Dude with 4:06 mile PB - Geordie Beamish - just won the 2019 NCAA indoor mile title

Not too many Kiwis read these message boards, but I'm sure I wasn't the only one on here to laugh out loud after watching this race. Especially after the thread bagging on him yesterday.

Good work mate, lots of happy Kiwis back home today.

How do you not the difference between there and their? I understand that typos happen, but this isn’t a typo. Rojo never gets it right. Rojo sounds SO low IQ on the podcast, but I assume that’s a schtick similar to his constant troll threads. The grammar errors make me wonder though.

3:41 in 2017. It’s nowhere near as big an upset as you’re making it out to be. He’s due for a big PR.

Er... wrote:

3:41 in 2017. It’s nowhere near as big an upset as you’re making it out to be. He’s due for a big PR.

The race was not sub 4... It was anybody's race. He more speed than everybody else that day and then people that "should have won" didn't run it to keep guys like him out of it.

Crazy how NAU keeps winning national titles, even in the most unexpectedly.

Congrats to the young man and his team!

Hoare looked like quite the obstacle coming in. Not a good meet for him at a crucial time.

I wonder if Grant Fischer wishes he would have done the mile. McDonald looked unbeatable...

While a 4:07 was enough to take the title in the mile.

Indeed, that’s why they run the race. When I was coaching I would tell my runners that sure, we could just go with previous bests, hand out the awards, but no--this would be a race and nothing was determined in advance. And indeed, as was just mentioned if you leave all the underdogs in there until the end, well, they might get inspired and outrun the favorites. And indeed, that’s what happened.

It really doesn't show anything as Beamish raced the mile twice this season before nationals. He ran a qualifier at altitude, and won a tactical mile at Big Sky Champs. https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/5466305/Northern_Arizona/Geordie_Beamish

LetsRun.com wrote:

He does have a 3:41 1500 pb but it shows yet again their is a difference between time trialing and racing.

1 Geordie BEAMISH JR NAU 4:07.69

30.80 [30.80] 1:03.35 [32.55] 1:37.88 [34.54] 2:11.74 [33.86] 2:43.74 [32.01] 3:14.12 [30.38] 3:41.52 [27.40] 4:07.69 [26.18]

2 Casey COMBER JR Villanova 4:08.03

3 Oliver HOARE JR Wisconsin 4:08.14

4 Carlos VILLARREAL JR Arizona 4:08.41

5 William PAULSON SR Arizona State 4:08.45

6 Sam WORLEY SO Texas 4:09.20

7 Derek GUTIERREZ SR Ole Miss 4:09.28

8 Charlie HUNTER SO Oregon 4:09.36

9 Waleed SULIMAN SO Ole Miss 4:10.49

10 Kyle MAU JR Indiana 4:10.72

https://twitter.com/letsrundotcom/status/1104510290190843905

- Pretty sad that American men come to the national championships whether it's NCAAs or USTAF to run their slowest times. Tough to get better on the international scene w/such mindset.

Otoh an american won olympic gold with this tactic...

Likely to never happen again after 2016 World Indoor & Olympics .... that's why in 2017 you had to be in 3:33 range after 2 x Heats at the Worlds. Thus it would take CENTRO a PR just to make it down the homestretch in a REAL final.

This is a little misleading as his altitude conversion is worth just shy of 3:58. I know a lot of the jokers on this board like to whine about conversions, so let this serve as exhibit A.

I agree about these tactical races. I understand the strategy and all, but it is pretty sad that of the three ncaa divisions this weekend, the D3 winner in the mile had the fastest time (4:06.22).

I would like to see these D1 studs really fly!

TwoinMN wrote:

I agree about these tactical races. I understand the strategy and all, but it is pretty sad that of the three ncaa divisions this weekend, the D3 winner in the mile had the fastest time (4:06.22).

I would like to see these D1 studs really fly!

Why is it sad? Those "D1 Studs" have been flying all season in time trial type races. I can't be the only one here who enjoys championship races more than seeing a quick time? The tactics are infinitely more fascinating, the races are usually more exciting and it opens things up a little more for upsets which everyone loves in sports

- The sport is in the condition that it is in because our athletes refuse to provide both ....

You aren't the only one. I thought the mile was a really exciting race.

I much prefer the tactical races. They are tactical at the world level too. Lickety Split obviously does not know much but every moron has opinions.

Most of the time, the Olympics and WC are tactical races. Very common to see them won in 3:36 which is nearly 8-10 seconds slower than the top guys pbs. Ncaa mile was won nearly 10 seconds slower than guys pbs. Imagine that! When the field is within seconds of having same pb, it is a disadvantage to lead.

- Your argument makes the assumption that each athlete has the same amount of closing speed.

It's amazing that the first four guys in this race all had names like "John Smith, Jr." What are the odds of that happnening?

Can't an american win anything?