¶m5000: Galen Rupp (Oregon) 13:41.45¶

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T&FN formchart

1. Galen Rupp (Oregon) Sr
2. Sam Chelanga' (Liberty) So
3. Tyson David' (Alabama) Jr
4. Shawn Forrest' (Arkansas) Sr
5. Shadrack Kiptoo-Biwott' (Oregon) Sr
6. Chris Derrick (Stanford) Fr
7. Kenyon Neuman (Colorado) Sr
8. Luke Puskedra (Oregon) Fr
9. Elkanah Kibet' (Auburn) Jr
10. Samuel Kosgei' (Lamar) Jr

[Brian]

Re: m5000

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1. Galen Rupp (Oregon) Sr

Anyone going to argue against a guy with recent 13:18 and 3:57 credentials?

The answer had better be yes; let's see who in the field will speak up...

[KevinM]

How about the guy with 13:19 credentials? I realize that Rupp is 2-0 against Chelanga this year (including XC), but certainly he's the obvious choice as spoiler for attempt at Rupp's first track championship.

[jlt]

Or how about a guy who can kick like hell off a slower pace? I don't see why people would automatically tag Rupp as the winner......this is a championship race; how many times we see the guy who has the best PR not be the guy who has sufficient acceleration on the last lap or two to win. I think Rupp has to be really cranking the pace with 3 or 4 laps to go......if there's a pack at the bell I can't see him winning.

[dj]

Rupp is in the position of needing to double well if Oregon is to win the team title. This is the first of his two races, and he'll want as much left in the tank as possible for the 3K.

On the other hand, Chelanga is soloing with this race. If Chelanga were to take it really hard from the start, I could imagine Rupp laying back and helping his teammates--Shadrack Biwott, Luke Puskedra, Scott Wall--go for maximum team points. Rupp could still take 8 points while conceivably running 20 seconds slower than Chelanga.

Also running the 5k/3k double are Biwott (Or), Shawn Forrest (Ark) and Chris Derrick (Stan). The rest of the field is soloing.

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start list:

Event 7 Men 5000 Meter Run
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Final Only. Two waterfall start, two turn stagger. (9,5)
Name Year School Seed
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Section 1 Timed Finals
1 588 Chris Derrick FR Stanford 13:44.02
2 663 Jake Schmitt JR Washington 13:54.25
3 559 Galen Rupp JR Oregon 13:18.12
4 367 Shawn Forrest SR Arkansas 13:37.77
5 552 Shadrack Biwott SR Oregon 13:41.66
6 519 Rory Fraser JR New Mexico 13:49.57
7 558 Luke Puskedra FR Oregon 13:46.52
8 442 Dan Nunn SR Georgetown 13:52.65
9 354 Tyson David JR Alabama 13:36.76
10 479 Sam Chelanga SO Liberty 13:19.79
11 376 Elkanah Kibet JR Auburn 13:49.44
12 408 Kenyon Neuman SR Colorado 13:41.78
13 560 Scott Wall SR Oregon 13:54.20
14 478 Samuel Kosgei JR Lamar 13:48.56

[dj]

Kosgei 29.97
400, Chelanga 65.19, Kosgei 65.22,
800, Chel 2:11.98, Forrest 2:12.27, Rupp
1K, David 2:46.04, Chel, For 2:46.46,
1200, David, Ch, Kibet, For
1600, Chel , For, Rupp, Kib 4:31.22, Dav
2k, Chel 5:32.13, For, Rupp, Dav, Kib, Derick
2400, Dav 6:42.38, Kib, For, Rupp, Derr, Chel 6:42.65
2800, Kib 7:54.23, For, Kosge 7:54.39, Rupp 7:54.58
3k, Dav 8:28.87, For, Chel, Kib, Rupp
3200, ___
3600, Chel 10:05.96, For, Rupp, Dav, Der, Puskedra
4k, Chel 11:11.74, For, Rupp, Dav, Der, Kib, POusk, 10m gap to Biwott
Rupp to lead on backstretch at 4250
4400, Rupp 12:15.74, Chel, For, Dav, Der, Pus, Kib, Biiwott
4800, Rup 13:12, Chel, For, Dav, Der, Pus, Kib, Kosgei

1 588 Chris Derrick FR Stanford
2 663 Jake Schmitt JR Washington
3 559 Galen Rupp JR Oregon
4 367 Shawn Forrest SR Arkansas
5 552 Shadrack Biwott SR Oregon
6 519 Rory Fraser JR New Mexico
7 558 Luke Puskedra FR Oregon
8 442 Dan Nunn SR Georgetown
9 354 Tyson David JR Alabama
10 479 Sam Chelanga SO Liberty
11 376 Elkanah Kibet JR Auburn
12 408 Kenyon Neuman SR Colorado
13 560 Scott Wall SR Oregon
14 478 Samuel Kosgei JR Lamar

[dj]

Rupp 13:41.45
Chelanga 44.57
Forrest 44.78
Derrick 48.26
David 49.58
Pusk 50.82
Kibet 55.26
Kosgei 14:00.38

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pdf with all the splits:

http://flashresults.com/2009_Meets/indo ... 007-01.pdf

[KevinM]

Rupp closed in 56.98, 1:25.69, 1:55.30, 4:06.44

[dl]

Impressive closing splits for Rupp:

28.86, 56.98 (!), 1:55.28, 2:29.40 (kilo), 3:03.22, 4:06.41. Seems like running those 800s and miles indoors have paid off. The 3000 tomorrow should be exciting! (Too bad ESPN won't allow some ISPs to access their feed).

[dl]

Rupp closed in 56.98, 1:25.69, 1:55.30, 4:06.44

Great minds think alike! :-)

Looks like those 800s and miles indoors have paid off.

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1 Galen RUPP JR Oregon 13:41.45 (FR) 10.00
2 Sam CHELANGA SO Liberty 13:44.57 (FR) 8.00
3 Shawn FORREST SR Arkansas 13:44.78 (FR) 6.00
4 Chris DERRICK FR Stanford 13:48.26 (FR) 5.00
5 Tyson DAVID JR Alabama 13:49.58 (FR) 4.00
6 Luke PUSKEDRA FR Oregon 13:50.82 (FR) 3.00
7 Elkanah KIBET JR Auburn 13:55.25 (FR) 2.00
8 Samuel KOSGEI JR Lamar 14:00.38 (FR) 1.00
9 Jake SCHMITT JR Washington 14:04.20 (FR)
10 Shadrack BIWOTT SR Oregon 14:07.81 (FR)
11 Rory FRASER JR New Mexico 14:10.35
12 Kenyon NEUMAN SR Colorado 14:11.08
13 Dan NUNN SR Georgetown 14:11.28
14 Scott WALL SR Oregon 14:24.18

Oregon loses 4 Biwott points off form, Arkansas picks up 1 from Forrest... a not-insignifcant swing of 5.

[Vault-emort]

Is that a NR (Australia) for Forrest? think so.

[ed gee]

Nope.

Shawn Forrest SR Arkansas 13:37.77 02-13