stand corrected! I actually watched Geb's race on WCSN thank you. As of today/right now there is no u.s. distance runner who would be classified beyond marginal, maybe with the exception of Ryan Hall.
All you guys need to do some historical research and understand, that guys like Mills,Young, Ryun, Shorter, Rodgers,Virgin,Salazar and a few others- set records(as you say Pfeffer did) but they all WON!!!!!!!!!!!!! on the world stage, not 2nd, 3rd's and "also rans" and im sorry guys but thats what Pfeffer was with all due respect. He's in the category of the Bachelors, Kardon's, etc.- really nice guys who worked hard but really never did anything that is of historical significance in the U.S. and definitely on the world stage.