Though it'll likely boil down to a Pixler-Zeferjahn duel, Mt. SAC revealed other contenders to the 5,000 crown.
Tori Tyler (Chico State) recorded the third-fastest time in D2-dom this year, running a 16:29 in one of the faster heats. She was followed about 10 seconds later by Monica Kinney (Grand Valley State) and Kristin McGlynn (Adams State). Grand Valley State showed their collective 5k might: The school had four under 17 minutes and another just over that mark.
Abilene Christian's Amos Sang might give that school its first distance title of the school year. The junior had the D2-best 13:50 in the slower Olympic development heat. Reuben Mwei (Adams State) -- off a sub-8:40 performance -- turned in a solid 13:54 in the invitational event, albeit finishing near the back in the night's fastest heat.
Adams State didn't replicate their insane 5-under-14 performance of last year, but Mwei and Luke Cragg (13:54) both eclipsed that standard and Ryan McNiff nearly did. (And didja see how fast indoor 5k champ Brian Medigovich went? He finished nearly even with ex-champ, Chico-er Scott Bauhs.)
Other notables, who will likely figure at Charlotte, include Marko Cheseto (Alaska-Anchorage, 14:00), Reuben Sanca (Mass.-Lowell, 14:05) and Ben Zywicki (Colorado Mines, 14:10).
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