GRANT FISHER collegiate debut!

great debut wrote:

Fisher's collegiate debut after redshirt xc season. Took 3rd behind coyle and McGorty in 3:42! Looks great! NCAAs predictions?

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I don't believe he redshirted for Cross Country, he did redshirt for indoor track however. He did run an unattached 3k in 7:50 this past winter. Not too shabby opening with a 3:42, I wonder what his training has been like since Xcountry?

Link to the race:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7M4yxNIfCBU

Looks like a partial sell out based on the video.

After watching the race I did notice that his running form has become a lot more relaxed and controlled. His arms are closer to his sides and he stayed relaxed till the last 300.

Yes, he appeared to be much more fluid looking in his form.

Very good opener.

So was his indoor 3km win.

He is still 18 with many accomplishments to come.

MI t&F community is Wishing Grant a greet collegiate track season and summer season.

There used to be a HS runner around named Andrew Hunter is he not running HS track and field outdoor this year? Every time Grant runs he looks more and more ...well amazing.

Imsofast wrote:

After watching the race I did notice that his running form has become a lot more relaxed and controlled. His arms are closer to his sides and he stayed relaxed till the last 300.

exactly looked waaaayyyy better , big things coming

He kind of gave up at the end.

Hunter probably would have given McCorty a tougher race

great debut wrote:

Fisher's collegiate debut after redshirt xc season. Took 3rd behind coyle and McGorty in 3:42! Looks great! NCAAs predictions?

1 Sean McGorty SO Stanford 3:42.11 5

44.572 (44.572) 1:44.774 (1:00.202) 2:43.711 (58.937)

2 Thomas Coyle SO Stanford 3:42.68 3

44.828 (44.828) 1:45.136 (1:00.309) 2:44.161 (59.025)

3 Grant Fisher FR Stanford 3:42.86 1

44.923 (44.923) 1:44.975 (1:00.052) 2:43.938 (58.964)

4 Chris Walden SR California 3:45.20

45.417 (45.417) 1:45.324 (59.907) 2:43.919 (58.595)

5 Trent Brendel SO California 3:51.32

45.219 (45.219) 1:46.436 (1:01.217) 2:50.842 (1:04.407)

6 Takeshi Okada FR California 3:51.45

45.322 (45.322) 1:47.058 (1:01.736) 2:51.851 (1:04.793)

7 Ryan Silva SO Stanford 3:52.42

45.677 (45.677) 1:47.272 (1:01.596) 2:51.595 (1:04.323)

8 Leland Jones FR California 3:54.76

45.530 (45.530) 1:47.354 (1:01.824) 2:51.669 (1:04.316)

Fisher did not redshit in xc. He was 17th at NCAAs.

Do people think that Drew Hunter will break 4:00 outdoors or focus on getting under 8:40 and 13:50 instead? He beat Fisher last year unexpectedly.

I was wondering wrote:

Do people think that Drew Hunter will break 4:00 outdoors or focus on getting under 8:40 and 13:50 instead? He beat Fisher last year unexpectedly.

He ran 3:57 indoors, and ran 7:59--8:3x equivalent--as well. He'll run well outdoors.

Good debut for Fisher!!

I was wondering wrote:

Do people think that Drew Hunter will break 4:00 outdoors or focus on getting under 8:40 and 13:50 instead? He beat Fisher last year unexpectedly.

Why is mentioning that he "beat Fisher" in a couple post-season meets last year relevant today, given that Hunter has now run 3:57.9 and 7:59.8? Sounds like someone still has a little hard-on for Big Fish, who was "the man" over the last 2 years of high school distance running.

Anyway, I think Fisher's indoor 7:50 was more indicative of his fitness than this 1500m. It'll be interesting to see if he gets in a fast 5000m this spring, and how close he can come to Fernandez's 13:25 from his freshman year.

lol.

lookslikeyes wrote:

Looks like a partial sell out based on the video.

I think you're wrong.McGorty ran 3:53 indoors. Hunter's best is 3:57 and he wasn't pushing the leaders in those races.Why would you think that Hunter is somehow better/more aggressive than Fisher based on simply watching the race?!Hunter would probably be the first to say you're wrong too.

pert wrote:

He kind of gave up at the end.

Hunter probably would have given McCorty a tougher race

I was wondering wrote:

Do people think that Drew Hunter will break 4:00 outdoors or focus on getting under 8:40 and 13:50 instead? He beat Fisher last year unexpectedly.

Drew Hunter will not be focusing on 8:40. He will be focusing on breaking the 8:29 national record. He is that good and I suspect if he does run a 5k it would be sub 13:30.

Shoulderchip wrote:

I was wondering wrote:

Do people think that Drew Hunter will break 4:00 outdoors or focus on getting under 8:40 and 13:50 instead? He beat Fisher last year unexpectedly.

Why is mentioning that he "beat Fisher" in a couple post-season meets last year relevant today, given that Hunter has now run 3:57.9 and 7:59.8? Sounds like someone still has a little hard-on for Big Fish, who was "the man" over the last 2 years of high school distance running.

Anyway, I think Fisher's indoor 7:50 was more indicative of his fitness than this 1500m. It'll be interesting to see if he gets in a fast 5000m this spring, and how close he can come to Fernandez's 13:25 from his freshman year.

I agree with this. When you consider that he beat Yorks, who has been on fire this year, and Colby Gilbert, who just beat Ches, his 7:50 is even more impressive. They were obviously not going for a fast time; McGorty ran a 3:36-high equivalent just a month and half ago, he is clearly in better shape than 3:42

Okay I am rookie at closing splits, but how does 2nd place finisher who passed Fisher on the last lap have a slower lap time than Fisher who was leading him at the start of the last lap?

pert wrote:

Okay I am rookie at closing splits, but how does 2nd place finisher who passed Fisher on the last lap have a slower lap time than Fisher who was leading him at the start of the last lap?

The last lap splits aren't listed, just 0-300, 300-700, 700-1000