U.S.A. Olympic Team Picks 800 to10,000 -- who ya got?

seasoned rankers wrote:

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First of all, what indicates he's a better 1500m runner this year than last year? And second of all, how much better? If he starts crushing 3:35s and beating pros, then count him in. Otherwise, he's not challenging for any spots. That's just the truth. I'm sure he's a great guy and you want to see him succeed, but you have to be realistic. He hasn't raced a 1500m in two years!

Yeah, crazy to think that a runner who has improved in other distances over the last two years could improve in the 1500m as well, especially with the new spikes. Just lunacy.

What, you mean his 13:40 5k or 7:46 3k? LOL real Olympic trials contender there. Let's wait until he actually posts a time. I am fully prepared to eat my words if he kills it in his first 1500m, but forgive me for crowing him a top 3 trials finisher without running a single 1500m in two years.

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seasoned rankers wrote:

Yeah, crazy to think that a runner who has improved in other distances over the last two years could improve in the 1500m as well, especially with the new spikes. Just lunacy.

What, you mean his 13:40 5k or 7:46 3k? LOL real Olympic trials contender there. Let's wait until he actually posts a time. I am fully prepared to eat my words if he kills it in his first 1500m, but forgive me for crowing him a top 3 trials finisher without running a single 1500m in two years.

If he improved in all other events I would think it reasonable that he would improve in the 1500m from when he was 19, no?

Why would anyone want to be in top form for their first 1500m?

Where did I crown him as a top 3 trials finisher?

My point is that his "improvements" were either in events that he hasn't already run (5k) or where his PBs were incredibly mediocre before (his previous 3k best was only a measly 7:57).

So saying he "improved" in other events does not mean he will show the same improvement in his already far superior 3:38 1500m.

He just hasn't really done anything in the last two years since his NCAA win (not his fault, but still needs to be considered). And, simply winning an NCAA title does not in any way guarantee a top 3 finish (especially not without other accomplishments to back it up).

Also by "first 1500m" I just meant his first fast 1500m before the trials.

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seasoned rankers wrote:

Yeah, crazy to think that a runner who has improved in other distances over the last two years could improve in the 1500m as well, especially with the new spikes. Just lunacy.

What, you mean his 13:40 5k or 7:46 3k? LOL real Olympic trials contender there. Let's wait until he actually posts a time. I am fully prepared to eat my words if he kills it in his first 1500m, but forgive me for crowing him a top 3 trials finisher without running a single 1500m in two years.

I hope you’ve been fasting.

Lol

Women's 5,000 - Elise Cranny, Karissa Schweizer, Shannon Rowbury? If she does it

Women's 10,000 - Emily Sisson, Elise Cranny (if she runs it), and Keira D'Amato (question - if she doesn't race until the trials can she make the team even though she doesn't have the standard?)

John Wesley Harding wrote:

rojo wrote:

https://www.letsrun.com/news/2021/04/the-letsrun-com-braintrust-picks-the-2020-us-olympic-team/

I find it surprising that all three of the “brain trust” are ready to hand Lomong the 5k/10k double again, mostly because of his age (36). It was remarkable that the 2008 Olympic Trials 5th placer at 800m was able to win that double in 2019, but I think that will probably go down as his career year. It seems more likely he gets 2nd or 3rd in the 10k and DNS’s the 5k than winning both, if you ask me.

Brain trust goes home devastated !

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seasoned ranker wrote:

Why don't you think he is anywhere close to being top 3?

Why do you think he is close to being top 3? What indicates that he has that ability? I'd put Waleed Suliman from Ole Miss as having a better chance than Nuguse. Nuguse has looked like a very good college runner over the last few years, nothing more. Guys like Teare, Hocker, Grijalva have proven they have better chops than many pros with their time trialing and racing. Nuguse has looked fairly mediocre in comparison this year, only really running against other college kids.

Until Nuguse runs some seriously fast races or beats some serious pros, he's a non-factor.

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quehoares wrote:

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Why do you think he is close to being top 3? What indicates that he has that ability? I'd put Waleed Suliman from Ole Miss as having a better chance than Nuguse. Nuguse has looked like a very good college runner over the last few years, nothing more. Guys like Teare, Hocker, Grijalva have proven they have better chops than many pros with their time trialing and racing. Nuguse has looked fairly mediocre in comparison this year, only really running against other college kids.

Until Nuguse runs some seriously fast races or beats some serious pros, he's a non-factor.

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Lol. I think ' ran away and changed his name.