This freshman class is extremely talented, but a lot of great performances are being over shadowed by German, Luke and Chris. Obviously those three lead the class but lets hear some really impressive things that mortals did.
Bo Waggoner just ran 8:10 at BU, he also qualified for nats as an individual.
Brian Leung who had a really impressive cross season opened up with an 8:18.
Dominic Channon, the freshman from Providence just ran 4:06.
Nate Jewkes a guy who got 4th at Utah State XC combined and something like 25th? at foot locker regionals has come out of basically nowhere to do 8:21 and 14:23 for Southern Utah. They also took an average Canadian recruit Nigel Sharp(4:24 mile /8:46 3000) and he's running 4:17/8:21 now. Pretty impressive for a small school to have the 17th and 17th fastest true freshmen in the U.S. collegiate system.
Colorado has also turned out Joe Bosshard from a 9:11 3200m guy to a 8:17 3000m guy who is ranked 10th in all NCAA Division 1-3 + NAIA true freshmen
Stanford's Ben Johnson has also put up an impressive performance by doing 8:10 in the 3000m putting him at #5 for true freshman 3000m in cross country. Vince McNally also has impressed in the 3000m by also putting up an 8:10 to be #4 on the list.
Whoops, 17th and 18th for top listing.
Diego Estrada out of California now at NAU ran 13.55 at UW this weekend, unbelievable!
Jabbles wrote:
Nate Jewkes a guy who got 4th at Utah State XC combined and something like 25th? at foot locker regionals has come out of basically nowhere to do 8:21 and 14:23 for Southern Utah. They also took an average Canadian recruit Nigel Sharp(4:24 mile /8:46 3000) and he's running 4:17/8:21 now. Pretty impressive for a small school to have the 17th and 17th fastest true freshmen in the U.S. collegiate system.
Colorado has also turned out Joe Bosshard from a 9:11 3200m guy to a 8:17 3000m guy who is ranked 10th in all NCAA Division 1-3 + NAIA true freshmen
Stanford's Ben Johnson has also put up an impressive performance by doing 8:10 in the 3000m putting him at #5 for true freshman 3000m in cross country. Vince McNally also has impressed in the 3000m by also putting up an 8:10 to be #4 on the list.
sharp wouldn't be a true freshman by canadian standards... 1989 birthday.
I also think Ben Johnson is a sophomore academically
Both Ben Johnson and Sharp graduated last year, I think Sharp had a very late birthday in 1989.
Ryan Hill took 4th at US Jr. Nats. Seems like a very solid cross runner.
Hill's track PRs were 9:03 and 4:13. He'll likely break 14:00 outdoors if he competes.
Colby Lowe skipped XC nationals due to illness, but he ran 8:08 on Saturday, so he's slowly rounding back to form. With his 8:47 3rd place performance at NON and 4:06 mile speed, he should be back to tailing Puskedra and Derrick outdoors.
Other sub-9 2 milers from last year are Bobby Aprill, Rob Finnerty, Maverick Darling, Donn Cabral, Ryan Prentice, Kevin Havel, Sean Keveren, Kevin Williams, Miles Unterreiner, Riley Sullivan, and Max Kaulbach. Tito Medrano and Brandon Jarrett were close. I'd hate to see all of them redshirt. Willie Ahearn ran 8:54, but I don't know what happened to him since.
an 8:08 is superior to an 8:47, so how do you figure he is slowly returning to form??
It's only a couple seconds faster, and judging from his XC performances (all except for NCAA champs), he's improved a lot since last spring. I'd expect more like 7:56 and 13:50.
wedelive wrote:
an 8:08 is superior to an 8:47, so how do you figure he is slowly returning to form??
Because he was out with the flu for a week.
He should be dropping his times a bit more these coming weeks anyways. Personally, I think he has a shot at sub 14:00 this indoor track season.
Cabral just ran like 8:30 or something if I remember correctly, Prentice was 8th? at USa JR XC, Havel did decent at JR XC and Medrano did really well there. Ahearn just ran 8:16 and 4:12
Havel absolutely tanked at JR XC.
Canadian Cream wrote:
Both Ben Johnson and Sharp graduated last year, I think Sharp had a very late birthday in 1989.
Yea for sure, just in Can that wouldn`t make you a true freshman as all of last years graduates should have been born in 1990
some others of note: Willie Ahearn of Texas recently ran 8:16 for 3k after opening up with a 4:15 mile. Brad Kenimer of Dartmouth also won the 2nd heat of the 3k at BU with a 8:18.
Jabbles wrote:
Nate Jewkes a guy who got 4th at Utah State XC combined and something like 25th? at foot locker regionals has come out of basically nowhere to do 8:21 and 14:23 for Southern Utah. They also took an average Canadian recruit Nigel Sharp(4:24 mile /8:46 3000) and he\'s running 4:17/8:21 now. Pretty impressive for a small school to have the 17th and 17th fastest true freshmen in the U.S. collegiate system.
Colorado has also turned out Joe Bosshard from a 9:11 3200m guy to a 8:17 3000m guy who is ranked 10th in all NCAA Division 1-3 + NAIA true freshmen
Stanford\'s Ben Johnson has also put up an impressive performance by doing 8:10 in the 3000m putting him at #5 for true freshman 3000m in cross country. Vince McNally also has impressed in the 3000m by also putting up an 8:10 to be #4 on the list.
Is Nigel running for SU? He isn\'t on the roster last time I checked. And where did he run 8:21?
Hey, yeah I'm running for SUU our coach doesn't update the roster very well. I ran 8:42 in Flagstaff which comes out to 8:21 altitude adjusted.
Nigel wrote:
Hey, yeah I'm running for SUU our coach doesn't update the roster very well. I ran 8:42 in Flagstaff which comes out to 8:21 altitude adjusted.
8:42=8:42
if you want a faster pr go somewhere with air
Iona has a freshman from Germany who ran 4:00 at Washington this past Sunday.