Puskedra will shock the world and win the 10k tonight!

maybe he's trying to prove to the coaches that he's not rupp?

Wow that was.....not impressive....

I like when the announcer said that Puskedra was running a "courageous" race a lap or so before he got swallowed by the pack.

hilarious. 2k at around 5:25 in there.

Who the hell would ever pick Pussykedra to win nationals? Kid has gone well downhill since coming to Oregon.

He's a sophomore. He tried something gutsy, it blew up in his face. He still gritted out the race and never gave up or stepped off the track. It's not a big deal, it's not a sign his 'career' is going any one way or another.

It was a race that went poorly for him, a learning experience most of us on here have had and been able to get past, I imagine.

interesting...puskedra's pr is faster than chelanga's time tonight

you hate to see a kid that works hard have little payoff. hopefully he can recover this summer and have a great fall

Replace gutsy with retarded and yeah, you've got the right quote. He thinks he can run with a guy who has run 27:08? Idiotic, his team is going for team points, sit back with the rest of the field and try to pick up 4-5 points or so and outperform your seed in front of your home crowd. What he did was plain stupid.

Finals

1 Sam Chelanga JR Liberty 28:37.40 10

2 John Kosgei SR Oklahoma State 28:55.93 8

3 Jake Riley JR Stanford 28:57.41 6

4 Mohammed Ahmed FR Wisconsin 28:57.44 5

5 Kiel Uhl SR Iowa State 28:58.55 4

6 Joe Bosshard FR Colorado 28:59.87 3

7 Ben Cheruiyot SO Auburn 29:09.09 2

8 Alfred Kipchumba SO Portland 29:09.63 1

9 Matt Llano SR Richmond 29:10.27

10 John Beattie SR Tulsa 29:16.48

11 Samuel Kosgei SR Lamar 29:19.90

12 Tyler McCandless SR Penn State 29:22.67

13 Michael Krisch SR Georgetown 29:22.85

14 Luke Puskedra SO Oregon 29:27.37

15 Ahmed Osman SO Northern Arizona 29:29.62

16 Elkanah Kibet SR Auburn 29:30.46

17 Kevin Schwab FR Oklahoma 29:35.07

18 Josh Izewski SO Florida 29:37.85

19 Ryan Collins JR Virginia 29:48.76

20 Dan Jackson JR Notre Dame 29:54.87

21 Duriel Hardy SR Brown 30:04.19

22 Lex Williams SR Michigan 30:04.26

23 Patrick Cheptoek SR Western Kentucky 30:04.32

-- Chris Barnicle SR New Mexico DNF

Weak sauce final.

Chelanga looks like he didn't kill himself and should have a lot left in the tank for the 5k.

who drops a race when they are in contention for all american with 2 k to go? tool box.

haha, YO (super serial) wrote:

Replace gutsy with retarded and yeah, you've got the right quote. He thinks he can run with a guy who has run 27:08? Idiotic, his team is going for team points, sit back with the rest of the field and try to pick up 4-5 points or so and outperform your seed in front of your home crowd. What he did was plain stupid.

Yeah, you could say that. Or, you could try to be positive. But why, right?

slate burger wrote:

Yeah, you could say that. Or, you could try to be positive. But why, right?

I'm being honest. This is not the same Puskedra who rocked it his freshman year of XC. He is running like an idiot and underperforming big time. Sorry, that's the way it is. If you don't see/think that you are as big an Oregon homer as they come and you can't be reasoned with. I hope he gets better and starts running better because he is a major talent. That's all I will say.

live steam wrote:

interesting...puskedra's pr is faster than chelanga's time tonight

this is sort of right - Puskedra is a 28:30 guy, at least. He wasn't running out of his head. Chelanga won in slower than Puskedra's PR.

slate burger wrote:

He's a sophomore. He tried something gutsy, it blew up in his face. He still gritted out the race and never gave up or stepped off the track. It's not a big deal, it's not a sign his 'career' is going any one way or another.

It was a race that went poorly for him, a learning experience most of us on here have had and been able to get past, I imagine.

The NCAA Championships is a team sport - that was very poor racing tactics by Luke; hopefully he learns from it, but that does not help his team this weeekend!!!

What? I'm from Michigan. I don't give a damn about Oregon. I agree, his tactics obviously failed him. I doubt he used those tactics because he wanted to fail. This makes me think he over-estimated himself. I call this a learning experience, you call it stupid. Whatever.

It was a very poor tactical race for Puskedra. I cringed when he went with Chelanga and no one else did. Best case scenario, he hangs on to Chelanga for a few k's and gets a big enough lead to cruise home for 2nd. I get why he did it, but the team NCAA Championships is not the place to try tactics like that. Be patient, stay with the pack and go for solid points. The coaches are definitely to blame as well.