Cory Leslie 8:20 steeple opener!

Anything can happen in a steeple and Cory should most certainly be in contention for a spot on the team.

He probably will have the fastest 800 pr and best foot speed in the entire field, I'd watch out for him on the last lap

Can't argue with a 10 second PR and an 8:20 opener. Will he be better or worse shape at USA meet?

He is spotting Jager and Huling almost 30 seconds with 5000 PR. That is much more telling than mile speed and by the way, Jager and Huling have him beat by a ton there too.

Cabral is way stronger and just as fast as Corey.

hold the excitement wrote:

Can't argue with a 10 second PR and an 8:20 opener. Will he be better or worse shape at USA meet?

He is spotting Jager and Huling almost 30 seconds with 5000 PR. That is much more telling than mile speed and by the way, Jager and Huling have him beat by a ton there too.

Cabral is way stronger and just as fast as Corey.

I'd hold that last sentence back. Leslie has some wheels. Let's see if he runs a 1500 in the next month or so before agreeing that Cabral is "just as fast" as him.

hold the excitement wrote:

Can't argue with a 10 second PR and an 8:20 opener. Will he be better or worse shape at USA meet?

He is spotting Jager and Huling almost 30 seconds with 5000 PR. That is much more telling than mile speed and by the way, Jager and Huling have him beat by a ton there too.

Cabral is way stronger and just as fast as Corey.

Ha! I guarantee Leslie is the fastest 800 meter runner among steeplers

Jager did run a 3:54 mile 4 years ago.

Anyone thinking that any other steepler's gonna beat out Jager is an idiot.

That being said i believe Leslie can be 2nd or 3rd to make the team.

Cory is on a roll and just getting started for the year. After his last two mile races wins early on outdoors I could see he was ready to break out this year. I thought he would run 8:20 this year but not in his first race!

I would bet by the end of summer he will have much faster prs in the 1500-Steeple-3000. I don't know if he can get in a top notch 5000 (doubt it yet) but if he does he will be close to 13:30 at least.

Faster than Marc Croghan and Henry Marsh ran for 5000. Two 8:09 steeplers.

I bet even Cory's coach would say Huling (who he used to coach) can beat Jäger.

And now a 3:34.

This is an honest question and not meant to put down Leslie in any way. Did he get hurt in the last lap of the steeple at U.S. nationals? He must've lost nearly 100 meters over the final 300.

I wish the guy continued success and improvement.

After that 3:34, you have to wonder whether he either is in the wrong event or has a lot of potential to drop his time in the steeple. Maybe he's a miler and he may decide that. Or maybe he's going to run sub 8:10 this year. Incredible race.

I think that Jager is now the 2nd best american Steepler.