Joe Waskom NCAA 1500m Champ - chances to make the team?

THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:

Decent. He has beaten Kessler before and he is a fierce competitor who can get everything out of himself. Kessler’s had some issues with navigating the pack and tactics. Waskom is no ace at that either but he is scrappy and will drop a huge move at some point and hold it pretty well.

not ace maybe king wrote:

THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:

Decent. He has beaten Kessler before and he is a fierce competitor who can get everything out of himself. Kessler’s had some issues with navigating the pack and tactics. Waskom is no ace at that either but he is scrappy and will drop a huge move at some point and hold it pretty well.

All Waskom does is win championship races, and make world teams. Not a bad skill to have.

Nuguse, Hocker, Kessler are definitely the top tier, but all the UW guys, Cook and Sahlman can certainly slip in for third, if the opportunity is there. The difference in a 1500 final between 1st and 8th can be 1 second. It just comes down to that day and that race.

sweaty_bewbs wrote:

not ace maybe king wrote:

All Waskom does is win championship races, and make world teams. Not a bad skill to have.

Nuguse, Hocker, Kessler are definitely the top tier, but all the UW guys, Cook and Sahlman can certainly slip in for third, if the opportunity is there. The difference in a 1500 final between 1st and 8th can be 1 second. It just comes down to that day and that race.

For sure all those guys in the rings. Wouldn't be shocked to see Wynn or even Prakel snipe 3rd if Hobbs doesn't bring his A game. Or Teare if he goes for that distance.

colorunner123 wrote:

sweaty_bewbs wrote:

For sure all those guys in the rings. Wouldn't be shocked to see Wynn or even Prakel snipe 3rd if Hobbs doesn't bring his A game. Or Teare if he goes for that distance.

Teare would have finished 5th in the NCAA final today. He should focus on the 5000 where he has a good shot at winning the Trials.

sweaty_bewbs wrote:

colorunner123 wrote:

Teare would have finished 5th in the NCAA final today. He should focus on the 5000 where he has a good shot at winning the Trials.

Agreed he is better at 5k but I have no clue where you came up with that 5th bit or why you think he'd beat fisher

snowflakes wrote:

He has no fast times for 1500 this year. Why would they choose him.

sweaty_bewbs wrote:

not ace maybe king wrote:

All Waskom does is win championship races, and make world teams. Not a bad skill to have.

Nuguse, Hocker, Kessler are definitely the top tier, but all the UW guys, Cook and Sahlman can certainly slip in for third, if the opportunity is there. The difference in a 1500 final between 1st and 8th can be 1 second. It just comes down to that day and that race.

For sure all those guys in the rings. Wouldn't be shocked to see Wynn or even Prakel snipe 3rd if Hobbs doesn't bring his A game. Or Teare if he goes for that distance.

sweaty_bewbs wrote:

colorunner123 wrote:

Teare would have finished 5th in the NCAA final today. He should focus on the 5000 where he has a good shot at winning the Trials.

Agreed he is better at 5k but I have no clue where you came up with that 5th bit or why you think he'd beat fisher

colorunner123 wrote:

sweaty_bewbs wrote:

For sure all those guys in the rings. Wouldn't be shocked to see Wynn or even Prakel snipe 3rd if Hobbs doesn't bring his A game. Or Teare if he goes for that distance.

Teare would have finished 5th in the NCAA final today. He should focus on the 5000 where he has a good shot at winning the Trials.

Bob Sack wrote:

Boy can kick. He will need the Trials final to be tactical. If Nuguse pushes the pace, it could run him out of it. I wonder if Nuguse, Kessler, and Hocker just agree to make it hard as they are capable of a better time by a few seconds than the rest of the field.

Bob Sack wrote:

colorunner123 wrote:

Teare would have finished 5th in the NCAA final today. He should focus on the 5000 where he has a good shot at winning the Trials.

You mean the guy that won his 5000 meter National Championship in 13:12 and just ran 12:54 wouldn’t have won a 13:54 race? Get the eff out here with that BS.

colorunner123 wrote:

Bob Sack wrote:

You mean the guy that won his 5000 meter National Championship in 13:12 and just ran 12:54 wouldn’t have won a 13:54 race? Get the eff out here with that BS.

You don't get it. Nico Young has run under 13 but he just lost in a 13:54 race. In a slow race (all Olympic Trials 5000s are slow), the guy with the best speed wins. That's Teare not Fisher. "But but but... Fisher won't allow the pace to dawdle!" Yes he will. Just like Nico Young did last night. This is how it always goes.