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All-time indoor short-track list (per WA Toplists):

1 3:47.01 Yomif Kejelcha (World & African record)
2 3:47.38 Yared Nuguse (North American & US record)
3 3:48.45 Hicham El Guerrojj
4 3:48.87 Josh Kerr (European & GBR record)
5 3:49.44 Edward Cheserek
6 3:49.46 Neil Gourley
7 3:49.78 Eamonn Coghlan
8 3:49.89 Bernard Lagat
9 3:49.98 John Gregorek
10 3:50.17 Cooper Teare
11 3:50.35 Cole Hocker
12 3:50.45 Amos Bartelsmeyer (German record)
13 3:50.46 Anass Essayi
14 3:50.63 Matthew Centrowitz
15 3:50.70 Noureddine Morceli

a name out of the past...London Culbreath in the W mile...will always have her claim to fame....and one Owen Bosley of Harvard in M 3000

Graham and Maia raced in December, so not exactly their 2024 season opener. It will be their first races this calendar year.

Doesn't seem like much competition in the men's 3k... I see Isaac Updike as one of the pros in the field though.

NCAA 16th position in 3k is 7:49.67, so if Graham wants to get his NCAA slot, he will need to be much better than that. His PR is 7:44.36.

NCAA 16th position in women's mile is 4:34.37. Maia's PR is 4:30.19

G.Mills pacing team mates for the Paris standard (3:50.4 mile or 3.33.5 - 1500m enroute).

His big Mile focus will be Milrose.

HS Indoor 1000 record is Juliette Whittaker at 2:39.41 and overall record is Mary Cain at 2:35.80

2:39.41 = 1137 WA points = 2:03.01 800m/4:11.36 1500m/4:31.61 mile

2:35.80 = 1183 WA points = 2:00.18 800m/4:05.60 1500m/4:25.32 mile

Really puts in perspective how good Mary Cain was in high school. Only Mary Decker can compare.

The 3k should be interesting. Parker Wolfe and Graham Blanks will get their times for NCAAs. Low 7:40s most likely.

Englehardt also racing the next day in the Junior Girls International Mile @ NBIGP . . .

Good point . . . thx for update.

If one or more of them do get the Oly Q, they just might have run fast enough to brush up against Kerr's record . . .

nico ran his last 3k in 7.40 last week. you don’t think blanks can run faster than low 40s? nico is better but still

I think Blanks' focus is just a NCAA qualifying time and winning the race, not necessarily looking to break any NCAA records. His focus back in December was to get an Olympic Trials time, which the standard happened to be faster than the NCAA record. I think Nico's focus last weekend was to break the NCAA record.

Performance lists are available on Lancertiming.com

Men's 3k:

1. Parker Wolfe (UNC), 7:39.00

2. Graham Blanks (Harvard), 7:44.76

3. Sebastian Frey (OAC Europe), 7:45.00

4. Ben Veatch (UA Dark Sky Distance), 7:45.36

5. Isaac Updike (UA Dark Sky Distance), 7:49.93

6. Waleed Suliman (Brooks Beast TC), 7:50.90

Of related interest, O. Markezich is entered in the mile at the Meyo Invitational in South Bend on Sat. The race will be televised on one of the ESPN channels and is scheduled to start @2:50pm EST.

Agree w/everything stated above.

However, since there is no NCAA Q standard . . . just the top-16 on times by season's end advance . . . and the 3k -- like the 5k -- is faster than ever . . . Graham is likely targeting 7:40 . . . the NCAA record is 7:36.42/Drew Bosley/NAU . . . so just the competition alone from Parker Wolfe and others could push him to the record . . . intentional or not . . . will be a very exciting race just from that standpoint . . .

any of these an NCAA record?

Is this going to be Live Streamed anywhere?

Flotrack who seems to do all BU meets

Essayi is the only NCAA collegian when he ran his 3:50.46 last winter . . . just missing Cooper Teare's 3:50.39 indoor college record . . . so, no . . .

I understand there is no NCAA Q standard - I meant it as a time that will ultimately get him qualified by nature of staying within the top 16 by the end of the qualification period.

It seems like in the workout video posted yesterday that Blanks hasn't necessarily done too much speedwork yet this season. We'll see how he will respond to Wolfe.