Can't find a video but have to imagine that last lap was pure chaos. Spencer 51.3 last 400m to Green's 51.2 in a 3:53 race. Also have no idea who is the NCAA favorite at this point, there are at least 5 guys with a real chance to win.
Can't find a video but have to imagine that last lap was pure chaos. Spencer 51.3 last 400m to Green's 51.2 in a 3:53 race. Also have no idea who is the NCAA favorite at this point, there are at least 5 guys with a real chance to win.
Can't find a video but have to imagine that last lap was pure chaos. Spencer 51.3 last 400m to Green's 51.2 in a 3:53 race. Also have no idea who is the NCAA favorite at this point, there are at least 5 guys with a real chance to win.
I would pick Spencer as the favorite. He has the fastest 1500 of them, 3:31, and has a 1:46 800. So he should be able to win on a tactical or honest race.
Can't find a video but have to imagine that last lap was pure chaos. Spencer 51.3 last 400m to Green's 51.2 in a 3:53 race. Also have no idea who is the NCAA favorite at this point, there are at least 5 guys with a real chance to win.
This sort of highlights how impressive Centro’s 50.6 was in a similarly paced race. Spencer is a 3:31 guy and Green is a 3:32 guy and they’re both known kickers
Can't find a video but have to imagine that last lap was pure chaos. Spencer 51.3 last 400m to Green's 51.2 in a 3:53 race. Also have no idea who is the NCAA favorite at this point, there are at least 5 guys with a real chance to win.
Can't find a video but have to imagine that last lap was pure chaos. Spencer 51.3 last 400m to Green's 51.2 in a 3:53 race. Also have no idea who is the NCAA favorite at this point, there are at least 5 guys with a real chance to win.
This sort of highlights how impressive Centro’s 50.6 was in a similarly paced race. Spencer is a 3:31 guy and Green is a 3:32 guy and they’re both known kickers
Can't find a video but have to imagine that last lap was pure chaos. Spencer 51.3 last 400m to Green's 51.2 in a 3:53 race. Also have no idea who is the NCAA favorite at this point, there are at least 5 guys with a real chance to win.
I would pick Spencer as the favorite. He has the fastest 1500 of them, 3:31, and has a 1:46 800. So he should be able to win on a tactical or honest race.
Spencer running on pure hate after seeing all the 'x PAC dominating Big10 distance' posts.
I'll go with Green at nats. UW Seattle has a pretty good thing going until proven otherwise.
Spencer running on pure hate after seeing all the 'x PAC dominating Big10 distance' posts.
I'll go with Green at nats. UW Seattle has a pretty good thing going until proven otherwise.
I’ll go Strand. Seems pretty unbeatable if he’s patient. If it’s super slow though, it’ll give Teffra/Green a great chance though. Massaoudi also looks like he might be at a new level.
Adam Spencer should be the favorite after this race. He has the best PR - 3:31.81 and is battle tested already (Olympics and 2nd in the Australian Qualification race - behind Cam Meyers). He is the forgotten about since his indoors wasn't amazing.
Can't find a video but have to imagine that last lap was pure chaos. Spencer 51.3 last 400m to Green's 51.2 in a 3:53 race. Also have no idea who is the NCAA favorite at this point, there are at least 5 guys with a real chance to win.
This sort of highlights how impressive Centro’s 50.6 was in a similarly paced race. Spencer is a 3:31 guy and Green is a 3:32 guy and they’re both known kickers
I've always thought this even though it might be an unpopular take around here among some, but I think there were many ways Centro would've won that race. He didn't demonstrate his fitness by pure time that season, but he was ready to win however the race played out, even if it was fast (by that era's standards). I'll ever understand why people thought it was so crazy when he literally already had every other color of medal (really gold already from 2013) and a 4th.
Nats are going to be shockingly stacked this year. Someone really good is going to get left out of the final. Nothing new per se but more extreme than ever before.
This sort of highlights how impressive Centro’s 50.6 was in a similarly paced race. Spencer is a 3:31 guy and Green is a 3:32 guy and they’re both known kickers
I've always thought this even though it might be an unpopular take around here among some, but I think there were many ways Centro would've won that race. He didn't demonstrate his fitness by pure time that season, but he was ready to win however the race played out, even if it was fast (by that era's standards). I'll ever understand why people thought it was so crazy when he literally already had every other color of medal (really gold already from 2013) and a 4th.
This take is popular with me! I saw him at the Trials that year and could tell he was ready to roll. He looked like he was cruising, and he still had no trouble crushing the field. Reports from that summer were highlighting the workouts with 400s under 50 seconds. He, Makhloufi, and Kiprop were my favorites, just based on pure fitness. Between the three, though, I thought Centro might pull it off because a) Kiprop had a history of screwing up and b) Centro had already shown that he was a master tactician.
Still, I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the race actually playing out. An underrated aspect of this race is how much carnage he caused behind him by running so slow. Kiprop was up and down the field, guys were bumping and jostling, running wide, and burning all kinds of excess energy just trying to find and hold their favorite spot. Centro was dealt a specific hand just seconds into the race. And he played that hand better than anyone had in the history of the sport--a true masterclass.
Spencer running on pure hate after seeing all the 'x PAC dominating Big10 distance' posts.
I'll go with Green at nats. UW Seattle has a pretty good thing going until proven otherwise.
I’ll go Strand. Seems pretty unbeatable if he’s patient. If it’s super slow though, it’ll give Teffra/Green a great chance though. Massaoudi also looks like he might be at a new level.
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Adam Spencer should be the favorite after this race. He has the best PR - 3:31.81 and is battle tested already (Olympics and 2nd in the Australian Qualification race - behind Cam Meyers). He is the forgotten about since his indoors wasn't amazing.
Well, Strand's indoor mile is, converted, likely slightly faster than Spencer's 3:31.8. And Strand has a very nice kick, also. He also just dropped a 51.6 last 400m in a significantly faster race than Spencer's.
I've always thought this even though it might be an unpopular take around here among some, but I think there were many ways Centro would've won that race. He didn't demonstrate his fitness by pure time that season, but he was ready to win however the race played out, even if it was fast (by that era's standards). I'll ever understand why people thought it was so crazy when he literally already had every other color of medal (really gold already from 2013) and a 4th.
so true whenever I discredit people for doping I mention how if you remove dopers, Nick Willis is an Olympic Champion, and Centro has a silver (2011), and gold (2013) before even getting to the 2016 Olympics, which were another gold, on top of the indoor gold he won earlier that year. Like maybe Centro doesn't win if it's a 3:34 (the last 3 global finals had been won in 3:35, 3:36, 3:34), but he did the last time it was, so idk why we're doubting him