Simmons wins in 8:38. Basically jogged the thing until the last two laps and then blasted the other runners to win by 14 seconds.
Thanks again Meet Director for bumping this race to this morning. You ruined your chance to have a national record and a ton of publicity.
I also hate the decision and would have preferred two different days.
But I highly highly doubt Simmons changed his racing strategy at all. I imagine the race would play out pretty similarly no matter what.
And we will see during the mile, but Simmons is as good off of the double as anyone. He set the 5k indoor national record and won Arcadia after running 4xmile legs the night before.
Agreed. If anyone can double well, it’s Danny Simmons. He’s an aerobic beast and has an insane amount of strength that it doesn’t even matter. 4 events at the state meet this year, 3 of which were on the same day if I remember correctly.
Last year, he ran the 2 mile at Brooks PR on Wednesday, flew to Philly, ran the NB 2 mile and won in a new meet record on Friday night, and then ran the NB 1 mile in 4:09 on Saturday. And this was a junior. He truly is the goat and I suspect that this will not be a problem in the slightest for him.
Simmonds and Griffith probably not doubling 2 & 1 mile now. I'm curious to see which they'll choose. Hopefully we see them pick the same one...
What's the point in doing this? You'd think keeping them separated would be the better business model
Simmons was a star when they signed him and Griffith was good but made a massive progression from junior to senior year
Keeping them separate would draw more attention to them since you wouldn't really have a 1/2 in the class (or 1a / 1b)
Eh, there's different thoughts on how to do it.
This year indoor, Shively (star at the time), Simmons, and Griffith were all seperated, and while all 3 performed excellently, there was no competition in any of the 3 distance races (I think the mile was closest and Shively won by like 4-5 seconds)
Ideally, you want close races and star power. Simmons doubling adds a little bit of that, but the 5K definetely dragged a bit, and the dude who won was a little bit of a nobody.
In a perfect world, it would have looked something like this:
Mile: Griffith, Jourdon, Shively, etc
2 Mile: Simmons, Griffith, Neil, etc
5K: Simmons, Grevious, Koon, etc
But Nike and Brooks complicate things, so we can't assemble the perfect UFC card of distance running
What's the point in doing this? You'd think keeping them separated would be the better business model
Simmons was a star when they signed him and Griffith was good but made a massive progression from junior to senior year
Keeping them separate would draw more attention to them since you wouldn't really have a 1/2 in the class (or 1a / 1b)
Eh, there's different thoughts on how to do it.
This year indoor, Shively (star at the time), Simmons, and Griffith were all seperated, and while all 3 performed excellently, there was no competition in any of the 3 distance races (I think the mile was closest and Shively won by like 4-5 seconds)
Ideally, you want close races and star power. Simmons doubling adds a little bit of that, but the 5K definetely dragged a bit, and the dude who won was a little bit of a nobody.
In a perfect world, it would have looked something like this:
Mile: Griffith, Jourdon, Shively, etc
2 Mile: Simmons, Griffith, Neil, etc
5K: Simmons, Grevious, Koon, etc
But Nike and Brooks complicate things, so we can't assemble the perfect UFC card of distance running
Grevious? are you serious. over 8:31 koon? who went 13:59 in.a tactical race indoors
This year indoor, Shively (star at the time), Simmons, and Griffith were all seperated, and while all 3 performed excellently, there was no competition in any of the 3 distance races (I think the mile was closest and Shively won by like 4-5 seconds)
Ideally, you want close races and star power. Simmons doubling adds a little bit of that, but the 5K definetely dragged a bit, and the dude who won was a little bit of a nobody.
In a perfect world, it would have looked something like this:
Mile: Griffith, Jourdon, Shively, etc
2 Mile: Simmons, Griffith, Neil, etc
5K: Simmons, Grevious, Koon, etc
But Nike and Brooks complicate things, so we can't assemble the perfect UFC card of distance running
Grevious? are you serious. over 8:31 koon? who went 13:59 in.a tactical race indoors
That was in no particular order (hence why Simmons is above griffith)
