crazy person wrote:
The Stache wrote:Yeah. Oklahoma results are really impressive. Running a pack much like Wisconsin. Top 5 for them this year?
That gap between 4 and 5 in all OK State's races this year doesn't bode well for the big race.
I'd definitely pencil in Oklahoma as a top 5 contender. Right now, in no particular order, I got OK State, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Colorado, and Indiana (just because I'm a Hoosier).
Oklahoma ran generally together but did not run the consolidated pack that Wisconsin has used the last two races. The gaps were 12, 9, 3, and 4, for a total of 28 seconds. That is reasonably tight but not the 1.8 Wisconsin used at the adidas Invite.
Also, if they run like this at nationals there will be a lot of guys ahead of Farrel and especially Manilafasha and Erassa/Clarkson/and Stubs. That they have seven strong runners, however gives them some opportunities for guys to step up like we saw last year.
Does anyone know how the 3/4/5/6/7 guys do as you go from 8 to 10k. The Oklahoma guys will probably gain from that extension from what I have heard?
6 6 23:36.7 Kogel, Bill JR Oklahoma
7 7 23:48.9 Sudbury, Jeremy SR Oklahoma
8 8 23:51.6 Farrell, Tom SO Oklahoma State
9 9 23:57.8 Schwab, Kevin SR Oklahoma
10 10 24:00.1 Alex, George SR Oklahoma
11 11 24:04.9 Williams, Kevin JR Oklahoma
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13 13 x24:08.4 Harasyn, Eric SR Oklahoma
14 14 24:08.7 Manilafasha, Joseph SO Oklahoma State
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16 16 x24:12.1 Erassa, Kirubel FR Oklahoma State
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18 18 x24:18.3 Clarkson, Fabian FR Oklahoma State