JUST WHEN WE THOUGHT YOU WERE THE LESS ROLLED TWIN YOU MISS THE FINALS BY A FRACTION OF A SECOND YOU A ROLLED UP TOSTINOS PIZZA ROLL WITH EXTRA BREAD ROLLS ON THE SIDE
If they weren't "ruined" in high school, nobody would ever know they existed and have expectations for them, so nobody would be complaining they were "ruined" in the first place.
If you told me 6 months ago Leo was gonna miss the 1500 final by like half a second, I'd have been thrilled because frankly he wasn't close to that level even indoors. The NCAA 1500 final is absurdly deep, like 3 3:33 guys didn't get in. Leo is a sophomore, and he's entered in the 1500 at PTF this weekend. I was surprised so many good college guys were entered, and my thinking is it's so the guys who don't get into the final still get some practice with rounds before USAs.
just watched the race and I feel like he raced well. Got a spot in lane 1 and stayed there, moved out into lane 2 on the last curve. Maybe he should've waited in lane 1 in retrospect, but he left it all out there (he looks like Nico the last 150m lol) and I think he just isn't good enough right now. If he makes the semis at USAs, I think it'll have been a very successful season for him, and hopefully the twins will get a great summer of training in and make a jump in XC.
just watched the race and I feel like he raced well. Got a spot in lane 1 and stayed there, moved out into lane 2 on the last curve. Maybe he should've waited in lane 1 in retrospect, but he left it all out there (he looks like Nico the last 150m lol) and I think he just isn't good enough right now. If he makes the semis at USAs, I think it'll have been a very successful season for him, and hopefully the twins will get a great summer of training in and make a jump in XC.
Should be clear to everyone who's seen him run since hs, Leo is like Lex, a 5000-10,000 guy, with slightly better foot speed.
That wild arm swing of his over the last lap -- even more exaggerated down the homestretch -- shows he can't maintain form like the other true milers he's racing against. And, he's racing against the best milers in college history.
Leo is running the mile/1500 simply because Stanford had plenty of guys racing the 3000 on up this school year so needed someone in the 1500 to accompany true-miler Zane Bergen.
However, one more race to go for Leo before shutting down for the summer -- Sunday @ PTF in the 1500 -- where he could very well be pulled to a sub-3:38 pr. That would be an inspiring way to close the season.
just watched the race and I feel like he raced well. Got a spot in lane 1 and stayed there, moved out into lane 2 on the last curve. Maybe he should've waited in lane 1 in retrospect, but he left it all out there (he looks like Nico the last 150m lol) and I think he just isn't good enough right now. If he makes the semis at USAs, I think it'll have been a very successful season for him, and hopefully the twins will get a great summer of training in and make a jump in XC.
Should be clear to everyone who's seen him run since hs, Leo is like Lex, a 5000-10,000 guy, with slightly better foot speed.
That wild arm swing of his over the last lap -- even more exaggerated down the homestretch -- shows he can't maintain form like the other true milers he's racing against. And, he's racing against the best milers in college history.
Leo is running the mile/1500 simply because Stanford had plenty of guys racing the 3000 on up this school year so needed someone in the 1500 to accompany true-miler Zane Bergen.
However, one more race to go for Leo before shutting down for the summer -- Sunday @ PTF in the 1500 -- where he could very well be pulled to a sub-3:38 pr. That would be an inspiring way to close the season.
I’m not sure we can write him off from being a miler yet. He ran a 3:38.0 with a 54 last lap and 3:39 on high school.
I think he’s a 1500/5k guy and it’s not like 13:31 is way better than 3:38
It’s nearly impossible to build elite runners at Stanford. All the top guys in the ncaa are in extremely easy majors, and/or are at much easier schools than Stanford. Oregon, NAU, NM, OSU. All easy schools with lax grades required to enroll. Even UNC and Washington’s top guys are all in easy majors. Stanford can’t just recruit any old runner - they have limits on how low GPA, SAT/ACT, which further self selects athletes who care about their education. I’m sure if lex or Leo skipped enrolled in the easiest majors at an easy college, they’d run much better.
Clearly it can be done at Stanford. 2022/2023 they had the xc winner, and 5k/10k winner. I have no clue about Ricardo as a coach, but I wish the young’s all the best.
It’s nearly impossible to build elite runners at Stanford. All the top guys in the ncaa are in extremely easy majors, and/or are at much easier schools than Stanford. Oregon, NAU, NM, OSU. All easy schools with lax grades required to enroll. Even UNC and Washington’s top guys are all in easy majors. Stanford can’t just recruit any old runner - they have limits on how low GPA, SAT/ACT, which further self selects athletes who care about their education. I’m sure if lex or Leo skipped enrolled in the easiest majors at an easy college, they’d run much better.
Clearly it can be done at Stanford. 2022/2023 they had the xc winner, and 5k/10k winner. I have no clue about Ricardo as a coach, but I wish the young’s all the best.
I agree that they'd likely run somewhat faster at a different school, but Blanks and Nuguse (not same academic level but close enough) both ran very well in college. There's no reason they shouldn't run faster when they have family genes to run 12:45