NCAA Distance Top 3 Predictions

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.