9:26.6...wow

...and without Loxsom!!!!

who did this?

PSU

kidder 253.0

bennett green 46.4

watkins 149.3

creese 357.6

pretty quick....lots of teams under 930 I think

Finals

1 Penn State 'A' 9:26.60

1) Kidder, Brannon 2) Bennett-Green, Brandon

3) Watkins, Za'Von 4) Creese, Robby

2 Princeton 'A' 9:27.74

1) Williams, Michael 2) Hollimon, Austin

3) Dinkins, Russell 4) Callahan, Peter

3 Stanford 'A' 9:28.25

1) Stutzman, Tyler 2) Chase, Spencer

3) Lefebure, Luke 4) Atchoo, Michael

4 Oklahoma State 'A' 9:28.38

1) Botezan, Raul 2) Erassa, Kirubel

3) Anderson, Isaiah 4) Farrell, Thomas

5 Minnesota 'A' 9:29.22

1) Burkstrand, Travis 2) Boy, Cameron

3) Abda, Harun 4) Hutton, Nick

6 Illinois 'A' 9:29.40

1) Engnell, Kyle 2) Pamilton, Stephon

3) Lynn, Ryan 4) Morris, Graham

7 Oklahoma 'A' 9:29.44

1) Legesse, Frezer 2) Wood, Jamel

3) Wankel, Malcolm 4) Casey, Patrick

8 Arkansas 'A' 9:30.22

1) Rono, Patrick 2) Lieghio, Anthony

3) Southard, Travis 4) Campbell, Kemoy

9 Villanova 'A' 9:30.47

1) Denault, Robert 2) Fitzsimons, Christopher

3) Reber, Alexander 4) McEntee, Sam

10 Virginia Tech 'A' 9:30.83

1) Hagen, Ryan 2) Artis-Gray, Jeff

3) Degfae, Tihut 4) Hammond, Michael

11 Indiana 'A' 9:31.11

1) Hunter, Rorey 2) Pierre Louis, Nathan

3) Roller, Lance 4) Bayer, Andrew

12 Virginia 'A' 9:31.23

1) Burton, Brandon 2) Hazzard, Payton

3) Kostelac, Anthony 4) Gilland, Taylor

13 Wisconsin 'A' 9:31.43

1) Mudd, Austin 2) Woloszyk, Tyler

3) Mellon, Zach 4) Hatz, Alex

14 Nebraska 'A' 9:31.71

1) Gibson, Connor 2) Rush, Cody

3) Brinn, Tommy 4) Vidlak, Trevor

15 Oregon 'A' 9:31.91

1) Johnson, Brett 2) Delaney, Arthur

3) Guyota, Boru 4) Fleet, Mac

16 Georgetown 'A' 9:33.40

1) Bile, Ahmed 2) Andre, Mike

3) Ledder, Billy 4) Springer, Andrew

17 Brown 'A' 9:33.53

1) Willig, Ned 2) Spooney, John

3) Tufnell, Henry 4) Cooper, Kevin

18 Air Force 'A' 9:34.51

1) Hawkins, Jake 2) Spuller, Jake

3) Lindsay, Alexander 4) Perkins, Zach

19 Ucla 'A' 9:35.36

1) Hartle, Nick 2) Herrera, Daniel

3) Lauderdale, Pete 4) Edman, Ferdinand

20 New Mexico 'A' 9:36.98

1) Evans, Sam 2) Lewis, Charles

3) Herring, Edwin 4) Caldwell, Luke

21 Kansas 'A' 9:38.89

1) Buchanan, Reid 2) Hester, Michael

3) Munsch, Josh 4) Soucie, Brendan

22 Washington St. 'A' 9:40.20

1) Wakefield, Todd 2) Sealby, Jacob

3) Jorgensen, Jesse 4) Jordan, Drew

23 Duke 'A' 9:41.40

1) McClafferty, Nate 2) Filipczak, Michael

3) Meister, Thomas 4) Kostelnik, James

24 Montana State 'A' 9:41.67

1) Kirk, Jacob 2) Melone, Nick

3) Grosvenor, Grant 4) Soratos, Cristian

25 Loyola (Ill.) 'A' 9:42.77

1) Murray, Declan 2) Glastetter, Kevin

3) Brady, Ned 4) Penzenstadler, Sam

Wow, that's flying. Especially without their best mid-distance guy. Switch out Watkins and his 1:49 split for Loxsom and his 1:46-47 split, and they could have gotten the NCAA record.

Great job by Princeton! I saw those guys run last weekend, and it was so clear that they had the potential for something like this. WOW!

Does anybody have the splits for Princeton's carries?

That time is not bad - but the University of Texas still retains the WORLD RECORD! - Not the American or NcAA record - thre fricking WORLD RECORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Princeton splits were about: 2:55, 46, 1:49, 3:56

Not to be pass judgement but Villanovas anchor ran the least aggressive race I have ever seen for a team that was time trailing to make it to nationals. Fora 3:35 or 3:36 1500 guy I was not impressed with his 3:59 anchor. Has he peaked early after his 7:54?

Props to Princeton and penn state for their quick times/victories. Also very impressed by Virginia techs anchor.

Not to be passing udgement but Villanovas anchor ran the least aggressive race I have ever seen for a team that was time trailing to make it to nationals. Fora 3:35 or 3:36 1500 guy I was not impressed with his 3:59 anchor. Has he peaked early after his 7:54?

Props to Princeton and penn state for their quick times/victories. Also very impressed by Virginia techs anchor.

The Jerk Lister wrote:

That time is not bad - but the University of Texas still retains the WORLD RECORD! - Not the American or NcAA record - thre fricking WORLD RECORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How do they have the world record but not the NCAA record or American record?

The thread got this far and no one has mentioned the freshman Kidder's 2:53? Solid.

3:42 outdoors on the way for that fella.

PSU's time is the second fastest NCAA indoor DMR of all time.

Of all time!

PSU better get away from Callahan next weekend. He had a lot left in the tank.

if you count nd's track as indoor

What happened to Wisconsin? Did someone just tank their leg of the race?

No, Mellon (800) ran a bit slower than his competitors and was caught from a slight lead, the 400 leg lost a little ground, and then Hatz ran almost even with Bayer but trailed by a step (they only finished 0.20 out of the money in 9:31, not too much could have gone 'bad'.

If Loxsom had run the 800 instead of Watkins, they only would have been further ahead for Creese who would have eased up most likely and let teams back in, and then run fast again late to pull away, he probably would have run 4:00 instead of 3:57.6

This is what happened to McEntee who had an even bigger lead and is used to being a closer type, not a front runner , If McEntee had run the 3:57 anchor he ran last year Nova would have broken the College Record, as an example, but it never quite plays that way.

Most guys with big leads in major relays play it safe and do not risk a bow up and go out conservatively and guys get back into it, ala Penn almost every year.