¶2012OT mSteeple—Evan Jager 8:17.40 (AL)

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1. Evan Jager ¶ (Oregon TC) nr
2. Dan Huling ¶ (Reebok) 2
3. Billy Nelson ¶ (New Balance) 1
4. Donn Cabral ¶ (Princeton) 8
5. Kyle Alcorn ¶ (Nike) 3
6. Ben Bruce ¶ (adi) 4
7. David Adams * (unattached) nr
8. Donnie Cowart * (Ragged Mountain) 6
9. Josh McAdams * (New Balance) 7
10. Brian Olinger * (Reebok) 5

[lovetorun]

This should be a very competitive, interestng race. And, despite his lack of experience, I think Jager will win it..he has the best speed in his mile PR plus is in excellent shape right now...sub 13:20 5,000m shape...but he needs to keep from falling in the water jump!

[26mi235]

So, what is up with the declarations here. Only 14 are listed as declared with a bunch of guys pending. Are they going to take any more or just run a Final?

William Nelson New Balance 8:17.27 qualified declared
Benjamin Bruce adidas / McMillan Elite 8:19.10 qualified declared
Donald Cabral Princeton University 8:19.14 qualified declared
Daniel Huling Reebok 8:20.81 qualified declared
Kyle Alcorn Nike 8:20.86 qualified declared
Evan Jager Nike / Oregon TC Elite 8:20.90 qualified declared
Brian Olinger Reebok 8:23.36 qualified declared
Donald Cowart Ragged Mountain Racing 8:26.38 qualified declared
David Adams Team Nebraska 8:27.77 qualified declared
Steve Slattery 8:28.52 qualified declared
Craig Forys 8:28.90 qualified declared
Augustus Maiyo 8:29.37 qualified declared
Joshua McAdams New Balance 8:30.78 qualified declared
Lyle Weese 8:30.83 qualified declared
Cory Leslie The Ohio State University 8:32.48 provisional pending
Derek Scott Run Portland 8:33.50 provisional pending
Jordan Fife Brooks / Team Indiana Elite 8:33.89 provisional pending
Justin Tyner Falcon Distance Project 8:33.98 provisional pending
Ryan Haebe Western State College 8:35.00 provisional pending
Corey Nowitzke 8:35.79 provisional pending
Travis Mahoney Temple University 8:36.10 provisional pending
De'Sean Turner Indiana University 8:36.39 provisional pending
John Ricardi Brooks / Club Northwest 8:36.69 provisional pending
Max King Central Oregon Running Klub 8:36.86 provisional pending
Steve Finley 8:36.98 provisional pending
Cameron Bean ZAP Fitness Reebok 8:37.28 provisional pending
Anthony Famiglietti 8:37.38 provisional pending
Aric VanHalen University of Colorado 8:37.45 provisional pending
Alex Brill 8:37.62 provisional pending

[AS]

I'd expect this guy - Aric Van Halen - to put in a scintillating performance

[aaronk]

Slattery doesn't make the cut!!

As with the women, lots of good times.....for the prelims!!!
And tight finishes!!
1.08 separating the first 5 in one race, 0.55 in the other!!

[TN1965]

My prediction for the final. 1 Jager 2 Cabral 3 Huling.

[booond]

Bit of a disappointment as a race. Thought Huling would hold together but he faded fast. Jager looks like a future AR holder.

[tm71]

Good prediction tn1965. Nice to see cabral make it. There hasn't been a good young American steeper since Lincoln.

[odelltrclan]

Nice race by Jager as most of us expected. Ho looks to be able to go much faster. Sub 8:10 at Olympics?

[Master Po]

Both Jager and Cabral look like they have a lot of potential -- both young (22-23yo) and both young in the event -- Cabral ran in the 8:30s in 2010-2011, and now this year has 2 @ 8:19. Jager I think has now run exactly 4 steeples, all this year -- 8:26, 8:20, 8:30 (prelim), 8:17. Would love to see both of them get under 8:10.

[TN1965]

Good prediction tn1965. Nice to see cabral make it. There hasn't been a good young American steeper since Lincoln.

Thank you. I was almost right until Huling started fading.

[RQ]

Anyone know what Jager will run prior to Olympic games, if anywhere?

[26mi235]

Schumacher's tpyical pattern is to have his runners do a shorter race leading up to their big meet. However, in Jager's case it is not clear if they will want to do another steeple (given he has now run four and gotten faster in the three finals (despite a fall on the last water jump) final or to train for the steeple intensively (but you cannot do that too much). Alternatively, the typical preparation would be to have him do a 1500, although a hurdles-less straight 3000 would be an interesting race for him.

[doug5321]

iaaf.org says jager in the steeplechase at monaco on july 20th.