Who will get the Olympic A standard at Stanford Meet

Shalane.

Jordan Hasay.

Lagat - 5k

Chris Lukezic - 1500

Jon Rankin - 1500

Leo Manzano - 800

Max King - Steeple

Adam Goucher - 5k

Bolota Asmerom - 10k

Why is Mottram in the 10k??

I like dark-horses. Not too up on the females.(story of my life...)

Flame on!

Here's the link to simplify...

http://www.sml1.com/recordtiming/stanford/pjc08/pjc_entries.htm

not after that weaksauce 1500m he ran last fri night he won't. too bad though, would love to see him do it.

Obama 2008 wrote:

Adam Goucher - 5k

His 1500 was weak for him, but it's still in the 4-4:03 range I'd guess. Considering he's running the 5k, who knows...

I'm with you. Would love to see that 13:10 magic again...

i think werknesh kidane can get the A standard of 31.45 for 10k, but since it is her first race in almost 3 years it will be hard.

Teg in the 10K

Teg-1500

Isnt lopez in this one? if so, him too

Big problem for those seeking the A standard -- the time schedule.

The steeples start at 6:13p, going through the A heats of the 10ks at 8pm and 8:37pm.

When Vin and Mike Rielly were running the show, the A heats in the 5k and 10k were MUCH later, when the wind was more likely to be less.

The B heats of the 5k and 10k are in a much better weather window. There really is a significant difference between the hour before sunset and the hour after sunset. Right now, sunset is 7:57pm. If they ran the 5ks at 9:15pm and 9:30pm, and the 10ks at 9:50 and 10:20, the odds are better for less wind.

When you are talking A standards, every little fraction of a percent counts. This is what is wrong with development in this country. You have people running the Stanford meets who don't take things like this into consideration, and USATF doesn't feel the need to use the "bully pulpit" to let them know they need to have the A heats in the later window. You also have leadership in the Stanford track program that really doesn't care.

doug burke wrote:

i think werknesh kidane can get the A standard of 31.45 for 10k, but since it is her first race in almost 3 years it will be hard.

I guess she can afford to run slightly off her best and still get an A standard, considering her best is the 4th fastest women's 10k of all time.

If we look at the ones that broke 31:45 last year, I'd say Jennifer Rhines, Ejegayehu Dibaba and Kim Smith have a good chance of doing it again.

How many athletes are in these heats. People will block the wind for part of the time, and for the rest of the race you just have to run.

How many men have run 15 seconds or more faster than the A standard? Quite a few, and I can guarantee they weren't all in your "perfect conditions."

Do you know what the weather was like during the first sub-4 ever recorded? Exactly.

Somebody "gets it". Excellent post.