The race is this Thursday, 10pm Eastern time!! (Women at 9:20 ET)
Here are the entries (as of Monday morning):
Name Affiliation Mark Status Declaration
Galen Rupp Nike 27:30.90 qualified declared
Chris Derrick Nike 27:31.38 qualified declared
Matt Tegenkamp Nike 27:33.94 qualified declared
Dathan Ritzenhein Nike 27:36.09 qualified declared
Ryan VailBrooks 27:44.05 qualified declared
Aaron Braun adidas 27:44.58 qualified declared
Girma Mecheso OSU 27:52.38 qualified declared
Luke Puskedra 27:56.62 qualified declared
Robert Curtis H-B 27:58.48 qualified declared
Christopher Landry Mizuno 27:59.22 qualified declared
Aron Rono 28:06.74 qualified declared
Jacob Riley H-B 28:08.36 qualified declared
Tyler Pennel ZAP 28:23.54 qualified declared
John Gilbertson 28:30.35 accepted declared
Dustin Emerick H-B 28:33.35 accepted declared
Scott Smith adidas 28:33.94 accepted declared
Jared Ward Sr 28:36.15 accepted declared
Stephen Furst adidas 28:38.16 accepted declared
Benjamin True Saucony 27:41.17 qualified [NOT yet declared]
1. So is Teg really running? ... or possibly just pacing/tactics for some of his team (he helped Solinsky try and run the kick out of Lagat a few years back).
2. It looks like Derrick, Ritz and True will be battling for the 2nd and 3rd spots. How do you see it playing out? Will a dark horse like Bobby Curtis get in the mix. He has some decent times this year and maybe he's timed his peak to get back to 27:2x shape for USAs
3. Does the weather give anyone the advantage? It will be fairly warm/humid (High in the mid 80s with a rel. humidity of ~70%) Pollen forecast: high grass, moderate tree/weed.