BU Valentine Meet Start Lists

Doris Lemngole in the 5 with Brenda Tuwei, Caren Kiplagat, Diana Cherotich, Rylee Blade.

Elbadra, Hedengren, Chamberlain racing the mile.

Naukot, Olemomoi, Hutchins, Ayyildiz in the 3.

Numerous ND women entered but no MBD.

Mile: Sahlman , Ben Allen, Isaac Basten, Birnbaum, Max Davies, AJ Ernst, Eric Holt, Wes Porter, Ratcliffe,

3000m: Martin, Hedengren, JSD, T Kitchen, Langon, Lars Laros, McGorty, O’Donovan, Suliman,

Suliman and McGorty also entered at Sound Running. Safe to say they won’t run both. I would assume that they will not be at BU

Katie Izzo is also entered in both, but was promoted by Sound Running on their socials for the meet.

Don't have any high expectations for Teffra but it's good to see him back in the mile. Surely this is a sub 3:50 attempt for Sahlman, right? Conditions might be perfect for it with no one else major to fight for positioning.

Does Jane break 4:20? Does Doris break 14:40?

In any case, new NCAA indoor Mile & 5000 records incoming . . .

A few more.

Wilma Nielson in 800, Juliet Cherubet, Hayley Burns in Mile. Cherubet also listed in 3000.

Will they pace the 5000 super fast just for Doris?

I’m surprised that Foster Malleck is not running the 3000m.

At this point, this indoor season, he has broken the Canadian records for the 1500m, mile and 2000m. He only needs to add the 3000m to get the Quad.

Maybe it’s because he already improved his 3000m PB from 7:56 to 7:42 this season (Dec/25) and he feels that 7:38 is too much of a stretch. I think he should give it another go.

BU is his home track.

Good to see Aaron Sahlman getting into a race.

Hopefully, or maybe Karissa's presence will ensure a quick pace. Both may target 14:40.

I doubt Jane will go sub-4:20 on Sat, but a new NCAA indoor mile record should be forthcoming.

Where is he?

Don't forget kidus begashaw and the Adams state guys

love to see a school developing so many 4:15-4:30 guys into 13:30 or faster 5ks

kidus breaking 13:20

Must be an attempt at both. I don't think Jane breaks 4:20 but I do think Doris breaks 14:40. She looked so good in the Milrose 3k.

I think he raced back in December or early January and it wasn't impressive, but it was great that he was finally running again. Crazy to think he's a junior now. I don't think he'll run anything very good this year (I'd be surprised if he broke 4), but if he stays healthy, I think he could be one of the best in his class next year. Maybe I'm wrong and he runs close to a PB at BU, but at this point, I think healthy running should be the main goal.

Coming off a 1:44 (and getting outclassed by Strand when he set the record last year), I'd have to imagine it's on his mind. He ran a 7:36 3k sometime recently too, didn't he? Kessler ran 7:35i right before his 3:46i last year, and his 1:43 outdoors after rounds is probably worth close to Sahlman's 1:44i. I think 3:47-48 is on the table if pacing is good, anything over 3:50 is probably a bad day for him.

Possibly of interest: UW Husky Classic this wkend.

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Why would any top guy race there?

unless of course, they are not in indoor PB shape, don’t need an NCAA qualifying time, they simply want a race stimulus and they don’t want to disrupt their training.

That’s a pretty specific set of circumstance

Last year 4 of the top 5 women's 3000s were run at this meet and 5 of the top 6 DMRs.

UW, Stanford, New Mexico, NAU, Utah are back. No BYU this year.

Also, the fastest 800 last year and Whittaker is back. 8 more are seeded at 2:01 or better.

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