Official 2019 Payton Jordan Discussion Thread

I think Blankenship runs at least 13:30. I think the battle of the Ben's could be exciting, Ben True says he hates racing the 10k but maybe something changes this time around. Drew Hunter always competes very well in a packed race and I think he can run sub 13:20. It would be great to see Lawi run a fast time. Can Paulson beat Fischer in the 1500m?

UPDATE drew hunter will be shooting for the world standard (13:22.5)

Interesting that he is shooting for the world standard in the 5K. Do you know why he is moving up in distance? Is it due to his win in the 2 mile indoors at USAs this past year?

I'm going for Gidabuday of Adams State to be the top collegian.

5,000 m is a given for the win and many will run sun 13:30 but in two sub 13:20.

1500 m Fisher for the win. He is in excellent form.

10 k many go sub 28 unsure about a clear favorite.

Fischer beats Murphy? That would be very impressive. What was Clayton Murphy's last race?

If we know Hunter is going for WS then does that mean there's a pacer setting out to hit this pace? Is Kejelcha going for sub 13, also?

He races well in big races but this seems like his first 5k in a while. Why did he run a 1500m at Bryan Clay? Do you know?

My question is with the tougher standards are we going to start seeing some faster races rather than the usual garbage.

That is what I expect to happen. Hassan Mead is listed as unattached in the 10k so I wonder if he is pacing them to a fast time. The fact that Kejelcha is in the race makes me think it will be won in sub 13 and I am sure that he will bring other runners along with him to 13:0x.

CurrereGreenwell wrote:

Fischer beats Murphy? That would be very impressive. What was Clayton Murphy's last race?

Maybe a stretch. Some of those guys have run very fast but can they do it now early in the season. After watching Fisher run 7:42 in the 3k and reading about a 3:54 split going through almost the entire field of traffic indoors and two weeks ago running the last 1200 of his 5k in 3:00 yes he can beat the rest of the field. And he is absolutely in sub 13:20 shape off of the way he ran 13:29 in the 5 k

Sure, but 13:20 shape is different than 3:35 shape.. in my opinion I can't see Fisher beating Murphy in an open 1500m right now, even down the road.

CurrereGreenwell wrote:

He races well in big races but this seems like his first 5k in a while. Why did he run a 1500m at Bryan Clay? Do you know?

Honestly the fact that he didn't run the 5k at Bryan Clay, but here instead might mean that he's in very good shape. He ran 13:28 last year, could he break 13:20?

Are we talking about Gidabuday from Adams State? I'm not sure. I ran at Adams State a long time ago, so I'm just a casual fan of the program now. Saw he took down Aaron Braun's 5k record which is impressive.

I noticed he ran sub-13:30 last year at Bryan Clay and didn't get much attention, and it looks like he ran a 13:46 indoors to win the d2 championships.

I'm not sure what 3:45 in a 1500 a week or two ago means for a 5k today. We had a guy on my team do a similar thing -- run a 1500 to get sharp (3:43ish?) then go on to run 28:02 a week or two later at Payton Jordan for 10k, so maybe Coach Martin has a similar plan for sharpening him?

check that ... ran 3:47 in the 1500 then ran 28:02 10k 2 weeks later.

They seem to think the 5k is where drew can really shine. Otherwise I’m sure he wouldve been with the rest of the team at the road mile US champs

CurrereGreenwell wrote:

Interesting that he is shooting for the world standard in the 5K. Do you know why he is moving up in distance? Is it due to his win in the 2 mile indoors at USAs this past year?

options, son!

Tinmanfan wrote:

They seem to think the 5k is where drew can really shine. Otherwise I’m sure he wouldve been with the rest of the team at the road mile US champs

Also, Drew or Tinman said that he was going to move up to 5k "in a few years" a few years ago when he went pro. Could just be making the switch now since it's probably been hard to regain speed needed to be world class for the 1500 from 2 injuries relatively close together. Who knows though.

asdfasdfasdfasd wrote:

check that ... ran 3:47 in the 1500 then ran 28:02 10k 2 weeks later.

Was this Mario Macias?