This thread is dumb. How many guys on the men's side were running in the Alphas? Maybe 75? How many athletes total were within 85 seconds of him? Just 3. Mind you every single one of those 3 was a Nike athlete who had access to the Alphas or wore them. The other guys within 2 minutes (Hehir, Albertson) all had competitive shoes.
Riley got 2nd because he had a damn good race.