I never thought I'd be so excited to cheer for him to simply make a team. But as he approached that last water jump it reminded me of Monaco when he was going for sub-8 I was like, "Come on Evan, get over it."
I never thought I'd be so excited to cheer for him to simply make a team. But as he approached that last water jump it reminded me of Monaco when he was going for sub-8 I was like, "Come on Evan, get over it."
Jager goes to Worlds in 2nd
Bor 815.76, Jager, 817.29, Keter 819.16
But this looks like the end of the road for Evan. I barely recognize him. He won’t make another team but well done!
I never thought I'd be so excited to cheer for him to simply make a team. But as he approached that last water jump it reminded me of Monaco when he was going for sub-8 I was like, "Come on Evan, get over it."
Jager goes to Worlds in 2nd
Bor 815.76, Jager, 817.29, Keter 819.16
I agree. I still think that Paris race one of best of all time. Even with falling his time that day is top 20 of ALL TIME and he could have done 756. For those on here that actually run on college teams think of how many people were never the same after 3-4 months missed because of injury. Coming back is HARD - and he’s had years out. Let’s rename this thread Evan Jager Appreciation thread and just recognize a great comeback and effort.
I never thought I'd be so excited to cheer for him to simply make a team. But as he approached that last water jump it reminded me of Monaco when he was going for sub-8 I was like, "Come on Evan, get over it."
Jager goes to Worlds in 2nd
Bor 815.76, Jager, 817.29, Keter 819.16
I agree. I still think that Paris race one of best of all time. Even with falling his time that day is top 20 of ALL TIME and he could have done 756. For those on here that actually run on college teams think of how many people were never the same after 3-4 months missed because of injury. Coming back is HARD - and he’s had years out. Let’s rename this thread Evan Jager Appreciation thread and just recognize a great comeback and effort.
Be nice if he could get down to ~810 at Worlds, but even so that will not be enough to Medal.
I agree. I still think that Paris race one of best of all time. Even with falling his time that day is top 20 of ALL TIME and he could have done 756. For those on here that actually run on college teams think of how many people were never the same after 3-4 months missed because of injury. Coming back is HARD - and he’s had years out. Let’s rename this thread Evan Jager Appreciation thread and just recognize a great comeback and effort.
It was very telling when the race was over how the others, like Bor, came up to him. He clearly commands great respect from all his competitors. SC is already a cultish activity, and for the American steeplers, he’s a living legend. It’s awesome that he’s willed himself to relevance again, at least nationally.
Jager said the emotions in this one rivaled how he felt making his first Olympic team in 2012 and earning his Olympic medal in 2016.
Jager has won seven US steeplechase titles, an Olympic silver, and World Championship bronze, but he said the emotions as he crossed the finish line today rivaled anything he’d experienced in a race during his career.
“It was the same kind of emotions [as the 2012 Trials and 2016 Olympics] where I couldn’t even really keep it together until the finish line,” Jager said. “The emotions came pouring out of me.”
Jager’s injury woes began in 2018 when he fractured the talus bone landing in the water jump at the Zurich Diamond League, an injury that would go misdiagnosed for months and cost him the entire 2019 season. He was healthy again in 2020 but there were no steeples for him to race due to COVID. And by the time of the postponed 2021 Olympic Trials, Jager was hurt again, a calf injury causing him to scratch from the Trials. From August 30, 2018, to April 14, 2022, Jager did not finish a steeplechase.
Jager said he “definitely doubted myself more than I believed in myself these last four years” but refused to allow the doubt to completely take over.
“I never really ran into any major challenges in my career in the steeple,” Jager said. “And I thought a lot of times, I don’t think I could live with myself if I just gave up the first time it got hard…There was just always a little something in me telling me if I could just stay healthy and get back to solid training, I could get back to running at this level.”
We interviewed Jager after his second place finish in the men's steeplechase. For the best track and field coverage each and every day, go to LetsRun.com - r...
I never thought I'd be so excited to cheer for him to simply make a team. But as he approached that last water jump it reminded me of Monaco when he was going for sub-8 I was like, "Come on Evan, get over it."
Rojo, Jager's tumble was in Paris, not Monaco. Just sayin'
I never thought I'd be so excited to cheer for him to simply make a team. But as he approached that last water jump it reminded me of Monaco when he was going for sub-8 I was like, "Come on Evan, get over it."
Rojo, Jager's tumble was in Paris, not Monaco. Just sayin'
Right and my memory tells me it was the 4th of July? It was unforgettable until it wasn’t I guess.
We interviewed Jager after his second place finish in the men's steeplechase. For the best track and field coverage each and every day, go to LetsRun.com - r...
The haircut and extra kilo or two make him really look like an old man.
Good run, and will be fun to see at Worlds, but this is Death of a Salesman-type stuff here.
You must be such a pencil d*ck. Jager looks healthy as all hell, and I reckon he could afford to cut a few more inches off those locks - which is more than I can say for your situation.