Cruised that last 100 to finished less than a second off his PR. Gonna be a great final with Wheating, Bolas, Centro, Acosta and See mixing it up.
Side note: Craig Miller seemed to be getting the Oregon jostling trying to take position over Acosta and Centro!
AJ looked really good. I thought he looked better than Centro but Centro has a deceiving style and it's hard to tell if he's feeling good or not. For a minute on lap 2 I thought Centro might go out the back.
having acosta up there helps centro relax. he was hurt last year, but still should have made the final after his early season 3:36. having all 3 in the final will give them tremendous confidence. watch out for the darkhorses though, bolas and see. both are strong and have great kicks. bolas has a little better track record in big races, but see is a seasoned vet and is due.
road rashed wrote:
having acosta up there helps centro relax. he was hurt last year, but still should have made the final after his early season 3:36. having all 3 in the final will give them tremendous confidence. watch out for the darkhorses though, bolas and see. both are strong and have great kicks. bolas has a little better track record in big races, but see is a seasoned vet and is due.
I thought See looked very good in the semi. I don't have as much faith in the Wisco guys as they ran fantastic last year mid season but peatered by NCAA's. I think Bolas just ran himself out in the semi.
The Ducks have a very good chance at a sweep with Lee being the most likely to break them up and then possibly See.
I thought it was crazy when the Oregon men swept the Pac-10 race last year with so many good (sub 3:40) runners in the race. The fact that they have a shot to sweep NCAA's is pretty nuts.
bolas peaked too early last year with the 3:37, but is right on time this year like he was his freshman year when he got 3rd behind manzano and ulrey. i predict no worse than 3rd out of him this year either. he will not get pushed around in the final if it is tactical and has shown he can close in 52
road rashed wrote:
bolas peaked too early last year with the 3:37, but is right on time this year like he was his freshman year when he got 3rd behind manzano and ulrey. i predict no worse than 3rd out of him this year either. he will not get pushed around in the final if it is tactical and has shown he can close in 52
If he can do that on Saturday it's going to be sick.
2008 Men 1500 Meter Run
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American: 3:29.30 8/28/2005 Bernard Lagat, Nike
College Best: 3:30.56 8/11/1999 Bernard Lagat, Washington State
NCAA Meet: 3:35.30 6/6/1981 Sydney Maree, Villanova
Drake Stad.: 3:38.27 1984 Steve Scott, Sub Four TC
Name Year School Finals Points
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Finals
1 Leonel Manzano SR Texas 3:41.25 10
2 Dorian Ulrey SO Northern Iowa 3:42.56 8
3 Jack Bolas SO Wisconsin 3:42.57 6
4 Craig Miller SO Wisconsin 3:42.67 5
5 Jeff See JR Ohio State 3:43.14 4
6 Garrett Heath JR Stanford 3:43.15 3
7 Darren Brown SR Texas 3:43.25 2
8 Evan Jager FR Wisconsin 3:43.26 1
9 Andrew Acosta SO Oregon 3:43.95
10 David Torrence SR California 3:43.97
11 Kurt Benninger SR Notre Dame 3:44.95
12 Andrew Bumbalough JR Georgetown 3:44.96
13 Andrew Jesien JR Virginia 3:45.30
14 Mark Davidson FR Tulsa 3:46.04
15 Matt Debole SR Georgetown 3:46.25
A.J. seems to be able to toe the line and run a 3:59 equiv any time he wants...
Here is the finish video -
http://www.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?do=videos&event_id=150&video_id=28318
This 1500 final is going to be fun to watch!
He is good at staying in that shape
o.O wrote:
He is good at staying in that shape
And not choking, I am impressed with his rebound this year.