Here is our meet preview:
Here are the questions I look forward to having answered in tonight's meet. In order that they take place.
Women’s 1500 Slow Heat.
How big of a pb does Raevyn Rogers run? She has a 4:39 mile pb (so about 4:19).
For comparisons sake, Ajee Wilson has a 4:05 pb and Athing Mu has a 4:16 pb.
Men’s 1500 Slow Heat
Intern Karl Winter vs Colin Sahlman. Who comes out on top? How fast does Sahlman run? Can he crack the top 3 on the US HS list (Hobbs Kessler (3:34.36), Alan Webb (3:38.26), and Jim Ryun (3:39.0)). Karl has a 3:39.60 1500 pb (never broken 1:51 in 800 but 13:46 in 5000). Sahlman has a 3:58.81 mile pb.
What does Waleed Suliman do? He's a 3:36/3:55 miler in 2021 (3rd NCAA 1500).
Women’s 800
Does Nia Akins break 2:00 for 1st time, might she be a contender for a WC spot?
Men's 800
Nothing honestly.
Women’s 1500
How does GDS - whom I expect to win - look in her non-BTC debut?
How does Sinclaire Johnson look in her 1500 debut for Pete Julian and the Union Athletics Club?
How big of a pb does Alicia Monson run in her outdoor opener? (4:07.09) is her pb.
How does Autralian champ - Abbey Caldwell - the 20 year old Australian sensation (4:04.79) look in her US debut?
How fast does Sage Hurta run? The 2021 NCAA indoor mile champ is in the form or her life (4:25 mile indoors - hitting 1500 in 4:06.43 pb) and then 1:59.76 at Penn.
How does Shannon Osika look (2:00/4:00.73 last year)? Ran 4:24 at Millrose but hasn't raced since.
Men’s 1500 -
How does Yared Nuguse look? Does he look like the Nuguse of 2021 or the one that was struggling at the end of indoors? Fun fact. Did you know that Nuguse has a slower pb (
3:34.68) than Vincent Ciattei (3:34.57) who is also in this race?
Men's 5000 Slow Heat
How low can HSer Lex Young go?
Women’s 5000
How fast does NCAA indoor champ Courtney Wayment run? Only two women have ever broken 15:10 in NCAA History and Wayment has a 15:15 pb.
15:01.70i Jenny Simpson (Colorado) 2/14/09
15:09.72 Kim Smith’ (Providence) 4/16/04
Men’s 5000
Is King Ches done? Is Nico Young the future or a one of many? Will Drew Hunter be a player on the US scene moving forward or did he maximize his value perfectly like Mary Cain? How good is Abdihamid Nur? Does he get any sort of NCAA record? How much does Ingebrigtsen toy with the field?
10,000s - Is anyone going for the standard? Robert Brandt?
We will be doing a LIVE INSTANT REACTION SHOW right when the 5000s end at 11 pm ET (as the 10,000s are going on).