Dairyland wrote:He’s the best to ever do it in the NCAA. Morgan McDonald is great and all but you really think he’s out kicking Ed Ches? No shot
Ches had an overrated kick. His senior year he got beat by a freshman Josh Kerr in the mile.
In the 2019 NCAA indoor 3k, McDonald's last 2 laps were 28.44 and 26.32 for a 7:52. 26 low is MOVING. He even accelerated in the last 50 meters before slowing down again. He could have easily closed in 25.00 if necessary. Ches isn't close to that.
https://youtu.be/kqX-CXZm-sU?t=559In 2016 Ches closed the 10k in 57.24 (29:09 total time) and the 5k in 57.07 (13:25 total time).
In 2019 Shumway closed the 10k in 55.88 for a similar time of 29:16. McDonald closed a slower 5k in 52.91 in lane 2 while significantly slowing down the last 15 meters.
https://youtu.be/QrleQuIOR6U?t=204In 2016 Ches closed his 10k in 58 but in 2018 Ben Flanagan closed his 10k in 56