AMERICAN RUNNING 5K IS MADNESS!!

And the top 4 on paper and from last year weren’t in the race. Hopefully all this depth results in 3 guys mixing it up at Worlds for the medals.

Makes it even more insane just how deep American running is. Kenya still has most of the sub 13 guys but US and North American running are catching up. 2 BTC men and woman both have faster times than tonight. Both sub 13 men and 2 sub 15 women.

Hocker and Teare to me have sub-13 talent, though both might do the 1500 this year. Going to be hard to displace Chelimo, Kincaid and Fisher.

Bonus shoutout to Mohamed Mohumed for going for the win! Don't think I've heard of him before, but he really made it a race to the line. Lex's time surprised me even though I felt like he could run around there. He really just edged in by .05 for #2 all time. I think the writings on the wall for Rupp's record, it'll be gone by this time next year. I'm starting to think that Lex and Leo are more talented than Nico. Leo broke Nico's Woodbridge record in the fall and ran 4:00, and now Lex has gone 7:57/13:43, both as juniors. What's the over/under on how many of them make a WC/Olympic team before they're done running?

For real. 13:17 PB and he runs a 13:03 with a 55-second last lap. European 5,000 gold medal is going to be as easy for Jakob going forward between the improving Spaniards and Mohamud.

Only a matter of time we see a sub 13 from them. Potential is a lot different than actually doing it so for now, we can only speculate and watch how they do (I'm rooting for them both to dethrone Grant even though I still enjoy watching him race). Hocker will want to defend his US title and has raced an 800 so he will likely stay. Teare is a dark horse even though he got 4th last year in the trials. This could be the year he breaks the barrier if that 3:50 mile indoor is any indicator that he's got the leg speed for it. Not many 3:50 milers who can do sub 13 5k in the US. Hell I can only think of 1 person and that's Jakob.

This kind of reminds me of the Ingebrigtsens a little where they used Filip and Henry as the base model for Jakob. I agree L&L are definitely showing a lot more potential but like my previous comment. Potential is speculative. We will see by next year if Rupp's record falls. Based off this race, it seems like the record will get broken.

Lol yea anything could happen, but if Nico's any indication, they have a bright road ahead of them. Are there any families with 3 brothers sub-4?

Yes in Norway, probably in Kenya as well

It's the SHOES!!!

How much of that is having each other and Colin to push themselves in daily workouts and races? All 3 of them wouldn't be where they are without each other. Amazing nonetheless that they have reached Nico's level!

Klecker is the only American that impressed me here. Young a little less.

Monson vs Kelati vs Cranny vs Schweizer in the USA 10k champs race 3 weeks from tonight . . . then again a month later in the USA 5k champs race . . . will be ultra special.

Im super with klecker’s 13:04 after being under the radar a bit since the olympics. He def can run very close to 27:00 this year

except for the distance classic, what are the upcoming fast meets before the usatf champs???

Joe is like Solinsky 2.0. Big and brutal.

I know you're trolling but it's worth noting that Young is 6 years younger than Klecker.

There is a good meet in Portland June 10-11 called Portland Track Festival High Performance Meet. Some of the runners at Sound Running said that they will be competing in both the MT. SAC Distance Classic and the Portland meet.

Obviously.