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One Sentence Previews: 2022 NCAA Indoor Championships Men's Mile (D3)

  • Hannah Thorn
  • Mar 8, 2022
  • 4 min read

Additional contributions by Garrett Zatlin


1. Aidan Ryan (Williams)

Ryan is the obvious title favorite in this event as he holds the D3 mile record, is the second man in D3 history to ever go under 4:00 and has the fastest time in this field by eight seconds.


2. Tucker Cargile (Redlands)

Cargile will be hoping for a more tactical race as that may be the only advantage he has over Ryan who will be doubling back from a fast DMR.


3. Sam Llaneza (Lynchburg)

With seeds two through ten being separated by two seconds, Llaneza hopes to stand above the rest of this field with his underrated foot speed (as evidenced by his 1:51 800 PR), meaning that a tactical race would surely play into his favor.


4. Isaac Alderfer (Eastern Mennominte)

After finishing 9th in the 800 meters at last year's outdoor national meet Alderfer will try his hand at a longer distance, where he has a good shot to earn All-American honors with a 4:08 mile PR and prior national meet experience.


5. Ryan Harvey (Loras)

Ryan Harvey will have his work cut-out for him as he is one of a few men who will be attempting the mile/DMR double, a double that seems plenty doable for him.


6. Matthew Kleiman (Johns Hopkins)

Kleiman has been very consistent this season and it seems like he can replicate a 4:08 or 4:09 mark somewhat reliably which is a good sign as some of these other men aren’t used to replicate their personal bests in championship-style races.


7. Chris Andersen (Ramapo)

Chris Andersen had a breakout race at the Boston University Valentine Invitational when he ran 4:06 in the mile and although he's had a few respectable 800 meter efforts since then, we're not entirely sure whether or not he'll be able to replicate that PR.


8. Christopher Collet (Wartburg)

This is a big step down in distance for Collet who was an All-American in the 5k and in the steeplechase last spring, meaning that he may thrive in a longer, more even-paced mile race this weekend.


9. Wyatt Kelly (Loras)

With training partner Harvey in the race, the Loras men will hope to make the prelim a controlled effort as Kelly is doubling back for the 1200 meter leg of Loras’ DMR.


10. Liam Galligan (Franciscan)

A five-second PR at a last chance meet got Galligan into this race and despite his proven experience and versatility, it would still be a huge accomplishment for him to make the final.


11. Justin Krause (UW-Whitewater)

This will be Krause’s first national meet and with the field being so tight together, he has a very good chance of squeaking into the final if he can keep his composure and build upon his success from this season.


12. Max Cluss (Middlebury)

Cluss is one of the majority who would argue that times at Boston University are legit as his qualifying time was a converted 4:07, something he’ll hope to replicate (and validate) on a flat-track this time.


13. Michael Madoch (UW-La Crosse)

Madoch’s team is fighting for a trophy, so it was a relief when he used the Wartburg Last Chance meet to run a 4:10 mile time and qualified for his second national meet, but can better his 12th place finish in the 1500 meters from last spring.


14. Jake Petri (UW-Eau Claire)

After barely missing the 1500 meter final last spring, Petri is coming in with a chip on his shoulder and his four straight wins to start the season capped by a 4:10 mile effort seemingly show that extra motivation.


15. Ezra Ruggles (SUNY Geneseo)

With his best results coming in the second-half of the season, Ezra Ruggles looks to be peaking at the right time and is entering the national meet with tons of momentum.


16. Will Houser (Washington U.)

Houser is at a bit of a disadvantage coming into this national meet given his seed, but after outperforming his seed in the 1500 meters last spring to earn All-American honors, it's hard to discount what Houser will bring to this meet this weekend.


17. Henry Hardart (MIT)

One of only two freshmen in the field, Hardart’s qualifying time is five seconds faster than any other time he has run this season, which has us wondering if he can replicate that magic or if the intensity of this field will prove to be too much.


18. Aleksei Seletskiy (Carnegie Mellon)

This may be his first national meet of any kind, but Seletskiy should feel some sense of familiarity when he faces his UAA foes from Case Western (Singer) and Washington U. (Houser).


19. Logan Singer (Case Western)

Compared to Seletskiy, Singer is the wise older veteran who has been chipping away at his times trying to make a national meet since 2018, but like Seletskiy, this is also his first time at a national meet on the track, meaning that inexperience may be a factor.


20. Cal Yackin (Otterbein)

This is the first meet all season that Cal Yackin isn’t doubling or tripling in events, so he should have plenty of energy to make a run at the final, something that seems like a long shot until you realize that he finished 6th in the 1500 meters at the outdoor national meet last spring.


Final Predictions:

  1. Aidan Ryan (Williams)

  2. Sam Llaneza (Lynchburg)

  3. Tucker Cargile (Redlands)

  4. Isaac Alderfer (Eastern Mennoninte)

  5. Mathew Kleiman (Johns Hopkins)

  6. Justin Krause (UW-Whitewater)

  7. Ryan Harvey (Wartburg)

  8. Cal Yackin (Otterbein)

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