I don't see his times as any indication of progression as a senior. His FL qualifying time of 15:21 is a little disconcerting. He is certainly beatable by a guy like Sean McGorty, who just went 14:28.
Even Cheserek's coach isn't overly optimistic about a lock: “He’s been training pretty good. He hasn’t had super duper workouts or done huge mileage, but he’s had good, solid workouts. There are no gimme’s out there.”
...Runners tend to peak for the 5K in their late 20s...
Agreed...he could very well win this, but I think he's very far from a lock, especially if McGorty runs to his expected level.
The Big Chese is gonna run train on the FL field, just wait and see. And quit comparing XC times as if there's no difference between courses.
I doubt he will run train on anyone...
McGorty, Thomson, an Leingang could all be there in a tactically smart race.
They can't win by trying to run with him, they'll have to run smarter and match his leg speed as late in the game as possible. Plain and simple.
He only ran slow at the NE qualifying meet because he had been constipated earlier in the day.
Can any of them match his speed? It seems like the best bet would be to hope he goes out too hard.
Well you know wrote:
...Runners tend to peak for the 5K in their late 20s...
Wasn't that very similar to what he was asking?
The guy isn't quite 26 yet. I'd imagine he'll peak his sophomore year in college.
nobody is ever a lock, that's why they have the race