Hocker had an enormous breakthrough indoors last year at age 19 to run 3:50 in the mile, then to win U.S. trials at 20 over the reigning Olympic champion, and get sixth in 3:31 at the Olympics. This year he ran 3:50 again in the mile and 13:06 before getting injured. He just turned 21 in June. There is literally no reason not to believe in his future.
Sticking with a coach who got him there makes plenty of sense, though you'd like to see him with training partners of a similar level again.
Nor is there any reason to compare him with Andrew Wheating, not by body type (tall/short), not by region of the country (New England/Midwest), not by 800 speed (1:44/1:46), not by early running (started junior year/started in elementary school).
Who's to say he wouldn't have had that breakthrough with any coach? Lananna? Powell? Scott Raczko?
Wheating was also a mega-talented athlete who didn't have the brain to be great. That's the comparison.
So who is Cole gonna train with now? Is Ben Thomas gonna take over OTC and get Jake Heyward to train with him.
Heyward, Paulson, Ciattei, McBride and Hocker is not a bad group.
Not confirmed yet, but the word on the street is that Paulson + McBride going with Mark Rowland to Victoria is a done deal, and Heyward is looking to go as well though that's slightly more complicated as not Canadian. Victoria BC could be quite a little running hub with those three men plus DeBues-Stafford and Gen Lalonde on the women's side.
Doper teare ...... but seriously i am truly wondering if hes commited enough to be on a professional team like bowerman where he will probably get crushed in most workouts. Its just a whole new level of running when your training with fisher and ahmed
He will certainly take some lumps from Fisher and Ahmed. On the roster, you have Marc Scott, Woody Kincaid, Sean McGorty, Evan Jager, Thomas Ratcliffe, Joshua Thompson, Amos Bartlesmeyer, Kieran Tuntivate, and Lopez Lomong. So there are more athletes in around 13:06 shape like Teare than in 12:45-12:50 shape like those two guys. He'll be challenged on the strength workouts I'm sure, but he also probably has the best speed on the team.
Teare time trialed a 1306 in March, and regularly beat Fischer at Stanford. And is reigning 1500 US champ. Acting like he is some second class citizen that will barely be able to keep up lol bozo
He will certainly take some lumps from Fisher and Ahmed. On the roster, you have Marc Scott, Woody Kincaid, Sean McGorty, Evan Jager, Thomas Ratcliffe, Joshua Thompson, Amos Bartlesmeyer, Kieran Tuntivate, and Lopez Lomong. So there are more athletes in around 13:06 shape like Teare than in 12:45-12:50 shape like those two guys. He'll be challenged on the strength workouts I'm sure, but he also probably has the best speed on the team.
Teare time trialed a 1306 in March, and regularly beat Fischer at Stanford. And is reigning 1500 US champ. Acting like he is some second class citizen that will barely be able to keep up lol bozo
Define "regularly". Because as far as I can tell, Teare was like 1-10 against Fisher in College. His only win at 2019 Pac 12's in the 5,000m