Tennessee's Zach Long wins the 5000m with a 57s last lap. was pretty modest pace most of the way 8;50 thru 3200 then some 67-68 action until the last couple laps. 63 penultimate lap before a 4 man race to the finish.
1. Zach Long 13:39.22
2. Luc Bruchet 13:39.62
3. Tyler Day 13:40.22
4. Cole Rockhold 13:40.29
5. George Parsons 13:40.37
This was Day's first race back for the lumberjacks since his 3rd place NCAA finish. He really ran out of gears at the end but it was a nice race for him. Also George Parsons redeeming the tinman method with a nice 12 second PR over 5000 and doing it the hard way with a ~2:01 last 800m.
Still, this was definitely Zach Long's day and his coming out party. A massive PR from his 13:54 at SEC's outdoors last year. He did not make indoor nationals. Very spicy.