Stanford Invite (4/1) Entries Are Out - Nico Young Isn't Entered - Why?

Link to accepted entries:

Entries for Men's Invite 5k now posted . . . but no Nico Young . . . Stanford's Big 3 still entered:

Event 25 Men 5000 Meter Run Invite ========================================================================== Name Year School =========================================================================== 1 846 Isaac Akers Tulsa 2 803 Thomas Boyden Stanford 3 805 Evan Burke Stanford 4 422 Jonathan Davis Illinois 5 626 Cathal Doyle Portland 6 814 Charles Hicks Stanford 7 113 Ahmed Ibrahim Boise State 8 974 Colton Johnsen Washington S 9 72 Amon Kemboi Arkansas 10 362 Andrew Kent Colorado 11 58 Vincent Mauri Arizona Stat 12 765 Nate Osterstock Southern Uta 13 851 Michael Power Tulsa 14 826 Ky Robinson Stanford 15 81 Josh Shearer Arkansas 16 125 Jonathan Shields Boise State 17 438 Gable Sieperda Iowa State 18 829 Cole Sprout Stanford 19 350 Yamato Yoshii Chuo University

Note: Yamato Yoshii apparently flying over from Japan for this race. Has a 13:25 pr.

Bosley in the second heat of 5000. Nur still entered in the 10000

Amon Kemboi ran really well at indoor nats, definitely will give them all a run for their money

Yes, bringing 7:42/13:26 prs from indoors, excellent opportunity to attempt at least a sub-13:20 (US Champs standard though he is Kenyan).

Teare & Hocker just ran 13:06 & 13:08 at Stanford a couple weeks back in less than the perfect conditions which Friday night will bring. Both are probably better at 5k than anyone in Friday's race but not by a huge amount.

Christian Noble just won the Raleigh Relays 5k in 13:24 last week following 7:50/13:37 indoor prs. He probably would be close to the leaders Friday if he was entered but would not be favored to win.

Somewhere in the middle is likely to be Friday night's winning time. Say, 13:17?

But, really hoping they take a shot at the 13:13.50 WC standard.

No Nico Young? Any word why?

He is going to pace Sahlman for a WR 5k attempt this weekend

We'll be rooting for him back at The Bush!

Man, is Young hurt again? He always seems to have a couple of injury scares every year.

Notes:

Sprout won this race last year in 13:42 which wound up being his pr until indoors last month.

Robinson was 8th in 13:51 which remained his pr until indoors last month as well.

The Stanford Invitational men's 5k record is 13:25.63 by David McNeill (Northern Arizona) from 2010.

He's not hurt. You guys are crazy to jump to conclusions. Coach Smith has big plans and Stanford was not apart of that plan.

That's weird -- you didn't get an email last week asking if Nico Young should run at Stanford? Too late now, but maybe check your spam folder.

Again!!!

Why do people with 0.01 experience (you only get the .01 because you're on this thread) chime in with Half A^^ comments?

"Teare & Hocker just ran 13:06 & 13:08 at Stanford a couple weeks back in less than the perfect conditions which Friday night will bring. Both are probably better at 5k than anyone in Friday's race but not by a huge amount."

Are you kidding me? Both those boys ran a time trial in less than optimal conditions, with a total of 4 people in the field of whom 2 were pacing. Let me correct this specific sentence: "Both are probably better at 5k than anyone in Friday's race but not by a huge amount, rather a FU^^ING HUGE amount! These dudes are on a completely different level.

Ahhh...Much better.

NEXT!

So the title says Nico Young Isn't entered, the thread says he is and he isn't, and the entries say he is. Is it fair to say that he is then?

Because they’re called the but,but,but crowd.

He was entered, then removed, now he's entered again.