Ben True article

questionerer wrote:

3:40 is not deserving of a shoe deal, I don't care if he is a two sport athlete?

I'm not sure how this is a question.

His marathon endurance really shines through while Nate can only manage to lower his mile PR to 4:14 in continuous attempts this indoor season, then bang out an 8:08.

Shows that marathon strength.

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I would argue that Nate Jenkin's 8:08 is more impressive. It's a miracle that guy can run under 8:20.

Good luck in Whistler.

The skiers know what is takes for a guy like True to succeed in both sports, and it's truly awesome. Best of luck to him.

Ben True is actually an enormous talent, who gets a ton from a little in ways of actual Track Training.

Sure his aerobic skiing helps him, but this ia a guy who has run 1:50.xx scratch, 8:05 first race out Indoors, and 3:40.

He was a much better XC runner early on, but it is tough to manage three seasons and improve while skiing at high level.

I believe he would be a serious threat at 5K, if he moved there and could put in 6-9 months of continuous 85+ miles a week. He has some serious abilities.

I do not know if he ever will, but he sure is good for what he actually does training wise.

Gooey Kablooie wrote:

The Ivy league is much better than glorified DIII. Please, look at some of the other leagues. Patriot league? Sun Belt? Conference USA?

Patriot League Outdoor Championships 2008:

Event 13 Men 800 Meter Run

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Meet Record: * 1:49.00 2007 Dustin Emrani, American

Ingram Field: $ 1:49.00 2002 Ryan Smith, Princeton

1:50.40 REG

1:52.00 IC4A

Name Year School Finals Points

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1 Meekins, Craig Navy 1:49.35 REG 10

2 Baumann, Sean Colgate 1:50.54 IC4A 8

3 Manning, Kyle Lehigh 1:50.86 IC4A 6

4 Tower, Matt Army 1:51.34 IC4A 4

5 Mickowski, John Army 1:52.01 2

6 Jamieson, Carlos American 1:52.25 1

7 Ferrara, Andrew Army 1:52.89

8 Burke, Lucas Navy 1:53.25

Event 14 Men 1500 Meter Run

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Meet Record: * 3:44.97 2005 Sean Duffy, American

Ingram Field: $ 3:42.84 1987 R. Harris, Navy

3:47.80 REG

3:52.00 IC4A

Name Year School Finals Points

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1 Jamieson, Carlos American 3:43.24*REG 10

2 Mickowski, John Army 3:43.98*REG 8

3 Fennell, Brendan American 3:44.12*REG 6

4 Tolli, Lyle Colgate 3:44.22*REG 4

5 Hallinan, Steve American 3:49.20 IC4A 2

6 McCabe, Brian American 3:49.31 IC4A 1

Heps:

Men 800 Meter Run

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Heptagonals: M 1:46.07 2000 Trinity Gray, Brown

IC4A Qual: I 1:52.00

NCAA Region: # 1:50.40

Name Year School Finals

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Finals

1 614 Kaijala, Tim SR Penn 1:50.46I

2 404 Carmody, Mike SR Dartmouth 1:50.82I

3 333 Smayda, Michael SR Cornell 1:50.97I

4 213 Moriarty, Jeff FR Columbia 1:51.02I

5 208 Mark, Mike SO Columbia 1:51.11I

6 625 Oliver, Darryll FR Penn 1:51.58I

7 218 Rathbun, Jonah SR Columbia 1:51.86I

8 818 Labosky, Chris SO Yale 1:52.73

Men 1500 Meter Run

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Heptagonals: M 3:42.09 1991 Rick Wemple, Yale

IC4A Qual: I 3:52.00

NCAA Region: # 3:47.80

Name Year School Finals

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Finals

1 202 Boylan-Pett, Liam SR Columbia 3:46.12#

2 327 Miller, Andrew JR Cornell 3:47.22#

3 719 O'Toole, James SR Princeton 3:47.45#

4 420 Norton, Harry SR Dartmouth 3:48.19I

5 431 True, Ben SR Dartmouth 3:49.00I

6 424 Robbins, Tom FR Dartmouth 3:49.38I

7 810 Gallagher, Jake JR Yale 3:49.83I

8 206 Hays, Ryan JR Columbia 3:50.95I

9 815 Kayali, Murat JR Yale 3:57.86

10 219 Richard, Zach SR Columbia 3:59.67

Patriot League may not be the best league in Division One but it's not the worst either and it's got some talent at the top in the middle distances.

Event 10 Men 1500 Meter Run

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1 Steeds, Mark JR Georgia State 3:44.01

2 Cronin, Ian Eug Running Company 3:44.09

3 See, Jeff Ohio State 3:44.88

4 McNamara, Jordan JR Oregon 3:45.66

5 Graham, Drew Adams State 3:45.72

6 Bak, Ryan OTC Elite 3:45.87

7 Huffer, Craig Unattached 3:47.27

8 Luchini, Louie OTC Elite 3:47.53

9 D'Onofrio, Vincent SR Oregon 3:47.83

10 True, Ben Unattached 3:49.40

11 Bruce, Ben OTC Elite 3:50.54

12 Kipchumba, Alfred SO Portland 3:58.10

-- Sage, Don OTC Elite DNF

This is the first result I've seen from Ben since indoors. I'm about as big a fanboy as he's got, but this isn't a great time. Was anyone reading this at the race--if so, how did it play out?

Also, does anyone reading this know what his training situation is like? It would be really great to see what Ben can do now that his focus is solely on running, but a guy with a Dartmouth degree surely has a lot of other options.

uhh...

i think you are mistaken