1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:05,520 Welcome in to the 51st Annual Prefontaine Classic. 2 00:00:05,720 --> 00:00:08,680 I'm Paul Hoff Mahoney, joined by Karen Lesowitz and we are here 3 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:13,760 for the Sidious Mag Pre Pre Show put on by Track Town USA. 4 00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:17,680 Karen, we're back in Eugene. We're back in Eugene. 5 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:21,120 We are so excited to be here. We are in the VIP Village, 6 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:24,640 sounds very important. We're at the Fan Festival stage. 7 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:27,400 We've got an incredible crowd with us here today. 8 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:32,680 Absolutely surrounded by fans. These are the vibes of pre. 9 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:36,680 It's it's really unbeatable anywhere else in the USI haven't 10 00:00:36,680 --> 00:00:39,520 experienced the European track beat, but I'd probably say 11 00:00:39,720 --> 00:00:42,200 unbeatable anywhere else in the world quite possibly. 12 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:45,680 Oh, totally unbeatable. So first vibes here, Paul, we're 13 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:47,040 in Eugene. I don't know where you're coming 14 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:48,680 from, but I'm coming from Chicago. 15 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:51,320 We have an insane humidity heat wave right now. 16 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:54,120 So I am so incredibly excited to be here. 17 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:57,680 We've got a great weather, you know here on tap for the 18 00:00:57,680 --> 00:00:59,560 athletes too, right? It was a little a little hot 19 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:00,920 today. It was high of 80, but there's 20 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:04,319 like not a lot of humidity. It's about probably 75° right 21 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:06,440 now, only getting cooler through the night. 22 00:01:06,960 --> 00:01:10,440 Races don't start till a little after 8:30, so I suspect it's 23 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:12,640 going to be pretty good conditions here on the track. 24 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:15,360 Yeah, we've got a bit of a slimmer schedule tonight with 25 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:19,160 the real meat of the action tomorrow afternoon in the early 26 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:21,320 afternoon. But tonight we've got 5 races on 27 00:01:21,320 --> 00:01:25,160 the track, 2 field events yet to be determined, 1 field event 28 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:26,720 already done before the pre show started. 29 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:29,600 We already have a meet record. Ethan Katzberg, the Olympic and 30 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:33,440 World champion in the men's Hammer 8333 to take the win, 31 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:36,360 reclaims his meet record from Rudy Winkler through the 32 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:40,120 American record here last year. So a great win for Ethan in a 33 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:42,280 great competition. Rudy fought valiantly. 34 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:46,080 Season's best over 81 meters. But that's just what you get at 35 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:48,240 pre great performances top to bottom. 36 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:51,680 And like, this is the preview show and we failed previewing 37 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:54,520 because already we we missed a meet record. 38 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:58,720 But absolutely incredible stuff out of Ethan as usual. 39 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:00,160 That's just kind of par for the course for him. 40 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:04,560 Yeah, Pre is Eugene is amazing. I was just here 3 weeks ago for 41 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:08,560 NCA as and I never get tired of Eugene. 42 00:02:09,759 --> 00:02:14,080 It's it's a great spot to be. Hayward is every time I walk up, 43 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:18,560 it's still the same kind of kind of little nerves in there, but 44 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:21,240 it's it's the best place in the world. 45 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:23,880 It's amazing. Yeah, I'm on a I'm on a West 46 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:27,720 Coast trip right now, so not as drastic of a temperature change 47 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:29,600 or conditions change as you've experienced. 48 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:31,720 It's getting a little breezier right now. 49 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:36,280 As we talked about a little bit last night with me and Oregon 50 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:39,600 legend Max Fleet over here. By the time we got to that men's 51 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:41,520 two mile could be getting a little breezy. 52 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:44,160 So could see their pursuit of that eight minute barrier in the 53 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:47,080 men's two mile. Might be have to battle some 54 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:50,080 weather a little bit with the wind, but we'll get into that 55 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:52,680 and a whole lot of other events coming up. 56 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:56,800 Yeah, something that you got to go to today, Paul, was you got 57 00:02:56,800 --> 00:02:59,880 to go to a press conference and that for anyone listening, 58 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:01,920 that's never been to 1. I hadn't been to 1 till 59 00:03:01,920 --> 00:03:04,000 recently. And it's where all the athletes 60 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:05,920 that you want to see on the track are right there in front 61 00:03:05,920 --> 00:03:07,480 of you. They're answering questions. 62 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:10,280 They're talking about the the feat that's yet to come. 63 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:11,960 You were actually there boots on the ground. 64 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:16,200 What are the vibes in in, you know, in the graduate, right? 65 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:18,200 That's where they did the. Press conference in the ME Hotel 66 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:20,560 in downtown Eugene. The vibes are great. 67 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:24,680 I mean, I the joke with marathon press conferences is just every 68 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:27,640 athlete says it's the best build of their lives and everyone says 69 00:03:27,640 --> 00:03:30,080 they're perfectly healthy and we don't know who's lying. 70 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:32,560 I feel like track press conferences are a little more 71 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:35,320 honest. I also feel attacked by that as 72 00:03:35,320 --> 00:03:37,480 a marathoner. Nowhere near elite but I still 73 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:40,360 feel attacked. That's that's Chris Chavez's 74 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:42,240 kind of a signature calling card. 75 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:44,760 On all right if Chris said it. Take it up with Chris if you 76 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:48,200 have an issue with it. But yeah, it's I mean, everyone 77 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:51,400 seems to be in good spirits. There's some I think one of the 78 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:55,440 biggest question marks coming into this meet is the health of 79 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:59,000 Keely Hodgkinson, who's going to be racing the Maria Mutola 800 80 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:00,880 tomorrow. The last time we saw her on the 81 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:04,280 track stepped off before even starting the 400 final at 82 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:06,640 British Championships. But she said that was just a one 83 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:10,160 time thing. Overly cautious, rather be 84 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:12,560 overly cautious than come away with a hamstring injury. 85 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:15,080 So she's good to go. Ready to RIP tomorrow. 86 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:17,440 But yeah, press conference was fun. 87 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:20,880 Press conferences, you, I feel like the tension in there, you 88 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:24,240 can cut it with a knife. It is always like the top 89 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:26,960 athletes competing against one another, having to sit there in 90 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:30,400 their regular clothes and just maybe be normal for a second. 91 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:32,760 But the competitive nature, I feel like always comes out 92 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:35,440 something that I'm so excited to see. 93 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:37,800 I don't know if they revealed them at the press conference, 94 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:41,680 but Nike always releases a special uniform for their 95 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:45,120 athletes for exclusively the Pre Classic. 96 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:47,960 I think that's incredible. I'm always so excited to see 97 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:49,560 them. I think we pulled up a photo. 98 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:52,800 They're like a neon green, yellow, whatever you want to 99 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:54,880 call it. I I think they're going to look 100 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:57,520 fantastic, especially on the screen in person. 101 00:04:57,520 --> 00:04:59,520 You're not going to be able to miss the Nike athletes on the 102 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:02,760 track, let me tell you that. Yeah, last year for pre 51 of my 103 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:06,600 favorite kits ever, regardless of like special for a meet that 104 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:09,440 golden black kit last year, I absolutely loved it. 105 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:13,440 So it was a it was a tough one to top, but that 2 tone neon 106 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:16,640 green, dark green colorway Nikes got going on for this one looks 107 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:19,040 really, really good. Now let's get into some of the 108 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:22,120 athletes that we will see wearing those beautiful kits. 109 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:25,880 And we'll start with the women's 400, which is our first track 110 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:28,840 event of the night. And that start list we've got 111 00:05:28,840 --> 00:05:31,360 going down. Not sure on lane assignments 112 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:34,760 here, but Rasheeda, like a Aaliyah Butler, Sonaria Butler, 113 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:38,200 Alexis Holmes, Bailey Lear, Dejanae Oakley, the NCAA 114 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:41,640 champion on this track just three weeks ago, Ella Ana 115 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:45,840 Javuevo, Martina Weil and Stacy and Williams, Karen. 116 00:05:45,840 --> 00:05:47,680 That's a lot of speed in this field. 117 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:51,520 Lot of speed in this field and we also have some youngsters. 118 00:05:51,840 --> 00:05:56,520 Oakley and Ana Juevo are NCA competitors. 119 00:05:56,520 --> 00:05:59,240 You know one of those now on a, I'm going to say this, I'm going 120 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:02,400 to say it properly. Ana Juevo is now a pro. 121 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:05,480 So they were supposed to actually match up at NCAA's. 122 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:08,360 Turns out one of them went pro and so they didn't. 123 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:10,840 But they can't escape the Hayward match up because they're 124 00:06:10,840 --> 00:06:13,160 going to be versing each other here tonight. 125 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:15,520 But I don't know who you're most excited for. 126 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:18,080 I am so excited to see Adelecki out here. 127 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:21,120 This is her season debut in the 400. 128 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:24,080 So you might have seen her out there on the track in some, you 129 00:06:24,080 --> 00:06:27,680 know, other opener events. But this is her first 400. 130 00:06:27,840 --> 00:06:30,440 She had to skip worlds last year due to due to an injury. 131 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:32,440 She's 4th, you know, in the Olympics. 132 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:35,000 This is someone who's going to come out to compete tonight. 133 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:38,720 Yeah, this is the first time she's raced since this meet last 134 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:41,920 year, almost exactly a year for Adelecki. 135 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:45,880 She's run a 200 earlier this year, ran pretty well in that, 136 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:48,760 but it's going to be really interesting to see what kind of 137 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:51,160 shape she's in. I think it's it's kind of a 138 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:54,360 nice, you know, this is a really strong field, but you had mirror 139 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:56,120 lady Paulino and you had saw weed Nasser. 140 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:58,680 They both scratched. So it's not necessarily like 141 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:01,560 she's throwing herself directly into the flames with like the 142 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:04,240 absolute top top quarter milers in the world. 143 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:06,560 So I think this is a nice one for her to kind of get a feel 144 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:10,040 for this level of competition again as she's chasing, you 145 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:14,280 know, a very tough European podium to make it on because 146 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:16,680 those women over in Europe have been running really well this 147 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:18,640 year. But a little more on Dejan A 148 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:21,840 Oakley, the NCA record holder, NCA champion for the Georgia 149 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:27,120 Bulldogs here 3 weeks ago, also put down I think the fastest 4 150 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:32,040 by 4 split in NCAA history on anchor for them as well. 151 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:35,600 Dejaney is so, so good. And you know, she ran. 152 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:38,560 She broke 49 for the first time at the SEC Championships, looked 153 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:41,640 absolutely stunned by it and then lowered it, broke the 154 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:46,040 collegiate record held by her countrywomen Nakisha Price 4879 155 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:48,760 as a collegiate athlete is incredible. 156 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:52,520 And seeing Ella, Ella, Ana de Vuevo in this field, who, you 157 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:54,760 know, they battled so much during the indoor season. 158 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:57,960 And Ella's coming off, I believe that 4947 PB of hers. 159 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:02,680 She ran a few weeks ago in one of her pro debuts after leaving 160 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:05,960 LSU. So just finally getting that 161 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:08,480 match up between those two, it's going to be really exciting to 162 00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:10,280 watch. But yeah, you can't sleep on 163 00:08:10,280 --> 00:08:15,000 Aaliyah Butler, US Olympian, the Olympic champion on the relay. 164 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:19,920 She's got APB 49 O 4, second fastest in this, third fastest 165 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:22,000 in this field. Dejanay Oakley does have the 166 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:23,720 fastest personal best in this field. 167 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:26,920 This one is it feels like you've got people at lots of different 168 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:29,480 stages of their season. And so it's going to be 169 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:31,680 interesting to kind the takeaways you can get once you 170 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:33,679 see how these results play out. Yeah. 171 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:36,039 So given this is a final, who do we think takes it? 172 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:40,600 What's your final take here? I think, I don't think Desjanai 173 00:08:40,799 --> 00:08:44,480 has lost too much of that peak in the last three weeks. 174 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:48,040 She's, I mean, she's Jay Bacon. I don't know if her intention is 175 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:51,160 to pursue the Commonwealth title, but that's on the table 176 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:54,040 for her. So I assume her and coach Carol 177 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:57,040 Smith Gilbert and Kareem Abdel Wahab down at Georgia, I assume 178 00:08:57,040 --> 00:08:58,520 they're just keeping things rolling. 179 00:08:58,520 --> 00:09:01,840 And I don't think 4879 is necessarily the end of her 180 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:02,960 season. And then it just kind of a 181 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:05,080 decline from there. So yeah, I think Desjanae is 182 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:07,560 going to be tough to beat on this track she's very familiar 183 00:09:07,560 --> 00:09:08,560 with. Love it. 184 00:09:08,560 --> 00:09:10,440 If someone's familiar with Hayward Magic. 185 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:12,240 I mean, I I'd put my bet on them too. 186 00:09:12,240 --> 00:09:16,160 However, I'm going to to go Hedalecki because I just feel 187 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:18,680 like she's got the prestige to be here. 188 00:09:18,680 --> 00:09:22,440 She's been on that world stage. She's hungry, and so she just 189 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:24,400 wants more. So, and given that this was her, 190 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:27,240 you know, meet last year, I think let's come full circle and 191 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:29,440 I think she's taking it. Yeah, it's it's a big question 192 00:09:29,440 --> 00:09:30,520 mark. That would definitely be a big 193 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:34,000 statement in her return to competition. 194 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:37,080 This women's 15 for this Eugene crowd. 195 00:09:37,160 --> 00:09:39,800 There's a lot of rooting interest in this women's 15. 196 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:41,400 When you look at the Oregon ties. 197 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:44,960 You've got Mia Barnett a recent and I think she might be pacing 198 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:48,920 Wilma Nielsen, who just finished I think 4th at NCA as in the 199 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:52,240 1500 for Oregon. You also got Ellery Lincoln, a 200 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:56,320 future Oregon Duck stepping up against the pros in this one. 201 00:09:56,960 --> 00:09:59,560 This is going to be a fun field. And, you know, it's this is kind 202 00:09:59,560 --> 00:10:04,440 of the, you know, we've got the big mile tomorrow with the likes 203 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:07,280 of Jess Holt, Nikki Hilts and world record holder Faith Kippy. 204 00:10:07,280 --> 00:10:08,040 A gone. Yeah. 205 00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:11,000 But that does not, by any stretch of the imagination, mean 206 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:13,600 this field is is lacking for talent. 207 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:15,560 No, not at all. I mean, it's it's you know, it's 208 00:10:15,560 --> 00:10:17,720 a developmental field, right? It's like we're going to see 209 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:19,640 where these whether this shakes out and who knows, one of these 210 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:22,880 people we might see next year in, you know, the women's final 211 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:25,320 mile on Saturday. But Ellery Lincoln, another 212 00:10:25,320 --> 00:10:28,360 moment for her. She's a a high schooler, right? 213 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:31,560 She she's graduated or is going to graduate. 214 00:10:31,560 --> 00:10:36,160 She ran a 427 mile. Put that into perspective. 215 00:10:36,160 --> 00:10:38,760 It's a number three all time for high schoolers. 216 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:42,520 And her parents by no surprise, are also star runners. 217 00:10:42,520 --> 00:10:44,920 So she was at the press conference yesterday and like, 218 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:49,280 the poise and the composure for someone being, you know, just in 219 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:51,040 high school, I thought that was incredible. 220 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:54,000 Yeah, and Ellery will be representing the US back on this 221 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:59,040 track, I believe in the first week of August as one of two 222 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:03,080 members of the US 1500 team at the World U20 Championship. 223 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:07,080 So Ellery, an Oregon native who races state championships here 224 00:11:07,080 --> 00:11:11,120 year in and year out, races Nike Outdoor Nationals, the USU 20 225 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:13,680 championships. This For someone who's hasn't 226 00:11:13,680 --> 00:11:17,000 yet stepped on Oregon's campus as a student, she's basically as 227 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:19,080 familiar with this place as you could possibly imagine. 228 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:21,160 Oh, completely. And another special shout out, 229 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:24,040 Christina Aragon. So she's on Swoosh TC. 230 00:11:24,560 --> 00:11:27,360 She is very familiar with this track. 231 00:11:27,360 --> 00:11:29,960 You know, this is this is her home track hometown. 232 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:32,920 So I think that home field advantage we've seen time and 233 00:11:32,920 --> 00:11:36,520 time again, play paid dividends here at Hayward Field. 234 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:38,480 You know where all the turns are, you know where the winds 235 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:40,200 going to be, you know how to play to the crowd. 236 00:11:40,760 --> 00:11:42,120 I think we're going to see something special out of 237 00:11:42,120 --> 00:11:43,840 Christina tonight, too. Yeah. 238 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:46,680 But when you look at this field, you talk about Swoosh TC and a 239 00:11:46,680 --> 00:11:51,640 new signee to Swoosh TC as of about an hour and a half ago, 240 00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:56,200 maybe Gracie Morris, the US 2K champion and the cross country 241 00:11:56,320 --> 00:11:59,600 from back in December, she is now a member of Swoosh TC. 242 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:03,680 We're not sure which which TC she's on, whether that's Eugene, 243 00:12:03,680 --> 00:12:07,400 Provo or Flagstaff, but a huge signing for Nike is one of the 244 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:10,000 real up and comers of US women's miling. 245 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:13,680 She's got APB of four flat 29 run this year. 246 00:12:13,680 --> 00:12:17,280 It feels like every meet she's just getting a little bit better 247 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:19,840 and better and better and she's really inserting herself into 248 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:21,360 these Diamond League races, racing. 249 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:24,360 I believe she was in both of the Chinese Diamond leagues in 250 00:12:24,360 --> 00:12:26,800 Xiamen and Shanghai slash Kekiao. 251 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:31,640 So Gracie is really starting to kind of build this pedigree year 252 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:34,520 after year and against this field where you know, she's I 253 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:36,720 think she's the favorite in this field. 254 00:12:36,720 --> 00:12:40,200 She's the she has the fastest seasons, best by nearly a full 255 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:42,280 second over Lucia Stafford of Canada. 256 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:46,600 So I really think Gracie could truly make a statement in this 257 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:48,240 one. May I don't know what this will 258 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:51,080 be paced for. Maybe she'll approach the four 259 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:53,000 minute barrier for the first time in her career. 260 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:57,680 But yeah, I think, I think Gracie rocking that new the pre 261 00:12:57,680 --> 00:13:01,680 kit that we love so much, I think I think she could be in 262 00:13:01,680 --> 00:13:03,920 for something special tonight. I think that's incredible. 263 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:08,440 Someone that we cannot count out right is Juliet Whitaker. 264 00:13:08,440 --> 00:13:11,800 She is moving up from the 800. You might have taken a look at 265 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:13,360 that start list and said, wait, hang on a second. 266 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:17,680 She runs the 800 pretty freaking well, but she's stepping it up. 267 00:13:17,680 --> 00:13:20,040 And I personally love when athletes like this. 268 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:22,240 I think it shows their mindset when they're willing to step it 269 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:25,360 up, take on a larger distance or just something different 270 00:13:25,360 --> 00:13:28,120 altogether and and make a statement for themselves. 271 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:30,960 I think that shows her strength, her composure and she is 272 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:32,680 definitely someone you're going to want to watch out on the 273 00:13:32,680 --> 00:13:34,480 track tonight. Yeah, and I mean, Juliet is 274 00:13:34,480 --> 00:13:38,440 definitely, you know her, her sister Isabella is an Olympic 275 00:13:38,440 --> 00:13:41,040 champion, I believe on the relays in the 400. 276 00:13:41,040 --> 00:13:43,040 So you might think she comes from more of that speed side. 277 00:13:43,040 --> 00:13:45,320 But Juliet's got some really good strength. 278 00:13:45,320 --> 00:13:48,880 I believe this winter she broke 4:30 in the mile. 279 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:51,760 I want to say she's got APB of four O 9. 280 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:56,440 So she's really putting herself into this one as I don't think 281 00:13:56,440 --> 00:13:59,200 she's signed with anyone, but she's graduated from Stanford. 282 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:02,200 Not exactly. Who knows how eligibility works 283 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:04,280 at this point. She could have three more 284 00:14:04,280 --> 00:14:05,720 seasons left. She could have none. 285 00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:09,600 So I don't know if this is going to be like a pro debut for 286 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:11,160 Juliet. We'll see what kit she ends up 287 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:14,920 racing in tonight. But yeah, I definitely think 288 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:18,360 just because she's an 800 runner stepping up, don't sleep on 289 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:21,240 Juliet Whitaker. Sadie Englehart, the star 290 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:25,760 freshman for NC State. You know, the season Sadie had I 291 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:27,800 think was so impressive as a freshman. 292 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:31,520 She was an all American and cross country NCAA runner up in 293 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:33,840 the indoor mile, I think. And then didn't necessarily have 294 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:37,080 the day she wanted on this track, NCAA outdoors, but a 295 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:41,120 great opportunity in in this field where a lot of NCAA 296 00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:44,120 competitors, you know, you look at Wilma Nielsen, you look at 297 00:14:44,120 --> 00:14:48,640 Juliet Whitaker, Mia Barnett, Salma El Badra out of Morocco by 298 00:14:48,640 --> 00:14:51,640 way of South Carolina. Like, in some ways this is just 299 00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:52,880 an NCAA. Channel, right, right. 300 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:55,520 Yeah. And you can let us know cuz you 301 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:57,240 were here for NC. You can let us know which one 302 00:14:57,240 --> 00:15:00,440 is, is pretty much the same. But I'm so excited to see the 303 00:15:00,440 --> 00:15:02,720 young talent out there, the experienced talent. 304 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:08,120 The men's mile is going to be right after that at 8:56 PM 305 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:10,480 Pacific Time. Someone also that's a recent 306 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:14,120 grad from Oregon, Elliot Cook. He was at the press conference 307 00:15:14,120 --> 00:15:16,320 yesterday. Once again, these youngsters, 308 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:18,560 they have this composure about them that makes them so 309 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:21,280 dangerous out there. I'm so excited to see him. 310 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:22,680 Yeah. You want to go through the list? 311 00:15:22,680 --> 00:15:23,560 Who else we going to see out there? 312 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:25,160 Yeah. So looking at this men's 313 00:15:25,160 --> 00:15:30,000 international mile field, like you said, we've got Elliot Cook, 314 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:33,600 you've got Carter Cutting, the NCAA indoor mile champion saw 315 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:35,840 him out on a run yesterday morning. 316 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:39,320 He looked like he was having fun with some of his BYU guys. 317 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:42,080 You got Ollie Whore, who's trying to build. 318 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:44,800 You know, he was part of that Australian team that won the 319 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:47,680 mixed relay at World Cross. Trying to build back and have a 320 00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:52,200 solid track season is Ollie. Festus Lagat has a fourth, a 348 321 00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:55,200 PB. Trent McFarland I this has got 322 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:59,240 to be his outdoor mile PB of four O 670 because I know for a 323 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:01,360 fact he ran in the low three 50s indoors. 324 00:16:01,640 --> 00:16:06,360 That's the guy out of Michigan who was maybe runner up to 325 00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:09,880 Simeon Birnbaum on this track. Simeon unfortunately scratched 326 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:11,880 the Bowerman Mile with an illness. 327 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:14,440 Would have been so much fun after the moment he had coming 328 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:17,160 down that straight away at NCI as would have been so much fun 329 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:18,680 to see him mix it up with the pros. 330 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:23,280 But Trent I think is going to be a real contender definitely. 331 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:26,000 I think it's safe to say he'll run an outdoor mile PB. 332 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:28,600 I don't see a world where he runs slower than four O 6. 333 00:16:28,960 --> 00:16:32,640 Wes Porter, kind of like Gracie Morris, has been building off of 334 00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:36,320 a strong showing on the cross country course in the winter and 335 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:38,040 has been having a solid track season. 336 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:41,400 But the real name I think to watch here, if you're going 337 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:45,720 potentially on on record, watch Jackson Spencer, the senior out 338 00:16:45,720 --> 00:16:50,160 of Harriman High School in Utah going to BYU next year or I 339 00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:54,440 believe serving a mission first. But Jackson, he has APB of 357. 340 00:16:54,720 --> 00:16:58,000 You know, whenever you see a high schooler running a fast 341 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:01,160 mile here at pre, you think about Alan Webb's 353. 342 00:17:01,160 --> 00:17:04,119 Of course, that is a lot of time, right, for Jackson to chop 343 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:06,520 off. I'm not saying we're looking at 344 00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:08,400 a new high school, no. Come on, you're saying it, Paul. 345 00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:11,200 You might be saying it. I really like Jackson. 346 00:17:11,319 --> 00:17:13,800 He's a great guy. I'm not going to rule out the 347 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:15,079 possibility. OK. 348 00:17:15,280 --> 00:17:19,200 I think, I mean that record's got to go down sometime soon, 349 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:21,359 right? Or I think it would be. 350 00:17:21,359 --> 00:17:24,520 It's it's from what, 2001? One. 351 00:17:24,599 --> 00:17:25,440 Two. It's back. 352 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:27,240 Early 2000. Exactly. 353 00:17:27,760 --> 00:17:31,280 I think something like tonight that Hayward magic I if it 354 00:17:31,280 --> 00:17:34,560 doesn't get broken here today, I think it gets broken at a meet 355 00:17:34,560 --> 00:17:36,600 like this right. You you see these high schoolers 356 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:40,480 just transcending now past the collagen into the the pro talent 357 00:17:40,480 --> 00:17:42,760 field. So Jackson Spencer, someone to 358 00:17:42,760 --> 00:17:44,400 definitely keep an eye on out there. 359 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:48,400 Again, it's 353 is is Alan Webb's American record. 360 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:49,960 Let's see how close he can get to it. 361 00:17:50,120 --> 00:17:53,360 Yeah, for for Carter Cutting, he's the NCAA indoor Myo 362 00:17:53,360 --> 00:17:55,440 champion. Was not super happy with the way 363 00:17:55,440 --> 00:17:58,120 he raced NCAA outdoors in that 1500. 364 00:17:58,120 --> 00:18:01,120 Thinks he wasted a lot of energy swinging a little too wide with 365 00:18:01,120 --> 00:18:02,960 1:50 to go, if I remember correctly. 366 00:18:02,960 --> 00:18:05,400 So he could be looking for some redemption on this track. 367 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:08,480 Same thing with Elliot Cook, but I think the real name that I'm 368 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:10,440 looking out for Ollie whore in this one. 369 00:18:11,160 --> 00:18:13,840 This is, you know, the the Diamond League circuit has been 370 00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:17,000 some tough sledding for him in recent years with with just 371 00:18:17,640 --> 00:18:20,120 unfortunately feels like kind of chronic injury problems. 372 00:18:20,120 --> 00:18:23,600 But this field in the international mile, I think 373 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:27,400 could be 1 where he really is able to get a little bit of 374 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:29,400 confidence if you can come away with a good result. 375 00:18:29,400 --> 00:18:35,360 He's got the fastest PB in the field by over a second, a second 376 00:18:35,360 --> 00:18:37,880 and a half I believe with this 34748. 377 00:18:39,440 --> 00:18:43,160 So I definitely think Ollie, him being in this field, it excites 378 00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:46,080 me a little bit because I think this is going to be a good one 379 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:49,080 for him to really be able to race his race, not get sucked up 380 00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:50,680 and what other people are doing. Yeah. 381 00:18:50,960 --> 00:18:52,680 So I I like Ollie's chances tonight. 382 00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:56,240 Oh my God, so many chances and the biggest chance of all, one 383 00:18:56,240 --> 00:18:59,000 of the top events that's going to be going down here tonight at 384 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:03,080 9 O 7:00 PM. We have the men's 800 meter 385 00:19:03,080 --> 00:19:05,160 race. I was at the press conference 386 00:19:05,160 --> 00:19:09,960 yesterday and holy cow, we've got Donovan Brazier, right? 387 00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:15,320 The the former world champ. He's 29 years old up against the 388 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:18,800 17 year old kid. I even hate to say kid, because 389 00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:23,440 Cooper Luck in house is proving to be an absolute powerhouse out 390 00:19:23,440 --> 00:19:25,160 there. He's 17 years old. 391 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:27,280 I see that as the big match up here. 392 00:19:27,280 --> 00:19:30,360 It's it's it's kind of the veteran against, you know, the 393 00:19:30,360 --> 00:19:32,880 high schooler. And then we'll see who else 394 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:35,120 mixes it up. Yeah, just just a quick show of 395 00:19:35,120 --> 00:19:38,120 hands for these these Fan Fest folks out here who remembers the 396 00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:42,320 800 final on the men's side from the US Championships last year. 397 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:44,800 Yeah, that was a pretty good race. 398 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:47,160 We've got the top three from that field in this one. 399 00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:50,320 Cooper, Luck in house, Donovan Brazier and Bryce Hoppel, as 400 00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:53,000 well as Brandon Miller. He didn't make the team last 401 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:54,600 year. This is a guy who's an Olympian. 402 00:19:54,600 --> 00:19:56,840 He's run really well. Not on the Diamond League 403 00:19:56,840 --> 00:19:59,760 circuit yet, the same way Cooper has, but the Sound meets down in 404 00:19:59,800 --> 00:20:01,800 LA. He's been putting on a show, 405 00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:06,000 running really well, beat his teammate Josh Curran in 800 as 406 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:09,080 Josh is training up for his mile world record attempt in a few 407 00:20:09,080 --> 00:20:12,280 weeks. This is, I mean, the best the US 408 00:20:12,280 --> 00:20:15,680 has to offer in the 800. And when you talk about Cooper, 409 00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:19,840 he's coming back to this track for the first time since that 410 00:20:19,840 --> 00:20:24,520 epic race when he ran 14227 just catapulted him into he was 411 00:20:24,520 --> 00:20:27,360 already the greatest high school 800 runner to ever live, even 412 00:20:27,360 --> 00:20:31,200 just by making that final. But then that really is just 413 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:34,080 catapulted him into another stratosphere. 414 00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:36,200 I. Think he said that too in the 415 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:37,760 press conference. They were talking about where'd 416 00:20:37,760 --> 00:20:40,760 you get that confidence to really just assert yourself on a 417 00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:43,920 world stage? And he he cited that kick at USA 418 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:46,440 is when he kicked down the world class talent. 419 00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:49,760 And you know, barely got Donovan Brazier at the end there. 420 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:52,560 And you know, Donovan came away with a victory. 421 00:20:52,560 --> 00:20:54,440 But that's why I think it's going to be such a a wonderful 422 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:56,680 matchup. And we've got Cooper Lukinhaus, 423 00:20:56,680 --> 00:21:00,040 who's actually second fastest man in the world right now in 424 00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:03,200 his in this event, the 800. I think that's got to put a 425 00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:06,640 target on your back, doesn't it? So people are looking for him, I 426 00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:10,240 think to take the race out and all eyes, I think are going to 427 00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:13,600 be on him with some of these other key players, as we said. 428 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:16,520 But Donovan Brazier, I think something so interesting about 429 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:20,000 this is he's a Nike athlete last 10 years, never raced a pre 430 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:21,720 classic. That's what he said. 431 00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:24,680 That also puts a little bit of pressure on, right. 432 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:26,760 This is this is his first pre classic. 433 00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:30,680 He's, you know, coming in hot, had a had a wonderful, you know, 434 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:32,920 I think just season so far. He's he's he's getting 435 00:21:33,320 --> 00:21:35,880 confidence is what he said. Getting that flame back I think 436 00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:37,880 is exactly what he said yesterday, which I love. 437 00:21:38,320 --> 00:21:41,600 Yeah, I mean it, it kind of gets overshadowed because of how 438 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:44,120 great his season was last year, but still just like 439 00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:48,400 acknowledging the things he had to go through from 2021 through 440 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:52,080 2024, like the fact that he was able to do what he did last year 441 00:21:52,320 --> 00:21:56,160 is insane. And so it's not the end of the 442 00:21:56,160 --> 00:21:57,520 world. I think that he's still trying 443 00:21:57,520 --> 00:21:59,160 to kind of find his footing this year. 444 00:21:59,160 --> 00:22:02,920 It seems like like he's running his, his season's best is 144 445 00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:05,080 O3. I'm pretty sure that's faster 446 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:08,320 than what his season's best was entering US as last year when he 447 00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:11,840 almost ran APB after four or five years. 448 00:22:11,840 --> 00:22:16,520 So I I think it's the panic potentially surrounding Donovan, 449 00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:18,960 I think might be a little overblown right now, but this is 450 00:22:18,960 --> 00:22:21,200 going to be 1 where like you said, Cooper has that target on 451 00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:22,920 his back. He's coming off of beating 452 00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:27,200 Marco, a rope, beating Emmanuel, 1 Yoni, the world and Olympic 453 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:30,480 champion. So this is a field where now he 454 00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:33,760 is the favorite and, you know, in in those last two races, he 455 00:22:33,760 --> 00:22:36,840 has those more experienced, more veteran guys with that outdoor 456 00:22:36,840 --> 00:22:40,560 global hardware to really kind of hold that mantle. 457 00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:42,520 Yeah. But now it's like, I mean, they 458 00:22:42,520 --> 00:22:45,400 were talking about on the City Smack podcast a couple days ago 459 00:22:45,600 --> 00:22:49,080 where it's like, if Cooper doesn't win this race now, it 460 00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:52,840 feels insane to say that a 17 year old winning the Pre or 461 00:22:52,840 --> 00:22:56,120 losing, not even losing, even if he finishes in a close second at 462 00:22:56,280 --> 00:22:58,680 the Prefrontane Classic, that's a disappointment by his 463 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:01,400 standards. But it is that's just the level 464 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:03,160 that Cooper has found himself at. 465 00:23:04,160 --> 00:23:05,880 I don't think we're going to be disappointed. 466 00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:08,840 I think, I think he's, he's got this in the bag. 467 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:10,680 Oh, he doesn't. Someone that we don't want to 468 00:23:10,680 --> 00:23:14,560 sleep on is Brandon Miller. So yeah, he was unfortunately in 469 00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:17,160 in the carnage of last year's USA is when he kind of got 470 00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:20,560 hawked down by Cooper there. So I think he's coming back here 471 00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:24,240 with that tenacity of wanting to to prove himself in the field 472 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:27,520 that is so familiar to him of kind of what happened last year. 473 00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:30,920 He looked incredible out in Lai think he's raced there about two 474 00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:34,200 times. You ran A1439 in the 8 out at 475 00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:37,880 the LA Grand Prix and I think it was that last 100 meters that, 476 00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:40,560 you know, really, really sold me on him having that kick and 477 00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:42,560 maybe that spark back. Yeah. 478 00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:45,520 And then one more app, because I realize I think we've only 479 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:47,360 mentioned American names in this bit. 480 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:51,040 There is a really great Belgian record holder, Elliott Creston, 481 00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:53,080 in this field. He was silver to Cooper 482 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:55,520 Luckenhouse's gold at the World Indoor Championship. 483 00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:58,520 So in this, you know, he's been a little caught up in the pack 484 00:23:58,520 --> 00:23:59,720 in the last couple diamond leagues. 485 00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:01,360 I think he's finished around 5th or 6th. 486 00:24:02,120 --> 00:24:05,880 But this is an opportunity for him in maybe a field without all 487 00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:08,400 of those top, top international guys or the Americans we know 488 00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:10,560 can be at that level but might still be fighting their footing 489 00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:13,520 a little bit. It's really it's it's going to 490 00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:15,800 be interesting to see how Elliott handles a field like 491 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:18,320 this. And that brings us to our final 492 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:21,960 event of the night. Oh my God, at 9:16 PM to be 493 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:25,520 followed by a drone light show inside the stadium. 494 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:28,040 This men's two mile. Oh, sorry. 495 00:24:28,040 --> 00:24:30,520 It's the men's two mile. I have a quick question for the 496 00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:32,600 crowd. Does the world record go down in 497 00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:37,440 the men's two mile? Tonight seemed to mix. 498 00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:41,280 It seemed to mix that. World record is a unbelievably 499 00:24:41,280 --> 00:24:45,560 tough mark, 75410 for me. Alka being a Brits and that is 500 00:24:45,560 --> 00:24:49,640 2357 miles back-to-back. That sounds, quite frankly, 501 00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:53,960 impossible to my brain. Well, impossible, because only 502 00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:57,200 two men have done it. Yeah, only Jacob and Daniel 503 00:24:57,200 --> 00:25:00,360 Komen are the only two men under 8, but they were talking all 504 00:25:00,360 --> 00:25:03,440 about this in the press conference with Grant Fisher, 505 00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:06,800 Kai Robinson and Cooper Tier. That is the goal. 506 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:10,360 The goal is sub 8:00 tonight. The world record might be a 507 00:25:10,360 --> 00:25:12,480 little steep. We'll see if a good race can get 508 00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:14,600 there. Like I said earlier, they might 509 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:16,960 have to deal with some wind coming around that back 510 00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:19,480 straight, coming around that, the Bowerman curve. 511 00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:23,120 But I mean, this, this field is absolutely incredible. 512 00:25:23,120 --> 00:25:27,000 Muhammad Abdullahi, Andreas Almgren, Grant Fisher, Lalo 513 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:29,840 Herrera. You've got Kai Robinson, Abdi 514 00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:33,040 Nur, Parker Wolf, who? I mean, Parker, you know, he 515 00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:36,160 wasn't at the press conference yesterday, but he beat Grant 516 00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:38,800 Fisher in a 5K just a few weeks ago on the Diamond League 517 00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:40,440 circuit. Obviously now Grant's coming off 518 00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:45,480 his first Diamond League victory ever, but definitely do not 519 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:49,880 sleep on Parker Wolf, the second fastest man in NCAA history over 520 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:53,840 the the 3000 meters indoors. I mean, Parker's just had such 521 00:25:53,840 --> 00:25:56,760 an incredible year. The last big two mile we saw 522 00:25:56,760 --> 00:25:59,840 this year was at Melrose and behind Cole Hawker and Josh 523 00:25:59,840 --> 00:26:02,600 Curtin, neither of whom are in this race, it was Parker Wolf 524 00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:05,280 taking third. And then he's also run PBS in 525 00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:07,720 the 15 and the 5K. So meet in the middle. 526 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:10,400 Parker's in incredible shape. What he's been doing since 527 00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:13,120 moving out to Swoosh TC Flagstaff, working with coach 528 00:26:13,120 --> 00:26:15,040 Mike Smith has been really exciting. 529 00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:19,720 Well, you talk about the 5K now five of the world's top nine 530 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:22,800 fastest men in the 5K are in this field. 531 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:26,360 Now it's a two mile right. So by my math, that's less than 532 00:26:26,360 --> 00:26:29,480 a 5K, but you're going to see that strength out there. 533 00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:31,320 I think that's something to to take note of. 534 00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:34,920 And specifically Grant Fisher now he's coming off his first 535 00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:38,000 Diamond League, right last week or a couple weeks ago. 536 00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:41,560 I think he's he's hot right now. I think he's he's hungry for it. 537 00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:47,160 To me he's a shoe in because his eight O 3 right is is the record 538 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:50,320 that he set the American record. So to me that not only goes 539 00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:52,840 down, but maybe even a world record, maybe even like a double 540 00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:55,400 record tonight. This is a non Diamond League 541 00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:57,520 event, right, So we don't always see this two mile. 542 00:26:57,720 --> 00:27:00,000 That's why I think a lot of these men are going to see this 543 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:03,080 as like a huge opportunity to race a maybe not so common 544 00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:05,520 distance on the track with amazing talent. 545 00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:09,560 I think a hot pace is going to be set right from the beginning 546 00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:12,960 and we'll see if a third man maybe plus more go under 8 547 00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:15,560 tonight. And when you think about records 548 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:18,600 in the two mile at pre, Craig Mottram's Australian record 549 00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:22,480 comes to mind from back in 2007. And one of my favorite bits of 550 00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:26,200 the press conference yesterday, Kai Robinson was saying, you 551 00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:28,200 know, he's taking a couple of Craig Mottram's Australian 552 00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:30,560 records and he was saying, I don't know if I'm big mazum go 553 00:27:30,560 --> 00:27:33,120 yet, but I'm I'm maybe a smaller mazum go. 554 00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:37,800 So we'll see if he can increase his mazum go factor tonight and 555 00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:41,080 see if he can get under Craig Mottram's record of eight O 3. 556 00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:44,920 But this this field is it's going to be really exciting. 557 00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:48,280 We've also got Marco Langan's pro debut, Marco Langan, of 558 00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:51,480 course, in NCAA fan favorite, fan favorite, one of one of the 559 00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:54,120 most interesting characters the sport has to offer. 560 00:27:54,120 --> 00:27:59,240 So very exciting to see how the start of his his hopefully long 561 00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:01,080 and storied pro career gets underway. 562 00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:04,040 But this field, I mean, we haven't talked about Andreas 563 00:28:04,040 --> 00:28:07,080 Almgren enough. I feel like he's the European 564 00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:11,040 record holder and several distances just so, so good. 565 00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:13,560 Muhammad Abdullahi has been having the best season of his 566 00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:16,160 life. Like this field is, it feels 567 00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:19,200 like it's almost somewhat of a disservice that it's tonight 568 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:21,680 instead of tomorrow. If this was a Diamond League 569 00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:25,080 event, like it definitely has the quality of a field you would 570 00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:27,800 see of a Diamond League 3000 or a Diamond League 5000. 571 00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:30,800 But and you know, maybe it gets a little more shine tonight, 572 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:33,400 even if it gets a little more wind from the conditions this 573 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:37,000 evening. And then I'm very curious to see 574 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:40,160 what this drone light show ends up being, even though I assume 575 00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:41,760 I'll be buried in the mix zone for it. 576 00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:45,640 But you know, I it's it's going to be an interesting one to 577 00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:49,480 close it out and then that is just today tomorrow we'll be 578 00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:53,360 back here at 11:00 AM. There's so much more track and 579 00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:57,360 field going on tomorrow. It will be absolutely wonderful 580 00:28:57,360 --> 00:29:00,960 time. So everyone, thank you for your 581 00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:02,640 time. We're we're closing this out. 582 00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:05,680 Get in there. We've got track starting all 583 00:29:05,680 --> 00:29:09,960 about starts in 30 minutes. Track events start at 837. 584 00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:12,960 It'll be a great night. All right, Woo.