Will Grant Fisher ever win a major race? I don’t think so

Yeah I guess winning D1 NCAA individual Nationals doesn’t count as a major race

You know what he meant, idiot

Winning NCAA championships is good but I was referring to major championships, i.e. Olympics or World Championships. The winners of these caliber races must be able to run the last 400 in 53 seconds or less. I’m not knocking Fisher. it seems however that the only way he’d have a chance in a major race is to set a blistering pace, but tactic doesn’t usually win as there’s always at least one guy who hangs with the leader and does have 53 second final lap speed.

No, but he'll get really close!

Jakob could out kick Kerr either. Grant will be fine.

Perhaps or perhaps not, but he has stated he really wants to medal. I think he has a good chance of finishing top 3 at the Olympics or Worlds.

Fisher made the race and is the only reason Kerr broke the record. He could’ve sat in the pack but went for it and should be applauded.

He functions better as a guy smartly chasing than having to lead the race. But it’s OK I couldn’t imagine Nick Willis ever winning a global final/DL, but he got medals because he knew himself. Grant can do the same.

All props to Grant fisher but let’s not give him credit for the WR of a guy that beat him by 3 seconds

I mean he doesn’t get credit in the record book and it’s different than the Monson vs Eilish 10K where Monson really deserved equal billing. BUT Kerr rightly mentioned and knows that running 8-flat was made way easier by Grant.

Don't know if he'll ever win gold, but if he keeps showing up in shape, then I think he'll get at least one global medal before he retires. He just needs a little luck to go with that fitness. He's finished second in world class fields in DLs so it's not like he's hopeless or deep in the also-ran territory. His medal chances are a damn sight higher than, say, Cole Hocker's

He’s training for the 10k in March and this was his first race effort this year.

Dont think he would be focusing on leg speed development at this juncture.

How can he be “the greatest distance runner America has ever seen” and never had won a major race. That’s not how it works.

maybe he’s the fastest American , but definitely the greatest. I’d rather have wins and medals because his times will likely be beaten in the next 10 years or less.

do you think mo farah is not one of the greatest ever because of his times (he has 10 Olympic and WC gold medals)?

He won Millrose in 2019...

'thon, baby.

Lol tell Geb or Bekele or Kipchoge about your D1 NCAA wins and they would laugh at you and think about their wins at the Olympics and world championships, and their world class times.

Once Fisher medals at the Olympics or world champs, we can then talk about him running well in a major race, but winning at D1 nationals against a bunch of college kids who will never go pro doesn’t count as a major race

uh, well, Justyn Knight did run 12:51 before he got injured

But in his senior year his fastest 5000 he’d ever ran was 13:17, ~ 12 seconds slower then the Olympic qualifier.

And the 13:04 5000 metre runners are less likely to make the final then the guys that run 12:4x, let alone win. So when Justyn Knight was in his senior year of college he was not exactly a medal prospect for the Olympics or world champs.