Place Athlete Affiliation Time Sec (pl)
1 David Torrence Hoka One One 3:36.06 1 (1)
2 Julian Matthews Saucony 3:36.14 1 (2)
3 Hamish Carson Nike NZ 3:36.25 1 (3)
4 Lee Emmanuel Hoka One 3:36.29 1 (4)
5 Thomas Awad Penn 3:37.75 1 (5)
6 Eric Speakman New Zealand 3:37.85 1 (6)
7 Peter Callaghan Unattached 3:37.87 1 (7)
8 Nate Brannen Saucony 3:38.04 1 (8)
9 Will Lear Nike 3:39.09 1 (9)
10 Dusty Solis Big Bear TC 3:39.32 1 (10)
11 Garett O'toole Unattached 3:39.34 1 (11)
12 Daniel Castle Unattached 3:40.36 1 (12)
13 Craig Huffer Australia 3:41.43 1 (13)
DNF Nick Willis (Rabbitt)
A few random things from the meet since I was there. I'll post this in both threads.
1) Race Videos:
Women's 1500:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-_KmJxBAyg&feature=youtu.beMen's Elite 1500:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMPS47TZDSgMen's Top Non-Pro 1500 (rabbited by Nick Willis):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jtv2ZhNyecY&feature=youtu.be*I wish I could have got some interviews, but I was on a tight schedule and didn't have time.
2) W1500: If you watch the women's 1500 video you'll see that Ajee Wilson rabbited Marielle Hall up until 1 lap to go and Hall had a huge gap on Kate Murphy. I hand time it at about 3.75 seconds at the bell and then Murphy closed in 66.0 to just nip Hall. Great race.
3) Torrence: I was pretty impressed by David Torrence's move to get the win in the final 50m. He was boxed in and had to go around everyone to get the win (and the Olympic standard). *Video set to start at the finish; Torrence in 4th place:
https://youtu.be/fMPS47TZDSg?t=3m18s4) Lee Emanuel: I don't think it's been mentioned, but tough break for Lee Emanuel. He missed the standard by .09 today and this is after missing it by only .15 last year. This is an outdoor PB for him, but he ran 3:35 last year in indoors 3-months before the qualification window started. That's just rough luck.
5) Nick Willis is in great shape and a class act: Before he rabbitted the pro race, Willis had rabbited the top collegiate race which was won by Iona's Liam Dee in 3:42. Willis took them through 1 to go (I didn't get a watch on it, but I'm pretty sure they were about 2-flat at 800 and if they ran 3:42 that sounds about right).
Then 30-minutes later (there were 5 more sections of 1500s) he rabbited the pro race, but the surprising part to me as I watched was that he went all the way through 200m to go. I expected him to drop with 400 to go and then surely at the 1200 mark, but he just kept going and at that point I thought he was going to finish the race. Now in retrospect it's obvious to me he really was trying to help his countrymen get the Olympic standard. Julian Matthews did and Hamish Carson just missed by .05. Running 1100m at 4-flat pace and then running 1300m of a 3:36 race 30minutes later (doing all the leading in both races) is a pretty solid workout to say the least.
6) Robby Andrews Sighting: Robby Andrews was at the meet hanging out as a spectator. That's a perk of already having the standard from last year or indoors. You don't have to be chasing fast times in May.