Comparing the 1970's to now is a joke. I am talking about since the Fila discovery showed up to Kenya.
Lagat is a lot like Boaz as he was very, very good in Kenya. Sometimes these athletes come to the NCAA, but it is very rarely. Josphat Boit was another runner who was very good in Kenya.
Sam is a lot like former NCAA champs Shadrack Songok and David Kimani, as they had not been runners had for very long before they came to the NCAA.
Kim was already a sub 14 5000m runner, but had only been running for 12 months.
Sam and Shadrack had not put down fast times in Kenyan.