The king hands down assuming he doesn't still have a bum hamstring like he did for NCAA's he could smoke all those runners you listed now Rupp vs the King assuming both were healthy would be a hell of a race from 5 k to 10 to Cross would love to see those 2 race.
I think the thing that you guys are missing is that everyone wrote off Tiernan before NCAAs, and he came out and proved them wrong. He's the only one of those guys with guts to really string out a field and go for it. Picks on him.
I'll say it again- I don't think Fisher will pan out to be quite the runner he looked like in HS. This is not in any way a personal attack on him or hating him- the fact is that there are very, very few Americans that end up running 13:05 or faster. I don't think Fisher will be one of them.
My my. I remember reading these old threads and predicting sub 13.
Fisher has been my favorite runner since he was a junior in high school beating everyone at footlocker.
After watching the first heat, I knew he would get the AR and beat Ahmed. Didn't think I would see 12:53 though.
If you look at the picture (Fisher Finish) you can clearly see that Fisher has his hands down. I don't see what Knight having a faster PB has anything to do with this.