Last-ditch efforts might not produce future national champions or All-Americans, but it's exciting to watch motivated athletes succeed. Some "unknown" names will now be toeing the line in Charlotte.
At Wisconsin-La Crosse, two Northern Sun athletes recorded only the third and fourth 800 auto qualifying times. Previously unknown Aduo Omot (Augustana, S.D.) nipped indoor champ Denise Mokaya (Mankato State), as both got under 1:50. Dan Allen (St. Cloud State) and Brian Werner (Augustana) also ran fast enough to book a trip to Charlotte. Awesome race.
Elsewhere:
- At Georgia Tech, Harding's Daniel Kirwa erased all doubts about his tenuous position on the 5,000 list, becoming only the sixth d2er to break 14 minutes.
- At Colorado Mines, Adams State freshman Keegan Calmes and Carl Arnold III
Brian Allen (the 3rd,of Metro State), ran coverted times good enough to land them fourth and fifth on the performance list. - Gutsy efforts from Jen Harpp (Slippery Rock) and Tina Yi (Edinboro), as earned each auto 10k times in their conference meet. (That ain't easy.)
- In Louisville, Southern Indiana's Michael Jordan and Bellarmine's Nate Dotterweich nearly each broke 9 minutes in the steeple. They'll join d2's arguably deepest field -- can you believe 9:08 won't go?
Today is "selection Monday." Check back for analysis of that (and let me know of any interesting coaches' "challenges"). Form charts to follow.
Carl Arnold III*
ReplyDeletegeez. my apologies. Who is Brian Allen?
ReplyDeleteperhaps a combination of brian werner and dan allen from the previous bit?
ReplyDelete...an a 6 a.m. run on a monday...
ReplyDeleteWith the exception of Crouch (Queens)the top 15 guys on the declared list of the 5k are all doubling either 5k/steeple, 5k/10k or 5k/15.
ReplyDeletesimon stuetzel from queens also ran crazy fast at a last chance meet last night. 3:45.01 to improve upon a previous best of 3:48.xx. think he's 3rd on the list now.
ReplyDeleteyeah, he did. he kinda came out of the blue this spring...will he win?
ReplyDeleteyou never know, but stranger things have happened. his teammate mwangi qualified indoors for the 800 at a last chance meet, then was the last person into the finals on time, then ended up getting second place and almost winning the thing outright. (what's even crazier is that mwangi is currently on the fence and might not even qualify for the 800 outdoors.)
ReplyDeletemwangi is like 25th. surely that won't make it?
ReplyDeleteDon't count on it.
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