In the 800, Wheating won it in the last 30 meters, a good time and fun to watch. Anyone who loves track loved watching this final... exciting from start to finish as Everett led for 700 meters and fought off every challenge in the last 200. just didn;t have it in the last 30. won by .07
In the 1500, Fernandez got his first title, by going to the front quick and making everyone else his puppets. without centro healthy his win was quite bit easier. won by .52
In the steeplechase, Perry won by a larger margin than any other event on the weekend, a surprise to 96% of you (4% picked him for the win in the prediction contest) won by 5.88 seconds
in the 5k, guys tried to break Rupp by stepping on his heels, but it was in vain. i have to admit i worried for him wit 1600 to go he was in the very back and looked very tired, but in the end, he got his 6th NCAA title while closing in 4:00 for the last 4 laps.
10k was the same story... no one could break Rupp, and in the end, he was in a league of his own.
He won by 1.7 in the 5k and 3.1 in the 10k.
so was Wheating,Fernandez, Perry, or one of Rupps double the most impressive win IYO?
(If you count Rupps 2, they obviously win, chose one single race of the 5)
which NCAA win was most impressive?
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Do you want to know which NCAA win was most impressive or which distance white male was the most impressive? Anyways, IAAF mentions only Barringer, so there's your answer.
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Tikiroom wrote:
Do you want to know which NCAA win was most impressive or which distance white male was the most impressive? Anyways, IAAF mentions only Barringer, so there's your answer.
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yeah, I was only interested in distance...
the female answer was obvious.... barringers meet record was kindof the obvious answer for women so i left it out... and as for all the events other than distance... i don't know enough about each performance to review them all.
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I think Fernandez was the most impressive.
He was all the rage for xc and indoor then gets no loving all spring after he lost the 5K against Derrick and Mead. Then he gets crap for the Big 12 being down and not having to race 5-6 guys under 3:40 like in Pac-10 or the west region. Then he comes out and goes wire to wire, very impressive even without Centro.
Rupp is a man among boys now. The guy is the indoor 5k american record holder, the xc champ and went to town at indoor nats. The guy wasn't going to be beat.
Wheating had to take down Everett. I don't think it was quite as good as German's race simply because everyone knew one of those two was going to win it. Wheating only really had to worry about one guy instead of 5.
Perry I think was the second most impressive. He won by a large margin against what I thought was going to be a very fit Jake Morse. Also I believe that he has taken a huge chunk of time off his PR to qualify for the final and then win. Props to him.
I think a case could be made for any of these races, but I still think that going wire to wire in a race everyone thought would be very tactical is the most. -
Hispanic-Whites are white you self-hater.
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Hispanic-Whites wrote:
Hispanic-Whites are white you self-hater.
...but still, there's no such thing as Hispanic-Whites. You know who made that up? Hispanics who wanted to be white. -
Wheating.
It was clear from the introductions, that he was white as a sheet with something...turns out it was an upset stomache due to his breakfast (milk) not sitting well with him.
Any of you who have ever run an elite race when your belly was not good...know how horrible an experience that is, and how hard it is to gut it out, literally. Most people scratch or drop out of a race when they are nauseated.
Wheating's desire to show up for his deap, allowed him to overcome his own pain.
As if that wasn't enough, he took at bad step and strained his calf with 300 to go. He stuck it out.
Then, about 12 strides from the finish, he took an obvious bad step, lost his form, ran in pain, at full speed, with a calf strain...and gutted out the win.
The strain was bad enough that he immediately hit the ground to protect it from further injury.
Any 800 meter runner who's had a calf strain knows how painful and totally effed it is to run with.
Ironman Wheating. Best race.
Most Exciting? Galen stopping to fix his flat tire.
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wow...
knowing that about wheating being sick adds more to a great win.
I watched his race and honestly thought he was going to lose with 80 to go.
I also love that Rupps 6th title looked relatively easy in the end, even after the shoe falling off. -
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US distance sucks balls...Rupp basically beat the 5th best 10km athlete and 5th best 5km athlete from the distance running minnow, Australia. No disrespect to Rupp, he's progressing brilliantly, just that the sprint performances at this meet are infinitely superior. Until we have as many East African immigrants as West Africans, US distance running will continue to be ordinary. -
So honest............so true............well said.
As a distance fan I would pay alot more money to watch NCAA "TRUE RACES" than watch the processions in Golden League meets etc. I really dont care about times and Records anymore. I just want to see real racing and jostling.
All rabbiting and pacing should be banned.
Am alone in saying that I honestly dont care about records or times in any race above 800m?
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I think Fernandez was the most impressive, mainly because he won as a true freshman and led wire-to-wire against a stacked field. For all his talent and perfect training conditions, Rupp couldn't win an individual NCAA title until he was a fifth-year senior. Big difference.
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wheatings win was pure luck. I think he raced like crap.
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Tikiroom wrote:
Do you want to know which NCAA win was most impressive or which distance white male was the most impressive? Anyways, IAAF mentions only Barringer, so there's your answer.
Yeah man, the winners in the men's distance events aren't representative of American society. Let's have a do-over. -
iluvtrack wrote:
I think Fernandez was the most impressive, mainly because he won as a true freshman and led wire-to-wire against a stacked field. For all his talent and perfect training conditions, Rupp couldn't win an individual NCAA title until he was a fifth-year senior. Big difference.
stacked field???? didn't second place in that race finish 4th at Pac 10s? Rupp could have placed in that field with the final 1500 of his 5k. -
Women's 400m...most impressive race of the day
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asdfda wrote:
iluvtrack wrote:
I think Fernandez was the most impressive, mainly because he won as a true freshman and led wire-to-wire against a stacked field. For all his talent and perfect training conditions, Rupp couldn't win an individual NCAA title until he was a fifth-year senior. Big difference.
stacked field???? didn't second place in that race finish 4th at Pac 10s? Rupp could have placed in that field with the final 1500 of his 5k.
didn't 3rd place in that field win the indoor NCAA mile?
didn't 4th place in that field finish 2nd at last year's outdoor?
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Wheating is a drama queen. Fast runner but a queen
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Not as a true freshman like Fernandez. Remember, Rupp is 23 years old.
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