Our Wanamaker Mile Preview article is up on the homepage:
Matthew Centrowitz and Nick Willis Lead a LOADED Field: Four Olympic/WC medalists (Willis, Centro, Bernard Lagat and Leo Manzano), the last two NCAA record holders (Lawi Lalang and Chris O'Hare) and defending champ Will Leer comprise a terrific field. Oh, and a guy named Edward Cheserek is also entered.
Can't believe Levins isn't doubling back in the mile, wimp!
Our Wanamaker mile preview is here:
Our recap of the press conference - which includes the paces the rabbits are going to hit - is here:
More pre-race interviews of the milers is here:
These guys are just crawling in the 3000.
2:27 for the first 1000.
Sorry 2:57
sorry I meant slow wrote:
Sorry 2:57
You should be sorry because it was 2:37.
A great start to the meet. Jenkins just misses Rupp's American collegiate record of 7:44.69 by running 7:44.91.
1 Jenkins, Eric Univ of Oregon 07:44.91
2 Geoghegan, Will Univ of Oregon 07:45.71
3 Bayer, Andy Nike BTC 07:52.47
4 Awad, Thomas Univ of Pennsylvania 07:54.81
5 Crawford, Graham NC State 07:55.89
6 Stinson, Parker Univ of Oregon 08:02.87
7 Hehir, Martin Syracuse 08:04.65
8 Thomson, Jacob NC State 08:11.30
9 Leingang, Jake Univ of Oregon 08:18.44
10 Santana, Alfredo Juventus 08:24.00
Chorney, David BAA DNF
Jenkins definitely could have gotten it.
Jonathan Gault was trackside next to Oregon coach Andy Powell who was yelling at the rabbit to go faster. Also they had Jenkins come out to lane 2 to run through the finishing tape (they were about to lap the last place guy) so that might have cost him .22 but I doubt it was quite that much.
Girls hS mile.
Pagano is rolling.
69.5 first 440.
2:22.2 for 880.
First question of Jenkins after race:
Eric, most people out East have never heard of you so who are you?
HS Girls Mile Results
PL Athlete Team Final
1 Pagano, Catherine Northern Highlands NJ 04:50.66
2 Sargent, Olivia Pennsbury PA 04:51.02
3 Duca, Paige Friends Academy NY 04:52.79
4 Rivers, Danae Wilbur Cross CT 04:53.87
5 Flynn, Anna Ursuline School NY 05:01.41
6 Burda, Bella Arlington NY 05:01.79
7 Stevensen, Julia Hackley School NY 05:02.10
8 Clahane, Mady Cumberland Valley PA 05:03.20
9 Suss, Rachel Metuchen NJ 05:03.32
10 Fajardo, Lisa Bishop Kearney NY 05:09.48
11 walker, sarah Germantown Friends PA 05:15.24
Damn, they have Tom Hammond announcing.
Post race interview with Jenkins and Geoghegan here:
Jenkins missed former Duck Galen Rupp’s American collegiate record of 7:44.69 by an agonizing .21 seconds, though Jenkins said after the race that the record was never on his mind in the race. Coach Andy Powell wasn’t happy with the pacing early in the race, repeatedly yelling at the rabbit to pick it up before finally giving Jenkins the go-ahead to take the lead with eight laps to go. Though Jenkins probably could have run a record time with a slightly faster first kilometer (his splits went 2:38.10-2:36.81-2:30.00 while leading several laps in the middle of the race), the Ducks can’t be too unhappy. They now occupy spots #1, #2 and #3 on the all-time American collegiate list at 3k (Ryan Hill and Diego Estrada have run faster on oversize tracks). They’re also #1/#2/#3 on the NCAA list (with Edward Cheserek in third).
Fastes Collegiate 3000 Times According To TFN
7:38.59 Alistair Cragg’ (Arkansas) 02/14/04
7:42.79 Lawi Lalang’ (Arizona) 01/26/13
7:44.69 Galen Rupp (Oregon) 02/07/09
7:44.90 Nick Willis’ (Michigan) 01/31/04
7:44.91 Eric Jenkins (Oregon) 2/14/15
7:45.71 Will Geoghegan (Oregon) 2/14/15
Oversized tracks
7:43.08 Ryan Hill (North Carolina St) 02/11/12
7:44.63 Diego Estrada’ (Northern Arizona) 02/11/12
Jenkins’ focus is now squarely on next month’s NCAA Championships, where he suggested he will likely run the 3k and 5k (though he says nothing is set in stone). Jenkins said he may even skip the MPSF meet as he’s got his qualifiers out of the way. We asked him whether it felt good to finally have a fast 3k officially on the books (he had run 7:46 at the 2013 NCAA Championships but the time was annulled after he was DQ’ed) and Jenkins said that he feels today’s performance validates that time, which he always considered his PR anyway.
rojo wrote:
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5 Crawford, Graham NC State 07:55.89
6 Stinson, Parker Univ of Oregon 08:02.87
7 Hehir, Martin Syracuse 08:04.65
8 Thomson, Jacob NC State 08:11.30
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Jenkins definitely could have gotten it.
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Heir didn't do so well. I doubt that Knight (assuming that he is actually healthy) would have done much better... Maybe not sub 8...
Dammit NBC. For those of us watching at the bar with no sound. Who won 60 hurdles mens
Ashton Eaton flipping over the padding needs to make the SportsCenter not top 10. It would give our sport some much needed publicity. But seriously though, has anyone seen anything like that before?
Our meet preview is up early for this one as there is a ton to discuss.
Can Shannon Rowbury get the women's AR in the mile?
Could the collegiate record in the 3k be in jeopardy?
What about US and HS marks in the 1k?
The Canadian men's 5000 mark seems to be on borrowed time.
Wow what happened to Kimmons? Did he pull something? He looked in pain
dont have nbc, any links to a live stream???//
On a good note, 7.51 is a pretty solid time from Eaton
LOL . the graphics guy messed up, and just posted the men's 10000m field. :) Duane Solomon is in for a surprise. :)
