Final Count: Who were the most successful distance coaches this Olympic Cycle?

Who from the very nice TC besides Kessler made it?

And who from the Atlanta track club made it???

Hoppel and a guy in the 5000m in Canada (I think his name is Ben Flanagan but I may be mistaken).

Hoppel is probably who they are considering. I don't think he's technically in their group but he trains with Kessler.

Yes, I counted Hoppel as VNTC even though he described himself as only a “half member.”

And Allie Wilson is Atlanta Track Club

OAC has one American going to the Olympics, but they have a few other athletes representing other countries, e.g. Beamish, McDonald, Hoare

Allie WAS with Atlanta Track Club. When Amy Begley (her coach at ATC) moved to Indianapolis, she went with her. So did Emma Grace Hurley. She runs for Heartland Track Club now.

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Thanks for that info. I’ll update the original post

I think top 4 are eyestone, Smith, dark sky, Scannell.

4. Scannell- 1 athlete is a small sample size but we can't thank him enough for putting the MF back in Grant MF Fisher. Also this is by far Grant's best US champs.

3. Dark Sky. Kelati was expected, but getting Wilkinson through is insane.

2. Smith- going into today I might have had Smith third or 4th. Because 3/4 who made the team from his group are names that I would have picked last August. But the 3:55 from hiltz was insane. Mixed feelings about Nico young, I think I feel much better about his fitness/spees after seeing wolfe get third in the 5k.

1. Eyestone- Marathon trials were perfect, Kenneth Rooks looked amazing closing sub 2. Corrigan really is the icing on the cake, did anybody have this guy top 3 pre meet? Then he came back a week later to hit the standard in 81 degree weather.

Haas- UA dark sky distance had an amazing trials…..

Look again. Dark Sky’s on there

I'd put a slight asterisk by Smith as Hiltz was a World Championship Semi-finalist before joining the group and Kincaid was a World Championship Finalist before joining the group.

Yes, Hiltz ran 3:55 but she ran 4:01 in 2019 in the World Championship Semifinal (which are usually slow and tactical) without supershoes and without altitude training.

And what about Coogan with St. Pierre and Mackay?

Mike Scannell have 100% win rate

Tbh ESP was a little disappointing. Cranny was far closer than I expected in the 5k, and frankly I think most expected her to win the 1500. In terms of expectations heading into the trials, Coogans group underperformed or was neutral to expectations.

Heading into the trials, Kincaid was a question mark, alot of people doubted Nico Young after he lost to wolfe in the NcAA 5k. So they did better than many predicted.

Mantz and young were locks for the marathon trials. While Rooks was a lock for the team, I don't think he was a concensus favorite to win the trials. Approximately 3 (Eyestone, Rooks, Corrigan maybe?) people thought Corrigan was going to make the Olympic steeple chase team before the trials.

Who currently is from BTC besides Schweizer?

You forgot Union Athletic Club (Pete Julian)

Oh wait he scored a big zip

Mo Ahmed. He's won a few medals, think he's pretty good.

Will Palmer doesn’t actually coach Parker Valby folks.

According to who? Because she sure has answered questions posed with “your coach Will Palmer” in them, and he sure has answered questions about her training and racing.
I know Mike Holloway has been involved with her along the way (and of course so was Solinsky), but it seems Palmer is the main coach now.