Has Bernard Lagat Ever Lost A 5,000 To An American?

Nope. Diamond League Oslo in 2010 and USA Champs 5K last year are probably the closest he's come to losing, both to Solinsky I believe.

Nope, Lagat is 33-0 vs. Americans (incl. heats)

NCAAs

Surely Chirlee wrote:

Nope, Lagat is 33-0 vs. Americans (incl. heats)

I guess that Rupp will continue his 0-fer streak against Lagat...

1998 NCAAs, puleeze.

If you count heats, yeah. Otherwise I don't think so.

Did he lose to Adam Goucher during college??

Do you mean since he's been an American?

He has never gone up against an American comming off

a fresh 12:58 before.

I assume he did in college.

He was an outstanding college runner but his college performances would not lead one to believe he would turn out to be an all time great. I think Goucher used to beat him in college

He will lose to Lomong in the final this week. Bet on that one. Mark my words - Lomong wins the 5k this week in a monster closing 200m.

Order of the results:

Lagat

Rupp

Lomong/Bumby

As mentioned above, 1998 NCAA Championships:

Finals MEN'S 5,000 METER RUN

1. Adam Goucher, Colorado 13:31.64

2. Adbi Abdirahman, Arizona 13:40.61

3. Mike Power, Arkansas 13:41.63

4. Mebrahtom Keflezighi, UCLA 13:44.68

5. Brad Hauser, Stanford 13:45.93

6. Christopher Graff, St. John's 13:46.39

7. John Mortimer, Michigan 13:48.91

8. Jeff Simonich, Utah 13:49.94

9. Brent Hauser, Stanford 13:51.10

10. Michael Njenga, Texas Tech 13:51.65

11. Matt Lane, William/Mary 13:52.04

12. Jay Schoenfelder, Wisconsin 13:52.62

13. Nathan Nutter, Stanford 13:54.21

14. Steve Fein, Wisconsin 13:55.30

15. Mark Hauser, UCLA 14:00.29

16. Bernard Lagat, Wash. State 14:12.38

17. Simon Mudd, California 14:18.31

18. Sean Kaley, Arkansas 14:22.93

19. Brian Gallagher, LaSalle 14:46.93

- Gabe Jennings, Stanford DNF.

http://www.flashresults.com/1998_Meets/NCAA1Outdoor.htm

goolopiosn wrote:

He has never gone up against an American comming off

a fresh 12:58 before.

In fact, he has. Solinsky and Tegenkamp.

This is going to be a great race. The miler-types against the 10,000 type meet in the middle. It seems like Rupp should try a long drive, but can he drop Lagat? Can Lagat necessarily outkick Rupp (who's hanging right with Farah in recent kicks)? And what will Lomong do?

What a battle.

its about to happen wrote:

He will lose to Lomong in the final this week. Bet on that one. Mark my words - Lomong wins the 5k this week in a monster closing 200m.

Hey guys,

How many laps is this race going to be? K thanks.

Lopez

Just lost to Lomong.

Funny thing is he's not an American either!

goolopiosn wrote:

He has never gone up against an American comming off

a fresh 12:58 before.

He went against an American who ran 12:56 in 2010...and Lagat ran 12:54 in the same race.