John Cusick
Apr 12, 20195 min
Was not ranked the week before
First number indicates the change in a runner's ranking from week prior
Second number indicates where the runner was ranked last week
No races for Mitchem this weekend.
Detourbe dropped down to the 800 this weekend at the 2019 Emilie Mondor Invitational where he set a personal best of 1:55...mainly because it was the first time he has run the event in his collegiate career. The speed he currently owns has to be nice considering he’s been training for the steeplechase.
No races for Zahafi this weekend.
Campion ran his second ever 1500 this weekend and proceeded to shave three seconds off of his personal best. He finished 2nd at the 9th Annual Yellow Jacket Invitational where he ran 3:48.24. I feel like Campion will only get faster as the season goes on as he's already running the same (converted) time as his mile personal best. He only falls down in the rankings this week because others ran faster than him.
We mentioned Kipkosgei in our weekend review, so it’s not a real shock that we find ourselves talking about him. Kipkosgei has been an All-American in cross country, the 800, and the 3000 steeple. So what’s going to stop him from being one in the 1500? He just ran 3:46.16 at the 9th Annual Yellow Jacket Invitational where he took home the win. I stand by my comments of him being able to place as an All-American in anything from 800 to 10,000 meters.
Julian jumps into our rankings after a strong performance at the Colorado Invitational last weekend. He ran 3:48.42 (which converts to 3:42.98) which is a personal best as it’s the first time he’s run it in his career. He has a mile PR of 4:09 and is coming off a strong indoor season where he led the Mines’ DMR team with a strong anchor to a 3rd place finish. He later came back and got 5th in the 3000. He’s a name to consider after a strong indoor season and a sensational debut for the outdoor season.
Just a 4x4 race for Walker this weekend. He ran as the second leg and unfortunately, I have no split for him. Standing pat for the week.
No races for Moreau this weekend.
Doherty, like his teammate Detourbe, ran the 800 this weekend. He, however, has run a couple of these before. He ran 1:54.07 which gets him a personal best by almost a full second. It seems like Doherty is going to be aiming for the 1500 this outdoor season and he could jump up to the 5000 based on his indoor results.
Meyer is trending in the right direction as we near the middle of the season. He ran 3:49.65 this past weekend at Colorado to lock up an auto time in the 1500. It converts down to 3:44.18 which many will say means nothing despite his PR being 3:43. He also ran a leg in the 4x4 as some extra speed work. With his strength and speed, it’s hard not to see Meyer being one of the favorites for the 1500 this May. Expect big things from Meyer when he heads to California next weekend.
No races for Laguera this weekend.
No times yet for Hoskinson this outdoor season.
Stack was also a part of the Colorado Invitational 1500. He was one of the few that did secure a PR after a strong effort last weekend. He ran 3:53.19 and considering he’s likely to go after the steeple and 5000 again this year, it’s impressive for him to run this fast at altitude. Just like Meyer, I think we will see big things from him in California.
No races for Wallis this weekend.
No races for Wammetsberger this weekend.
No races for Mbuta this weekend.
No races for Panning this weekend.
I’m sure I’ll catch some flak here, but Gedyon stays put at number three despite a monster 3:47.93 at Colorado this weekend. With the conversion (which I’m sure bothers people more than it should) he stands at #1 in the NCAA with a 3:42.50. He’s run 4:01 for a full mile before which leads us to believe that he’s very capable of running 3:42 for 1500 at sea level. My guess is he’s aiming for 3:40 in California and/or a 5000 just for the hell of it.
This is the first time the number one and two rankings have switched since we started. Whether that’s a good thing is up for others to decide. Staines falls here only because he was entered in the same race as Gidabuday and he finished eight seconds behind. He ran 3:59.71, but was with the lead group through 1100 meters. I fully believed he would have finished right around the same time as Gidabuday if he didn’t fall off the wagon on the last lap. I’m not sure we will see him in another 1500 this year, but I certainly hope we do.
Gidabuday takes over the top spot after his 3:51.30 at Colorado. This is probably the only time that we see him running the 1500 this year unless he opts for it at conference or switches from focusing on the 10,000. He’s clearly in good shape as he’s just three seconds off of his sea-level PR of 3:48. A race between Gidabuday and Staines is something I had been hoping for a long time now and I would fully entertain the idea of another one going forward. Gidabuday flashed his already well-known speed and that suits him for another exciting championship run.
1. Thomas Staines (CSU-Pueblo)
2. Dennis Mbuta (Grand Valley State)
3. Devundrick Walker (CSU-Pueblo)
4. Ayman Zahafi (TAMU-Kingsville)
5. Joshua Ajiero (Albany State)
1. Felix Wammetsberger (Queens (N.C.))
2. Elias Gedyon (Adams State)
3. Daniel Wallis (Queens N.C.))
4. Brett Meyer (Fort Hays State)
5. Victor Moreau (Academy of Art)
1. Pierre-Louis Detourbe (Simon Fraser)
2. Jake Mitchem (Colorado Mines)
3. Edwin Kangogo (Alaska Anchorage)
4. Jack Johnson (Chico State)
5. Christian Noble (Lee (Tenn.))
1. Sydney Gidabuday (Adams State)
2. Zach Panning (Grand Valley State)
3. Josh Hoskinson (Colorado Mines)
4. Gidieon Kimutai (Missouri Southern)
5. Ruben Dominguez (Cal Poly Pomona)
1. Zach Panning (Grand Valley State)
2. Marcelo Laguera (CSU-Pueblo)
3. Sydney Gidabuday (Adams State)
4. Stetson Rayas (Dallas Baptist)
5. Jack Mastrandrea (Charleston W.V.)