LAGAT 12:53!

12:54.12

12:54.12

Solinsky 12:56.66 just missed Ritz' mark as well

he closed in 54

Yes! This should give hope to any runner in their 30s hoping to improve!

10 guys under 13 too.

12:54

And Solinsky 12:56

Wow Wow Wow!!!!!!!!!!!

Sol-Train Rollin' !!!

just imagine if lagat would have run in a good 5k in his prime.

Solinsky was 6th out of 17 runners in a very strong, all-African field. He beat Soi, Kipchoge, and Shaheen. That is f--king world class.

ehhh wrote:

just imagine if lagat would have run in a good 5k in his prime.

Yeah, then he could have been in the top 5 or so for Kenya!!!!!

Well...well...Solinsky will be the next WADA's vampires target.

This will be one of the shortest lived American T & F records in history!!!!

Wow!

1

MERGA, Imane

ETH

12:53.81

2

BEKELE, Tariku

ETH

12:53.97

LAGAT, Bernard

USA

12:54.12

AR

ROTICH, Lucas Kimeli

KEN

12:55.06

PB

5

CHEPKOK, Vincent Kiprop

KEN

12:56.32

SOLINSKY, Chris

USA

12:56.66

PB

7

BEZABEH, Alemayehu

ESP

12:57.25

NR

8

KISORIO, Matthew Kipkoech

KEN

12:57.83

PB

9

DABA, Bekana

ETH

12:58.51

PB

10

KOMON, Leonard Patrick

KEN

12:59.15

11

SHAHEEN, Saif Saaeed

QAT

13:00.31

12

SOI, Edwin Cheruiyot

KEN

13:07.70

13

SALEL, Daniel Lemashon

KEN

13:08.23

PB

14

KIPCHOGE, Eliud

KEN

13:09.89

4

2

15

KUMA, Abera

ETH

13:10.89

PB

16

BIWOTT, Yusuf Kibet

KEN

13:15.33

17

ABSHIRO, Ayele

ETH

13:18.38

BIRGEN, Bethwell

KEN

DNF

C'KURUI, James Kwalia

QAT

DNF

GENETI, Markos

ETH

DNF

NDIWA, Remmy Limo

KEN

DNF

Intermediate times:

1000m

Birgen, Bethwell (KEN)

2:32.85

2000m

Birgen, Bethwell (KEN)

5:07.99

3000m

Ndiwa, Remmy Limo (KEN)

7:45.63

4000m

Chepkok, Vincent Kiprop (KEN)

10:24.38

kudzurunner wrote:

Solinsky was 6th out of 17 runners in a very strong, all-African field. He beat Soi, Kipchoge, and Shaheen. That is f--king world class.

Yes it really is, he's running at the level Kennedy was in his prime, and the great thing is he's not the only American at that level and I'm not referring to the obvious stud Lagat. Teg and Rupp will be running these kinds of marks this summer and perhaps Ritz if he decides to hit the track.

What perfect race though for a guy hoping to run around 12:55. Excellent rabbit, terriffic venue and weather and loads of guys moving at 12:50-13:00 pace like a train. Going to be a fast summer.

Lagat = Boss.

Solinsky = "Barrel Chested" almost Boss

both ran awesome.

how most of us feel...screw that Transplant!..great job Chris!

1 MERGA Imane ETH 12:53.81 PB

2 BEKELE Tariku ETH 12:53.97

3 LAGAT Bernard USA 12:54.12 AR

4 ROTICH Lucas Kimeli KEN 12:55.06 PB

5 CHEPKOK Vincent Kiprop KEN 12:56.32

6 SOLINSKY Chris USA 12:56.66 PB

7 BEZABEH Alemayehu ESP 12:57.25 NR

8 KISORIO Matthew Kipkoech KEN 12:57.83 PB

9 DABA Bekana ETH 12:58.51 PB

10 KOMON Leonard Patrick KEN 10 12:59.15

11 SHAHEEN Saif Saaeed 13:00.31

12 SOI Edwin Cheruiyot 13:07.70

13 SALEL Daniel Lemashon 13:08.23 PB

14 KIPCHOGE Eliud KEN 13:09.89 4 2

15 KUMA Abera ETH 13:10.89 PB

16 BIWOTT Yusuf Kibet KEN 13:15.33

17 ABSHIRO Ayele ETH 13:18.38

BIRGEN Bethwell (PM) KEN DNF

C'KURUI James Kwalia QAT DNF

GENETI Markos ETH 3 DNF

NDIWA Remmy Limo (PM) KEN DNF

Intermediate times: 1000m 2:32.85 117 BIRGEN Bethwell (KEN)

2000m 5:07.99 117 BIRGEN Bethwell (KEN)

3000m 7:45.63 119 NDIWA Remmy Limo (KEN)

4000m 10:24.38 62 CHEPKOK Vincent Kiprop (KEN)

I just sincerely hope they don't find special sauce on the drug testing end of things. I want to badly believe that this is legit. Great run by two Americans...good to see shaheen returning a bit more to form. Would be interesting to hear canova's take on things.

Why does no one say anything about people juicing when African runners continually break 13 minutes for the 5k? Just appreciate the time!