Knight stayed close enough to the NAU guys to unleash his kick in the final minute to get the win.
https://twitter.com/letsrundotcom/status/931907072710643712
https://twitter.com/letsrundotcom/status/931907387920994304
After the race, he said he wasn't even feeling good today and at his best today.
"I feel fantastic, "said Knight to flotrack after the race. "My name is now up there with the greats. My parents came out to see me, whenever they come out I have a great race."
"It was my first time racing the Allabama guys so I didn't know what was going to happen. I knew the NAU guys were serious, serious guys."
He added that he was cramping up 4k in but had to "suck it up".
"To be honest, I don't know how much I had left (at the end) as I was little off and cramping up."
Justyn Knight Makes History - 1st Canadian Born Male to Win NCAAs
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Top 25 results.
1 Justyn Knight Syracuse 29:00.11
2 Matthew Baxter N Arizona 29:00.78
3 Tyler Day N Arizona 29:04.55
4 Gilbert Kigen Alabama 29:11.90
5 Grant Fisher Stanford 29:12.06
6 Dillon Maggard Utah St 29:16.20
7 Vincent Kiprop Alabama 29:27.13
8 Peter Lomong N Arizona 29:33.09
9 Lawrence Kipkoech Campbell 29:34.47
10 Jonathan Green Georgetown 29:38.57
11 Emmanuel Roudolff-Levisse Portland 29:38.90
12 Sean Tobin Ole Miss 29:39.39
13 Jack Bruce Arkansas 29:39.49
14 Jeff Thies Portland 29:40.62
15 Andrew Jordan Iowa St 29:40.65
16 Alex Ostberg Stanford 29:41.66
17 Steven Fahy Stanford 29:42.07
18 Mickey Davey Air Force 29:42.43
19 Brent Demarest Virginia 29:43.57
20 Ben Flanagan Michigan 29:44.01
21 Edwin Kurgat Tennessee-Martin 29:44.26
22 Nahom Solomon Georgia Tech 29:44.36
23 Kigen Chemadi Mid Tenn St 29:45.33
24 Casey Clinger BYU 29:46.32
25 Azaria Kirwa Liberty 29:46.46 -
Justin Knight celebrated the whole last 100 meters like a total dbag. I was kind of hoping he'd trip.
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Tough race and a long 4 year wait to win, give the guy a little room to celebrate.
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running commenter wrote:
Justin Knight celebrated the whole last 100 meters like a total dbag. I was kind of hoping he'd trip.
God forbid someone celebrating and showing excitement about the biggest accomplishment of their life.
YOU ARE A JOKE -
First North American born winner since Rupp.
I guess that the US will have to wait at least another year -
Fghugffgg wrote:
First North American born winner since Rupp.
I guess that the US will have to wait at least another year
Grant Fisher is the MAN ? -
No you’re hilarious wrote:
running commenter wrote:
Justin Knight celebrated the whole last 100 meters like a total dbag. I was kind of hoping he'd trip.
God forbid someone celebrating and showing excitement about the biggest accomplishment of their life.
YOU ARE A JOKE
He ran at the world championships last summer, remember? And he was just celebrating, he was about one step up on Baxter throwing signs up right in his face. It's was kind of crappy. Good for him, he definitely deserves a title but jesus. -
Tyler Day made history too! "No one can beat Syracuse with 9:28 hs 2 milers." ;-)
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Just say second Canadian and stop being racist af
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Celebrate after the race and in a way and location that aren't disrespectful to the other runners. Great achievement, but that never justifies celebrating before the race is over.
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Not quite right wrote:
Celebrate after the race and in a way and location that aren't disrespectful to the other runners. Great achievement, but that never justifies celebrating before the race is over.
More than a couple people on this thread that are sour a Canadian won. :)
Don't even try to act like that has nothing to do with it. GO CANADA. :) -
Nothing in the post has to do with his Nationality. Celebrate after and stay classy.
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Just say Canadian. Immigration is a fact of life. In many cases these are people who were already elite runners and did not immigrate just to run. The emphasis on birthplace is getting out of hand.
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No you’re hilarious wrote:
running commenter wrote:
Justin Knight celebrated the whole last 100 meters like a total dbag. I was kind of hoping he'd trip.
God forbid someone celebrating and showing excitement about the biggest accomplishment of their life.
YOU ARE A JOKE
Celebrate AFTER. Lots of time then. During is showboating. -
After.... wrote:
No you’re hilarious wrote:
running commenter wrote:
Justin Knight celebrated the whole last 100 meters like a total dbag. I was kind of hoping he'd trip.
God forbid someone celebrating and showing excitement about the biggest accomplishment of their life.
YOU ARE A JOKE
Celebrate AFTER. Lots of time then. During is showboating.
No, it's not. End of story, debate is over. Bye Felicia. -
not already elite runners
What is with the ‘born’ stuff wrote:
Just say Canadian. Immigration is a fact of life. In many cases these are people who were not already elite runners and did not immigrate just to run. The emphasis on birthplace is getting out of hand. -
What is with the ‘born’ stuff wrote:
Just say Canadian. Immigration is a fact of life. In many cases these are people who were already elite runners and did not immigrate just to run. The emphasis on birthplace is getting out of hand.
Exactly... what difference would it have made if Simon Bairu's parents had popped him out in Saskatchewan? None. He'd still have been an Eritrean-Canadian who grew up in Saskatchewan (very not ideal place to become a runner). Same with Moh Ahmed. The birth place of these athletes had zero effect on their success, especially because neither of them were even running before they came to Canada. One could argue that having east African genetics helps, but this has nothing to do with their place of birth.
Ironic, because Justyn Knight's mom is an immigrant.... if he'd been born in the Caribbean, would y'all be writing him off? I guess so...
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Dumb wrote:
Just say second Canadian and stop being racist af
Racist?
So by pointing out that this black Canadian NCAA champ was born in Canada and the other black Canadian NCAA champ (Simon Bairu) wasn't born in Canada, somehow we're being racist?
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Please Grant please win wrote:
Fghugffgg wrote:
First North American born winner since Rupp.
I guess that the US will have to wait at least another year
Grant Fisher is the MAN ?
Fisher is Canadian born. Not American born.
