U Washington;s Brian Fay (13:16.52) rips the Clay 5000

Fay's last lap was insane. Not sure what he closed in but the leader ran 3.05 for the last 1200 and Fay wasn't close to him.

someone has to have a vid of the last lap. Beadlescomb is a great runner but he got absolutely hawked on one of the best last laps ive seen in a min

UW will have a lot of contenders for the individual title at 5000m

"Are you kidding me!"

Looks like Fay might have been under 56 last lap.

That was some of the best announcing I’ve heard in a while. Who was that?

solid announcing, but saying beadle was gonna win "no doubt now" with 500 to go wasn't the greatest take.

To his credit it was a 3:52 miler with an insurmountable lead. He corrected himself shortly thereafter by noting the chase pack had a chance with about 300 to go. I think I asked out loud, “no way - are you high?”

yeah they did a good job, i agree.

and that's the exciting thing about huge comebacks, they aren't expected.

i'm assuming fay surprised himself even.

I don’t get it. His PRs coming into this season were 13:44/28:42 and he finished 38th at the NCAA XC championships last Fall.

Coming into the season, the school record was 13:27 by Green. Fay took that down to 13:24 earlier. Both Lumb and Fay were under that this weekend, and Houser broke the 1500 record with 3:37. Huge meet all around for them.

Andy Powell is a good coach...

I mean, it aged badly almost immediately but it wasn't out of line at all. Beadlescomb was probably the most accomplished guy in that field and had a massive lead with no signs of slowing. Hell he still closed in 60-61 roughly which in an NCAA race won in 13:16 SHOULD be enough to win.

Luck 🍀 o’ the ☘️ Irish

People forget how well he did at Oregon. Mike Smith is sort of the acknowledged distance guru, what with the success of the NAU XC teams, but there are many good coaches in the NCAA beyond these two.

This guy has some range and has been getting stronger and faster

Supposedly a 53 last lap for Fay. Very impressive race

Hasn't the timing company posted results with splits? Even the local high schools that time their own meets post splits in their results now.

totally agree. i prob would have said the same thing as the announcer. was just saying it wasn't the greatest take. i thought the announcers did a good job. they sounded like professionals who actually love their job and are excited to see the races. kinda hard to find to be honest. feels like it's usually someone like dwight stones and his sidekick that just want to talk about how important speedwork is the entire race or opposite end of spectrum some kid that just graduated hs and is all over the place.