Does anyone think German Fernandez will repeat as NCAA 1500 meter Champion?

And if Centro did not have a package he would win the womans 1500m easily, And if Barringer had a package to go with her talent she would beat Rupp.! I love the what if game..Maybe it was BAD coaching that got Centro and Wheating hurt? Maybe bad coaching that got Ulrey sick at finals? or got him beat Indoors? If your gonna blame 1 Coach for a runners misfortunes then you need to blame all og=f the Coaches. BTW nitwit why arent you COaching? Or are you?

maybe if he quits smoking...

I too had 'injuries' caused by diet that limited my success on the track. I tried the 20 bananas a day diet that was recommended on this board a while back. My workouts kept getting interrupted by dashes to the men's room.

skewed you had me there til you mentioned Virginia, where in the Hell did you pull that from??!!?? I am sure they have a good program and a fantastic coach, but I haven't seen the results yet... and Stanford? was that meltdown at Nationals on the Athletes, the Coach, the Program or their Environment????

German should have gone to a school that focuses more on strength and long term development such as CU William & Mary or Portland or even NAU. Should have looked into going to UNC as well since they will be the next up and coming team with Pete Julian at the healm.

Yes, Centro did win the Indoor National Championship and he also won as a member of the Oregon XC Championship. I also firmly believe he would have kicked German's butt at Fayetteville, had he not come down with that stress fracture during the semis. So, let's all sit back and watch German duck both Centro and Wheating this year.

you could very well be right in your firm belief, however just on 1500 seed times alone last year, half the field was firmly believing they were going to kick German's butt, and I believe he firmly kicked their butts wire to wire, not a kicker in sight.... So lets just kick back and hope all are healthy, line them up and see what happens, should be an exciting season of quality Track and Field...

[quote]Helpful Hints wrote:

Yes, Centro did win the Indoor National Championship and he also won as a member of the Oregon XC Championship. [quote]

So that would make AJ Acosta a multiple national champion and therefore way better than both Centro and Fernandez.

Just drove by GF's old HS enroute to take my kid to his pitching lesson. The track was full of water. I could not help but think that America's best young 1500/5K guy trained there. The HS sits on the border of town and the country. Old HS and and kinda run down, but it produced the defending NCAA 1500 Champ and the USA'S JR 5k record holder and not to mention all the indoor records. I believe Coach Smith will be smart with GF training and racing this winter and spring. He will defend his 1500 title this spring. Review last years race and look who out kicked the kickers, it happens with about 75 meters to go.

I don't think German will defend his 1500m title. I don't even think he will be in the race. He will probably get 2nd or 3rd in the 5000m behind either Chelanga or Derrick or both.

If German can stay healthy, and that is kind of a big if, there is no doubt in my mind that he will win.

And if he isn't winning, he'll just fall down again.

I want to see Manzano destroy Fernandez, Wheating, Centro and everyone else in the same race. Doable?

is Fernandez healthy now?

I would not bet on Fernandez repeating, even if he is healthy, but I would not count him out either, if he is healthy.

My observations of how Fernandez races give me the impression that he almost always comes up big in races that he has a legitimate chance of winning (whether in a blowout or a tight finish), but somewhat less so in races where realistically he won't. Not 100% of the time - he came up big in USATF (despite not being in contention to win), but this is what I seem to see a lot of the time. I can easily think of a few other guys who seem to perform better/less well under similar sets of circumstances.

In an international 1500 that neither Fernandez nor Ulrey had any real chance of winning (like where Ulrey ran his 3:33 and finished 7th), I'd bet on Ulrey finishing ahead of Fernandez. But in an NCAA caliber race, in which I'd argue that Fernandez, Ulrey, Centro, Wheating if he runs, and probably a few other guys I'm neglecting at the moment, all have a reasonable chance, this is where I think Fernandez is most likely to shine. Might Ulrey, Centro, Wheating, or Somebody Else still beat him? Sure, but I absolutely would not count him out.

Stop being so reasonable. The is Letsrun!!!

Thats IF Centro and Wheating can stay healthy themselves. But Centro did run fast and won alot of "other" races all season, BUT when it came time to the one that mattered he somehow got hurt :( Maybe he was ducking Fernandez? BTW don't forget that Fernandez was just some snot nosed 18 yr old. :)

Huh?

100%? You sound 100% sure of yourself. Elaborate, please, and enlighten us.

From all these observations it would seem that German is a head case and we never know what German will show up??!!?? but if you really look at all his races he is either winning or is in the thick of every race he has lined up for...and the one race everyone tries to bring up is the race he went down in and did not finish.... A healthy Fernandez, hell even a semi-healthy Fernandez, will be a factor in every race he enters this spring and summer 1500 - 10k... I think the one everyone is overlooking will be Colby Lowe, this kid is ready to roll and will do some damage this year...Too bad these guys didn't go to a different program, they would be breaking world records by now(oops my bad German already kinda did that)and they wouldn't be facing the environmental, coaching and training hurdles that lesser athletes aren't dealing with, with their better programs and coaches;)...