Official 2015 NCAA Indoor Day 2 Discussion Thread

If I was Soratos I would've done literally anything but what he did.

He could have decided to take it out in 3:53-55 pace and tried to hold on as long as possible. Ches is tired, it might work, and if you lose you can go home knowing you gave it an honest shot.

But the pace was slow, you're in perfect position on the leaders' shoulder, Ches is boxed directly to the side of you where you can keep an eye on him. And 600m in Soratos thinks taking the lead and dropping a 53 is a good choice? It was like watching a high school freshman run his first ever mile. A 57 would have served the same purpose and strung out the field, then he just needs to hope he can somehow outkick Ches. If Soratos can run a 53 in the middle of the race he can probably run a 51 at the end of the race when it actually counts and where it might have actually given Ches a run for him money.

Instead his inexperience shows and he gets outclassed in the last 200, let's see what Ches can bring back for the 3k.

Oregon really racked up some good points already. I don't know what Florida has left so I have to ask: will Oregon even run cheserek in the 3k?

LuisS wrote:

Just wonder about the final 1000m he ran in 2:19.45. Who can beat that?

Centrowitz.

yeah announcers it means very little to say fastest time of the year...so pleases stop saying it!!!

I admire Saratos for what he did. If it wasn't for a once in a lifetime freak of nature that is possibly post-collegiate age, we'd be talking about how Saratos CRUSHED the field like a BOSS.

My thoughts exactly.

A very Webb like tactic (think 2005 WC final).

He could have outkicked Edward off of a slow pace with his 48 second 400m speed. Oh well.

I hate slow starting tactical finals, as do we all.

Soratos, had he won it, y'all would have been calling him Legendary.

I was thinking it was going to take a 3:54 to beat Chez.

Perhaps Soratos didn't have the best strategy coaching.

I disagree. If he waits to try and drop a 57, all the rest of the field comes into play and then you have other people who can kick or (more likely) other people who can trip / impede, etc. I don't know that this was his best shot necessarily, but I don't think it was outlandish to give it a go, and I am not convinced that leaving it to the last 400 helped him significantly. Maybe he loses by a smaller margin. Cheserek is just a boss. That's how it is sometimes in life

Article on the 60h record for Omar Mcleod. The old record had stood for 18 years.

http://www.letsrun.com/news/2015/03/omar-mcleod-of-arkansas-breaks-18-year-old-ncaa-record-in-mens-60-hurdles-gets-jamaican-mark-as-well/

Women's 800 is starting. I'm rooting for Goule since her coach made her read our LRC preview as we pointed out she's running better than she was in 2013 when she won NCAAs.

Kiprop, Chepseba, Kiplagat, Birgen.....Ches is great, but a little perspective is nice too.

VAcoach wrote:

Kiprop, Chepseba, Kiplagat, Birgen.....Ches is great, but a little perspective is nice too.

Yeah, but he's going to be American as a pro, so he doesn't have to be able to compete with those guys. he just needs to be the best American to make a living...a la Ryan Hill. He isn't relevant internationally and he does ok for himself.

That women's 800 was awesome. Goule gets the meet record by going 56.63 - 65.01!!! Williams and Green both blew up trying to go with her.

Place Name Affiliation Time Heat (Pl)

1 Natoya Goule SR Clemson 2:01.64 1 (1)

2 Kaela Edwards SO Oklahoma State 2:03.59 1 (2)

3 Olicia Williams JR Baylor 2:03.67 1 (3)

4 Chrishuna Williams SR Arkansas 2:04.33 1 (4)

5 Hanna Green SO Virginia Tech 2:05.29 1 (5)

6 Elizabeth Whelan JR North Carolina 2:05.61 1 (6)

7 Shea Martinez SO BYU 2:05.75 1 (7)

8 Brooke Feldmeier FR Mississippi 2:05.80 1 (8)

Lap by lap splits here:

http://www.ncaa.com/sites/default/files/external/track-field/results/d1/indoor15/020-2-01.htm

The old record belonged to Hazel Clark

Record Name Time Date

American Nicole Teter 1:58.71 3/2/2002

Collegiate Nicole Cook - Tennessee 2:00.75 2/27/2005

NCAA Meet Hazel Clark - Tennessee 2:01.77 3/6/1999

I'm pumped for the men's 800. I picked Kemboi. Let's hope him rocking the men's DMR last night didn't hurt him.

I forgot about how close Schnulle came last year outdoors.

Looking back at the woman's 400m; is there a case for Watson being dq'd for cutting off Little without a full stride lead? The move definitely cost Little in the race. The 8 points would be a massive loss for arkansas in the team race.

McBride was off his game but Kemboi was great but how about Dylan MF Capwell. He made Kemboi work for it.

Place Name Affiliation Time 200m 400m 600m 800m

1 Edward Kemboi Iowa State 1:46.05 25.57 [25.57] 52.32 [26.75] 1:18.64 [26.32] 1:46.05 [27.42]

2 Dylan Capwell Monmouth 1:46.70 25.75 [25.75] 52.34 [26.59] 1:18.82 [26.48] 1:46.70 [27.89]

3 Clayton Murphy Akron 1:47.06 26.04 [26.04] 52.97 [26.93] 1:19.87 [26.90] 1:47.06 [27.19]

4 Brandon McBride Miss State 1:47.16 25.64 [25.64] 52.31 [26.67] 1:19.27 [26.96] 1:47.16 [27.90]

5 Ryan Manahan Georgetown 1:47.56 26.08 [26.08] 53.31 [27.23] 1:20.30 [27.00] 1:47.56 [27.27]

6 Alex Amankwah Alabama 1:48.03 25.85 [25.85] 52.64 [26.79] 1:19.79 [27.15] 1:48.03 [28.25]

7 Ryan Schnulle Florida 1:50.93 25.81 [25.81] 52.91 [27.11] 1:20.95 [28.04] 1:50.93 [29.99]

8 Tre'tez Kinnaird Indiana 1:51.98 25.96 [25.96] 53.11 [27.15] 1:21.39 [28.29] 1:51.98 [30.59]

Split Intermediate Leader Time Fastest Split Time

200m Edward Kemboi 0:25.57 Edward Kemboi 0:25.57

400m Brandon McBride 0:52.31 Dylan Capwell 0:26.59

600m Edward Kemboi 1:18.64 Edward Kemboi 0:26.32

800m Edward Kemboi 1:46.05 Clayton Murphy 0:27.19

there are three spellings of soratos in this thread. get it right!

A Duck wrote:

Just a guess, but I say if they break away and have clear 1-2 position, Chez lets off the gas a little and gives the title to his buddy.

This team is incredibly tight knit.

Yeah he might want to 'give it to him' as Ches might be tired from that mile. I imagine if they raced ches would win but Jenkins is fresh so I wouldn't rule out him beating Ches.

I actually hope they do battle it out.

Hello people. Ches was special tonight. Look at this stat.

Quick Take #1: Cheserek’s final 1k of 2:19.45 would be #2 all-time on the NCAA 1k list

The NCAA cross country champion shouldn’t be allowed to have wheels like that. 2:19.45 by itself is phenomen

Quick Take #2: How do you beat Edward Cheserek?

Soratos was probably asking himself the same question at the end of the race. Soratos dropped a 53.43 400 split in the middle of the race and Cheserek didn’t even flinch -- and still closed the race in 28.26 seconds!

Barring the introduction of another Cheserek-type freak of nature over the next two years, there are only two ways he loses another NCAA championship: he’s hurt, or he’s tired (from attempting some sort of ridiculous 1500-5k-10k triple). So far, the only NCAA championship race Cheserek has lost came in a 13:18 race against a guy with PRs of 3:33/13:00. Unless you can produce another runner with the same PRs (good luck -- Lawi Lalang is the only guy in NCAA history who has run that fast), how in the world does anyone beat Cheserek?

Women's Race

Quick Take #1: Leah O’Connor is a stud

Was this the most impressive women’s mile performance in NCAA history? Jenny Simpson’s 4:25.91 probably tops it (though Simpson did it at Big 12s rather than NCAAs, she still did it completely solo in an unrabbitted race, taking down NCAA legend Sally Kipyego in the process.

O’Connor’s race has to be #2, though. Only Simpson has run faster as a collegian than O’Connor (whose 4:27.18 is .01 ahead of what Kipyego ran at Big 12s behind Simpson in 2009), and the women O’Connor beat today -- outdoor 1500 champion Shelby Houlihan and 4:29.67 miler Colleen Quigley (#6 all-time) -- were really, really good. No one was touching O’Connor on this day, however, as she seized control of the race with a

I wish it weren't the case, but Oregon is going to run roughshod over this 3k. Well over 20 points.