i know i'm a little late on this, but i just looked at the results. what was up with the incredibly slow times. i know its at altitude being at colorado state but seriously, a 4:13 1500 being a national championship winning time is a bit of a joke. 15:15 winning the 5k?? i know pennel and some others are studs, and obviously can and have run much, much faster but some of those times are just ridiculous
i heard it was windy
combination of things. condition, particularly on saturday, were awful. about 96 degrees with winds @35 mph gusting to 50 mph. altitude, of course, although it was only 4600 ft. or so. on top of that, just no initiative to lead. i can see how no one would want to lead in those situations. mens 800 went thru in 60, mens 1500 in 2:30, mens 5000 was 10:10 at 3200. women's 5000 was 6:10 at 1600. obviously some very talented athletes in the field, but all the winner pretty much didn't touch the lead until the last 100-200m.
tell Andrew Graham the 3.40 guy his time was a joke, tell Tyler Pennel, Chelimo, Boris Berian,Ryan Haebe that their times were disappointing and you and your buddies could run them. I doubt they will care, they are national champions, you are forgetting the most important aspect of track and field-- WINNING. Time trials are for Stanford and Mt Sac, not for nats in literally some of the worst imaginable conditions for running in a dive named Pueblo. Look at DIII, they went through in 3 flat for 1100 then a guy dropped a meare 55 and demolished the field. Now that is a joke!
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Look at DIII, they went through in 3 flat for 1100 then a guy dropped a meare 55 and demolished the field. Now that is a joke!
Yes, look at DIII. Look at them run better times at their National meet than DII guys! Remember, time trials are for Stanford and Mt Sac. The national meet is about winning! lol Idiot
Tactical- All of em'
Wind - 35mph
Heat - 90+
Altitude - high as fcvk for most, low for Western and Adams
so happy that at all the RMAC schools got what they wanted
Nobody wanted Pueblo, but do you really think elevation would have changed the results? Pennel ran 28.20's Graham ran 3.40 high, Berian won indoors and ran 1.48 this yr, Haebe ran 8.36 or something and won heat 2 at sac. Don't make excuses, the results would have been the same anywhere. In fact guys like Pennel,Haebe,Bond,Graham etc would have probably been able to double better at sea level. For example Graham was 1-3, last yr 1-2 indoors then 1-5 this yr. Haebe and Stevens are classy athletes but they struggled in the 5k, probably due to running the steeple the day before. Maclain another classy athlete tried to do the 1500m/5k double and suffered immensely , at sea level he may have pulled it off. look at the 1500m/mile results past few yrs for the rmac: 2010 1,3,4. Indoors 2011, 1,4, outdoors 2011-1,2,4,5. Indoors 2012- 1,2,3,4, Outdoors 2012 1,2,3,4,. I bet I coud do the same with the steeple,5k,10k and even the 800! Why? Because the RMAC is superior to every other conference. Train harder or get over it!