Can Blood or Bizarri beat Koll at Eugene?

You answered your own question stupid.

Bizzari is one tough cookie, but her only chance will be if she catches a tired Koll. Blood is doubling, so her chances are nill. Kosinski raised some eyebrows with her 5K at Austin, but she too is doubling 1500/5K, so is unlikely. I say Koll is 99% unbeatable.

Yea and let's see what happend at NCAA XC Nats... nothing is ever certain. Personally I think Bizzarri has a good shot at beating Koll in the 5k. Blood doubling for the team points, team player as always..

Money is on Bizzarri. She knows when it matters and when to bring it.

Bizzarri is an extremely tough competitor... she races to win and seems to always have something extra at the end. Check out this interview and pay attention as she goes back to how she raced against her competitors, and not time, in college and even back in high school. http://www.garycohenrunning.com/Interviews/Bizzarri.aspx

Biz is a great competitor but how do you explain koll beating her by 20 seconds at Payton Jordon a month ago?

it will take a miracle. . .

I'm picking Lisa Koll for the double.

Bizarri is the only one who has any chance.

I am looking forward to the race.

Bizzarri runs well when it counts. That was just a tune up for her. Also this wont be a time trial.

Blood: Nicole should have stuck with just the 10k. I think she could get second with a good race. She should push the 10k hard for 2nd and give what ever she has left on the 5k.

Bizzari: I don't believe Biz and her coach would fly to Stanford to run a "tuneup". Both her and koll were running for PRs, giving it their best shot.

Koll has done a lot of racing indoors and out. She ran the record and later a 5k PR here, and I think then 10s and 5s at Conference, Regionals, and then at NCAAs,and I assume a 10 at USAs in late June. A tired koll and a fresh Biz is her best shot at the 5. I dont think she can beat her in a head to head.

CardinalsRule wrote:Blood: Nicole should have stuck with just the 10k. I think she could get second with a good race. She should push the 10k hard for 2nd and give what ever she has left on the 5k

^i don't understand why you would think she should've just done the 10k... now she runs the 10k all out, then has the option of running the 5k or not... i would get it if someone thought she should only run the 5, but this i don't understand...

should be chilly and raining for the womens 10k wednesday night... will koll still try to run crazy fast alone in the rain or will she take her chances staying with the pack until the end?

I expect Koll to win the double, but Bizzarri has a shot in the 5000. That's about it.

Don't you have to run the 5k too, honest effort rule?

Blood is a team player running these to help Oregon. Koll is better off staying with the pack but she is a warrior and gutsy racer.

what? It does not matter if Blood will double. If she ran just the 10000 she would probably get 2nd. If she just ran the 5000 she would probably get 3rd(or 4th). Running both will not change that!..That is probaby why she is running both!....Place wise nothing will change by running only one event!...except fever points for the ducks.

Koll will run the 10K to win but expect her to run the 5K hard. If she does that no one can run with her. Period.

5K Predictions

1. Koll - Beat Bizzarri by 20 sec a month ago at this distance...and ran 15:22 solo after 10K at Big 12. She's too good.

2. Bizzarri - Proven kicker; unproven at this distance racing at a fast pace. If Koll almost beat her at 3K distance indoors, Bizzarri can't run with her for 2K more. Koll knows this is the race to define her NCAA Championships.

3. Areson - Absolutely on fire indoors and through Penn Relays. Has been quiet since but expect her to be ready for this one. Tennessee wants to be in the top 5 team hunt & this is a key event.

4. Kosinski - Will get it done for UO...not Blood.

5. Behm - Dark horse. Came from nowhere but saw her at qualifying was very impressive.

Koll is pretty much unbeatable at 10k and is lucky there are no heats for the 5k like last year.

The top 3 for the 5k will be Koll, van Dalen and Bizarri in any order. Most likely Koll but you just don't know how your going to feel after 10k.

Heard it here first.

CardinalsRule wrote:

Blood: Nicole should have stuck with just the 10k. I think she could get second with a good race. She should push the 10k hard for 2nd and give what ever she has left on the 5k.

Bizzari: I don't believe Biz and her coach would fly to Stanford to run a "tuneup". Both her and koll were running for PRs, giving it their best shot.

Koll has done a lot of racing indoors and out. She ran the record and later a 5k PR here, and I think then 10s and 5s at Conference, Regionals, and then at NCAAs,and I assume a 10 at USAs in late June. A tired koll and a fresh Biz is her best shot at the 5. I dont think she can beat her in a head to head.

I think she is less tired than you think. She took down time after her CR, which she ran off her Indoors conditioning. Then, she ran a fast 5000 or two. At both League and NCAA West she ran at a pace that is really a tempo run for her, so I do not see as much an issue as your reasonable review would normally indicate.

Not sure if Koll will play a team game in the 10,000 or not (her teammate was second at Regionals). Doubling does open the door to a fit and race-ready AB, who I think is a co-favorite in the 5000.

All I can say is that Angela is some kind of split personality- sweet as apple pie in interviews, but morphs into a bloody assassin when she spikes up for a final. She has taken every scalp out there in the last 12 months, and I think that she will do it again.

Oh, and as far as Koll "almost" getting her in the 3K, I have inside info that since then, Bizarri has upped her mileage from 50 to 51 miles/week, so she has the 5K covered, heheh