Anyone else impressed that he won the 5000 at Pac 12? Any chance to contend at NCAAs?
Anyone else impressed that he won the 5000 at Pac 12? Any chance to contend at NCAAs?
adsfadfasf wrote:
Anyone else impressed that he won the 5000 at Pac 12? Any chance to contend at NCAAs?
Pretty good. I guess he studies a lot or something.
adsfadfasf wrote:
Anyone else impressed that he won the 5000 at Pac 12? Any chance to contend at NCAAs?
Am I impressed? Yes. Do I think he has a chance to win NCAAs? No.
I don't think he is a contender at the NCAA level. Fisher was coming off the 1500m double, so I have to think he would have won if fresh. Saarel has a lot of speed, though, so if the pace is slow early I could see him getting top 3-5 at NCAAs.
Not a contender at ncaas because he doesn’t have a regional qualifying mark.
He falls outside the top 48 in both the 1500 and 5000
v6 wrote:
Fisher was coming off the 1500m double, so I have to think he would have won if fresh.
Zach Perrin for CU finished second in the 5k and ran the 10k the night before.
John Utah wrote:
v6 wrote:
Fisher was coming off the 1500m double, so I have to think he would have won if fresh.
Zach Perrin for CU finished second in the 5k and ran the 10k the night before.
Correct. Doubling 10k/5k is not the same as doubling 1500/5k, and not everyone handles doubles in the same way.
No regional mark wrote:
Not a contender at ncaas because he doesn’t have a regional qualifying mark.
He falls outside the top 48 in both the 1500 and 5000
You’re only partly correct...Saarel most definitely has a regional qualifier in the 1500 as he currently sits 19th on the list.
I can read results too wrote:
John Utah wrote:
Zach Perrin for CU finished second in the 5k and ran the 10k the night before.
Correct. Doubling 10k/5k is not the same as doubling 1500/5k, and not everyone handles doubles in the same way.
Ok, but also keep in mind Perrin with the P12 5k last year. Maybe Perrin wins if both are fresh. Speculation, of course.
adsfadfasf wrote:
Anyone else impressed that he won the 5000 at Pac 12? Any chance to contend at NCAAs?
Remember when Rojo said Saarel was the next American great? Now we talk about him contending in the NCAA...
I can read results too wrote:
John Utah wrote:
Zach Perrin for CU finished second in the 5k and ran the 10k the night before.
Correct. Doubling 10k/5k is not the same as doubling 1500/5k, and not everyone handles doubles in the same way.
One day of rest vs an hour an half about as well
Macdaddy wrote:
adsfadfasf wrote:
Anyone else impressed that he won the 5000 at Pac 12? Any chance to contend at NCAAs?
Remember when Rojo said Saarel was the next American great? Now we talk about him contending in the NCAA...
Lol rojo pumped him up every chance he got for his first year. He was supposed to be the next sub 13 5k guy.
Not Ben's fault that he had that sickness/his school priorities, it's just comical how confident rojo was in his predictions.
rare wrote:
Macdaddy wrote:
Remember when Rojo said Saarel was the next American great? Now we talk about him contending in the NCAA...
Lol rojo pumped him up every chance he got for his first year. He was supposed to be the next sub 13 5k guy.
Not Ben's fault that he had that sickness/his school priorities, it's just comical how confident rojo was in his predictions.
*first year in the NCAA.
John Utah wrote:
v6 wrote:
Fisher was coming off the 1500m double, so I have to think he would have won if fresh.
Zach Perrin for CU finished second in the 5k and ran the 10k the night before.
Remember we thought fisher would have won the indoor 3k and and he ended up not really being a factor.
How many posts does Lucy need to make? We get it. Ben is a decent runner. Thanks.
I have always hoped Ben could make a comeback to the form he showed as a freshman and in high school... I'm very biased but I hope he can be a contender
Bucy Beadle?
This was an exceptional race. PAC12 conference still hangs on to all that history and tradition. The first 12 or so runners were all Oregon, Stanford and Colorado. The pace was a bit tactical, but the unsung Colorado hero in this one was Ryan Forsyth who took the lead with 800 to go and surged with a 62 second penultimate lap. This meant the kick was essentially coming from 800m out rather than only at the close. This made it tough on Stanford's Fisher and McGorty who were doubling off the 1500.
Saarel who was fresh closed in 55! or 1:57 for the final 800 and Perrin hung on for 2nd with Forsyth 5th I believe. These guys had a national championship in XC early in their careers, and now bookend it with a memorable conference meet win as seniors. Not everything always goes as planned in distance running, but it makes it just that much sweeter when it does.
The women's 5k was just as good with Elise Cranny from Stanford holding off a pack from Colorado.
On Ben Saarel - just a good solid dude - he has some crazy hard major like Physics / Physics Engineering where he has a 3.9 GPA and he just won the PAC 12 Scholar Athlete award.
For Nationals all 3 of these Colorado guys are threats to score points. The key is that they are all healthy and confident. There are some NCAA talents who could make the 5k a 13:20 race, but if it ends up between 13:40 and 14:00 they will be right there in the mix!
Good luck to all - Stanford and Oregon too!
East Coast Guy wrote:
On Ben Saarel - just a good solid dude - he has some crazy hard major like Physics / Physics Engineering where he has a 3.9 GPA and he just won the PAC 12 Scholar Athlete award.
How can you say his major is crazy hard if you don't even know what it is?
East Coast Guy wrote:
On Ben Saarel - just a good solid dude - he has some crazy hard major like Physics / Physics Engineering where he has a 3.9 GPA and he just won the PAC 12 Scholar Athlete award.
Everyone makes a big deal out of Saarel having a hard major like he's the first college athlete to care about school. Hasn't Grant Fisher won back to back NCAA Scholar Athlete awards? I might have the title of the award wrong, but jesus just because Ben Saarel needs to study a lot for school doesn't make him any more of a special case than anyone else.