RUPP, lagat, lomong, bumbi
13:22:67 trials record out kicked lagat
RUPP, lagat, lomong, bumbi
13:22:67 trials record out kicked lagat
Last lap????
Congrats to Rupp. That was a nice last lap, especially the comeback once Lagat got him with 100 to go.
Also, 13: 27. Yet another solid run by Ryan Hill.
cuz that ish was NASTY! kind of a douche, but daaaaammmnnn!!! that was ridiculous!!!
Rupp FTW!!!!
What a kick coming after Lagat had surged past looking strong. I didn't think he had it in hime, but what a strong final 500m!
That was awesome! What a great buildup and amazing last three laps!
Rupp looked real strong! Thought he wouldn't be able to take it when he was leading with 400 to go. He handled getting passed so well. Relaxed, held his form, and powered through for one last push. Great timing, great race, great win!
Have to give credit to Rupp for a fantastic race.
Wow! Rupp gets passed on home stretch by 2X Olympic 1500 medalism Bernard Lagat and pulls out another guts gear and RETAKES LEAD in final meters. Tough mofo!
This guy is a real contender.
Kudos to Lagat too--gracious and classy as always.
Wow very impressed. I have to say I did not think Rupp would recover from getting passed.
Not to diminish anything from Rupp's victory, but Webb also beat Lagat at US Trials in 07, just to have Lagat come back and win the gold in worlds that year.
So does Lagat still go in as a medal favorite or has Rupp usurped his throne?
52.6 final lap. Where are the haters now?
52.54 last lap for rupp, 52.46 for lagat. World class closing speed now
I usually like Rupp but was rooting for Bumbi to beat him due to the bad sportsmanship.
However, I'm very happy to see Rupp come through with that big kick at the end, especially outkicking the leech. Is that the first time he's beaten Lagat?
The slow pace was ridiculous.
More to come from Rojo after he is done with interviews. Forgive the typos:
Men’s 5000:
The first 200 was slower than the women. Also of note, despite the relatively high pollen count today, Galen Rupp was mask-less.
Mo Trafeh brought the field through in a pedestrian 72.2 at 400 but he was steadily picking up steam and by 600 meters, things began to string out. Robert Cheseret was in second, Brandon Bethke in third, Andrew Bumbalough in fourth, followed by Rupp, Bernard Lagat and Lopez Lomong.
At 1200, Trafeh had a 10 meter lead on Bethke who was all of a sudden 20 meters ahead of Cheseret and the rest of the field. Lagat seemed to take notice and led a charge of the top men to begin to close the gap.
Trafeh and Bethke hit 1600 in 4:22.1 while the Lagat-led chase group trailed in 4:25.3. Immediately behind Lagat was Lomong, Rupp, Bumbalough, Ben True and Brent Vaughn.
Bethke had the lead at halfway (roughly 6:48...they’d need roughly 13:00 pace the rest of the way to get the A standard) and when Lagat had bridged the gap so with six to go, everyone was back in contention. Trafeh and Bethke seemed to be trading the lead to keep things going at near A standard pace but heading into 3K, the pace had slowed to a 66 and Trafeh hit 3K at 8:12.50. As he hit 3K, however, Trafeh made another big move and now had another significant lead, close to 15 meters as he hit in 3200 in 8:45. The top contenders seemed content to let him run a fartlek up front.
With four to go, the chase pack would need roughly a 4:00 final 1600 to hit the A of 15:20.00.
With three to go the frontrunning Trafeh had a 30 meter lead...could he steal it and somehow hit the A? If so, he was goign to need to pick it up.
Lagat, Lomong and Rupp seemed willing to wait to take a run at him.
Trafeh hit 4K at 10:55.0, needing a 2:25 last 1K to hit the A. With two to go, the real racing seemed to begin as Rupp surged up on Lagat and all of a sudden, in a blink of an eye, Trafeh was swallowed up. With 700 to go, Lagat and Rupp stormed to the lead. Lomong and Bumbalough and True were in close pursuit.
With a lap to go, Rupp surged to the outright lead with Lomong and Lagat and Bumbalough still in the hunt. Bumbalough was hanging on even as Rupp seemed to have a slight edge on Lagat and Lomong.
As they hit the steeple pit with 150 to go, Lagat had found his way into the lead and it looked like he would take another victory from Rupp. The team seemed set coming off the Bowerman Turn: Lagat, Rupp and Lomong were now clear of Bumbalough.
But Rupp was not going to settle for simply making the team and would not be denied, coming up on Lagat on the inside at 70 meters to go, was on his inside shoulder at 50 meters to go, and then was by him on the inside in the final 20 meters, closing in a remarkable 52.54 for his last lap and 25.9 on our watch for his last 200. (Lagat was 52.46 over the last 400 but Rupp out-raced him.) Rupp’s final time of 13:22.67 broke the Trials record held by Steve Prefontaine...he just was .15 ahead of Lagat who was also under the old Prefontaine record. Rupp ran last 1600 was 4:02.36.
72.2 (Trafeh)
63.2 (Trafeh)
63.1 (Trafeh)
63.8 (Trafeh - 4:22.1)
64.1 (Bethke)
65.9 (Bethke)
66.9 (Trafeh)
66.4 (Trafeh - 8:45.3, 4:21.2)
64.6 (Trafeh)
65.1 (Trafeh)
64.9 (Lagat/Rupp)
56.7 (Rupp) - 12:56.5, 4:11.2
25.9 (Rupp - 13:22.67)
1 Galen Rupp Nike 13:22.67 M
2 Bernard Lagat Nike 13:22.82
3 Lopez Lomong Nike 13:24.47
4 Andrew Bumbalough Nike 13:26.67
5 Ryan Hill North Carolina State 13:27.49
6 Benjamin True Saucony 13:28.02
7 Elliott Heath Stanford 13:28.20
8 Hassan Mead Minnesota 13:30.21
9 Scott Bauhs Unattached 13:31.69
10 Mohamed Trafeh Nike 13:36.19
11 Trevor Dunbar Oregon 13:40.66
12 Robert Cheseret Unattached 13:50.39
13 Brent Vaughn Nike 13:51.49
14 Ian Dobson Nike / Oregon TC Elite 13:51.77
15 George Alex Oklahoma 13:57.15
16 Brandon Bethke Unattached 14:03.37
Lill wrote:
52.54 last lap for rupp, 52.46 for lagat. World class closing speed now
Lets see if he can do it to run sub13. THATS whats needed to medal.
Now he just needs to do it off of twice that distance at 2 seconds per lap faster average pace to earn himself a gold medal. Impressive, but he must do better in London if he is to beat Farah and a potentially in shape Bekele.
he clearly wanted to test his kick. He could have won off a fast pace too. Definitely a medal threat in either race i
Do some of you idiots even hear yourselves? Already using the word "but". Each year he is leaving less and less for you to complain about, but each year, you scrawny losers keep finding something. Man this stuff aggravates me.
How about this: Well done, Rupp. Improving each and every year, hell of a kick and finally beating Lagat. Well. Freakin'. Done. I don't care if he comes DFL in London, I'll still support him.
STOP TEARING PEOPLE DOWN.
Stars N Stripes wrote:
Now he just needs to do it off of twice that distance at 2 seconds per lap faster average pace to earn himself a gold medal.
What on earth are you talking about?
bluper wrote:
Lets see if he can do it to run sub13. THATS whats needed to medal.
wrong.
Stars N Stripes wrote:
Now he just needs to do it off of twice that distance at 2 seconds per lap faster average pace to earn himself a gold medal.
VERY wrong.
very impressive performance from Rupp, who had more in the tank, as he was not full out like Lagat. Lagat is the classiest competitor we have, as we could see after, and we will see what happens at the Olympics.