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
Who you got? 2014 Penn Relays men's DMR? Penn State, Stanford, Nova or Oregon?
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sophomore geek wrote:
Who you got? Looks like Penn State is the team to beat? Can they repeat?
No Penn State isn't the favorite by a long shot.
Stanford CRUSHED everyone indoors. But that wasn't a fair fight as they were fresh where many others were doubling back.
With Fleet on the anchor, Oregon wins 100% of the time. However, looks like they've brought Cheserek east to see the family or whatever so if he's on the anchor... He's incredible but is he really a miler? -
watched ncaa indoors wrote:
Oregon wins 100% of the time. However, looks like they've brought Cheserek east to see the family or whatever so if he's on the anchor... He's incredible but is he really a miler?
Good point about ches's wheels.
How about Callahan and New Mexico for the upset? Has that guy done anything this year for New Mexico? If he has, they win if it's the typical Penn thing of awful crappy, windy, cold weather, jog the anchor and kick type thing as that guys kick is unbeatable.
Remember, he won NCAA indoors in 2013 for PU. -
Anyone know who team AB was? They seed them in order so I'm assuming AB is a scratch but was it meant to be?
Speaking of teams missing, is Arkansas AWOL yet again.
Shameful the tradition has been cast aside by the new guy. -
If Novas Williamz anchors Fleet or Cheese will melt. Nova wins
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Didn't Chez run 3:56 indoors, before he ran huge at NCAAs. Does he need to close any faster than he did in 3000 and 5000?
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Not a good point at all. Did you guys not see him anchor the DMR during Indoors?
If Oregon runs at full strength I don't see how they can be touched. Ches isn't a miler by trade but he's as good as a four lapper as just about anyone else in the NCAA.
Fleet's leg would be huge. -
Looks like AB was Penn State. Not entered anymore.
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If Penn St is truly out, it really takes away a lot of the drama.
Oh well. Is there anyone kind enough to give a play by play of at least the leaders for those of us not there and FLOPro-less? -
Jebkiker wrote:
If Novas Williamz anchors Fleet or Cheese will melt. Nova wins
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Did the Big Cheese melt? Think not...as he blew the doors off everyone. Oregon showed some of their big guns today.
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i was in stands - Ches ran a 3:57.xx mile like it was a walk in the park, toying with the competition. Standford (was in 1st) had no chance.
Bend Barrier wrote:
Did the Big Cheese melt? Think not...as he blew the doors off everyone. Oregon showed some of their big guns today. -
Bend Barrier wrote:
Did the Big Cheese melt? Think not...as he blew the doors off everyone. Oregon showed some of their big guns today.
Race recap is here:
http://www.letsrun.com/news/2014/04/edward-cheserek-wows-penn-relays-crowd-turns-jets-final-300-gives-oregon-resounding-victory-mens-dmr/
You really needed to see this one to realize how good Ches was. He CRUSHED them when he went with 300 to go. Of course, Atchoo didn't have it today (4:03 or 4) and Hillenbrand of Kentuck had to come from 4 seconds back and was tired, so I guess it's easy to say he was going to crush them but for us, the key thing was to see those jets.
Lawi watch out outdoors.
In a losing efforst, we thought the Kentucky boys were VERY impressive. -
as an aside- the texasA&M girls are insanely fast. really. quite a show they put on in the 4x200 and it was just the heats. good times out at franklin field
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Is there video of this race somewhere?
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Ruddiger wrote:
If Penn St is truly out, it really takes away a lot of the drama.
They run great at home in January. Sh/it the bed when it matters. -
Like I said. As good of a miler as anyone else in the NCAA. If he ran it fresh he'd compete for the win. I know it's not the same as kicking at the end of a 5k or 10k but he's that good. Crazy to question his wheels. F'ing crazy.
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ed ches. Had one of the craziest surges that I've ever seen in a race for a stretch of about 80 yards he literally ran twice as fast as his competition.
