Merber chokes big time.

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  • what happened
    7 years ago 06/07/2012 6:22pm CDT
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    1 Ryan Hill JR North Carolina St. 3:39.84 Q
    2 Andrew Bayer JR Indiana 3:39.95 Q
    3 Miles Batty SR BYU 3:40.01 Q
    4 Chris O'Hare JR Tulsa 3:40.14 Q
    5 German Fernandez JR Oklahoma State 3:40.19 Q
    6 Michael Hammond JR Virginia Tech 3:40.27
    7 Duncan Phillips SR Arkansas 3:40.38
    8 Zach Dahleen JR Southern Illinois 3:41.18
    9 Johnathan Shawel SR Notre Dame 3:47.36
    10 Kyle Merber SR Columbia 3:48.03
    11 Josh Munsch SO Kansas 3:48.34
    12 Erik Berg JR Brown 3:52.72
  • oh merbs
    7 years ago 06/07/2012 6:22pm CDT
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    http://i.imgur.com/B9mpY.gif
  • googlymoogly
    7 years ago 06/07/2012 6:23pm CDT
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    Looked like he just gave up with 150m to go.
  • The Waterboy
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    7 years ago 06/07/2012 6:25pm CDT
    re: googlymoogly
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    Pretty fast heat. German Fernandez was just a second off his PR
  • 666fan
    7 years ago 06/07/2012 6:27pm CDT
    re: The Waterboy
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    He's read too many of his press clippings. He thought he could come to Des Moines and just dominate. But it doensn't work that way. You have to put out every time. Sorry, Kyle Merber, but you just got PWND!!!! IN FACT, YOU PWNED YOURSELF!!!!
  • TheFoyeEffect
    7 years ago 06/07/2012 6:31pm CDT
    re: 666fan
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    But "In the end, the title will mean more to Merber than it will for McEntee."
  • ncaaatfault
    7 years ago 06/07/2012 6:35pm CDT
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    The NCAA is to blame. He ran faster than anyone else this season AND is a favorite on letsrun. They should not have put him in a heat with former champions like Batty and Fernandez and other fast guys likes Hill. They shoulod have just given him a bye to the final - as they should have done with Loxsom. And while they're at it, they should have just awarded Chris Derrick the 10k title. Guys who run fast earlier in the season should not have to qualify! It's not fair!
  • spooks
    7 years ago 06/07/2012 6:48pm CDT
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    Ya'll better watch out Lawi is back in town. Rumours of his demise have been greatly exaggerated.
  • whistle
    7 years ago 06/07/2012 6:52pm CDT
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    Please exit the bandwagon on the left hand side.
  • kmaclam
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    7 years ago 06/07/2012 8:28pm CDT
    re: 666fan
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    "He thought he could come to Des Moine and just dominate" ??? Kyle told you that!? Or do you mean you read his thoughts? Let me guess....You are 22 yrs. old & your fav beverage is Bud Light? Now how's that for clairvoyance!
  • factual trolling:required here
    7 years ago 06/07/2012 8:45pm CDT
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    Kyle Merber
    Columbia
    44.34
    (6) 44.34
    1:44.75
    (6) 1:00.41
    2:43.72
    (4) 58.98
    3:48.03
    (10) 1:04.31
  • Grizzly Beer
    7 years ago 06/07/2012 8:51pm CDT
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    A lot of you guys probably don't remember Merber posting anonymously - but easy to figure out - about Van Cortlandt before he was even that good in high school. I'll probably always be a fan so this was disappointing.
  • DKCCC
    7 years ago 06/07/2012 9:07pm CDT
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    ncaaatfault wrote:

    The NCAA is to blame. He ran faster than anyone else this season AND is a favorite on letsrun. They should not have put him in a heat with former champions like Batty and Fernandez and other fast guys likes Hill. They shoulod have just given him a bye to the final - as they should have done with Loxsom. And while they're at it, they should have just awarded Chris Derrick the 10k title. Guys who run fast earlier in the season should not have to qualify! It's not fair!

    Yes let's baby everyone, because being a great runner never involves more than one great race a year. What a fantastic idea.
  • Helo
    7 years ago 06/07/2012 9:18pm CDT
    re: Grizzly Beer
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    what is this anonymous post you speak of?
  • wineturtle
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    7 years ago 06/07/2012 9:23pm CDT
    re: Grizzly Beer
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    Grizzly Beer wrote:

    A lot of you guys probably don't remember Merber posting anonymously - but easy to figure out - about Van Cortlandt before he was even that good in high school. I'll probably always be a fan so this was disappointing.

    I've been a vocal fan of Kyle's since HS. Absent injury this is a stinker of a race, plain and simple.
    Plenty of racing to come this summer.
    I believe he is a legit 3:33/3:50 talent. I expect to see him in the trials final. 3:36 was not a fluke. Missing the injury year really hurt his development.
  • Grizzly Beer
    7 years ago 06/07/2012 9:26pm CDT
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    It was a long time ago - obviously - but I think he was actually asking advice about running VCP. I guess I can try to find the thread. Might have been junior year.
  • orbitboy
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    7 years ago 06/07/2012 10:37pm CDT
    re: 666fan
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    666fan wrote:

    He thought he could come to Des Moines and just dominate.

    I guess I missed where he said that.
  • merbsz
    7 years ago 06/07/2012 10:49pm CDT
    re: Grizzly Beer
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    Merber started a thread on Letsrun asking whether he should "whether an athlete feeling sick" should still run in the Milrose Games". That night he won the Milrose Mile- and revealed it was him the next day....
  • jjjfffd
    7 years ago 06/07/2012 11:27pm CDT
    re: merbsz
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    Actually he has been sick and dealing with injuries the past 2 weeks so sorry to crush you guys hopes, but he didnt just CHOKE.
  • ivy league smart guy
    7 years ago 06/07/2012 11:39pm CDT
    re: wineturtle
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    wineturtle wrote:

    [quote]Grizzly Beer wrote:
    Missing the injury year really hurt his development.

    How did it hurt his development?

    I think nearly everyone in the world would skip a year if they could go from 3:57 in the mile to 3:35 in the 1,500. That's pretty good development.