Top Americans at Chicago Marathon--Who you got

For those of us who are really really lazy, could you provide the list?

taken from the elite field list and removing non-americans:

Nick Arciniaga USA 2:11:46

Jason Hartmann USA 2:12:09

Justin Young USA 2:13:52

Chad Johnson USA 2:15:03

Mike Morgan USA 2:15:11

Luke Humphrey USA 2:15:22

Patrick Rizzo USA 2:15:48

Mike Sayenko USA 2:16:38

Fasil Bizuneh USA 2:16:47

James Carney USA 2:16:54

also if my american you mean the continent

Juan Carlos Romero MEX Debut

And the women...

Magdelena Lewy-Boulet, USA 2:26:22

Colleen De Reuck, USA 2:26:35

Desiree Davila, USA 2:27:53

Melissa White, USA 2:32:55

Tera Moody, USA 2:32:59

Zoila Gomez, USA 2:33:53

Dot McMahan, USA 2:35:02

Andrea Pomaranski, USA 2:37:44

I pick Fasil and Magdelena for the top American wins ...

The times are a big question mark though, it depends on how hot it ends up being.

THE FLAGSTAFF 3!

FASIL 2:09

ARCINIAGA 2:11

CARNEY 2:12

I won't pick any any names but it would be awesome for 1 or 2 American Citizens to run;

Men sub 2:09

Women sub 2:24

Up The Irons wrote:

For those of us who are really really lazy, could you provide the list?

And that people... is the top American.

Chris calkins...he's been working with justinb and you know very well what this means....

I think that someone is going sub 2:10 this year, probably Nick A.

Jason

Me too; I hope one of them has a sub-2:10 breakthrough. Then we'd have another legit 2:09-08 marathoner to watch.

Men: Wasn't Ryan Hall supposed to be racing Chicago? (just kidding). I'm going with Nick.

Women: Going to be neck & neck between Lewy-Boulet & Davila. I'm picking Davila.

fasil, nick, carney, young, hartmann

I hope the top females (not american) Can be running for a 2:19 so we can get a good look at all the people trying for the OTQ on the mens side.Hartman, Arciniaga, and Bizuneh are the only ones with upside enough to hope for a sub 2:10.I'll go with Arciniaga, more or less randomly from those three.Boulet will take Davila in her last and best run in 2:25-2:26, with new pr for Davila. I'll go with Moody for third since that no sleep thing is pretty amazing. If she could take a nap she could be a 2:20s kind of runner.

hardloopen wrote:

Me too; I hope one of them has a sub-2:10 breakthrough. Then we'd have another legit 2:09-08 marathoner to watch.

If Boulet takes her, I don't think 2:26 will get it done. I bet it will take a low 2:25, or even 2:24, because I believe Davila when she says she's going for 2:25.

Agreed on Moody's sleep thing. Any guess on what you think Moody will run?

Moody will finish behind at least 3 Hanson women and maybe 4. Moody is not in the same time zone as Davila and she lost to White last year. Dot McMahan and Molly Pritz will give her all she can handle. Davila will lose to Magdalena. Magdalena will run 2:23:45.

www.666energy.com wrote:

I think that someone is going sub 2:10 this year, probably Nick A.

Jason

Crazy Jason,

You should know that Nick A has left Hansons so it is just a matter of time before his huge aerobic base disappears in favor of speed. My prediction for Nick is 2:10:56 and he will never run faster again in his career.

Hartmann will have a huge race and be the top American in 2:10:02. Rizzo is due for a monstor race as well and will nail Nick A over the last mile.

niarun wrote:

I hope the top females (not american) Can be running for a 2:19 so we can get a good look at all the people trying for the OTQ on the mens side.

that's a good point especially considering they LOVE covering the women's race 80% of the time in these things, it seems.

I remember beating Rizzo to make State...think he'd get me by 15+ minutes now.

I know Nick ran well in the spring, and Fasil has some great talent...but have the Hall/Meb/Abdi/Ritz times skewed expectations. Quite possible a 2:12 or 2:13 could be top American male. That doesn't mean we're back to the prehistoric "Rod DeHaven, woohoo, 2:13 days," but even Gotcher only ran 2:10 on a super fast course. And I don't think anyone in this American field is better than him.

I'd love to be proven wrong.

Davila for the women. Humphrey for the men? Go Brooks?!