Outdoor 800 PR for Cooper Teare @ Payton Jordan

Got stuck in a box, ran almost even splits. But as you say, for a 5000 guy not too bad.

not putting teare down but he’s actually slower than Jakob at 800m… for all the lack of speed Jakob has compared to most of his peers

Well Jakob is a reigning Olympic and World champ so obviously it's not the end of the world

If Cooper runs the 5k at USAs . . . and is fighting it out with Woody for a spot on the team with a lap to go . . . that would be must-watch tv . . .

But it is bad for a guy who wants to medal in the 1500 . . .

Jakob ran 1:47.2 last year in June, Teare ran a slower 1:47.6 but in April. I'm not convinced Jakob would have beat Teare if they raced today.

I hate to break it to you all, Cooper Teare is not a 5000m guy.

He is most excellently suited for the 1500/mile. He was able to break 4-minutes during the pandemic in a time trial (1600 or mile, it does not matter). He also has the speed where there is more to be had. If he can run 1:45.x I think he can run 3:31-3:32 and that is enough.

Yes, he can ALSO run excellent 5000m times and that speed definitely adds to his repertoire hinting at the ability of closing in 1:53-1:56 to win races. But he can win USAs at 1500 too, make no mistake.

As far as Woody Kincaid. He is a respected runner and been under 13 several times but by no means a lock. He is getting older. I think Cooper has him easy.

Cooper, Cole and Yared sprinting down the homestretch in the 1500 final would also be sweet . . .

If he's a 1500 guy he's on the wrong team then, unfortunately. Anyways, his 13:06 is still better than 3:34.8. His US 1500 title was run in a soft field.

That's not terribly good if he has 1500 aspirations. Jakob, who isn't known for his speed, has a faster 800.

As would them all going to Budapest and getting nowhere near the medals

Why didn't he just run at Oregon Relays?

That already happened at the last Olympic trials, Woody got third and Cooper got fourth. Cooper was already a 3:50 miler at that point, but Chelimo, Grant, and Woody made their move and opened up a big gap over the last 100

Good result.

centro ran 1:44.62

leo ran 1:44.56 (probably could have run at least 13:20 with all the strength he did, probably would have moved to longer if he didn’t have the worst years of his life with his uncle dying and that being traumatic )

Lopez ran 1:45.58

That's nice. Didn't AWebb run that in high school like 20+ years ago? He wasn't much of a serious 5/10 guy though, 13:10, 27:34, but give him a pass on those since he only ran the 5 four times and the 10 once.

Oh he's slower at 800 then the best 1500m runner in the world? He must suck then, thanks for letting us know

Teare is B Team, maybe. Hocker & Teare will never catch YN now and others are coming to take their place. Nice while it lasted but its over for them.

im a big Teare fan, but off this and his indoor 3k he’s definitely meant to be a 5k guy. There are high school guys running close to that time (not this year yet, but last). Not quick enough to be world class in a tactical 1500, though I do think he could be better in an all out time-trial style race. 5k is his future

I agree but not because I’m a Hocker or Teare doubter, but Nuguse is an all time great talent.

Hocker and Teare could run 3:29 and get a bronze at some point like Kerr, but Nuguse is one of the greatest mile talents ever to walk the earth.

I mean 3:47 with a 25 second final 200m in his first year as a pro? That’s an El Guerrouj/Morceli level run. It’s almost more impressive than running a 3:28 in a Monaco time trial.