You heard it here first: Nico Young will not qualify for the Olympics

Agreed. Last night was a complete and utter disaster for Nico. How do you not win? Indoor national championships just aren’t the same as outdoor. He needed this. I honestly think he should consider hanging up the spikes and calling it a career

Wise words that Nico should heed.

Grant Fisher constantly got out kicked in NCAA championships his whole career that he otherwise should have won and now he’s the best distance runner in American history. Based on Sahlman losing his legs in the 1500m and Nico getting out kicked in the 5k I would imagine they refocused attention on the trials and trained through.

i agree. But does chelimo have the world rank? It isn’t going to be a fast race in the 10k where he slightly better strength can drop Chelimo

The "it's so over" bros have arrived yall

"we're so back" bros hold the line

They will be shouting Nico Young and Mike Smith's praises in a few weeks

Sure, the 26:52 10k guy isn't making the team. The thing with ignorant people is that they never smarten up.

Nico may not be a good warm weather runner. California and Flagstaff aren’t the best places to train for humidity. Likely will be warm for the Trials in two weeks.

Keep overreacting and you’ll just be wrong. He’ll make the 10000.

Likely quite warm and peak pollen season for the Trials.

Young looked fidgety and uncomfortable last night. I will never understand why someone that runs sub-13:00 allows a race to dawdle at 14:20 pace for any length of time. Just keep it honest and impose your will on the field. Coming from Flagstaff, he had every advantage and failed to take them.

Kids - this is what happens when you think too damned much and waste your hard-earned fitness playing into the hands of lesser runners.

I don’t see why Kincaid is a “lock” to beat Young when Young beat him by 5 seconds at The Ten and Kincaid’s been MIA since then. That said, Woody has had the luxury of focusing on the trials and we know he can summon a monster kick.

I don’t think Chelimo will beat Young in a 10k. Last year USAs was a 28:20s race and Chelimo finished a well-beaten 5th, 2-hundredths ahead of Conner Mantz giving it a crack between marathons. This year his results haven’t been very impressive—here they are:

worldathletics.org

Night of the 10,000m PBs | Results | World Athletics

World Athletics Events and Results

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Spåret5000m | Results | World Athletics

World Athletics Events and Results

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Meeting National Est Lyonnais | Results | World Athletics

World Athletics Events and Results

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Are we really going to let this guy get away with calling Grant Fisher the best distance runner in American history? Not even close.

And that's OK. He's young. No hurry.

3k, 2mi, 5k, 10k American records. Hem and haw about other people who ran in less competitive eras and snuck a medal or two. Fisher is the best.

Found the high schooler.

Some of you guys are speaking as if it was Nico's right to win the race and no one else was capable of winning which isn't true. Theres at least 5 guys on a similar level to Nico in the NCAA.

Chelimo will have the rank basically guaranteed. Like 6 athletes would have to hit the standard or get close in the next 2 weeks for him to get bumped. And his ranking is high enough that a top 3 at trials will keep him in contention.

But his results have been unimpressive the last few months. Just finish mid pack against "worse" runners than him

Don't even know if I trust his kick to win against Young right now in a slow race

No. But the strategy was bad.

I don’t think he makes it either just because the competition will be very strong. He has a great career ahead regardless