Who wins in a 3k, Wheating or Chelanga?

Wheating tucks in behind and easily sprints by at the end. Chelanga can't go fast enough to drop him in a race that short.

i want to say chelanga as chelangas 10k is on a much higher level than anything wheating has done, however he really does seem to not have the same spark at anything shorter (be shocked if he does not have a huge marathon career)

i think chelanga beats wheating but id give the edge over him to an in shape ulrey or centro or some of the other more distance based milers (and definitly fernandez)

Robby Andrews beats them both at the line.

Heard through the grapevine wrote:

Wheating tucks in behind and easily sprints by at the end. Chelanga can't go fast enough to drop him in a race that short.

Keep in mind Wheating couldn't even fairly beat AJ and Centro and you will see how idiotic your statement is.

fights like a brave wrote:

I feel that Letsrun needs more of these imaginary matchup threads; this would be a fun one though. I got Wheating.

According to directathletics, chelanga has ran 7:57 for 3k. I think Wheating could beat that for sure.

I would go with Chelanga

There is probably a reason Wheating is avoiding anything further than a mile

Didn't Wheating run some cc races?

Wheating would win I think, and on the off chance he did , he could just knock him out.

I think Chelanga can run faster over 3,000m.

If they run in a European Grand Prix event I think Chelanga finishes ahead.

I also don't see Wheating actually getting in a race like that.

But indoors Wheating could try this as an over distance race and the pace would dictate his chances of winning.

Chelanga.

You people must be out of your f-ing minds. Chelanga's 7:57 was run indoors at the Big South confernce meet. The Big South!!!! woooooo.

According to McMillan Calculator, his 27:08 is worth 7:29! Even his 13:19 (not even counting that this was from indoors) is worth 7:38.

There is no way in hell, heaven, or earth that Wheating is going to beat Chelanga at a 3k.

I'd go with Chelanga.

February 2009 - 13:19 indoors

April 2009 - 27:28 at Berkeley

May 2010 - 27:08 at Stanford

He's improved his 10k 20 seconds since last year, no reason to suspect he hasn't also improved his 5k 5-10 seconds. So he's really a 13:09-13:14 guy in the right race. That's going to put him at 7:45 or better for 3k. I don't think Wheating can hang with that.

Wheating MIGHT be able to stay with Chelanga for 3000 meters en route to a 5000. But I doubt that Chelanga could stay with Wheating for 600 meters en route to an 800.

Wheating's best race distance is probably 1000 meters. He is able to run fast for a 1500 because he is strong enough to handle that pace and still kick. Once we get past 1500 meters Wheating is not able to sustain the pace and still kick. You are asking Wheating to run another 1500 meters at a pretty fast pace, and then kick, in order to beat Chalenga. Chalenga's 3000 meter time was at his conference meet. He was clearly running that race to win. Chalenga would easily beat Wheating in a 3000 meter race. He would just take the race out fast for the first 2000 and make the last 1000 meters an endurance race. In that scenario Chalenga would win easily, and people would be asking; "what happend to Wheating's kick?"

I think a fair race between Wheating and Chalenga would be run at 2200 meters.

Actually I remember Lannana talking around the 2008 season that they really didn't know what Wheatings best event is, and he mentioned that he though he could run a good 5K. The guy did take Centro to the line in some cross races in 2007 and finished 70th at NCAA cross on a short season in 2008 after coming back from the Olympics. If I remember right, he might have only raced NCAA's that season.

I could be a little off but the fact is the guy actually can run some distance. I think he's been an 800 guy simply for lack of depth at the NCAA in the 800 and he's been almost always guaranteed 8 points if not 10 at NCAA's.

That doesn't mean he can't run fast at 3K, just that he's been used for something else at this point.

I personally think Wheatings perfect race would be 2,000 if he trains more like a miler and I think he could surely run under 7:40 for 3K.

I really think Wheating will be an eventual threat at the 3K AR (though Webb, Rupp, Solinsky, Fernandez & Teg all should be as well).

I don't think for a second that Sam can run near 7:30. He'd be lucky to run 7:38 and he is already 25.

Chelanga would win

I agree, Sam wins the first 7 laps but loses the last 200M!

Chelanga...assuming that he'd do the donkey work.

Chelanga would win, no doubt.

but then again, the guy is like 25..