D3 Ryan Wilson of MIT 1:46.61

That's a great time, but how does it compare to NAU?

Big deal. Super spikes on a trampoline.

I'll bet you he doesn't win either event at Nationals.

I think every person here would take that bet lol. You realize how many NCAA titles the kid has?

So? Peaking two weeks before is dumb and suddenly without his precious overbanked fake track, we'll see what really happens.

Either way you sound like either Ryan himself or his Dad.

1:46.61! That presumably gives him D3 records at 800 and mile. He should be getting pro offers after graduation. That gives him some seriously good potential when he trains with pros. I would not be surprised to see him running low 3:50s next year.

Don't be dumb. I can't find his LinkedIn because his name is not exactly rare (although I've only done a very cursory search), but he probably has a real job lined up

The track was overbanked? So you're saying he could run even faster on a correctly banked track?

Why would you need to "save" yourself for nationals when you've got almost seven seconds on the second ranked guy, and all the other top times were also run at BU?

midwest cope

And he solo’d a 4:04 mile yesterday at the d3 New England meet

Lol

A Pro running contract for an MIT grad student

Yaa…. That’s what he is aiming for

From nauathletics.com ...

MIT now tops both of these lists.

NAU Men’s Indoor Top-10 Records

800m Name Record Year
1. Lopez Lomong* 1:48.80 2007
2. Jordan Chipangama* 1:49.94 2010
3. Kameron Holbrook 1:50.34 2008
4. Ryan Lanley 1:50.68 2019
5. Jama Bile* 1:50.74 1996
6. Ian Smith* 1:50.89 1983
7. Lindel Miller* 1:51.00 1991
8. Tom Walmsley* 1:51.11 1982
9. Brian Shrader* 1:51.16 2013
10. Grant Hoffman* 1:52.00 1988

Mile Name Record Year
1. Abdihamid Nur 3:55.94 2022
2. Nico Young 3:56.00 2022
3. Geordie Beamish 3:56.90 2020
4. Andy Trouard 3:58.01 2018
5. Theo Quax 3:58.13 2020
6. Drew Bosley 3:59.34 2022
7. Cade Burks 4:00.49 2020
8. George Kusche 4:00.66 2022
9. Jordan Chipangama 4:00.69 2010
10. Matthew Baxter 4:02.20 2018

Wilson’s the real deal. 3:55 a couple weeks ago closing in 56 out of a slow heat on his own. 1:46.6 yesterday going out in LAST.

0.3 seconds off the facility record at BU, I’ll let that speak for itself. Not to mention he seems to have run a 4:04 mile the day before.

Nobody in all D1 has a better 800-Mile combined time. I’d wonder why the guy is in D3 but then you remember he’s going to MIT- either he doesn't care about the tuition or he’s taking advantage of the institute’s absurd financial aid.

Or he cares about academics…

Or maybe he's very smart.

Since 99.99% of sub-4 milers have raced or are/were capable of racing 800m in 1:41.xx to 1:51.xx range, isn't 1:46.xx 800m about what you would expect?

You clearly don't pay attention to track.

A 3:55 guy running 1:46 >> A guy running 3:55.

The context is very important. It’s the fact that these times are being run as a student at MIT, not with a pro group playing video games all day.

to be technical, isn't he a graduate transfer?