I agree with this. A 1:49 is not particularly impressive for him. There are a lot of guys only running around 4 flat who can do that, and a lot of the other 3:55 type guys can probably run faster than 1:49. To me it shows he doesn't have super speed, which is why I still don't think he'll ever win an NCAA title. In a tactical race he will get outkicked, and if he leads a hot pace there are still people who can hang on him. He's very fast, but there are other people with faster sprints who are able to stay close enough to him until the end. If he wins anything it would have to be a fast 10k from the gun, but he still lost a xc race like that.