800m
1. Korir (UTEP)
2. Piazza (VT)
3. Harris (PSU)
1500m
1. Kerr (UNM)
2. Engels (MISS)
3. Thompson (OSU)
3000m SC
1. Kibichiy (LOU)
2. Erb (MISS)
3. Blankenbaker (OU)
5000m
1. Knight (SU)
2. Fisher (STAN)
3. Choge (MTENN)
10,000m
1. Scott (Tulsa)
2. Chelanga (ALA)
3. Peterson (BUT)
Thoughts?
Engels will win 1500. No doubt.
I hope an American wins. All the foreign athletes are great, but hopefully America can get a win (Fisher?).
Americans? wrote:
I hope an American wins. All the foreign athletes are great, but hopefully America can get a win (Fisher?).
Fisher is Canadian-born, but represents USA now. Where are the American-born male distance runners at?
Sleeper school: GTown
Joe White in the 800 is coming off a great indoor season
Scott Carpenter was top 10 in XC in the fall and ran a monster anchor leg on their indoor DMR team to get 2nd
Jon Green in the 10k might finally be healthy. Fitness is coming back, he's been to Eugene before, and was 5th at NCAA XC in 2015
Good call on Joe White. What about Saruni from UTEP for 800?
White came in 3rd in indoors, not really a sleeper
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Americans? wrote:I hope an American wins. All the foreign athletes are great, but hopefully America can get a win (Fisher?).
Fisher is Canadian-born, but represents USA now. Where are the American-born male distance runners at?
Fisher's nationality is well known it's on his Wikipedia page - he is a US citizen. Mother is American, Dad is Canadian, he was born in Calgary Canada and moved to the US when he was three. He has competed internationally for the US Team as a Youth and Junior and at the US Olympic Trials. So support the kid. With so many Kenyans signing up for US citizenship after college by enlisting/running for the US Army team it is getting harder and harder for US kids that go through the system to compete for a spot on a US team in a distance event.
Only changes to your list would be Engels for the win in the 1500 and Fisher for the win in the 5000
Nice to see so many competitive races with no clear favorite except maybe in the 800
is cheserek injured?
not sure wrote:
is cheserek injured?
Lol
Here are the official JG picks. If Vegas offered odds on NCAA track, these bad boys would make you a fortune.
800
Men: Emmanuel Korir
Women: Raevyn Rogers
1500
Men: Josh Kerr
Women: Dani Jones
Steeple
Men: Edwin Kibichiy
Women: Elinor Purrier
5k
Men: Justyn Knight
Women: Karissa Schweizer
10k
Men: Marc Scott
Women: Anna Rohrer
Wouldn't really make a fortune picking many favorites. Especially when Korir and Kerr lose
800
Men
1. Korir
2. Joe White
3. Isiah Harris
Women
1. Rogers
2. Baker
3. Collinsworth
1500
Men
1. Engles
2. Kerr
3. Thompson
Women
1. Dani Jones
2. Aragon
3. Edwards
Steeple
Men
1. Erb
2. Reeder
3. Lafond
Women
1. All O
2. Elinor Purrier
3. Murphy
5k
Men.
1. Knight
2. Fisher
3. Klecker
Women
1. Schweizer
2. Buchalski
3. Receveur
10k
Men
1. Scott
2. Parsons
3. Chelenga
Women
1. Rohrer
2. Charlotte Taylor
3. Erin Clark
I love a Piazza
Since some of the guys races already happened I'll just post my predictions for the women
800
Rogers
Rivers
Feldmeier
1500
Jones
Neale
C. Aragon
3000SC
Ostrander
Purrier
Edwards
5000
Schweizer
Ostrander
Receveur
10000
Bothma
Wright
Rohrer
Bailey Roth top 3 in the steeplechase for sure!!!
Don't sleep on Furman's Troy Reeder in the steeple, All-American last year and won his heat at East regional.
At the Martinez Classic, Ole Miss' Robert Domanic had a massive PR in the Mile - he'd never broken 4, and he ran 3:54. Even converting to 1500 times: his PR was 3:40.9, his mile at the Martinez Classic converts to about 3:36-high.
If Van Hoy has Engels ready to go like he had Domanic ready to go, Engels is gonna win big.
yeah joe white might get top 3 i'm not sure about jon green though.