was thinking the other day, where would kimani be as an elite were he still alive today? i realize it is hard to prognosticate something like that, but it is interesting to think about. i think perhaps at least as good as cragg, yes?
was thinking the other day, where would kimani be as an elite were he still alive today? i realize it is hard to prognosticate something like that, but it is interesting to think about. i think perhaps at least as good as cragg, yes?
maybe better than cragg....as i recall, he ran something crazy like 13:17 while a junior at alabama. assuming he continued to improve, theres no reason he wouldnt be sub-13 by now. also, i remember him planning on becoming american. it's too bad what happened.
The guy was awesome! I met him once and he was the nicest guy ever. It's too bad we will never know how good he could have been.
he seemed off and on..he won NCAAs as a frosh and was never close again
not to be a statician or anything, believe he ran a bit faster than that ,lik 13:10 and 3:54, as far as I'm concerned he was better than Cragg and would be sub 13 by now. His dominance and range of events at NCAA meets was amazing.
He ran 13:10 for 5000m. If he hadn't have passed away he would have been an American citizen and I believe would have the American record for 5k. He could have probably been a 3:50 miler too.
He would've medaled in Athens or Beijing if he chose the right event.
from western new york wrote:
he seemed off and on..he won NCAAs as a frosh and was never close again
huh? the guy won six national titles. they certainly weren't all in his freshman campaign.
Is that really you, Frank? Not to take anything from Alistair, my opinion is that the lad would have been well under 13 minutes by now. He reminded me a bit of John Ngugi for some reason.
portsea wrote:
He reminded me a bit of John Ngugi for some reason.
Probably by his posture.
How did he die?
portsea wrote:
Is that really you, Frank? Not to take anything from Alistair, my opinion is that the lad would have been well under 13 minutes by now. He reminded me a bit of John Ngugi for some reason.
But faster on the track...
what's known as "sudden cardiac death." it means his heart stopped working for no apparent reason - basically an electrical glitch in the heart. they never found anything in the autopsy and tests which would explain it.
That's very sad.
chuck d wrote:
what's known as "sudden cardiac death." it means his heart stopped working for no apparent reason - basically an electrical glitch in the heart. they never found anything in the autopsy and tests which would explain it.
damn...thats a little scary...how rare is that?
epo stopped his heart
suspecious death like bekele's girlfried. uninveristy cafeateria food isn't that bad
Does anybody remember his amazing DMR anchor leg at the Alabama Relays when he was a frosh, running for South Alabama. He got the stick about 75m behind Tim Broe, a 4:00 miler himself and just chomped. If I remember his split was 3:52 or 3:53 (1600m).
Kendall Gill wrote:
Does anybody remember his amazing DMR anchor leg at the Alabama Relays when he was a frosh, running for South Alabama. He got the stick about 75m behind Tim Broe, a 4:00 miler himself and just chomped. If I remember his split was 3:52 or 3:53 (1600m).
I was there. Pretty spectacular. He also ran a 13:26, I believe, at the same meet. Awesome.
It was weird when it happened. Suddenly there was just a bunch of threads about him that basically said "David Kimani collapsed and died". Just like that, a great distance talent was gone.
What place did he get at the XC championship earlier that year. I remember there was a lot of talk about Torres, Kimani, Boaz, and Kangogo, just ended up being between Torres and Cragg though.