Josh Kerr 3:33!!!!

Duels for the Centuries wrote:

I think you mean depth of guys who are 3.33-3.37, not 3.37-3.40. Tinman would lose. By a lot.

Kerr would win, under any race condition. Slow pace? Kerr has more raw speed. Fast pace? Kerr has better PRs. As far as I see it unless Kerr gets hit by lightning mid-race Hunter will always get second.

Heres how the 1500/Mile Duel would go:

Brooks Beasts- 1, 3, 4, 6, 7

Tinman Elite - 2, 5, 8, 9, 10

Tinman is a great program, great advocates for the sport, fast guys, good people and they do it the right way. Don't get me wrong, fantastic program and in 5 years who knows. BUT currently the Mile/1500 isn't their game. For the Beasts it is.

Totally agree. The Beasts really had a great meet and I think Kerr takes down anyone from Tinman (and probably a few other groups as well). The group as a whole had guys like Kidder and Wynne establish themselves as potentials to make the worlds team, especially if Centro is still MIA and with Andrews battling back to fitness. Tinman has good guys but outside of Drew, no one is contending for one of those 1500 spots, at least not yet.

He's good wrote:

So Kerr has already run faster than Farah outside of Monaco. Farah's fastest outside Monaco is 3:34+

What an unimportant stat.

Hardloper wrote:

Deanouk wrote:

Not sure about Kerr breaking any UK age group record!?

Coe broke the WR at 22, running 3:32.03, and Cram run 3:31.66 in 1983, also at age 22.

This says he is #1 all time for the U23 age group

Presumably U23 means before the calendar year in which you turn 23

@Deano - yes, I was surprised to read that he was the U23 GB record holder, but it's been widely reported so I guess it must be the calender year as Hardloper says.

I wonder if Kerr will get an invite to Monaco? He surely will. That time currently puts him nearly two seconds faster than any other non-African this year.

Ethan Hussey also beat Cram's U17 1500m best last month, although it was still 'only' the second fastest U17 British time.

Yes it's all about the age you are turning during the year as opposed to your current age.

Macdaddy wrote:

He's good wrote:

So Kerr has already run faster than Farah outside of Monaco. Farah's fastest outside Monaco is 3:34+

What an unimportant stat.

I'm faster than Kerr has ever run on my home track.

Foreign $$ wrote:

I understand why Colleges bring in foreigners but why do American Companies spend dollars to helping to develop foreigners.

1. It’s a bad look.

2. G. B. has no idea what Kerr is wearing so it is not selling shoes.

A rising ride elevates all ships.

YMMV wrote:

Bird502 wrote:

Wow Ball, hot take. I guess I'll believe it when I see it and being that I saw Kerr run 3:33 this weekend in my own back yard, from the front, not chasing times in a DL meet in Europe, my money would be on him right now. Kerr looked strong as an ox out there and in total control.

Kerr to me is like a powerful racehorse. A bit of a hybrid of John Walker and Steve Cram.

At age 21, John Walker and Filbert Bayi were the best 1500m runners in the world. Slow the hype. We have world championships this year. We'll see if Kerr earns a medal.