The US men steeplers are worse than anyone could imagine. Can any of them even break 13:30?
I agree with you, but it was good enough for Rooks to get Silver last year. Although that was more wild luck than talent. He will probably never be close again.
The US men steeplers are worse than anyone could imagine. Can any of them even break 13:30?
Keter 13:21
Wilkinson 13:22
Corrigan 13:25
Rooks 13:26
Michalski's PR is 13:51 on the roads, but he hasn't raced a track 5k since 2021.
So it looks like Michalski ran 14:11 last year. Rooks did do 13:26, as you noted, and it was this year. Keter ran 13:26 last year, and as you noted, ran 13:21 3 years ago, and Wilkinson ran his 13:22 this year. So yeah these guys can break 13:30, except Michalski.
My quick calcs put him just outside of the quota after this so he’ll need to chase some ranking points.
Or hit the standard...I'd back him to rack up some top 5 in 8:1x in Europe. He looked really good today, it was no fluke. Wilkinson apparently broke his foot within the race per his IG.
The US men steeplers are worse than anyone could imagine. Can any of them even break 13:30?
I agree with you, but it was good enough for Rooks to get Silver last year. Although that was more wild luck than talent. He will probably never be close again.
I would agree. He just doesn’t look like the same athlete. His indoor season was a complete bust, and he just doesn’t seem to have his usual strength this year outdoors. Maybe just post Olympic success blues?
Corrigan also ran horrible today. Maybe just tired at the end of a long ncaa season?
We got spoiled by Jager with his 3:32 and 13:02 away from the barriers (pre-super shoe/spike). Huling and Bayer picked the wrong era…