dating for runners wrote:
German beat Ritz 1600m in HS by 5 seconds, his 3200m by 10 seconds.....why would he not have been able to run faster than him over 5000m again?
German IS better at the shorter stuff, but this is 5K.
Again, German has no 5K mark, but Ritz did run 13:44? in high school and i believe that was done in a solo effort.
Could German have beaten that, of course maybe, but he didn't try so who knows. And Ritz's race as high schooler (without the benefit of a physical and mental strength gain from a freshman NCAA cross season) at world junior cross was still superior to Germans as a college freshman.
I'm not saying that Ritz is indeed better than German over 5K as a freshman, but I am saying that German is not CLEARLY better than Ritz based off of the performances by each at the respective stages. German is clearly better over the shorter distances at this point, but 5K is yet to be determined and i think 8-10K cross leans towards Ritz.
I hope to hell German blazes one, I'm all for whoever our top runners are and wish them well. Germans legs will have the opportunity to clear up this statement this weekend.