How fast do you have to run the 1500 to a) make nationals, b) make finals, and c) place in the finals
The obvious answer would be to look it up, but many years the final is a slow race, and I'd like opinions on what you think qualifies a runner as a good 1500 runner in college.
Well if you aren't going to look it up, what good is a bunch of people guessing about what is "good" to you. I'd say as soon as you start seeing 3:4X, you are getting "good". But I'd say you have to have run sub-3:40 to "guarantee" yourself a place in the finals.
3:44-mid, sub-3:42, 3:38-high
times do tend to be slow at nats cuz its all tactical. Most of the guys there have gone sub 340 at some point, but running that at nationals is insanely hard