Who you got? Looks like Penn State is the team to beat? Can they repeat?
Preview below from Walt Murphy.
http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/images/stories/2014_pdfs/2014_penn_preview_update.pdf
Men’s Distance Medley Champ. 2:25pm
This is the event of choice for many long-time Relay fans, and this year’s race should live up to expectations.
Penn State(AA) returns Brannon Kidder and Robby Creese from last year’s winning team and ran 9:26.59, the 2nd-fastest indoor collegiate time in history, in early February.
Oregon(AB), the 2010 winners, have entered a loaded team that includes Mac Fleet, the reigning NCAA 1500-meter champion, Mike Berry, 3rd in the 400 at this year’s NCAA Indoor Championships, and freshman Edward Cheserek, the 2014 NCAA Indoor Champion at 3000 and 5000-meters. Cheserek anchored St.Benedict’s Prep(NJ) to victory in the High School DMR in 2012, while Fleet ran the 800 leg on the Ducks’ 2010 winning team.
Other contenders include Stanford(AB), the 2014 NCAA Indoor Champion which has never won this event at Penn, Indiana(AD), which last won this event in 1942, Georgetown(AH), Villanova(AG), and Columbia(AE), which is expected to be anchored by John Gregorek.
It was Gregorek’s dad of the same name who anchored Georgetown to a win in this event in 1982, bringing to an end Villanova’s incredible run of 16 consecutive wins.
Penn State(AA) 9:26.59*
Brannon Kidder 2:53.1
Bernard Bennett-Green 46.9
Za'Von Watkins 1:48.7
Robby Creese 3:57.9
Oregon(AC) 9:28.91
Mac Fleet 1:50.06/3:58.25
Mike Berry 45.64/44.75(2012)
Boru Guyota 1:48.91/1:47.42(2013)
Edward Cheserek 4:02.21(2012)
Indiana(AD) 9:27.72*
Jordan Gornall 2:53.5
Derrick Morgan 47.1
Tretez Kinnaird 1:49.0
Rorey Hunter 3:58.1
Stanford(AB) 9:28.95*
Tyler Stutzman 2:55.8
Steven Solomon 45.6
Luke Lefebure 1:49.9
Michael Atchoo 357.7
Georgetown(AH) 9:29.11*
Amos Bartelsmeyer 2:53.4
Mike Andre 48.7
Billy Ledder 1:47.8
Ahmed Bile 3:59.5
Devante Washington 48.14
Darren Fahy 4:05.38
Columbia(AE) 9:30.72
Brendon Fish 1:49.63/2:25.28
Noah Lartigue 49.46
Harry McFann 1:49.26/1:48.14(2012)
Johnny Gregorek 4:01.65
Villanova(AG) Dusty Solis 1:49.46/3:49.53
Bryan Murphy 48.30Chis
FitzSimons 1:48.91(2012)
Sam McEntee 3:57.86(2012)
P r i n c e t o n ( A F )
William Paulson 2:26.11/3:46.48(2013)
Tom Hopkins 48.38/46.23(2012)
Bradley Paternostro 1:51.39/1:49.20(2013)
Michael Williams 3:59.63
New Mexico(AI)
Elmar Engholm 4:04.22
Charles Lewis 48.42
Gabe Aragon 1:50.58
Peter Callahan 3:58.76(2012