A failed statistician wrote:
I'd call it utter destruction, and the most decisive win at a national championship since Futsum winning NXN or Verzbicas winning FLN. Tanner's win was decisive even if he only finished 2 seconds ahead of Hacker. Hacker was never trying to win. People who try to win against Tanner--Dressel, Barnard--find it very painful and pretty much impossible.
Why can't you accept that both Anderson and Fisher are incredible runners, and are a cut above the other high school Xc runners this season?
Webbster wrote:If Tanner's win (2 sec) is your definition of "wrecking people", I'd like to know what term you'd use for what Grant did to the field in just a minute and a half?
Agree with the point about Hacker never going for the win at NXN. He never challenged Tanner. It also looked as if Tanner was running under control, hard, but under control. He even slowed down to look around about 50m from the finish.
Tanner also crushed a lot of those same runners that Fisher did at NXNW and WA state. He gained the same gap on Dressel at the WA state meet, where Dressel didn't fall down.
Both Tanner and Fisher are amazing runners. I wish we could have seen them race in XC. Maybe, like someone said on the boards, a 5k on the track could be organized in June and let the national class athletes see who could break 14:00?