising". I feel Robinson would have had this if he timed it better.
Nah, look at this video at the 14:40 minute mark. He knew he had it with 70m to go.
Yeah, looks like he knew at that point. Too big of a gap for Ky to close. Pretty sure Robinson closed the fastest and wonder what his splits were?
It would have been a real interesting finish had he gone ahead of Young and was at least 5-6 meters closer to Nur. Robinson had a lot left at the end.
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Fan Out West wrote:
Well, he's a Steeplechaser.
Set the Stanford school record last spring while finishing 6th at NCAAs in 8:32 for an U20 Australian record.
Going into this year his 5k pr was 13:51.
So, hasn't raced the 5k much at all.
Doubt he'll race from the back for the remainder of his college career.
Australia's found a gem . . .
Looks like Australia's favored to dominate the NCAA steeplechase this year. Ed Trippas ran 8:19 last year and Ky could probably get down to that range as well based on his recent 5k performances.
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Nur won it easily and was cruising the last lap. He’s coming back for the 3,000 so no need to go flat out the last 150 with it in hand. Robinson looked good though, abd at age 20 one to watch.
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He's a beast in the steeple.
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classy n sassy wrote:
RedditisBetter wrote:
I feel you did not watch the same race as everyone else.
So what you're saying is that Robinson in fact did not close that 25 meter gap at the start of the final lap to a mere 5-6 meters at the end??
I am saying he was second and was not serious threat to win. I am sure he appreciates your man love though.
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One of Queensland's new young guns. Expect a lot of these young guys - Robinson, J Thomas etc to feature in Australia's Olympics/World Champs teams in the coming years.
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They are the future of the sport.
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