I'll bring this back to the NCAA women's 5000, although I was curious about 1 thing. If we assume everyone fast was doping, how can it be obvious that Barringer was clean?
Meanwhile in the ncaa, assuming all the stars make the 5k final, here are the likely winners/prs/status.
Tuohy 15:03 doubling 1500
Valby 15:20 fresh but injured
Venters 15:20 doubling 10000
Kemboi 15:20 tripling? (best guess not in 1500 final)
Roe 15:21 fresh
Chmiel 15:27 doubling 10000
Tyynismaa 15:30 fresh
Bush 15:37 fresh
The headline here will of course be doubling Touhy vs hobbling Valby. The real story may be the fresh Roe and Tyynismaa. Roe historically has been a strong closer and Tyynismaa has that 4:09 1500 speed. If these 2 manage to slip away from fatiqued competitors, it could be theirs to win.
I actually think it will play out like usual though. Valby takes it out, Touhy follows with plenty of team pacers to let her draft first 3k. Last k comes down to Valby, Roe, Tyynismaa and Touhy. Touhy despite fatigue able to close from 800 out for the win. Roe holds off charging Tyynismaa for 2nd with limping Valby sliding to 4th.
Touhy 15:25, Roe, Tyynismaa, Valby, Chmiel, Venters, Kemboi, Bush
I think 1500 is the harder one for Tuohy just due unpredictability and all the 4:09 2:04 61 speed floating around among the top 10. Some pundits have Touhy rated at 4:04 vs 4:08 field leaders. That might be a big enough gap for Touhy to control the race, but previous favorites like Hurta and Degenero settled for 2nd. I'm going to wait for a few preliminaries before predicting this one.