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I don't know if the school here is the type of school that'll do a workout , it's a Friday night and when you run an 800 and 2:11.91, I'd say , it's a good time to hit the Wetzel's Pretzels or wherever you're gonna go and call it a night. Saturday night, actually Saturday night live from JSerra. That's right, I got my days mixed up. [BLANK_AUDIO] So right here we've got a guest coming in the booth just for the high school miles. We got our man Lex Young in the house. How's it going Lex? Pretty good, thank you for having me. Absolutely, it's our pleasure. Lex is getting a little tutelage here on how to view the results on the

broadcast. Lex, so you race a lot of these athletes quite a bit down here, this is your home turf. Oh yeah, San Juan Capistrano is awesome. I raced here last year for the 5K that they put on and it was phenomenal, such a great venue. What's it like to run on a track like this knowing the history of it? The two year history for professionals on here with the 10,000 meters. I think it's awesome because it's sort of like, it's part of that modern history of track and field, you know? Where people are breaking down all these records, so getting those times that weren't really thought of before. It's part of that new progressive part of that sport and it's just awesome.

It's just awesome because you have people like Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Abdihamid Nur running these crazy times and to be racing there on the same track and the same meet as these guys, it's very much an honor. Absolutely, and your brother is going to be racing too tonight. We've got the start of the boys 1600 here. You got any buddies in this race? Yeah, actually I got Brayden Seymour, he's in almost all pink, so he's going to be easy to spot. Oh, he's out there in lane one. We got Seymour here. I was told, well, we have a few JSerra athletes in here as well. Alden Morales is a freshman and he ran 4:23 recently.

That's extremely impressive. That's much faster than I ran as a freshman. What was your freshman time? I think I ran unofficially like 4:24 or something, so it was good, but 4:21 is very, very fast. Yeah, 4:23 to start out the year. I was told that they are aiming for sub-4:20 tonight too, so we'll see. I think it's very much in the books. If these guys are fit like they say they are, it's going to be a great race. Here we go, there's your man out front. Hopefully he doesn't lead the entire thing, but let's see. Seymour from Newbury Park High School here. We'll get splits on him soon, but they're coming up to the first lap and he's

got a race on his hands. Right about 60. That's exactly where they want to be for that first lap. It's a quick pace, but it allows them to settle in a little bit. Yeah, and they're going to, so 60, settling in, what do you settle in off of a 60 with here? For what the top guys are trying to go, if they're pacing it for probably around a 4:10, which is what it seems like they want to do, they're probably going to settle in this lap maybe 64 at the next lap, maybe 65 , if they are hurting like someone who is going to run a 4:10. If they don't do that, then it means they're probably feeling a lot better, and

maybe they'll go to a 63 then a 64, and then close in a 59 or 60. I mean, guys have been closing pretty fast lately. That's a new thing as well. Sub-60 is not an outlier to close in anymore. No, in fact, if you can close Sub-60, it's really rewarding because it takes off a couple seconds from that pace, and it feels very motivating. Yeah, anything under 60 is money in the bank. Absolutely. But we have got Brayden Seymour coming up here to half mile, and he has got a Manuel Perez on his shoulder, so right about 2:04, so 64. Okay, that's perfectly where they want to be, so I would guess that they

probably do this next lap in a 65, and then close, and that would be perfect. What do you think that Seymour's thinking right here? He knows he's got Perez on his shoulder. Is he slowing it down a little bit on that second lap, or is he trying to crank it on Perez here? No, I think he's keeping the pressure going. It's a mile, so there's not too much time to think. Currently, he's probably just focusing on each foot, each stride, one by one, and just trying to stay strong, because that third lap, as most mileers know, is the hardest lap. It is, so this is where the race is made right here. Absolutely. People drop off, people will fall, but if you stay strong mentally,

that's the big thing. You can have a phenomenal race. And we could even see somebody creep up from that second pack, so we've got a two-man race up front with a good gap, but back, it looked like Gabriel Castillo of Etiwanda High School, was pacing that second pack. But here, one lap to go. This is a bell lap. What are they coming through at? There is the bell, and 3:09. So, like you said, they can get some change back if they get under 60 here. Absolutely. It's looking like they're picking up the pace. Their turnover's getting quicker. I think anywhere from 62 to 59 would be amazing right now.

And it's been Seymour and Perez this whole time exactly here. They're attached at the hip. Perez looks like he wants to start making a move, but I don't know if Seymour's going to let him yet. We'll see. We can't see from this angle. Right now, holding him off on the side around the turn is tactically probably the smarter thing he can do. That was right about a 30-31 for that 200, so we'll see what this one is here. But this is the race right here. What are you thinking if you're Seymour right here? If I'm Seymour, I'm just focusing, I got tunnel vision. I'm looking at that finish line, putting every last ounce of energy on moving forward.

There's the crazy arms there. Here it is. Seymour, it's Seymour, Perez, neck and neck. Who's going to take it? Oh man, it looked like it was Perez there. Seymour doing all the work in that race, too. That was a thriller. How does that make you feel? A little sad for Seymour, knowing how much work you put in, but also that was a very smart race by Perez. Fire it up, too. How do you like watching something like that? Oh, that was amazing. I mean, you feel, you get the energy. I mean, if I had my watch on, my heart rate's probably up to like 130 maybe. Just smelling the track gets it up. That's right. There's nothing like a hot track.

So we got Perez up front, 4:09.27, Brayden Seymour, 4:09.33, Evan Noonan, Dana Hills , 4:17, Garrett Woodruff, his teammate there, 4:17, and Jake Ratkovich, Loyola High School. The famous Loyola High School, too. A lot of good runners come out of there back in my day. Mark Matusak, to name that name. I recognize it rings a bell. Yeah. You ran about, uh, what, 14:30 somewhere around there at Mt. SAC, but real good runner. Yeah, definitely. One thing to know about Seymour is that last season, he was cursed by the 4:11 curse. I think he ran six races all running 4:11 in the mile. So this is his first time

ever going under that. I know it's a 1600, but still converted. It should be under. So in his mind, he 's very happy. So this is an outdoor opener for him, too. Yes. And a PR. Exactly. You can't start the season any better than that. Yeah, he's very happy with that. And what is he? Is he a senior junior? Yes, he's a senior senior this year. And we're going to check out a replay right now. Here's the epic stretch battle . Wow. Seymour and Perez. You can see them opening up their strides. They're really hurting right now. I 'm impressed by the fight here by Seymour, though. Like it is, it is very difficult to lead that entire race and not be overtaken

and nearly had it. Oh, absolutely. To last all the way into the last five meters, it's definitely hurts a little mentally, but that's a feat of its own. Oh. And here we go. This is the high school girls 1600 meter here. So we could see a lot of good runners from Southern California. Absolutely. Stepping up. JSerra in here, Dana Hills, Huntington Beach, Murrieta Valley, Laguna Hills. Dotting the entire coast down here. Yes. I imagine it's got to be pretty awesome for the JSerra girls to be able to race on their home track. I know if I had a race to this caliber at Newbury, I would feel a lot of pride

in it. And you are going to do that, you think? You are going to bring the world to Newbury Park? I would, but our track is not quite as nice as this. I'm not 100% certain on its ability to host a race like this. I would love to, but I think JSerra has got a better venue. Well, there we go. We got our work cut out for us. Get our new track laid down at Newbury Park. Yes, I think that would be amazing. Imagine a Nico Young Memorial track. Or not Memorial, like he's in honor of him. Yeah, there you go. Yeah. I was going to say that'd be a long time before that track gets built. Yes. Nico Young, your brother at Northern Arizona, and you're going to Stanford

next year. Yes. Me and Leo both. Nice. Should be very fun. roommates, you're entering the machine. Yes. It's going to be amazing. Charles Hicks just announced an NIL deal today. That's right. I saw that. That's huge news. I think it's that he may be the first athlete to sign with Nike for an NIL in college for track and field. It is a new era. Absolutely. First Katelyn Tuohy, now Charles Hicks. It is exciting . And this girls 1600 meters is going to be pretty exciting here too. The JSerra athletes you have got are Brooke O Brien, Brynn Garcia, Kayla Tasser, Summer Wilson, Lucy Malmquist. And we have got Makenzie McRae, Holly Barker, Arielle Avina, Allura Markow.

And they're off. Here we go. This is a giant pack here for this 1600. I'm curious to see if it's going to be faster and more strung out or if they're going to keep it a little more bunched up like this and have it a bit more tactical. It will be. So that looks like some JSerra athletes, Brynn Garcia and Kayla Tasser going to the front right away here. And I mean, you got to defend the home turf, like I said. Absolutely. If there was a meet at Newbury Park, you are not letting anybody beat you there . Definitely. It is. You have to. It's the track you work out on. You know, you know it. It's still

a track, but you do know it better than anyone else. It becomes a living thing. You know it intimately. Yeah, you know when the wind hits you. You know where the lanes feel a little different. You know where there's maybe going to form a puddle when it rains. That's right. Yeah. My high school track, you definitely knew where the puddles were. It was dirt. Oh, God. So out here, it looks like Allura Markow has taken over the lead again. She is the number one bib Dana Hills High School. And then JSerra behind her, Brynn Garcia and Kayla Tasser. They are coming to the first lap in about 70. That is 4:40 pace.

That's I would guess they'll slow down a little bit because that's a very fast pace, but it's that's a great way to open it up. Definitely. 70 53 and we're first meet of the season here in March. Wow. So, and it's a good pack of three women here. 71 for Kayla Tasser, but this is, yeah, a little Markow, Brynn Garcia and Kayla Tasser, storming down the back stretch. It's already strung out quite a bit. You can see the lead pack, the chase pack, and then a third pack further back. It's going to be several races all in one. That's right. There's so many storylines that go into all these races here. Not

just who finishes up front, but everybody has their story after this when they leave and they go home and stories from the pack. Oh, definitely. Five minutes is too short to tell them all. Yeah. So it is still Markow up front here, driving this pace up to two laps when we hit this start finish line. And they're getting egged on by everybody on the infield here, getting fired up . So about 2:24 low, I would say, through 800 meters. Yeah, 2:24.13. So 74 there. That's exactly where they want to be. If you go out in a 70, come back to a 73. That's a very good way to run the mile. That shows that you didn't go out too, too fast because it's just a very slight

difference and they should be comfortable. They look very comfortable. Yeah, Markow just laying the hammer down here. This is the toughest lap, like you said, the third lap of the mile. And she is trying to ditch Brynn Garcia right now, who is on her home track. Bryn Garcia not letting go just yet, but ever so much daylight opening up. Yes. A gap is starting to form a little bit, but we'll see if she can close it. I think as the fourth lane, the fourth lap comes closer, she might get a little kick of energy. And anything can happen in that last lap of the mile. People can become very lethal. Markow up front. And she looks like she might be letting up the gas slightly.

She's got a little bit of a cushion there, but she's coming into the bell lap. We could see her right now in front of us. So coming by the table in 3:36, at 1200 meters, and they are ringing the bell like crazy, that was a 73.1, so faster than the second lap, which was 73.6. That's impressive. That's as perfect as you'd want to run the mile. Into the last lap here. Markow jumping onto the back stretch. Brynn Garcia came through 3:39, so about exactly two seconds behind Markow. And then Brooke O Brien coming up for JSerra in third, and Kayla Tasser for fourth, both JSerra athletes, but is Markow extending her lead right now

with under 200 meters to go? Yes, she's looking very strong right now. I would not be surprised if she dropped a very fast last hundred. I mean, the gap is just growing. And you saw the famous Dana Hills stripes too, cheering her on. Those blue and white stripes, singlets. Yes. But here we have Markow coming onto the final stretch. It is all Allura Markow right now for Dana Hills. It is just down the coast, just south of here. And she's coming into the finish line. The crowd's going nuts. We'll see if she can get under that 4:50 mark, and she does. What a race. Wow. That is phenomenal. What is that? About 4:48.95, 4:48.95 officially, a 71.7 last lap.

These times given how early it is in the season, just the start of March are very impressive. Markow and then Garcia, 4:54.6, Iverson, 4:46. So Dana Hills athlete, Iverson, Markow teammate there. They can get a good four-by-mile together. They should. Because we do have Cooper Murphy in this race too, also from Dana Hills. But we have five girls under five minutes. The first race of the outdoor season here at JSerra. Wow. That was phenomenal. And a fantastic race. Hey, man. It was great to have you here. Thank you for having me. I had a blast. This was my first time ever being on the mic during the race. So it was exciting.

Well, you were great at it. Well, I couldn't hear myself, but I think I was okay. I mean, as a senior in high school, I don't think I could talk to anybody. So yeah, you're well ahead of me. And good luck at Stanford next year. Good luck with this season. Thank you. I appreciate that. I think this season is going to be awesome. So it's just time will tell what it holds, but I hope everyone has what gets the times they want. Yeah, what is the big goal this season? For me, it is 5K. Going in, hoping to get into those 13:30s. It's a very fast mark, but I think it's in the cards. The 13:37, Galen Rupp. That is what you want.

That's the target. Hey, good luck, my man. Thank you. Yeah, but you're on your brother down there. I will. All right, and we are going to bring Shannon Rowbury back in here. We've got the 1500 coming up. Shannon, what did you think of that girls mile there? Amazing. She ran it perfectly. I heard you guys mentioning that as well, but I mean, you know, having done a few miles in my day, 1500s as well. But, you know, to get out with that strong start to settle in lap two, to then start pressing on the gas on lap three. So it's slightly quicker, but not nothing crazy. And then bringing it home, the

last lap, you know, the same breakdown of her laps. You know, quickest first lap, last lap, second fastest with the second lap being the slowest. Like, that's exactly how I got my American record was that same kind of breakdown. She looked so strong and smooth and like never really broke down. She was, yeah, she looked like she was on a mission, just kind of ratcheting down the pace that whole time. Yes, she did. She just went, she knew what she was going to do today. And I'm guessing she not only wanted that national leading time, but she wanted that sub-4:50. Yeah, and she, I mean, we're at the beginning of March, starting out the season

. She runs 4:48. That is like all of these high school races that we saw today could be state meet times. Yeah, and it's chilly. It's not like 70 degree temperature like you'd expect for fast middle distance time. And you can see the replay here. There she is holding it together. I mean, it's great to see all these athletes on the infield too. Yeah, absolutely. She just, no breakdown kept pushing. You know, I was excited to see in the last lap how she held her form over the last 100 meters leading from gun to tape. And as you said, she was on a mission and she knew how she wanted to execute to

be successful. And I think I heard on the loudspeaker, she was the south section champion in cross, so she's got the strength. And then it's to see her do this in the 1600 in early March in 48 degree weather is just really exciting for what's ahead. I think I saw a little Mottram-esque fist to the crowd too as she finished across the finish line. And she must be just giving a nod to Craig Mottram being named the OAC Oceania head coach there. So that's probably what she was doing, I think. Yeah, this race, this meet being brought to you by On. Of course, that's what she was doing. I think you nailed it.

Exciting news too. That's pretty cool to see. We have got a bit of a break here before the men 1500 at 7:25. So I think we can do a little bit of 10k talk too. I was digging into the races last year and just looking at how they shaped up. And we talked about how they're looking to shape up this year with the men targeting that 27 flat mark, which is the Olympic standard. But 27:10, if they are shooting for the moon, but if they miss, maybe they can still hit the world champ standard 27:10, which would be outstanding as well. It is not too long ago, the American record was 27:11 by Meb. And then that fateful day down at Stanford, up to Stanford where Solinsky ran

26:59, set us on a roll, and then Rupp 26:44. And then last year, did not think it could happen, but 26:33. And that race, the splits here, the first 5000 was run in 13:23. Second 5000 was 13:10. Wow. Which was ridiculous. The final three laps, 62, 62, 58 flat, and the final 1600, 4:06. The top nine finishers in that race all closed in 62 or faster. And they all had their fastest lap of the race, the last lap. It was really interesting before the race hearing Klecker talk about, and Halva and all of the athletes talk about how they approach this 10K and it was this idea of get to the 5K feeling relaxed, then get to the 8K.

And then the racing starts, then you see what you have left in your body. And so to hear the way that it played out last year. What I also love as you're describing the race and not just breaking a record, but crushing a record. I think that's what we're going to be seeing tonight. These athletes aren't just going to try to aim for that standard or aim for that record. They're going to try to aim 10, 20 seconds underneath it. And I think that speaks to the depth of the athletes that we have competing right now. And the vast majority of the field is US athletes, which is even more exciting. It's super exciting to see.

We're in an interesting time and a very exciting time in American distance running and distance running worldwide. There's a lot of parity in these races. And yeah, we'll talk about the women's race soon, but we're going to send it down to Colleen Quigley and see what she has to say. What's up guys? I'm so happy to be here. This high school is so nice, by the way. I wish my high school had a track like this. The vibes out here are great. We got a great DJ. Obviously these athletes are hyped up because they are running fast as hell. I did not run nearly this fast in high school and I'm just super impressed by

the talent and just like the level of professionalism by all these high school athletes. They're just, yeah, really putting on a good show and you can tell that the crowds really into it, like everyone's chasing after them on the home stretch. It's amazing. And just for anyone at home looking for some perspective here, my fastest time in the mile in high school, I ran it a couple times and could never get faster than 4:51. And the fastest female high school athlete here tonight just ran, I believe it was 4:48.9. And I went to the Olympics, so I feel like that bodes pretty well for her. But overall, yeah, just running really fast times.

I feel like the temperature is perfect. The DJ, like I said, bump in the jams and we are just ready to run really fast. I know these 10 Ks are going to be blazing, so I'm excited to be on the infield s and watch. And I'm excited to bring you some interviews with some of the athletes tonight. So that's pretty much all for me. I'll check back in and make sure that we give you lots of commentary and lots of vibes from what's going on the track on track side tonight. Right on, thank you very much, Colleen. And we look forward to talking to you soon. All right. Not pictured was her hyper ice like body heater warmer than she's right.

We're all very prepared for the for the cold here because it is its ideal weather for for distance racing here for 10,000 meter running, but it gets damp here by the coast. And yeah, it makes the temperature feel a little bit a little bit colder than it actually is. The numbers say it was cool when we came in because the wind was still blowing a bit and we're talking about the conditions being close to ideal for a 10 K, but, you know, hoping that the wind would die down. You promised me that the wind would die down in time for the races. And sure enough, if you were to look if you're if there were a camera on the

flagpole right now, you would see a very limp flag, which is a great sign for those athletes racing out there tonight. Oh, yeah. Yeah. The wind always dies down here. We hear the whistle being blown right now to call the men's 1500 to the line. And we've got a good good field assembled for that. As we said, Nico Young twin brother, Leo Young, is in the field here. And he is a four-flat miler. We will see what he can do in the 1500. That was really cool to hear that. I mean, he's putting it out there. He's going for Galen Rupp 13:37 this year in the 5000. I'm loving seeing these athletes just put it out front and center. You know, I

think my generation would often be a little more cagey about what we were trying to do and, you know, not not necessarily putting our goals out for everyone to see. But these athletes now aren't afraid to set that goal for themselves. And, you know, I heard one athlete say, you know, if I, you know, if I'm not saying it, then, like, if I say it enough, then, you know, it makes it real. It makes their tangible goal. And it's something that I really, truly have to try to commit to get. I love that mindset. I love that mentality. Yeah. You got to hold yourself accountable. Yeah. And it gets the fans excited, you know, because now we know

what they're trying to do. And we can get on board with them to try to root them along. And, you know, life is full of goals that sometimes we hit, sometimes we miss, but that's the journey that's exciting. And, and so I'm really loving these athletes that are just like, okay, this is what I want to do. Let's go see. Absolutely. So we've got a, you know, we've got a good field assembled here. Peter Herold too, UCLA athlete is in this race. And he's a local boy. But look at this crowd too. This is fantastic. Yeah, they 've been slowly filling in. You know, we got here. We were laughing because there was another game, like a soccer game, I think,

right in your hand. So the props to the crew on site for a quick and excellent setup. And, you know, as the races have been going on, the fans have been trickling in . My guess is that next year, the crowd will be packed by the time the meet starts because those high school races were impressive. And the, you know, the magic of this, of the 10 is now just clearly the magic of the place. And if you build it, they will come. So I'm still, I'm still buzzing from those performances we just saw and excited for the ones ahead. Yeah, I saw a guy walking around in a JSerra hoodie. And I said, that is a

collector's item now, man. Like, that's it. Yeah, best, best times happened at this track. Great racing. It's a beautiful facility. It is hard to believe it's high school. It's quite, quite stunning. And we've got the 1500 meter men assembling there on the far side of the track. Christian Harrison's your pacer. And we've got some Japanese athletes in here too. Ryoma Aoki for Honda, and Yamato Yoshii, Japanese athletes too. Shout out there to Daniel Martinez, Fernando. And Keisuke Morita, Subaru. Because you know, is our. And I'll go ahead. I was going to say I have a teammate who is Japanese and it was really

fascinating to learn how the sponsorship system generally works over in Japan. So unlike the United States where, or most of the globe where the main sponsorship will either come from a shoe company company and or your federation in Japan. A lot of the main sponsorship dollars come from corporations from businesses. And now here we go men, 1500 is off. We are off. We got Casey Comber in here too. An Under Armour athlete, Mission Run Baltimore, I believe. And also Austin Miller. I believe he is in this race too. Tinman Elite athlete. And he is a DNS. But I think he might be pacing one of the 10,000 meters later.

His teammate Joey Berriatua was in there. So Christian Harrison out front of the Golden Coast Track Club, just south of here in San Diego. What is his goal for the pacing? You know, I'm not sure what it's supposed to be for this 1500 here. I would think this field is looking for inside 3:40. And they came through 300 meters in 42.8. So that is 57 pace. We will see what they come through 400 in. Right about 57-58. And he has got Aoki behind him. That pass happening from Casey Comber. Oh, there it is. Yeah. Casey Comber now moves to second place. Bit of a gap had formed with the pacer and so I'm guessing he figured, you know

, you need to go get on this pace. I have got things to run, goals to hit. That's right. So it is Casey Comber out front, then Aoki behind him. And I think that is Peter Herold in fourth place. Third behind or if you don't count Christian Harrison as they come up to two laps pretty soon. And everybody's strung out. So this is a good pace and they're all going with the pacer. It's going to be a fairly fast race. That was a 58 for the second lap. You know, obviously it's a little complicated when you have the 15 because you start and finish in different places. But that 400 from the starting line to passing it again was a 58 split.

Right about 1:56 mid to 1:57 through 800 meters here. Now it is all Casey Comber up front. And Ryoma Aoki behind him, and Peter Herold, the local guy, UCLA. He is running unattached today. Yamato Yoshii behind him. Fernando Martinez of Mexico in the blue. Now Yoshi moving to the front and Aoki going with him as we hit the bell lap. Casey Comber gritting his teeth trying to stay up there. So about 2:41 with a lap. Classic 1500 you know going into the final 500 three straightaways come go hard and keep on moving. And especially for athletes who maybe feel like they don't have the blistering kick over the 200 or who feel like they're strong.

They want to pull out like string out the field. But now we have Comer coming back to the front on the back stretch with 300 to go. The decks being reshuffled as it is Aoki there and you could see Leo Young creeping up on Peter Harold there. He's wearing the bright orange jersey so high school athlete Leo Young his brother was just in the booth. Casey Comber out front still, he is getting a gap. We will see what can happen down this home stretch. Young is now moved into third. Can he climb higher than that. There he goes. Head down digging. Comber, Comber and Young. Comber coming to the line, 3:39 for him, and

then Leo Young about 3:40. Second place. 3:39.5. For Casey Comber. Of Under Armour Mission Run Baltimore, and 3:40.86 for the high schooler Leo Young. Aoki 3:41.47. And Hamza Driouch 3:41.8. Peter Herold 3:41.9. And you know Leo was just kind of tucked back in there. We weren't really talking about him earlier in the race but he did a great job of just getting in the pack and getting pulled through. And then waited till that final turn when he just put on another gear and came into second place. It is a 57.2 for Casey Comber in that final lap, and a 57.5 for Leo Young closing down. I think that's the second fastest last lap out of anyone in the field.

And we see a replay of that final stretch here. And here we go Casey Comber here and you see Leo Young has got some work to do and everybody chasing him. He's got a wall coming after him too and he just eases up there. Comber giving it everything there at the line. Yeah props to Comber for, you know, knowing he wanted to run fast and getting out there when the gap formed between the pacer and the leader pushing the race early. And then also to come back after getting passed with five hundred to go. You know stay composed and wait till the back stretch you know I'm assuming that was kind of where he was assumed where he wanted to go that back three

hundred to go. And then just bring it home with a good bit of daylight as you would say. That's right. Yeah he had some daylight there but I mean Leo Young's figuring out how much he has in the tank how much he can give. And he's still we know him well because he's very accomplished but he's still a raw young high school athlete who's figuring out his skills. Oh my gosh absolutely and I think you know the athletes that we're seeing really dominate at the global level right now we're ones who did start young. And then when, like, Ingebrigtsen for example, you know, like figured out how to race early and then has translated that into success after success.

You know it was a lot of composure that Young had in that race and a lot of grit to finish so fast, you know, once again the winner was a 57.2 last lap, but he was 57.28 or so, I just lost the splits, but it was, you know, not much lower. Yeah, 57.55, thank you. Even better, even better. Okay and so now that concludes all of the races that are not 25 laps this evening, so every race from here on out will be 10,000 meters here at The Ten. And before we get to the 10 Ks we are going down to Colleen. She has got Leo Young. She's got him. All right I got the high school boys I guess you're the high school boys champ

but you were racing with the pro tonight this is Leo Young. Leo please tell me about the look on your face as you were coming down this home stretch because I was cheering for you and you had this big grin on your face. Let's go into your mind at that point. I was just having a lot of fun I mean I like I just came off some AK training and we did a little bit of stuff for the mile so like I didn't know what to expect. I just tried to stay super calm and like it was going really well so I was just like man this is awesome. And I saw you passing people like nobody's business in this last lap so what

was the strategy going in like hanging with these pros were you going to try and like hang back and then have a strong last lap or what was the mindset. I mean we going into it like we knew the pacer was going to make it pretty fast so we didn't know exactly what I was supposed to like okay I'll just keep it pretty chill and relax and stuff just try to stay relaxed at least at that pace . And then the last lap my coaches like just let it go like just let it let it out Leo go so I was like screw this I was like trying to pass people on the curves too. I was just like I don't care if I lock up I just want to have fun.

Definitely looks like you're having fun and congratulations you mentioned World Cross congrats on that that was pretty amazing and good luck with the rest of your season you got some more races to go so good luck. Thanks for cheering me on. That was awesome. Thank you Colleen, thank you Leo, and we neglected to say that he just placed 16 th at World Cross Championships down in Australia. Part of that really you know part of those two youth teams that really got medals and team medals that hadn't happened in years. Bronze medals, so yeah, no jet lag in his legs I guess, that 3:40. Bathurst Australia is not a short flight.

No. But what I loved is how excited he was. That is what it should be about especially at the at high school age so it can get serious so quick and I love that he has such joy. And we're the women here for the US champs 10,000 meters are coming to the line . So this will be a good race and aimed at about 31:45, I want to say, about aimed at 31:45 because that is the US championships qualifying standard. So we have a fair amount of Americans in this race but we also have some international athletes. Like Rose Harvey and Lauren Ryan. Harvey is a British athlete running for Puma Racing Elite and Ryan is Australian.

Just signed on with Under Armour the former FSU athlete and you can see her jumping in behind the pacer in that yellow top. This race for 31:45 here, that is about 76 seconds per lap as we get a great drone shot of the athletes going into the 200 meter mark. I love these shots so pretty. Yeah we've a shout out to Ivan on the drone over there. It's such a great way to see sort of the you know we've talked about before you can tell the pace based on kind of the shape of the pack. And it's such a great way to be able to see really what that looks like from above. Because you know with the long shots from a distance it's hard to really gauge

but seeing it from above gives you such a clear sense of you know how this race has gotten out from the start. And that's part of a part of the difficulty in putting together these these broadcasts too is figuring out how you can get closer to the athletes and show the action on the track. Show the emotion and and all of that every every angle you can get in the drone shots definitely do that. But it looks like Lauren Ryan is out there getting a bit of a gap on the pack right now. I believe that is Melissa Lodge who is pacing, and pace is slated for 15:50 to 15: 55 through 5000 meters, which would put them around that 31:45 target.

And as you said 76 per lap would be that target pace. Melissa Lodge is right on it and Lauren Ryan is the only one currently that went with her they both crossed the first 400 meters in 76 seconds. The rest of the pack looks to be around 77 high, 78 low. But you know in these longer distances that it depends on the athlete and kind of their makeup because some of them would want to get out and get that pace from the gun and just crank out lap after lap at it. Other athletes who maybe have a little bit more speed or maybe don't do as much volume and training but want to be able to tap into the speed that they do

carry might be better served by getting out a little slower and then just closing strong. I mean we talked about the 10 K American record that was set last year closing in a blazing fast last lap. And this is another so 76 low for Ryan so right where she wants to be. Last year in this race we saw Lauren Hurley basically take this all by herself in the latter stages of the race and come so close to 31:45, I think she was right outside. But an amazing effort to just just run solo and a precursor to the world race where Elise Cranny did the same thing out front. Yeah you said 7 K. 7 K alone. That'll be the title of a memoir I think.

There we go. But yeah Lauren Hurley out here there's a number of women in this field who are are running their debut on the track. For five or 10,000 meters excuse me. A fun story here Rose Harvey running for Puma and we were talking to the Puma racing elite team yesterday and they said that, well, Rose Harvey is a 2:27 marathoner. And she's only been running for three years. She was a lawyer before that and she could still be a lawyer they didn't say whether she was or not. But this is her debut on the track in 10,000 meters and she has run 2:27 in the marathon like I said. But she's got a lot of untapped potential I think.

I don't know what it's like coming into a race as adult and we don't have those opportunities a lot to to run on the track for the first time. Yeah I you know in kind of reading her story beforehand I think it's you know she's British she's a as you said a finance lawyer turned pro runner. And we are seeing some of those stories these days, right? Look at Keira D Amato goes on to set the American record after having two kids and working as a realtor. And you know and it's exciting to see her also as a part of this Puma team led by Alistair Craig out in Raleigh, North Carolina and the Research Triangle.

And setting themselves up in a place where there's good access to you know he spoke about why he chose that as a location and that it was one where the cost of living was good where there were good trails to train on where there were good medical staff to help keep the healthy and you've seen the athletes in his group already having really great successful races like Natosha Rogers and her indoor big PB in the 5K. And here we see Lodge and Ryan come up to the 1600 split, 5:05, so they are on pace . Yeah, 5:05 is spot on for the pace that they would, or the pace that they would like to have. They are on pace for 31:45 and Lauren Ryan is Australian so not looking to get

into the US champs but a good target to hit. Absolutely. And behind her, let us see what the rest of the field came through in about 5:15 so they are running about 78, 79 second pace. The other pack is leading that, Rogue Athletics out of Austin down there and Marybeth Chelanga too is in that second pack and you can see that on the screen here we've got the first duo up here on your left and then the second pack, chase pack here running about 78, 79 second pace behind them. They are not strung out as well, telling me that they are, you know, they are not dawdling, they could not quite go with that lead pack.

It's always interesting you know with the lead packs separation as in the later stages sometimes you get that chase pack that ends up clipping off relatively the same splits but there's just a distance that is formed so we'll keep an eye on that for everybody here. But the leaders the pacer that last lap for her was 77 and Ryan was 77 as well. For the chase pack Ryan Ryan Hart was 78 so you know they're they are running a little bit slower but not significantly. However that gap has formed from those quicker earlier laps and now would have probably I would imagine stay that way and we won't see much shrinkage of that

lead. From the lead pack to the chase pack until the pacer drops out and you know Ryan has to kind of go on her own. Yeah so Ryan at this point she knows that she's going to be on her own for the second half of the race unless she gets some help coming out from that second pack. But that's what this race is all about here testing your limits. Absolutely. And like we were saying you don't get an opportunity to run the 10, 000 meters very often. It is a it is a rare and beautiful beast that we don't get to glimpse as track fans a lot of the time but the 10 is a great opportunity for us to be able to

do that and it's interesting to thinking about that for these athletes that there aren't a ton of opportunities for them to be able to do this and we were talking with well I talked with Will Leer and Des Linden last week, and it is not like it is a 1500. It's not like you can have a bad race then oh we'll just jump in another one next week or another one after that or another one after that. You've trained for a few months for this 10,000 meters and if it doesn't go quite your way then you got to chew on that for a little bit. So that's a lot of pressure heading into this. Yeah and you used to have you know it used to be that Stanford was kind of the

opportunity to run a 10k but Stanford isn't until April, May you know these athletes were having to wait until kind of late in the season. There weren't really any other opportunities for them to run a fast 10k by having this meet here we had you know some athletes who were able to use the indoor season as a kind of gear up for. The indoor season is a test for where their fitness was at but end the indoor season with this outdoor 10k and an opportunity to get qualifying time. While still leaving enough time that they can either a they got the time check can go back into their base training and building up exactly as they want to

for that championship or should they you know not get the time. Then they still have another opportunity in that you know May timeframe to give it a go again but historically without a race like this. If the athlete didn't hit it in April May they'd be trying again and again and then you start to run up on the championships and you start to have nothing left when the actual most important race count comes along. And the paces lagged slightly up front for Lodge and Ryan, 80 seconds, and Michaela Reinhart running 79 seconds is all alone, now the chase pack behind her is running as you can see on the screen 80 second laps.

But Reinhart of Rogue Athletics is embarking on this journey alone. And we have got Lauren Ryan now overtaking Lodge. So Lauren Ryan has decided that 80 seconds is not what she wants and she is going to do this herself. Yeah that was an 80 for Lodge, 84 Ryan, and actually the chase pack with Reinhart was a 79, so slightly quicker, with Grace Moore in fourth. Well third if you remove the pacer in an 80. So we're saying before you sometimes the lead pack ends up running the same time as a chase pack. But that gap has already been formed and and now Ryan is just left to you know put in the work for the remaining 7000 meters of the race.

And she just passed two miles here, 10:16. And that was a 76 second lap so immediately getting right back on pace. She knew that's what she needed to do and she's taken it herself. Not afraid to do the work. We do have Michaela Reinhart like we said coming through in 10:32. As you can see up there on the board, 10:32 through two miles or 3200 meters, Moore in 10:36. Grace Moore of the Leonia Track Club, Marybeth Chelanga 10:37. Amelia Keyser-Gibson, Cascadia Elite, 10:37 too in that pack. Rose Harvey is in that pack at 10:37. Madison Offstein, Hansons-Brooks, is in there 10:38, as well as Stephanie Sherman from Hansons-Brooks too, 10:38.

So there is a giant pack there. Lynsie Gram of Roots Running, too — just saw one athlete move up there was a gap in the chase. You know that we had the chase pack leader and then a bit of a gap had formed. And so we just had an athlete move up to kind of reestablish some connection. Try to get that name for you. But for reference as well, Ryan, you know, wanted to be at 3600 meters at 11:26. She hit 11:32 but she has made up some good ground because, you know, she had had that 80 second lap in lap seven, but then lap eight was 76, lap nine a 75. So she has gotten herself right back to where she wants to be.

And if she is trying to claw back time from that 80 second lap she's doing it in a very smart way. Just a tenth of a second at a time looking at that 75 second lap that she just clicked off. And Reinhart still getting those 79s in there. Grace Moore moving up I think it was Grace Moore who had moved up from a little further back in the chase back to be in that right off the pack leader or perhaps Offstein. Is this our second play? Yeah that is Michaela Reinhart on the right there. Okay so Grace Moore then and Offstein in the next chase pack was the movement that I was referencing. And these are your 3600 meter splits or cumulative time here on the on the

screen. So a good pack there at the 11:56, 11:57 mark. Amelia Keyser-Gibson of the Cascadia Elite has come down here. She ran here last year so she got her PR and she is a Seattleite. Actually no I'm sorry she got her PR at the Portland track festival in the driving rainstorm last year, 10,000 meters, 33:28. The next day she came back and raced in the Seattle versus Portland 3k and was the top woman finisher in that race doing it for her city Seattle eked out a win over Portland there and Portland still feeling that. They're still recovering. But she is in here, 2:36 — she hit the standard in Sacramento at CIM.

So ducked under that 2:37 mark for the marathon, qualified for the Olympic trials there. She is working with the Hansons-Brooks athletes, Hansons-Brooks Distance Project, as well as Rose Harvey in that second pack but or in that third chase I want to say, because Michaela Reinhart. Michaela Reinhart is in no-man’s-land out there right now between Lauren Ryan and in the third chase. But Lauren Ryan out here out front. And she's still doing the work solo coming through. That was a 77 lap for her at 4400 meters, so she is — 78, I am sorry, her previous lap . Lap 10 was a 77, so she hit that 75, then a 77.3, and then a 78.08.

So she's getting into that tough part of the 10 K now. Now she is not quite halfway. And we'll have to we have to give her a shout out to that she in just early in February announced that she had signed with Under Armour as a pro athlete. For her pro athlete contract and she made a post as well kind of looking at the indoor season. Or just the career that she had had this was from February 12th you know four time NCAA number four NCAA all time world indoor championship standard. ACC record, FSU record — check, check, check, check. And really you know had some magical experiences at BU so she is having you

know I'm imagining came into this race with with some big goals. Yeah she is an accomplished runner for Florida State, her personal best is 32:16 and that was set at Box Hill — a lot of good 10, 000 meters around Box Hill down in Australia. So shooting for — she was on that 31:45 pace for a while here, but even if she misses that a little bit, hopefully she can still get a PR, with her PR being 32 16. So she's through 4800 meters and I believe this will be 5000 meters. Coming up to this mark down the back straight and we'll see what that is. She's going to be just over 16 minutes. And here we go, it is 16:04.

Goal would be 15:53 for her, for the pace we have been talking about. But double that time and that gets her under a PR still — that would be 32:08 with her PR being 32:16. PB for those of you watching down in Australia. And we're going to go down to Colleen and see what she says trackside. All right Colleen what do you see in trackside here we got you. Awesome yes I'm still immaculate vibes out here and I will say that this is I know this is the B heat, but this is so legit, the pace these women are running out here. I don't know if you guys have already been talking about that because I can't

hear you, but yeah, this pace is legit for a B heat, am I right. Yeah you're absolutely right. That's a theme of tonight is legit. So legit and the crowd is into it like I feel like people know what's going on here which you know for a 10 K can be kind of tough out here you're just going round and round for 25 laps. And it's hard to keep the energy up but I do feel like the crowd appreciates the work that's been put in right now. What is it like with your fellow Nole out there, she is leading the race. race. I always love seeing the Noles do well. Yeah I haven't seen you know a lot of people come out of FSU lately and so I'm

really excited whenever I get to see my Noles. Well I'm curious to I mean Lauren Ryan looks phenomenal in the photo how is she looking up close down you know down track side. I would say still relax you know we still have a lot of running left to do so it's a little hard to tell at this point but still relax and I think you can tell a lot from like facial expressions and you know kind of how tight like are stressed the forehead looks. And I'm not seeing a lot of that yet and I'm not seeing a lot of like side to side, you know, my coach calls it — you used to call it driving the bus, when you start going side to side instead of holding back you know with your arms

when you get tired. So we're not seeing that yet either and again a lot of running left to do unfortunately but I think still looking really strong and smooth. And what about this chase pack with Grace Moore and Michaela Reinhart, we had so it was sort of strung out and there was one person and another person and then you know and then the group. Now that has changed again and we have Grace Moore and Reinhart together, talk to us about that group as well and what you're seeing there. Yeah I mean in a tent again never run a 10k but I feel like it must be so hard to be stuck in no man's land. I was really impressed last year if anyone was watching the race last year

Dominique Scott got stuck in that position where Elise Cranny was out in front just, you know, going after the record, and ended up a second off that record and Dominique Scott was like out in no man's land and she was actually running really fast but all by herself and I remember watching her most of the race because I was like that is not a fun spot to be when you're you know grinding it out and you just feel like you're kind of do it on your own like a time trial so I mean anyone who even if you have one other person to other people that bodies near you that is just so helpful to feel like okay I'm staying engaged I'm not zoning out you know I'm

not falling asleep here. You've got to have contact with you know at least one other body so that has to help. Absolutely and how are you feeling looking at or how's the crowd feeling looking at going into these top races this evening too. Yeah I mean I think the high schoolers got us started off really well because they just blasted and everyone has psyched up for that so you know it isn't small like it's a high school track it's not you know like a huge stadium but I was thinking about it and I was like this is kind of perfect. And it is definitely not like Diamond League status, it is not super high-key race

but it's more than a time trial it's more than practice like you can feel the energy of the vibe I feel like we're in that perfect in between where it's low key enough where you're not super nervous like you don't feel like it's super high pressure and you know all this like hoopla it's still pretty simple but again like you don't want it to feel like a time trial. You want to feel like you're just a practice you want to feel like a race a meet and you want the energy and that helps with the music is awesome and the crowd you know the crowds into it so I feel like we're really in that sweet spot here where this is where you know good

performances can really happen. We're about an hour out from the men's 10 K so you should probably be seeing those guys start warming up soon so you'll have to keep your eyes peeled on the infield and outfield for them as they get the process started for the big one. Totally. I'm seeing some of the women just starting to do some foam rolling you know getting the numbers on slowly getting themselves organized as well so yeah I mean we're just going to keep building here. I think that most people are doing their jogs outside of the stadium just you know a little quiet warm up but then the drills and the strides are happening

here on the infield so we can watch everyone's warm up process. Perfect sounds great. Well we'll catch up with you a little later Colleen enjoy the enjoy the scene track side. Absolutely talk to you soon. All right so we have Lauren Ryan now starting to lap racers here, she lapped Yeah a couple runners, Lindsey Adams and Lynsie Gram, and she has crossed 6800 meters in 21:55 and is clicking off 67 to 68. We're going to go ahead and talk to you soon. The 31:35 would be her target pace that we have been talking about for that 31:45 time. She had, you know, she has really been consistent, there have been some 76s

or 77s, 78s, now she is back around that 77, 78 again, she keeps staying right around there, she seems to have settled into that, but clicking them off again and again all well within you know half a second of each other and just when I look at her too that's what is exciting to me because her form her mechanics have just stayed consistently strong and fluid since she started. Yeah 77, 78s for her, it looks like 80s, 80s, 80s, 80s, 80s for Reinhart and Grace Moore there and it's great that Grace Moore was able to come up and do some work with Michaela Reinhart there. We have a was the chase pack are they three now or is there a pass going on.

I believe there is a pass going on here because we still have just Grace Moore and Michaela Reinhart at 22:34 and 22:35 at 6800 meters and then the next pack is 22:44. So that looks like Amelia Keyser-Gibson out front there and she is in fifth place, so this is the pack of Keyser-Gibson, Madison Offstein and Marybeth Chelanga. And then you see the two out front there on the right and then Lauren Ryan is about 40 seconds ahead of the group as she passes 7200 meters. And that third group of three that trio they're running about you know 82s for their for their splits just for anyone who's kind of curious where they're at.

And here that is 7600 here, so the next split we are going to get is 8K but this was a 77 for Lauren Ryan, 24:30 through 7600. So she is settling into 77-mid pace, and then there is Rose Harvey on the screen here with Lauren Ryan coming up to her. So the marathoner Rose Harvey, 2:27, this is her first race on the track, any anytime she gets tonight will be a PR. It's a nice one. It's got to be interesting coming from the marathon such a longer distance but also on the roads and kind of the headspace that you have to be in for track racing especially a 25 lap track race. But that's what we're here for.

25 grueling laps back to the scene of the grind from last year. We've got the women's race coming up or the world women's race coming up a little later this evening too. Last year like we said we've been referencing Elise Cranny's amazing race or going 7000 meters alone. She had help for the first 3k but nobody could stay with her. She went 15:04 through the first 5000 and then 15:10 for the second 5000. And the last three laps of her race, 74, 75, but then she was able to drop 67 to try and get that record because she was trying to grab it, following the Wavelight at that point too. But just slightly off.

As we keep an eye on the screen here we're going to send it down to Colleen again. She has got Jen Rhines with the Golden Coast Track Club. And we're going to give them a little bit more time there. We take a look here on the screen. We find ourselves on the track. We're watching that third chase pack, that trio working together as they, oh and I believe, oh that's our leader Ryan lapping an athlete. So Ryan's still out in front. That was a 78. 25:49 from the cumulative time at 8K, that is about 25 seconds or so off of what we had been initially projecting. And we're going to head down to Colleen and Jen right now.

All right I got Jen Rhines from the Golden Coast Track Club and she has got Katie I zzo in the second heat of the women 10K, so I am not taking her away from coaching duties. We're, you know, yet to come with Katie. But Jen I just wanted to ask you about preparation, how things are going with Katie's training and give us a little preview of what we've got going on tonight. Katie is at, like, a really exciting point in her career because she was really felt like fit last summer, got an injury and set the goal of making the world cross country team. And she placed sixth and made her, like, first international team back in January.

She went to Australia, competed tough there. And now she's here like tuned up and really excited for this 10k. So she's kind of like at that point where she's coming into her own. So she's just excited to get out here and try to get a big PB tonight. Amazing. And I just giggled because that course in Australia just seemed like you have to giggle like when you watch that. What was the experience like for Katie there? It was a great learning experience. Like I said it was her first world champs and she, you know, maybe it went out of hair hard but not too much and it was just, like, I think exciting for her.

To just get out there and mix it up with everybody. Awesome. So coming off that we saw another runner Leo Young also competed there and then kind of hopped in here last minute being like I have no idea where I'm going to be. It is kind of tough to like come off that and then, you know, do you take a break or do you just hop back into training and you've got a long summer coming ? Like what was the strategy that's getting a hard time of the year to figure out racing schedule? Like for Katie it was just the strategy was just to kind of keep the momentum going and one of our athletes Emily Lapari actually lives in Hawaii.

Her husband is stationed there in the military, so Katie and Emily travel back to Hawaii. She got a little like training in there midway back came back here and it's just, you know, just ready to go. That sounds perfect. To avoid jet lag. Awesome. Well, we're really excited. Good luck to Katie and can't wait to see how this next 10k shakes out. All right. Thanks Colleen. We are inside. We are coming up to the bell lap right now for Lauren Ryan. So she clicked off 77.9 for that penultimate — or, well, we have two laps to go. Excuse me. We got excited. Yeah. Inside three laps to go. I was going to say as well, you know, for those of you trying to calculate the

pace, we were talking about PB's, you know, just try to break 32 minutes for her. She split 29:42 at the 9200 meters. 29:26 would be what she needed for the sub-32. So we're going to get a, we're going to get her PB up and get the splits for that so we can help you track her performance there. And yeah, I lost my mind for a second there. We have two laps to go here in the 10,000 meters. So up to 9200 meters, she ran 77.2. And she has been steadily ratcheting down the pace the past few laps. So she was, she hit that 78.7 and then 77.98, 77.97 and then 77.24. So she's getting more comfortable with where she is and feeling out this

distance and seeing what she has in the tank. And we'll get to see kind of what she gets to rip in this final lap here. She is right on PB pace. So this — for a 32:16 for a 10K — at 9,200 meters would be 29:41. She hit 29:42. So my guess is we, as we hear the bell being rung, that she is going to be trying to close hard to get that PB. And that was a 76.3 here inside the bell lap for Lauren Ryan. 32:16 on her mind. That is her PR. So 30:58 at the bell. She looks great. Her mechanics, she's picking it up. I mean, I am pretty sure that PB is going to get hit. Yeah, she is really going to the arms here with 200 meters to go.

This is all Lauren Ryan and it has been since 4,000 meters. So the final 6,000 meters pretty much on her own. But this is Lauren Ryan driving with 150 meters to go. We're getting a glimpse of her behind the bleachers and seeing what she can do. She's coming to the finish line here for the first heat of the women's 10,000 meters. 32 minutes on the clock. Her personal best is 32:16. Driving to the tape, the newly signed Under Armour athlete from Australia. And it is a new personal best for her. 32:10 thereabouts. 32:09.82 officially. 71 second final lap. And here is the second race for second. Grace Moore is up there.

And still Michaela Reinhart trying to hang on to her. But just a phenomenal race for Ryan, you know, to go out to have the pacer run up. I think past the pacer and then take home a big PB. And it's a race here. Michaela Reinhart clawing back on Grace Moore for second place. Well, see, Reinhart is going to the arms. She is swinging them. Can Grace Moore hang with her? Moore is buckling down here trying to hang on to Reinhart. But Reinhart got her eyes on the finish line. She's done a lot of work here in this race. 33:08. And about 33:10 or so for Grace Moore. 33:09.44. So that is your top three.

Oh, and we got a race here. This is Amelia Keyser-Gibson. And Madison Offstein of the Hansons-Brooks Distance Project. And Offstein comes in stopping the watch right there at the finish line. Offstein, a former 800-1500 meter runner for Princeton. And Stephanie Sherman here coming in for Hansons-Brooks Distance Project. And then this is Rose Harvey, the marathoner. Running her first 10,000 meters on the track. Everybody stopping their watch. There we go. Marybeth Chelanga came in right after Rose Harvey. And you can see the runners after they finish here as they roll in. Crowd taking it all in.

You got Offstein there, 36-36-68. Amelia Keyser-Gibson, 33:37. So not quite a PR for her. And this is Stephanie. Sorry. This is Lindsey Adams here coming in. Formerly Lindsey Sickler. I believe that that's our last athlete in this women's 10K race. So wrapped it up here. 34:37 for Lindsey Adams. And again, we have got 32:09 on 31:45 pace for about 3,000 meters I would say. And then doing a lot of the work on her own. Lauren Ryan there, 32:09 to finish. And afterwards, she's ready to talk to us right away. So we're going to send it down to Colleen. Talking to her fellow Nole. Alright, I'm down here at the finish line of the champ.

Congratulations Lauren, 32:09. You are out there by yourself for quite a bit of that race. Tell us about how it went and maybe what was going through your mind when you were just out there grinding on your own. I mean, I am super happy it was a PB. And my PB was 32:16 from back in 2022. So it was nice to tick that one off. Yeah, I mean, it was tough. It was like seven kilometers on my own. But I mean, the first heat was super quick tonight. So I was like, it's kind of either be the back of that race or be the front of this race. So it was a decision that Coach and I made just to stick with the second heat.

And it paid off with a PB and it was a good way to do it and get some good confidence, especially running solo majority of the way. So I'm happy with the overall effort. Great. And you said coach. So can we mention new coach, new uniform, new spikes. You had to take your spikes off because it was a little bloody, the friction, because brand new spikes — there is a lot of changes in your life lately. And you just mentioned you're heading back before we got on, mentioning you're going back to Australia for championships in a couple of weeks. So much new happening. Tell us about your new setup. So yeah, I just moved to Baltimore with Under Armour, coached by Laura Rodgers.

And yeah, I've only been there for three weeks, so it's really new. It's been great. The team's super welcoming. I've had a blast so far, but heading home to Australia at the end of the month for Aussie trials. And then yeah, kick off the outdoor season. So excited. Great. Well, congrats again and good luck for the rest of your season. Thank you. Okay, thank you, Colleen. It's great to hear from Lauren Ryan. She seems pretty pleased with that PB. I was thinking about it when she was starting this race and running so much by herself. You know, the dilemma that she said, do you go to the front of the slower race?

Or do you go in the quicker field but be further back? You know, she, as she said, must have built a lot of confidence from this race leading it. And I'm sure she must be hungry to go again and get into her actual race the next time. And I think this is a great early season mark here because it is a rare race run on the track. But you do have good opportunities coming up in the 10,000 domestically. Most notably, I would say the Track Fest presented by On Running. That will happen at Mt. SAC. That is on May 6. So there will be some great distance running there. And book your tickets now. Let's pack the stands there.

It's going to be another great event and a lot of good action track side from what I've been hearing. It's going to be a great atmosphere. So that's a good opportunity. And then also on June 3rd and 4th, you have the Portland Track Festival, too, up in the Landia. So book your tickets for that, too. I mean, flights are, I don't know what they 're looking like right now. Get them early. Get them early. Get a companion fare. No, the, I mean, these races, especially the Portland ones, which features in my own athletic career and just so well done. Great competition that shows up. So it is exciting. You know, we have

2028 will be here before we know it. Paris is just next year. You know, we, with, with the COVID years, we've had this big kind of jam packed schedule coming up. And it's just going to keep getting more and more exciting each year as we approach LA 2028. Yeah, that's, that's everybody's, that's the big mark on the calendar that everybody is looking at down the road, 2028 Los Angeles. So these races down here that, especially Jesse Williams and Sound Running are putting on too are huge builders of the track community that are getting people primed and ready for, for a big event, like, like the Olympics coming to Los

Angeles. So we've got, we've got a lot of time where that happens and people are laying some good groundwork. But let's check out this, this US men's 10,000 meter race here. It's, it's packed with a lot of guys right around that 28 minute mark, 28 minutes to 29 minutes. And some Americans in here, lots of Americans who are looking to get that 27:50 for the US champs. That is the auto standard there. But you've also got some Japanese athletes in here. Shunsuke Yoshii, Takato Suzuki is in here. And they have run 28:06 and 28:13. So they are also jumping in here. And before their, their country men jump in at the, in the world, 10,000 meters

later this evening too. I think three or four of them are looking to take a shot at the Japanese record , which is 27:18. But that will come later. And the men go to the line here. We've got double rows back there. Everybody's getting off though. No false starts and nobody is down so far. I had to have a chuckle about the athlete who just didn't even bother with the crouch. Just sort of stood a little back and maybe a foot or two off of the starting line, knowing it's a long race. Know your body. Know what you need to do to start a race. Don't change anything . If that's how he starts to run every day, I would say stick with that.

Exactly. So we have got some pacers out front here. This, this pace, or this race, is being paced for 13:55, which would set them up nicely for 27:50. That US champs qualifying time. And it looks like Casey Comber has jumped in to help get the pace started after his 1500 meter win. And also Austin Miller is in here as well, I believe. That is where we look at these early season meets as well. So someone like Comber who did, you know, who did a shorter race, wanting to come back and use these longer, this longer race as a fitness builder. You know, we'll see a lot of pros who will do workouts after, after their races

in the early seasons so that they don't lose volume on a race day. And I think this is a prime example of that. And the gentlemen are looking for 67 seconds. That will set them up nicely for 27:50. So first lap, Miller takes them through in 66.8. Casey Comber out front takes them through in 66.8. He's probably a late add to the field just deciding after his 1500. Oh yeah, I want to jump back and get a little bit more work in, but maybe he doesn't have a hip number here. But the men are all strung out on the rail. And we've seen, so it looks like two paces up front. And then I think we have got Takato Suzuki, number 19, hip number 19. He is wearing

the glasses. He's the one with a great start. That's right. Great start. He's got a great race ahead of him. And you mentioned the Japanese athletes that were in this race and athletes of other nationalities as well. And we've seen that as these racing series are put together thoughtfully, even sometimes coordination between different meet organizers so that you can, you know, it's expensive, time consuming, fatiguing. To fly across the country or across the world. And so if you can create a good circuit in a region of the world, like along the west coast, then you'll get athletes that will come.

They'll do their they'll do a training camp. They'll do an altitude camp. They 'll stay for a few weeks at a time and be able to knock out. The amount of guys in this field who are right up near that 28 minute mark, and you can see them all strung out there on the beautiful drone shot. I love this drone shot. It just gives you such a great sense of the race. Like they are on the pace. They want no, you know, maybe one athlete is out of line, but otherwise they are just all stretched out, single file, just trying to lock into pace. So we're getting the splits populated here on the screen. They were, like we

said, 2:48 through the K. 3:22 through 1200 meters, and they have just passed 1400 meters. So they have gone, it was sixty— 67 low to start out, then 68, then a 67 mid for that third lap as they come up to the 1600 meter mark here. We will give you another split, but yeah, right under 4:30 for 1600 meters. So still clicking off around 67s. And that is Casey Comber at the front, setting the pace. No gaps forming yet. I mean, of course it's one mile into a six plus mile race, but, you know, but in the women's field, the gaps formed pretty quickly. And here, you know, here they are maintaining contact.

Yeah, everybody is strung out here. You can see in the back there, Joey Berriatua is running his first 10K since he ran 31:30, I believe, in college as a Santa Clara man up at Lewis and Clark in Portland. But since then, he's dropped his time significantly on the track. He's got a lot of great marks to his name, he's notably a steeple chaser. The guys call him Joey Wet Shoes, also known as Joey Bags. He is a member of Tinman Elite, but who knows what they'll call him after this ten thousand meters. Well, let us see how he does. But he is looking to get that 27:50 mark. So just going to sleep in the back of the pack, kind of Mo Farah-esque at

the moment. Maybe he'll work his way up. Sleeper, little sleeper. Here he comes later on. And that last lap split was another 66.6 through two K, so 5:35 .87 at 2000 meters. And that is right on pace for 27:50. Exactly 5:34 would be the, you know, every lap. That would be the two K mark that you'd be looking for. So they're right there. A lot of great names in this field. We have got Andrew Alexander in here too, of Rhythm Athletics, and that is a group that is headed up by Matt Hughes, the Canadian steeplechaser. But Andrew Alexander, a Canadian athlete himself, he just ran 13:29 at Boston University, where everybody runs.

Where everybody knows your name. Yeah, I see you. Well, and Reniewicki was — last I checked — around this pace. His PR is from this meet in 2020, from the inaugural meet here, of 28:15. So he'll be coming back looking to recreate that magic. Yeah, Reniewicki is in fifth place right now, the Under Armour athlete. You can see him, he is the tall guy there, in the same singlet as the guy in front. So we've got the yellow shoulders, easy to, easy to spot. But here we go, all strung out at the moment. Through 2400 they were 6:42, so 67, another 67 low there. So right on pace here, they couldn't have asked for better pacing.

And that is Peter Herold, I believe, in second. So he is doing a pacing job as well, following his 1500. Yeah, according to the results link, it is Austin Miller and Peter Herold as our pacers, and— And then, but so we have three pacers I believe going on in this. Pretty awesome. Yeah, it's great that like a lot of guys or men and women come out here to support each other. There are all these different train or what used to be training groups. And they still are, but they're kind of forming into professional teams. And they're still that camaraderie. It's not, it's not all business yet. There's that camaraderie amongst the running community where everybody's coming

in to help each other and achieve marks. But that doesn't mean that they're not out there to beat each other still. You want to give everybody the best opportunity to race and be the best that they can be. Absolutely. You know, and I think for these athletes that are coming back to pace, as we said, sometimes this could be an excellent developmental tool for them, right? You go to the well in a 1500, for example, and then you come back and you're running hard, you know, tempo effort. You know, I call it a tempo effort only because he'll get to stop and the rest of them will have to go on and actually race the 10k.

Remembering that, you know, the athletes, those 10k athletes we spoke to said that the race really gets started somewhere between the 5 to 8k mark. So, my guess is that we'll have the Pacers through, you know, 3k, 5k, and then, you know, and as I say that. Both of them step up. I was going to say we see that same look on Casey Comber’s face as he was making the 1500 there. But now we have Suzuki up to the front. He's taking the lead. We see on the screen here 8:56 through 3,200 meters, and that was a lap ago. So they're coming up to 3,600 meters now, which will be 9 laps down. And Suzuki is pushing the pace, and that is Yoshii behind him.

Suzuki. Yoshii of Chuo University, an excellent Ekiden runner from what I have read. And a strong team as well. But this is Suzuki going after it now. Here we go. He just threw it down. The Pacers left, and he said, "I'm going for it." It is early, and we knew that the field was on 27:50 pace. So either they have slowed or Suzuki has revved it up a little bit. 3,600 meters, it was 10:04, and that was a 66. It appears he's picked it up to create such a gap on the field, while the rest of the field is all stayed together. So he will be coming up. We can get that case put to you shortly, but he put

in quite a surge. Significant gap here for Suzuki, and we'll see what he can do. As he comes up to the 4,000 meter mark here, there's 6,000 to go. I mean, he's a free spirit. His uniform, his spikes, his headband, his hair. He's my favorite guy for the start of this race, so, you know, my heart is enjoying watching him do what he's doing right now. Well, he's done enough to give us the split screen here. So Suzuki really putting in an effort, and he's got his own screen as we look at the second pack being driven by John Reniewicki. You know, it actually wasn't -- he maintained that 66 second split, which is

technically quicker than the 67. You would have to hit for this 27:50, but at the same time, the chase pack slowed down. They had hit a 67, and they went down to a 68, excuse me, 68 high. So it was kind of a combination, I guess. Suzuki picking up, Yoshii easing back, and hence this gap of about 4 seconds. So Suzuki, it was an imaginary pickup here. He was just holding it all along. And when the Pacers stepped off, the pack slowed slightly. But we will see if Reniewicki can do some work to claw it back. Yeah, Yoshii has now gone back several spots in that chase pack with Reniewicki taking the lead of the chase,

and Kipchumba behind him, followed by Ford, George, and then Yoshii had been the leader of the chase pack only a lap before. And Reniewicki, too, has a 28:15 best, I believe. But he has had a great winter running 7:47 at BU and 3:57 in the mile, and he is also part of that Mission Run Baltimore team, the Under Armour I think a lot of these athletes were buoyed by these indoor performances, coming out with such confidence from big PB's against great competition. And so when I think that as well the ability to sustain those quicker paces, I would think gives them more efficiency when they come out to run a 10K.

Of course, it's many more laps than a 3K would be. But if their body mechanics can handle that quicker pace, then hopefully they can come and run a 10K with more efficient form. And I feel like across the board I watched these longer distance athletes. It used to be kind of a joke maybe a decade ago where the distance athletes were just really skinny and a little bit frail, not great mechanics, and they just had huge lung capacity and huge engines. Now, that's not the case. You just, you know, some of these longer distance athletes could easily run a 1500-meter race. But I think that is one of the many reasons why we are getting these record-

breaking performances. And there's a shift in that second pack, too, as not everybody was happy with the pace being put out there by John Reniewicki. But he's hanging in there, and now there's some shuffling going on. So we'll see who's at the front when it stops. But Suzuki's still out on his own, and he's got about 40 meters or so on the pack. Five seconds. So we've seen Suzuki take off here, and that second pack roll through, and we re getting, we are through 5,200 meters now in 14:32. So that 5,000 was crossed in about roughly 14 minutes. And we're going to bring in Colleen here to give us a little update trackside

and see what she's seeing. Hey guys, coming at you from the finish line here, hanging out right by the start finish. And I don't know if you guys talked about this, but this is kind of amazing. Suzuki's out here. To be honest, he doesn't look that great. He looks like he's working pretty hard. But these guys are not seeming to close on him, and we're over halfway. I thought they would kind of close in on him by now, but he's keeping him at bay. So honestly, I'm pretty impressed and just really interested to see how the second half of this race shakes out. It's funny you mentioned that, Colleen, because when the break happened, Jeff

and I were wondering, did Suzuki put in a big surge? Did the chase pack slow down? And it was a little bit of both that we found. He had maintained a 66 split, which was higher or quicker than that target pace the pace was resetting. But then the chase pack had been maybe a second or so slower. And since then, there's really just been this revolving door of these in the chase pack, but nobody that's really gotten on to a solid pace. Yeah. 77s, they have been hitting 78, 79s. What are you seeing in that chase pack going on right now? Yeah, well, I noticed when the Pacers dropped off, there was like some

commotion, not a super smooth exit of the track, I would say. If I was one of the athletes running behind pacer number two, I would not have been psyched. So there was, you know, that moment of like jostling and he was just kind of in the way, and I think that probably messed up some rhythm and kind of placement. And allowed for some gapping to form. And I don't think that was just like responded to, you know, quickly enough. And shockingly, I feel like changes can happen pretty quick here. And if you don't, you know, respond right away, you can kind of find yourself like not in the spot you want.

And I think some of these guys probably thought Suzuki, like, oh, he'll come back or like, we'll get him. It just doesn't seem like that's happening. And as I'm watching, I mean, I'm eyeballing it, you guys can probably see the numbers. It looks like the gap is actually getting bigger. So I don't know, these guys are going to have to do something work together and try and chase him down. And that's what seems to be happening right now. We're going to get back to the screen here. But thanks for the update. Colleen, we'll check in with you pretty soon. Sounds good, thanks. So Suzuki out front, and it looks like for a little bit, the pace was evening

out between the Chase Pack and Suzuki. They were both running 68, but then the last lap leading into 6,000 meters, Suzuki's 67.5, and then the Chase Pack slowed to 69. Now it looks like Suzuki is running 69, and we'll see what the Chase Pack, the Chase Pack is running 68. We could see a little bit of closing if they can get their act together, and it looks like there's a couple guys out front who have made a decision and looked to push. Yeah, they've got about a nine second separation between Suzuki and the Chase, and now it does look like there is some intention within the Chase to try to close that gap when there really was not any commitment from anyone.

Any full commitment from anyone prior to this lap or so. And Suzuki reached 6,000 meters in 16:48, a couple laps ago, and 27:50 pace is 16:42, so he is not far off. The pack itself reached it in 16:57, so they have got their work cut out for them, and it looks like another 68 leading up to 6,800 here for Suzuki. And then the men behind him, that is Ryan Ford of ZAP Fitness, who is driving the train, and he ran 67.9. So Thomas George from Roots Running behind Ryan Ford, flying up to 67.8, and and they are at 19:14 at 6,800 meters, and Suzuki is at 19:05. So we'll see what the pack can do to try and draw back Suzuki here. Like you

said, it looks like his form isn't looking fantastic at the moment, but he's still grinding away. And who knows? Some of these 10,000 meter runners too can really go to the well and stay there for a long time. Like we were talking about Alicia Monson and those schooled by Dathan Ritzenhein and Heine too in the OAC. The wall is a path. The track, and it's almost that is almost part of that getting to that uncomfortable place, especially for these athletes when I hear them talk. It's almost like that is what they strive for, the ability to get to that place of discomfort and linger in it, luxuriate in it, if you will.

Yeah, I am remembering, I often hear, well, Scott Fauble says, What do you do? or people ask him, "What do you do about the pain?" He says, "I let it all in. You gotta just take it. I can take more." And I think I'm not a 10,000 meter runner, but that has to be your mindset as you get into these later stages, and it looks like Suzuki is really letting it in and taking it right now, because that pack, the gap is not shrinking as much as they'd like it to, although he did run another 69 for his 18th lap there up to 7,200 meters, and Ryan Ford driving the train was a 68. So inch by inch, they're bringing him back slightly as Suzuki is slowing from

his 66-67 pace to 69's through these laps here. The chase is hitting these 68's, so he had about a 9-second lead on them with about 11 laps to go, maybe a little less, but each lap the chase is running about a second quicker. So sometime in the near future, we'll give you the chase pack split, so right, they are 7 seconds back from Suzuki, so closing that gap, but you know, they do so much at least until that final kick time happens in the last lap or two. And it is Ryan Ford, Thomas George, and Andrew Alexander in that second pack, that trio there that you can see on your right, and they crossed 7,600 meters

in 21:31 running 68s. So they have got a nice little group there to, if they can work together to draw back Suzuki, I'm sure that's what they're thinking at the moment, but we 'll see if it can happen. And Suzuki coming up here, looking like he's hurting, but still holding on, and he's been clicking off 69, so we'll see what this one is, and this is 8K here, so lap 20, he's got 5 to go. Yeah, I mean I look at the mechanics and the facial expressions of Suzuki compared to the men in the chase pack, and if I had to guess, I think Suzuki will get caught, but I mean clearly he's just a grinder. Well hold on, let us look at the splits here, so 22:32 for Suzuki, a 68.7, and

then a 69 for Ryan Ford driving that train, so Suzuki continues to extend his lead here, digging into the well. Ryan Ford, Thomas George and Andrew Alexander in that second chase pack there, doing what they can to claw back Suzuki, but not making it happen yet, there is 5 laps remaining here, or inside of that, they're coming up with a mile to go right now. If Suzuki comes onto the home stretch here, looking like he's staring into the black pit of exhaustion at this moment, but 1,600 meters to go. Suzuki, his best time is 28:13, we will see what he can do against that if he can hold on here. He's really giving himself all he can handle right now.

Every time he slows down it's almost like he forces himself to search again and then he gets a quicker split, which is why we're getting this yo-yo between, you know, their teeter totter between the pace that he'll hit on lap and then the chase pack and he'll keep going back and forth who runs quicker, but they maintain practically the same distance and the number of laps left is getting slimmer and slimmer. And, yeah, 68.2 for him and the pack, the three men behind him rolling at 69.2, so he's got a second faster than them as we see the entire split populate here. Jackson Mestler sitting there in sixth as well, from the Oregon Track Club, this

is his debut 10,000 meters coming from a storied University of Oregon family there. He's better known as a steeple chaser, made the Olympic trials final. We have some change up in the chase pack. Suzuki crosses the line. And that was lap 22 for Suzuki, 24:50, that was a 69.4, so he slowed a second there. And then you said Thomas George took the lead, he ran 68.2 for that lap, so now they're getting a second on Suzuki and the chase is on. It's great with the 10k, you know, you put in all this work early, it's kind of everybody's, you know, just watching the chess game play out and then you get to the final, you know, as I said the final 2k and then the battle really

starts. It'll be interesting to see what Suzuki has left when they can get to him, because Thomas George is now trying to get some daylight. There aren't too many laps remaining in this race, and if anybody's going to do something, they're going to have to make a decision and do it and not count on anybody else. So George is making that decision, but the other guys are going with him, and we'll see what results of that when we get to the line here. Suzuki comes up to 2 laps to go, he is at 9,200 meters. And that is a 68.1, so clawing back some time here, looking over his shoulder a little bit.

I started about a lap ago looking over his shoulder. I hadn't seen him do that until maybe a lap ago, so the pain we've been seeing on his face is maybe starting to make him a bit nervous. Maybe he can sense that those other runners are coming up towards him, but now they're pretty much, you know, 68 for him, 68 for the chase. And Suzuki's got 600 meters to go here, so we have to see if they're going to catch him, they're going to have to do it with 7 seconds in this last 600 meters. Now, less than that, now 500 meters to go. Suzuki, look at this man. Look at him grit. This is a beautiful display here. This is a beautiful display of

agony. My guy, I mean, he caught my eye from the gun, gave himself a foot of distance in lane or in row 2 behind everybody else, and here he is just leading the race . Running a 66 second lap for that penultimate lap, we are inside the bell lap right now, 66.3 for Suzuki, and Thomas George, 67.4 — or Ryan Ford, excuse me, has retaken the second place position, trying to chase down Suzuki. This is all Suzuki, and he gave us cause for concern in the middle stages of this race, but now with less than 200 meters to go, he's put in the work, he's done this all by himself since the pace has stepped off at 2 miles.

And that's what he had to do, but now 150 meters to go. Oh, giving an arm up to the crowd right there. Look at this. This is what sports is all about, ladies and gentlemen, the crowd's going nuts for him. He has done the work, and he is coming in 28:07. Stops the watch, running wide. Oh , look at this. Look at that rip and close there for Ryan Ford. Suzuki ran 62 seconds for that final lap. Ryan Ford, 60 seconds for that 28:14 as we see the guys roll in here. That was fun. So, we've got, or Thomas George coming in second there. Ryan Ford, third. Andrew Alexander, 28:17, Aidan Reed, 28:27. TianYu Chen, 28:34, and Jackson Mestler there, closing out his very first 10,

000 meters on the track, 28:35, Sheldon High School in Eugene, and I will be proud of him for that. That was a great finish. All of us were doubters, and he proved us wrong. He showed what he was capable of, and brought home that win with a big PB. If we had a fan pull mid-race for that, I think the odds might have been against our hero Suzuki. Yeah, so it could have made a lot of money. But yeah, like you said, he proved us all wrong, closing it in 62 seconds, 28:08, and Shannon, 28:08 is the winning time for our second heat of the 10,000 meters. And that concludes our second heat of the 10,000 meters. And now we are turning

our attention to the main event of the evening, the 10. This is what we've all come for. The men race is set up next, starring none other than Woody Kincaid, Joe Klecker, Ben Flanagan, Sam Atkin, Conner Mantz, Luis Grijalva, Nils Voigt, Patrick Dever. Ahmed Muhumed, Morgan McDonald is in here from the On Athletics Club, Alex Mas ai, Okanese Elite, Zach Panning, Wesley Kiptoo, Emmanuel Bor, the list goes on and on, and we'll be talking about all of them. Tatsuhiko Ito is the closest Japanese runner to the 27:18 national record, so keep your eye on that, but storylines abound here. But before we get to that, we're going to send you back down to Colleen with

Thomas George. All right, I got second place here. Congratulations, George. How did it feel chasing down Suzuki out there tonight? It was pretty good. He was obviously very strong. I'm surprised that he held on because usually that doesn't work out so great, but man, he must be tough as nails to do that, so it was pretty cool. Yeah, I mean, from my point of view, I'm shocked that he was able to hold on. It seems like you guys might close on him. What was the strategy coming in tonight? Did you, you know, have any thoughts about pace going into this or any goals coming into the race? Not really. I've been trying recently for my races just focused on getting

stuck in and competing. I find the more I focus on time, the worse I run. So I was like, "I'm just going to go sit in the group, see how I feel, go where it feels right. And it worked out okay, so I can not really complain. Okay, so you told me — 25 laps. I have never run a 10k. 25 laps is a long time. What was going through your head during, I'm sure, ups and downs of the race? Can you share any mid-race thoughts with us? There was a kind of some time where we're starting to get gapped and me and my teammate, Aidan Reed, made a move to catch up, so it was nice to engage there, but it's mostly staring off into the distance and just zoning out.

And then, quick to give your mom a shout out back home in England. Yeah, I hope you're watching. Thanks. I love you. Thanks to your support. Congratulations. Thanks again. Thanks. Thanks, Colly. Thanks, Thomas George. Always good to give a shout out to mom there. Oh, yes. Yes. As a mom of two, I agree. Yeah, don't ever pass up an opportunity to say hi to mom. Let's look at this 10,000 meters because it is right in front of us right now the world 10,000 meters. This is a World Athletics silver label event, so they have the opportunity to tack more points under the times that they're going to post onto the board here

. 60 points for the win, which will take a 27:11 time just outside of the world championship standard. That will be — if that 27:11, when you add 60 points to it, it is equivalent to a 26:33 that was achieved in a non-World Athletics silver label event. So these are important, important opportunities to take advantage of, and a lot of these runners who are coming to the line here are doing that. And what's going to be an epic showdown? I think to your point, I mean, each race has been an exciting, surprising moment. You know, we keep being surprised with these high schoolers, with the open races.

This men, you know, you said the 10k, just over 28 minutes for the B heat. So, you know, when these guys are talking about aiming for, to break 27, I mean , I should say obviously, right? Given what it is that we're seeing. And last year, that there was some discussion around that, and it was met with a little skepticism that that was going to happen, sub-27. This year, like you said, people are a little more, they're not, they're not batting an eye at it when somebody says we're going for sub-27 at The Ten in San Juan Capistrano. And a good field is assembled to do that. And we're seeing that here.

And they are paced by some fantastic athletes too, as you can see — the shades up, Ollie Hoare there. 1,500 meter extraordinaire standing next to Ben Flanagan on the line. Photographers are getting their shots. Wild Woody Kincaid next to Ben Flanagan. And, uh... And Ollie Hoare, I mean, they have got to be feeling confident with him as a pacer . He set them up for that American record in the 5K, in Boston just a couple months ago. And now he's back after going to Australia for the World Cross, where his team brought home bronze in the relay. That's right. And we've got, you can see Luis Grijalva on the line there.

Joe Klecker, Joe Klecker, the On Athletics strongman here. He's looking to put a mark out on the board for the team. Jonas Raess, who is also on the On Athletics Club. And this is his first 10,000 meters, Swiss athlete. Wesley Kiptoo of the NAZ Elite. Alex Masai of the NAZ Elite. And, uh, we neglected to say Sam Atkin, and there is so many, so many men to talk about into this race. Conner Mantz on the line too. And here we go. And they're off. This is the start of the World 10,000 meter race here at The Ten. This is the main event, ladies and gentlemen. We've got the two pacers out front here.

Weather's perfect. The, uh, it's showing 50 degrees Fahrenheit. The flag is completely flat. No wind, or down, no wind whatsoever. And four pacers, as you said, I mean, it doesn't get much better than this. Some jostling for position there. You can see the field fanning out as the two Puma pacers go out to the front. You have El Sandal and Athanas Kioko going to the front to pace this thing. We know that one is going through to about 5,000. And I think Athanas is going to try to get to 7K for this. So, and these guys are going after that, that 27 minute mark. And they know the task at hand. We asked them yesterday, who they think will be behind them when they step off

the track. And they kind of laughed a little bit and say, "Well, I think." Guys like Joe Klecker and Woody Kincaid are going to be up there. But do not, do not count out Sam Atkin. Yes, as we saw from the pre-race commercial and video. I mean, there's so many people that you can't count out, right? You know, it's like, as we both look through our kind of pre-race notes, and we talked about who to, you know, do extra research on, who to prep for. It was like, "Well, this person and that person and this person too." And I think it's interesting as well, you've got these teammates together. These groups, as you've been referencing, these different training groups.

And they feed off one another. They can tow the starting line and they feel calmer when they get to the starting line because they've warmed up with someone they've trained with every day. And in the race itself, they can take confidence by gauging off their positioning. And Sam Atkin, when we talked to him yesterday, was a little chafed, I would say. He pointed out that Sound Running on their Instagram posted records within threatening distance. And they left out Great Britain. Sam Atkin being a British fellow who trained stateside. Went to Lewis-Clark State in Idaho. But he has been on a tear lately, ran 7:31 in the 3,000 indoors in the same

race that Yared Nuguse broke that American record running 7:28. But Atkin in that race running 7:31 broke none other than Sir Mo Farah’s 3,000 meter national record. And Sir Mo Farah owns the 10,000 meter national record at 26:46. And Sam was upset that he wasn't mentioned threatening that distance. Well that tells me too that he's feeling good about himself. If he's, you know, I've just broken this record, an old record, I might add. And feeling like he's ready to go after this one as well. And we could see on the board too, we have what the fans think. And the fan favorite at this moment is Woody Kincaid getting 268 first-place

votes. If you haven't voted, well you can't now because the race has started. Joe Klecker is coming in 2nd with 140. And Luis Grijalva making his debut here. A Guatemalan athlete but American dreamer. He's making his debut in the 10,000 meters. Fourth place finish at Worlds in the 5,000 meters. A bit of a surprise but once you've done it, you're no surprise anymore. And it's funny how that can shift in the zeitgeist of American world distance running. Yeah he is, you know, I met Grijalva for the first time last year at Lilac. I have to give him a special shout out because he grew up in Fairfield where my

mother's from. Went to the same high school, Armijo High School that my mom went to. And when I met him, you know, an accomplished collegiate athlete. But wasn't necessarily someone that you would be looking to at the start of the race or particularly calling out. But he is training up in Flag with Mike Smith. Kincaid actually is up there with that team right now too. And he, you know, is coming, having these strong finishing kicks in the mile and running all the way, well all the way up to the 5K. Someone had mentioned his running mechanics are reminiscent of Pre. So, you know, maybe he's his reincarnation.

But it's really exciting to see him out there especially, you know, one of the dreamers had to get special permission to go out of country to compete at the Olympics. And here he is just really showing what is possible. Yeah, and he's tucked back there. Well, if you look back, you can see Woody bobbing around wearing the blue kit. And he's behind Zach Panning, I believe, in front of him wearing the other blue And he is behind Zach Panning, I believe, in front of him wearing the other blue kit is Conner Mantz. But they're tucked midway back in the pack. Up front, you have Ollie Hoare in the hat behind the trio of pacers.

And then Sam Atkin is the first real contender in this field. And then Joe Klecker is following him. And Ren Tazawa, the Japanese runner, following him. So, through three laps — first lap, 65.4, 65.8, 65.2. Well, through 1600 meters in 4:22, sorry. And this is 2000 meters that they've just crossed. So, 4:22 through 1600. 65 is what they want for 27 flat. So, they're a bit slower right now, but I don't think that's a problem. 66.2, and through 2K in 5:28. And now we have one of the Pacers moving out, stepping off. Or maybe just not sure what's going on there. Maybe he was jumping back in. But maybe he was just for 2K.

Nonetheless, the splits on the board were showing 1200, and we're well past that now. So, some movement amongst the Pacers here as they get into position. And, Ayman Kenboy, oh, look at this shot. Kenboy moving up to the front. Full pack just strung out again. You know, all of them just sliding into position, just getting pulled along. Especially knowing you've got four Pacers. I mean, you have to figure, like, let someone else drive the bus for a while. You know, just find that Zen place and just get pulled until the, you know, working end of the race. And I think even Ollie Hoare has to find a Zen place, being a 1500 meter

man. Having some good stats up there in 5,000. But it is not an easy day to go out there and run 13:30 pace. Well, you know, and it's been an awesome teammate for his training partners on the On Athletics team. You know, he paced them to, he paced a record-breaking race indoors. Gets over to Australia where he, as we said, you know, earned bronze for the Australian relay team. Back over here, pacing again. Oh, that camaraderie and that support of one another. And I think that's something really wise as well when you have these teams that are a mix of international athletes. So that you could be training together and duking it out, but you're not

fighting for places on teams. You're fighting for, you know, hopefully medals in the final. And here they're clawing back some time. So this is through 2800 meters, that's 7 laps. But through 6 laps, it was a 64.9, and now a 64.8, so they are getting back on pace. And we're coming up to 3K right now. So we'll see what the 3K split is when they hit this 200 meter line. The pace, they come through at 8:10, 8:11. They would have wanted to see 8:06 if they were running exactly to the dot, that 27 flat time. But as we keep saying, you know, you can make up a lot of time in the final lap or two. I mean, we saw that with Suzuki where he ran a 62 after multiple laps in 68-69.

So I would say they're in a great position right now. And last year, as we said, all nine top finishers ran 62 seconds or faster for their last lap. So you can bank time in those final laps. 8:43 through 3,200 meters, so all your high school kids out there. That's the mark to beat this season. That was a 64.99 for the front. And everybody's still in line here. You can see Alex Masai. He's pulling up the back for NAZ Elite and Ben Flanagan behind him at the way back of this front pack, which it seems like it's 20 people. There is no gap for a long ways. This is a field that came to race. Yes, and that is what people do when they come to JSerra now here in San Juan,

Capistrano. Sleepy little coastal town in Southern California. But not tonight, not for The Ten. And it is Sam Atkin behind Ollie Hoare wearing the shades. Sam Atkin's still in that prime spot with Joe Klecker behind him. Last year, we had Sam Atkin, who was an unsponsored athlete. And Woody Kincaid, who then was on the Bowerman Track Club, as the prime pacers for this race. And they set up Grant Fisher and Mo Ahmed for that 26:33 and 26:34. But now they're in this race. They want a little taste of the action and they're getting it. And Joe Klecker wasn't here last year either, but he's jumping in.

You know, I think for Sam Atkin, he mentioned how his sponsorship with Puma enables him to train in Idaho with his college coach Mike Collins. I think we do have these groups that are forming. But also we have athletes that recognize that the situation they're in is one that works really well for them. And they want to be able to maintain that consistency. And so, repping Idaho out here in San Juan Capistrano, first competing athlete behind the three Pacers that are left in the race. So not a lot of movement has been taking place up front. Those three positions are just like we said, but it looks like Conner Mantz is

moving up on Ren Tazawa, the Japanese athlete in dark blue behind Joe Klecker. And then behind Conner Mantz, we saw Woody Kincaid and Luis Grijalva, the now teammates. They were coached by Mike Smith over there in Flagstaff, who is also the Northern Arizona University coach — accomplished program. We have one pacer that just came out, so now we are down to two pacers as we hit the, you know, 4K into the race. 4,000 meters was reached at the start finish line previously, and that was 10:54 , so a 65.1 for that. About six seconds slower than the 27 flat. Goal time of 10:48 at 4K. But looking good.

I mean, what are you seeing to me? Tell me. Crystal Ball, what do you see for the future? That's a very good question. It's anybody's race at this point. I mean, I think it's far too early to call, and that's the beauty of this is that there's so many men who could do so many amazing things at the end of this race, and they're all sitting in here waiting , plotting. Thinking about what they can do, what anybody else in this pack can do, what their skills can do to match those moves, and do they have what they need to make that happen? Because this has been the target on the calendar for months now, and Joe Kle

Klecker said yesterday that, yeah, we wanted to run that 5K at BU. We wanted to run the 3K at Millrose, but check those boxes. All of those are leading to this night. Exactly, exactly. And, you know, for Klecker, I just, like, having his teammate Ollie as the pacer for this group has to give him just extra, extra confidence. That, you know, as we saw with Hoare, he came — he was the fourth pacer, so sometimes that first pacer can go lights out. But when you have a second, I mean, gosh, I've hardly ever seen a race where you get four pacers in it, but I'm sure they could felt like they could guarantee that Ollie would do what was right until the race paces settled out.

But to the credit of all the pacers, they've done an excellent job. And that last lap leading up to 4800 meters was a 64.9, so they are still pocketing some change, trying to get back onto it. But we are coming up to 5,000 meters here, so as we know, 13:30 is 27 flat pace, and that was about 13:35, 13:36. And now Sam Atkin has pulled off, it looks like, so this is not his day. But we have Joe Klecker closing the gap now, up to his teammate, Ollie Hoare, and then Ren Tazawa, and Conner Mantz, Woody Kincaid, and then Luis Grijalva trying to hang on. Emmanuel Bor, too, who has a 27:23 best. And beat Joe Klecker two years ago at The Track Meet 10,000 meters down here in

SoCal. Well, yeah, Emmanuel, he won USA Cross Country, so he is strong. He placed sixth at that World Cross in Bathurst on that course that was brutal looking, hot, no nothing that was flat, all hills, mud puddles, sharp turns. And this morning, his brother Hillary just went on to win the USA 15K Road Champs in Jacksonville, so I have to imagine that that gave him some extra inspiration coming into this race as well. So Kioko stepping off here as the pacer, but now it looks like maybe he is tucking in behind Woody, so he is staying in it. Ollie Hoare now at the front for the On Athletics Club, and there is no man on the

planet who is waving the flag more for the On Athletics Club than Ollie Hoare. He's passionate, he loves to talk about it, building the team as well as the brand, and he puts his legs where his mouth is right now as he jumps out in races in the 1500 and other distances, but also does the work like this for teammates like Joe Klecker. And this pack is getting a little smaller up front. Now we've seen it go from the first half of the race, 20 person strong, long train, and now that has definitely changed, definitely been blown apart into a main pack and a chase pack. So it looks like we have our group here, and Luis Grajalva trying to hang on to

that group. Grajalva, we were talking to him yesterday, and this is his 10,000 meter debut, and I think we've said that a number of times already, but he's been in Flag staff since 2017. So Ben, under the tutelage of Mike Smith, for this will be his sixth year being at NAU, and then going into his professional career, being sponsored by Hoka. But he said it takes about, for him it took about three years to get accustomed to altitude and start to really feel the benefits from it, like he could train there, but now knowing that kind of grinding nature and what it takes at altitude, we think that he has a bright future in the 10,000 meters, but we hope he can

hang on here a little bit, maybe he can pull a little Woody Kincaid and kick back up there. Well, we definitely have seen him motor home with a fast finish in the past, but this is, as you said, his debut in the 10K, so, you know, he's in uncharted territory, and I wouldn't be surprised if we see a big kick from him at the end , but he just may not have what it takes quite yet to stay with this pack, or at least I'm guessing that's what he's feeling right now. How it plays out in the long-term remains to be seen as we saw in the men's, he too of the men's, my prediction was completely off, so.

And we are coming up to 6,400 meters here, so Ollie Hoare is moving out, we came up to 6K in 16:18, that was a lap ago, and they were clicking off 65s, that was a 65.4, 17:23 through 6,400 meters. That's 16 laps, so 9 laps to go here, and there's 4 men here who are racing, no pacers, the gloves are off at this point, we are out of book. So now it's what any of these men can do to make this race their own, and who is going to dictate the rules, and who is going to counter, and right now Joe Klecker is in the front just like we thought he would be, because he's the man who likes to grind the pace, and that's what he's doing.

Mighty Joe Klecker at the front, followed by Ren Tazawa, and then Conner Mantz, who can also go to the well pretty darn well, and then Woody Kincaid. I was dying laughing at Will Leer’s description of Klecker in the pre-race kind of review. This man is chiseled from the ore of Minnesota, he said, he is one of the single toughest people, and then he's seen run on the track, and you know, after he was outkicked by Kincaid, he, instead of being disappointed that he hadn’t gotten the 5K American record indoors, which I am sure he was disappointed of course, but at the same time, he was proud of himself for going to a place he hadn't been to

before, and as you watched him in that 5K indoors, you can see almost like a fish gasping for oxygen, but from a K to go, and yet he kept pushing and kept pushing and kept pushing and he did get out in the end, but get out kicked in the end, but he gave in everything, and you know, we're seeing it again tonight. And we just heard about 19:02 through 7 kilometers there. So Woody Kincaid now moving up in front of Conner Mantz, getting into that third position. Ren Tazawa still hanging on, but it looks like Woody did that in order to get closer because he could see a little gap forming here with Joe Klecker at the

front, and he cannot let Joe Klecker get out of his sights. He let him get out a little bit in Boston, and that gap, it always looks a little too scary for everybody watching, but it never, well I shouldn't say never. A lot of the times it isn't insurmountable for Woody to just run a 25 second final 200 and blaze it up to the front, but now it is the race that we all wanted to see in this later stage, the final act of the 10,000 meters. Joe Klecker and Woody Kincaid, the rematch from Boston University. Woody Kincaid got that one in an American record 12:51, and Joe Klecker coming in 12:54 after driving the pace like he's doing right now.

Well, and it's interesting, I just saw Klecker and it almost looked like he kind of challenged Kincaid a bit to like, you know, okay, I know what you are doing, come on up and help. Kincaid does not look like he wants to do any of that helping, I am happy to sit on Klecker's shoulder right now. And it's worrisome for those watching too, because Woody has this amazing kick, but you never know if it's going to be there or not. Yeah, and he talked about it, it was funny, because after setting that American record, he was questioned by Jonathan Gault in an interview about, you know, like, didn't you, weren't you worried?

It's always a little bit scary. He was like, no, I'm just, it's just, I've always kicked at the end of races, and so I just always kick. But to your point, you know, sometimes that distance can become insurmountable, so, you know, trying to keep himself in contact here while still having the speed over the final laps. And 10,000 meters is twice the distance of 5,000 meters, obviously, so there's a lot more margin for error there, which you want to stay as close as possible in order to be able to make your move at the end, and Woody is doing that. He has finished only 3, 10,000 meter races in his pro career, and they all

happened in 2021, the first one of that year being here at The Ten where he ran 27:12. So we know it seems like if Woody is in similar fitness, Joe needs to grind this pace faster than that in order to get rid of him, because Woody still closed that race in 57 seconds. Exactly, you know, I think that this is going to play out just like we saw in the 5K indoors about a month or two ago with Klecker just pushing and grinding and Kincaid holding on. And in that race, as you mentioned, we saw a gap be formed, which Kincaid was ultimately able to close, but it doesn't look like Kincaid's going to be trying

to take the front anytime soon, and Klecker is going to try to see if he can break him. And these are the 8,000 meter splits on the board here, so that's what we came throughout the previous lap, 21:47, 65.8 for Klecker at the front. And to remember, 21:36 would be the 8K split for a 27 flat, so a little slower than that, but fast closes happen, and they happen often. But being at the 8K mark, now this is when all of the athletes have been saying , "Okay, get to 5K, feeling relaxed, then get to 8K and then start to race." So it's been an exciting and it's been a race up until now, but now, according

to them, is when they're really going to be shifting their mind away from staying within themselves and instead thinking about the finish and getting there as quick as possible. And now Woody swinging up onto the shoulder of Joe Klecker here. I don’t know if Joe Klecker wants to let him inside though. This may be a little bit of gamesmanship between the two here, don't know if Woody was actually wanting to pass, or if he was just showing that he could, and then tucking in behind Joe Klecker. We are past 8,400 meters and we're coming up on 8,800 meters here, that's 22 laps, so we'll have three laps remaining when we get to the line, and it's

still Joe Klecker at the front. And Woody Kincaid here, Woody Kincaid, who left the Bowerman track club this last year to strike out on his own and make his own fame. Tired of being in the shadows of Grant Fisher, Mo Ahmed, the other stellar athletes, who he is still friends with in the Bowerman track club, but wanting to make it in his own way, and has done so this winter, running the 3,000 meters, winning that at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, and most notably in Boston, the 12:51, taking down Grant Fisher’s American record in the indoor 5, 000 meters. When asked about his current situation, he called it complicated. It's

complicated. That's the status. When he set that American record in the 5k indoors, he had only been with Mike Smith and the team in Flagstaff for about a few weeks. I think he said he's been there since January 6, so in still early days, he did a lot of training by himself, he said, and now we see him taking the lead earlier than we've seen him do in the past, so he must be feeling himself. This is uncharacteristic, and maybe he's been hearing the chatter, but before he did that, he looked to have clipped Klecker’s heels a little bit, and Klecker stumbled slightly, so we will see if Mighty Joe could stick with Woody here.

And Joe Klecker, let us see, that was a 65.5 as Woody takes the lead after a 66, so we have two laps to go now. Joe Klecker, the man that the On Athletics Club was kind of founded around, too . He was the first athlete to be taken, and one that they wanted to mold the team after, too. They saw him as a bright star, and he's the guy whose personality they wanted to make replicated in the other athletes that came aboard. So, this is the OAC represented on the track here, Joe Klecker, racing Woody Kincaid. One of the great rivalries in our sport, I would say, and it is a budding one, too. We could see this for a while, but it's Woody, Kincaid, and Joe Klecker. Don't

count out Joe Klecker’s kick as they come to the bell lap. I love seeing the rules reversed, though, because I love seeing Klecker getting to have somebody to look at. Clearly, he's a grinder, but he's a competitor, first and foremost, and so to have the ability to set his sights on Kincaid's back, and as they battle over the back stretch, this is going to be a, oh, it's going to go, it's going to be good. So, it looks like the knees are picking up a little bit. That was a 65-flat, 26 :10 with a lap to go, but we are much further than that now, heading into the 200 -meter mark. There is no daylight between the two of them. Both of them are going to the

arms. This is all what either a man has left on the track. Woody Kincaid out front. Woody Kincaid goes to his signature kick, and we'll see if Joe Klecker can hang on. This is the red-eyed Kincaid driving into the home stretch. He heard a lot of the noise. They were talking about Joe Klecker and how he's so good over 10,000 meters. But this is Woody Kincaid’s race, 27:06, followed by Joe Klecker, PRs for the both of them. What a finish. That was the great battle over the last lap. And here we have got Kioko who stayed in the race after jumping to the front, coming into the finish. 55.96 for Kincaid over that last 400 meters and a 56.92 for Klecker.

Conner Mantz coming in too. After Kioko, 27:25. So, stellar finishes across the board. Jonas Raess in his very first 10,000 meters, 27:26. Ren Tazawa, 27:28, so not quite the Japanese record. You see Nils Voigt there, 27:30. Sam Chelanga again, 27:38. Luis Grijalva in his very first 10,000 meters, a Guatemalan national record, 27:42. So, Kincaid and Klecker, I would say that is not what we expected. And I think Woody had been bristling at the fact that everybody talked about how strong Joe Klecker is and how he can drive and how he can play the straight hand because you know that he can keep driving that pace lap after lap.

And nobody knows if you're going to hit a good card on the river and have a kick, but Woody saved it. When Woody, he jumped to the front and he made it happen. He jumped to the front, further out, then we're used to seeing him, but you know what, this is his prove everybody wrong season. When I hear him talk, he said he left Bowerman and was told by Jerry, you know, I think you're making a big mistake. But he needed to prove what he was on his own terms. And I think, you know, after setting that 5k American record where he had fallen kind of back, he also wanted to win this race not just by kicking the last 400 meters, but by taking it a little bit earlier.

That was a point proven there. Yeah. And you can see on the screen too, just a moment ago, the Guatemalan flag being waved there. Guatemala National Record today. 27:06 for Woody Kincaid, leading the final, the final few laps, but also still having a 55.9 in the bag. And Klecker having a 56. 56.9. Joe Klecker is an impressive runner for being as young as he is too and jumping to the 10,000 meters this early. That is still a 16 second PR for him. Do not let his stache fool you. He's still a young man with a lot of future. But we can't talk any longer. That's right. We've got to send it down to Colleen.

She's got Woody Kincaid right now. All right, I got tonight's winner Woody Kincaid here coming off a hot American record just a few weeks ago coming into this race tonight. How are you feeling coming off that race? It can be kind of emotional high after a big night like that. How are you feeling coming into this race? Well, it's perfect weather and I felt like things were just coming together. The race was, like, not as straightforward as I hoped it would have been. There was a little bit more give and take on the last. But we got a fast time in and we got a pretty good time. Nice. I was actually pretty impressed.

I felt like the pacers, from my point of view, were 65s. I kept hearing 65s, 65s, 65s. I think we finally hit our rhythm probably after 10 minutes and then it's like we really hit our stride. So to be part of that, that's right. I did see you were maybe a little further back though, and there can be some slingshot kind of tactics back there when that is happening. Was that your plan to go back midpack or did you kind of get caught up? Well, I kind of knew Ollie was going to be the main pacer at the end. So I was kind of tracking Ollie at the start and he actually got back too. And so I guess I'm going to have to move up with him.

I think we went out 67. I would have liked to move further up. It was good. It was good. And then I got to ask you. I thought, I really thought you were going to leave it to the last lap. But you didn't. You went around with two and a half laps to go. What was the mindset? Well, we started clicking off 66's and Joe wanted me to go. And you know, I didn't go. I didn't go. I tried to go around him and I didn't make it around him. And so, you know, with, I think, probably a thousand to go, I knew I had to push a little bit. I kind of started to figure out where you're at a range of breaking 27. So when we came through with a couple minutes ago, I'm Michael Cal.

So I would get the world standard of 27:10. And that's kind of what I had my eye on after that. Well, you still closed in sub-60 according to the announcer. So your last lap is still there. I don't see that. I think I saw it. Yeah, I had to close in 60 or something to get underneath it. Yeah. He's still good. All right, we're going to get this women's race started. But congratulations. Another great race for you. Appreciate it. Thanks, Colleen. All right. Thanks, Colleen. Thanks, Woody. And now the other main event of The Ten, the women’s race. And this is storylines all over the place as well, Shannon.

So many amazing runners in this field. Headed up by Alicia Monson of the On Athletics Club. So another grinder, just like Joe Klecker. But she has her hands full here with Eilish McColgan jumping in this race. A little later add to the field. But getting ready for the London Marathon, and she has got a 30:19 to her name. Puma Racing Elite has a slew of racers on the line here. You can see Susanna Sullivan there. And Natosha Rogers, also a contender, Fiona O’Keeffe. There we go. There's Monson there. And Dom Scott, too. And there's McColgan tucked into the outside against the wall. Katie Izzo, Danny Shanahan, Elly Henes there.

Carrie Verdon, Laura Galván. It's another loaded field here. Eleanor Fulton there, heading up the pacing duties. So the music is going down. And we can see Vanessa Fraser there on the line, too, wearing the Bowerman kit . She trains in the Bay Area now. Dom Scott there in lane five. We heard earlier, and we remember last year that she ran 31 flat, doing a lot of the work herself. And she's training for the London Marathon as well. Remember to be called to the line. And they're off here. And the talk here about this race is that it is going to be going out at 72 seconds per lap, which is 30 flat pace.

And it's set up for Alicia Monson, who has had a fantastic indoor season, set the American record in the 3,000 meters at Millrose running 8:25. There was a time when breaking 15 or running 15 was a big barrier. I mean, it still is a big barrier for athletes, and she's looking to do it twice in a row. So I loved Des Linden’s pre-race kind of review. And, you know, she essentially said the only person that could beat Monson is Monson. So our expectation for tonight is that she's who will be seeing at the front for this race. And we're hoping that she does all the things she's dreaming of because it

would be really exciting to watch. And we'll see, too. We'll see who else is in this race, who could step up and do something special, because we've seen in the past that if things don't always go according to plan , and there could be somebody in this field who could have a fantastic debut or a major drop, like Dom Scott cut 19 seconds off of her time last year. Two years ago, when Eilish McColgan ran here, it was her first time under 31. She ran 30:50, and you can see her in the 4th position there behind Eleanor Fulton up front. And that's Josette Andrews, who is Alicia Monson's new teammate, set in the

pace as well. Monson tucked in there in that 3rd position. Also that year, two years ago, that Eilish McColgan ran 30:58, Elise Cranny had never run a 10,000 meters. And she beat Karissa Schweizer, her teammate, who was an excellent 10,000 meter runner, in 30:47, and that was the third fastest 10,000 meters ever run by an American woman. So, strange things can happen here at JSerra. Strange and special things. Especially as an athlete develops, right, a 10k is largely aerobic strength. And, you know, some of these younger athletes need a little bit of time to build up that, you know, the mileage to build up their ability to handle the pace, their aerobic

capacity. But then once they get there, you see these, they just start carving away from their PBs with big chunks at a time. Right now, though, this race is playing out as, I probably would have expected it to play out at the start with Monson, and McColgan right to the, right behind the Pacers. Yeah, this looks less like a race at the moment, more like an assault. An assault on a record. 71 seconds for the first lap, and they crossed 800 meters in 73, so that was just the first kilometer, about 2:59. So, on very good pace, being set by Eleanor Fulton. Right on the pace that they have been talking about for that 30-minute barrier.

3:01 would be 30:13 pace, which is the American record, held by Molly Huddle. You know what's interesting, too, when you look at the two front runners in this race, you have Monson who broke the American record indoors in the 3k. I'm finishing off her indoor season with this outdoor race. And on the flip side, you have McColgan, who is kicking off her season as she preps for the London Marathon in about seven weeks from now. I think I read also that she's planning to do the New York half between now and then. McColgan has been in Colorado doing altitude training in preparation for her races ahead,

but all of the athletes that have been in altitude flag and Colorado primarily have been dealing with one of the harder winters in a while, or at least harder winters in our recent memory. Lots of snow, lots of indoor treadmill runs, lots of grind. But I think that's fitting for a 10k runner. They seem to have to be wired to handle that, I guess. So why not throw some other factors at them? It hardens them, for sure. That is true. The third lap was hit in 71 seconds. So we went 71, 73, 71, and 72's are the targets, so they're circling that right now. A good job being done by Eleanor Fulton here.

Monson tucked in there nicely, and McColgan, who is no slouch at the shorter distances too, that looked like a 4:49 through 1600 meters. So 72 second pace, that was a 73. McColgan, the British national record holder in the 5000 meters, 14:28. So she has a fantastic range here, she moves up to the marathon. It comes from a running family, her mother, she had a phenomenal season last year going on to win the Commonwealth's 10k, followed up by a silver in the Commonwealth's 5k at home in Scotland. The 10k, Commonwealth's 10k, the same race her mother had won. And some really great videos of kind of the side by side of each of them

winning their respective years of that championship. But, you know, definitely comes from a running family, is in a relationship with a runner as well, so lives, breathes, bleeds running. And we'll say we went to split screen here, and the second pack is being led by the Puma Racing Elite. Sarah Inglis is up there, and Taylor Werner are pacing their teammates, Natosha Rogers and Fiona O’Keeffe. So Natosha Rogers will see what she can do, too, in this race. This second pack is targeting 30:40, which is that Olympic standard as well as World Championship Standard for this year, which is amazing to think about.

That 30:40 is something that a pack of women are going for on US soil here. Absolutely. And it is attainable, too. We talked to Puma Racing Elite yesterday, and Fiona O’Keeffe is in stellar shape right now. They think that she has a bright future in the marathon as well. Not just yet, but we saw a significant drop last year with her in the 5,000. She ran 15:05 at the Portland Track Festival, and then 15:01 indoors in Boston, too. But she's also run 67 for the half last year in Houston. So you bookend the 10,000 here, and she hasn't run one in a while. She is about to do a pretty good one. I think 32:12, off the top of my head, was her best, but that could be going down.

I think there is going to be a lot of PBs next to people’s names by the end of tonight. The front pack here went through 2K in 6:02, so they are running 62 high, and then 2400 meters in 73, or, yeah, 7:15 — 73 second lap there. So little, mostly though, just a cumulative time of the points of the seconds. It has taken them from the 7:12, which would be their kind of split for that sub-30, breaking versus the 7:15 that they hit. And Fulton stepping off here at 2600 meters. So now it is Josette Andrews up front, the newest member of the On Athletics Club, leading her teammate, Alicia Monson, and then Eilish McColgan behind Alicia.

And Dathan, you can see him in the corner there, gave a quick split. Now I bet he's run to the opposite end of the track. Trying to see his athletes 50 times during this race, I think. I think so, trying to get in his mileage too. 2800 meters there, 7 laps down. And that was a 72.6. Andrews keeping the pace rolling here. When McColgan talked about coming to this race, she said it was a last-minute decision to test her legs over the 10,000 here at Sound Running. She had set a huge PB here two years ago, so she was looking forward to spinning these marathon legs after a solid five weeks of altitude training in Colorado.

So it's pretty cool to see knowing this was gearing up to be a big race. Deciding mid-marathon training, mid-marathon lead up to come down and put herself right up behind Monson, who's coming off being a very sharp, strong indoor season. And I love seeing that kind of meeting of athletes at different points in their season and different, who have different strengths, seeing what comes of it. And it is impressive here seeing what she's doing and what they're both doing. This is 3,200 meters, eight laps down. Another, it was 9:41 there. So just over 4:50 pace, 1,600 meters. That was a 72.8. And the fans think right now that Alicia Monson is the overwhelming favorite.

She has 311 first-place votes. But Eilish McColgan appears to be in second with 71 first-place votes. And then I believe it could be Natosha Rogers after that. So what the fans think, it is. And you can see there on the screen. I also see Susanna Sullivan is that 11, are these the first-place votes? Yep. Susanna Sullivan with 11 of those. So if you pick, for those participating in the pick-em game, if you pick the top five, well, the best scorecard picking top five for men's and women's races, best combined score wins a pair of On shoes, your choice. So good luck to everybody out there. This is Josette Andrews up front here.

And you got a good glimpse of this second pack too on the other screen. So that is Natosha Rogers jumping out front. And her teammate Fiona O’Keeffe behind her. Elly Henes behind her is running her first 10,000 since college. So she's due for a good one. And Dom Scott too. And I think that is Sarah Inglis that just jumped off the track. But I believe she was pacing anyway. [MUSIC] So they've passed 3,600 meters now. And that was 72 low. So next mark that we're coming up to is 4,000 meters. And that'll be 200 meters from a little less than that from now. But we're going to bring in Colleen. See what she's thinking.

Trackside right now. Hey guys. Coming at you from the finish line. Start finish again. Thoughts here are obviously the top two women. No surprise. This is exactly who we thought was going to go with the pace here. But both these women look super good. Just super strong, relaxed, just looking at their faces. Their faces look really relaxed. And they're just focused on the pace here and just hanging in there. So it's exciting to see. I know we're a little bit early, but there's a huge gap. And then we have this awesome pace group. There's a lot of solid runners in here. Honestly, Elly Henes looks really good.

And Dominique Scott was in this race last year and looks really good too. So we got a couple of Puma athletes. The chase group is no joke. So I like what I'm seeing. [MUSIC] And we're looking at the race now. They came through 4K in 12:05, another 72 second lap. And the chase pack came through 4K in 12:24. So that puts them. They're a little off of that standard. 12:16 would be the 30:40 mark that we are talking about. But as we keep seeing that last K, you can make up a lot of time. So they should be in a good spot. The second pack here is, like we said, pretty interesting. So we have got Natosha Rogers driving the train.

And then her teammate Fiona O’Keeffe, Elly Henes, Dom Scott. WuGa He. And then Laura Galván. And He, in here, the Chinese athlete, coached by James Li. She ran a great race last year at Stanford. She ran 31:46. And Li thought that she had a lot more in the tank. But it was too close to this race to be able to jump into it. But they couldn't let up this opportunity. And it looks like Laura Galván has moved past her. I would keep your eye on Galván, too. She's one to stick her nose in it and really drive the train when the going gets tough. She has got three Mexican national records — 1500, 3K and the 5K.

And she's coming into this race, 19 seconds off of the Mexican national record for the 10K. So look for her to do something. She was Pan Am Gold in 2019. And she had a big PB indoors of 8:40 in the 3K. She trains in Wannawakto and was in Bathurst at the World Cross Country Championships, where she placed 26th. So she's had a strong season. He has some races under her belt. And she should be going to this race with a good sense of her fitness. Yeah, 26th. Nothing to sneeze at down there. But we are coming up on 4800 meters. That was a 73. So Andrews is clicking off 73s for the last couple laps.

As we round this bend, and we're going to head into 5,000 meters as we get to the 200 meter mark. So you see that clock right now? It is approaching 15 minutes. And we still have Monson and McColgan there sitting on Andrews. And Andrews still pushing here. This is a great 5,000 for Andrews, too. She has gone under 15 before, but 15:08. So 15:08 — that is, last year we saw Cranny come through in 15:04 for 5,000 meters. And then moved to 15:10 for the second, all alone. Andrews steps off, and now this is all Monson and McColgan. And I don't think Monson is even thinking about relinquishing the lead at this

point. She's perfectly fine driving this thing, and she knows how to do it. So she keeps getting more and more comfortable in this position as she moves through her career. Yeah, you know, first I have to say, I think of major props to Josette Andrews because to pace for 5k right around 15 minutes. That, you know, to pace these big races, these big attempts at times takes an athlete equally talented. I mean, she's a sub 4-minute, 1500-meter runner herself. And she took this group through 5k right around that 15-minute mark. Monson, as you mentioned, you know, she, after her setting her American record

indoors in her post-race interview, she said, "I tried to go hard and break everyone behind me. That has been her mindset in every race I've watched her in. Ever since, you know, that cross-country, U.S. cross-country championships in January of last year, where she got out to the front of that course and never relinquished the lead. Lead, gun to tape, and just grind. It was just a grind, grinding it out. I think she likes to be in the front. I think she likes the challenge. She says she's done these paces in practice, so she knows what to expect. And now it is her turn, with 5k remaining, to grind it out solo.

This is her strength. This is her talent. And her strength is her strength, and she knows it better than anybody. And she's coached by the man who also knows it better than anybody. Dathan Ritzenhein. The second pack here went through 5k in about 15:28 to 15:29. So they're under a 31 minute pace for 10,000 meters, and we'll see what they can do to get some of that change back. If they can, Dom Scott ran 31 flat here last year. The South African national record is 30:52, so she has got her sights set on that as well. And she and Laura Galván are in great position, like tagged on to that chase pack.

You know, Rogers doing the work to push the pace. And actually, as I say that though, her teammate, you know, O’Keeffe coming up, I have to imagine they maybe have a strategy of how to share the lead and try to execute collectively as teammates. They were in for a bit in Kenya for altitude training. And then I believe also in Colorado, so they've gotten in some good altitude work. As we were saying before, their team is based in Raleigh, North Carolina, being coached by Alistair Craig, who is quite the accomplished athlete himself. So it's cool to see these teams being led by really established and

accomplished athletes so that they can then translate what they were able to do . And learn through their successful career and give that wisdom to their athletes and coach. And Amy Craig out there too, so they have got the guidance from her as well. That's true. Monson in here. Pushing it down back to 72 second pace. So the previous two laps, 72.1 and 72.3. And she's just foot on the gas right now. All gas, no brakes. And there's 10,000 meters and you can see some lead changes on the right hand side again as Natosha Rogers moves to the front of that pack. And Fiona O’Keeffe is back in second there.

Fiona O’Keeffe, a Davis Senior Blue Devil, Davis Senior High School, Northern California. Shout out to the blue devils and a Stanford alum as well. Got a little Duke. I don't know where they got that name. I couldn't think of anything better. So they're going 74 to 75 pace in that second pack. And Henes is hanging in there like Colleen said, looking good. Running this professional debut in the 10,000 meters. What a way to break into your first 10k at an event like this early season but such energy and such kind of. Think about some of these races you go to like Monaco, Diamond League for example.

People, now because of the kind of legendary status it holds, people plan their seasons around it and they plan to run there. And almost the myth, the mystique of that place helps them get more out of themselves because they believe it is possible. We are only three years into this Sound Running The Ten, but athletes are showing up believing it is possible. And you get these just such incredible performances when there is that belief and that kind of planning for it. So Natosha Rogers brings them through in a 73 high through that lap. Monson is still at the front in a 72.5. That was through 6400 meters there.

But Monson and McColgan here have come onto the home straight and they are approaching 6800 meters. That's 17 laps so they'll have eight laps to go when they cross here. That's two miles and they're split. We will see it populate in a second, 72.2, and McColgan is still hanging on. McColgan, I mean, her best is 30:19, so she has been in this territory before where Monson has not, and she knows what this feels like. Monson is getting into uncharted waters at this pace, but from what we have seen she looks extremely capable of keeping it together here. And she's had success in Cross and while the distance may not have been 10k the

grind of a Cross Country race and the kind of fitness that you need to have plus training at altitude being in Boulder and being just very aerobically strong and thriving in a situation like this where you know it's not this person is sitting on me. It's I'm going to break this person or at least that being a goal. You know we can't forget you and as we said before when she made the Olympic team a couple years ago to compete in Tokyo. It was in that brutal hot 10k in Eugene that she got heat exhaustion from and like you know nearly toppled over in the post race interview but she is just tough and will go as deep as she needs to and possibly can for

success. And she is digging deeper and deeper right now, 71.8 for that lap, and McColgan hanging right there too. Flipping her heels a little bit because she ran a little faster for that lap. But now we have Elly Henes driving the train for that second pack with Fiona O’Keeffe and Natosha Rogers and Laura Galván hanging on in that fourth place position and we'll see what they run as they come through here. But they are about 30 seconds, a little over 30 seconds, behind Monson and McCol gan here. And I believe both Henes and Fiona O’Keeffe’s PRs in this event is 32:12 from their college day so they're about to see a significant drop.

But Monson still round and round here, coming back onto the home stretch again and she's cruising in. This will be 7600 meters, 19 laps, and it is Monson and McColgan like a detective duo in a crime show. But we have to remember Monson said she tries to go hard and break everyone behind her and she went through the 5k mark. We don't have the exact 5k split here but it was just slightly over 15 flat ends since she took the lead when Josette Andrews stepped off. It's been, excuse me, she has hit 72, 72, 72, 71, 71 just that last one was technically 71.99. When you're aiming for 72 flat, you're pretty much dialed in and so when she

says she's been in training and she knows what the pace feels like she wasn't lying. She was not, and that was Rogers back at the front, oh it is O’Keeffe at the front , 74.5 for that lap. But yeah, Monson still knocking down 71s here, digging deeper and deeper as she comes up again. This is 8k so we will see what this split is and what the 8k time is for Monson and McColgan. Remember, this is the working end of the race for these 10K-ers. It is, this is — yeah — 24:10 through 8,000 meters. Think about that, think about the college races for men out there and how 24:10 is a very good time. 72.0 for that lap.

We're starting to get a little bit of a drizzle, very, very light, nice misty feeling in this JSerra high school. That's right, we're getting some coastal mist here so hopefully our computers hold up sitting out here. But the track is on fire and we see Laura Galván is now losing touch with that group of three. Rogers is up front. Oh no, that is O’Keeffe and then Rogers, sorry, and Elly Henes. So here comes Monson again with McColgan and it is Monson and McColgan. There has been no change in that order yet. 71.3 on that lap. 2, excuse me. 71.2 for both of them. And I don't know if the experts anticipated this close of a race this late, but

I know some fans did. As many of them picked McColgan to win this race and we'll see what happens as we get further and further. But it is pretty phenomenal when you think that Alicia Monson’s PR in the 10K is 30:51 and she toed the line with the goal of running sub-30. I love that though. I love this desire to just set the big goals for herself. You know, she said when she talked about going sub-30, she thinks about Americans being competitive on the world stage. Even if every championship race isn't a record-breaking race, you have to be ready for that. And this is her showing how she is going to be ready that if the opportunity

shows itself, she intends to be as fit as the best in the world to go after those medals. The on team has said, you know, getting through the indoor season and then all of the focus is on trying to meddle at that world championships this year in Budapest. At 8800 meters, 71.9, so she keeps clicking off sub-72s and now it is Henes up to the front in the chase pack with Fiona O’Keeffe and Natosha Rogers there. So they keep circulating and doing work and pushing each other there. And they're running 74-73 pace as they come up to 8800 meters right now. So we've got a good distance between the top two and that second pack to where

we keep getting splits rolling through here. But the race is really moving right now. It is still Monson and McColgan here as they are swinging back onto the home stretch. You can see Coach Dathan Ritzenhein there getting his split. I would love to see how much he's running out there today. But Monson coming in, they are attached at the hip right now. There is no distance in between the two of them as they come up to 9200 meters. This is two laps to go, 800 meters to go in this 10,000 meter race here at San Juan Capistrano. There is a 71.6 for Monson, and at 9200 meters, 27:45. So this is shaping up to be something very special, because we saw 15:08 at

halfway. And then splits have just been straight 71 since then. Yep, both looking so strong. I mean, of course they're working hard, but the cadence has not faltered. In fact, as you said, it's just been getting quicker. And now we see Henes come up to 9200 meters. So that second pack has two laps to go now. But it is still Monson and McColgan. There is nothing to say here other than Monson and McColgan, 71. Monson and McColgan 71, Monson and McColgan 71. And they're coming up to the bell lap or sorry. Yeah, they're coming up to the bell lap right now. You can hear it ringing. Monson and McColgan under 400 meters remaining

in this amazing 10,000 meter race here at San Juan Capistrano. That was a 70.45. And now McColgan is looking to make something happen because what other opportunity do you have to do so? There is no time left. This is it. Anything that's going to happen is going to happen in the next 300 meters. And we're seeing it now as McColgan goes to the front and ducks her head down down that back stretch, putting distance on Monson. Deep in marathon training, getting ready for London. Last minute, decides to come to this race, and here she is about to win it with a huge PB. Going to the arms, Monson has done all of the work since Josette Andrews

stepped off at 5,000 meters. And the rain is coming down now here at San Juan Capistrano. But here comes Eilish McColgan. It was 30:19. The British national record is 30:01. Can she get it here tonight? Let's see. It looks like she may have broken Paula Radcliffe's British record. Did she do it? Oh my gosh. She has 30:00.87, new national record. Eilish McColgan. New national record also for Eilish McColgan. 30:03, taking 10 seconds off of the American record here at The Ten. And the rain is coming down and we're getting soaked. But here we go. This is the race for third. This is Natosha Rogers fighting with Elly Henes.

Who previous to this time has not been a force at 10,000 meters running on the scene. She's a new pro last year and who's going to take it? It is Elly Henes beating Natosha Rogers. The team USA world member last year. Henes in third, 30:48. Look at these times. Rogers in fourth, 30:48. O’Keeffe, 30:55. What is going on? McColgan gets the record, almost breaks 30 in a marathon build. I mean, what a night for her. We've seen something extremely special here tonight. 30 flat. And 30:03 for Monson. I mean, both of them just nearly under that 30-minute mark, both blasting apart their national records.

I mean, all the races have been exciting. But to see that, what a way to end the night. Ghosts have been chased and legends have been struck down in the record books tonight. It is another epic night here at the 10 as we try to keep everything dry here. And as runners continue to come in here, we have, I believe, we're down to ninth place that is under 32 minutes here. We're going to go down to Colleen. She's got Eilish McColgan trackside. Okay, here we go. All right, I am here with our winner, the World Women’s winner, Eilish McColgan. Congratulations! How are you feeling? Yeah, I'm absolutely buzzing. Like, to be here two years ago, I came here

during, like, COVID pandemic and ran a big PB. So, yeah, it's nice to be back with the crowds . Oh, yeah, I'm just buzzing. I'm so, so happy. You made a pretty strong move here with, like, it was about 300 to go. What was going through your mind at that moment. Yeah, I knew, coming into this race, I knew it was in really good shape, but to have it all come together in the day sometimes doesn't happen. And I've had a bit of a challenge a few months, but I was like, "I just want to get to this race." So, took a week off just before the race, and I was like, eff it. I'm going to go. I'm going to go get rid of what I've got."

And, yeah, I think people probably thought I was a bit of an underdog today. So, yeah, it's nice to come here. Huge PB. I don't even know what I ran. I'm just so happy. Yeah, but, yeah, really pleased. I'm not sure where your official time was either, but so you were, yeah, you were a late addition. You weren't, maybe you weren't planning on coming here tonight. What made you change your mind and say, "What the heck? I'm going to give it a go." I know that was maybe feeling a little bit risky. Yeah, I suppose I am building up for London Marathon. So, I've had a few niggles, so I missed my sort of prep races in January.

I missed a half marathon in February, so I sort of pushed up the back. And when this opportunity came up, I was like, "Do I do it? I'm going to have the legs for 10K, but I'm really strong right now." And I think I have a show tonight, so I'm glad I did it. It has given me a little bit of confidence now for the half marathon. And the marathon is still going to be a very big challenge. I think I'll run a good 20-mile, but that last 10K, yeah, we'll keep our fingers crossed. But I'm looking forward to it. It's exciting. It's a new challenge for me. Awesome. Well, you looked amazing tonight, so congratulations again and good

luck at the marathon. Thank you very much. Cheers to that. Thanks. All right. Thanks, Colleen. Thanks, Eilish. I like that effort. Put it on a t-shirt. Put it on a t-shirt for Eilish. Eff it, I am going to do it. 30 flat. Someone needs to tell her, she got the record. That's right. Yeah. You got the national record, Eilish. That's it for us tonight. Thank you so much for joining us here at the 10. Once again, San Juan Capistrano, it keeps solidifying its place in American distance running lore and British running lore now. And many other countries as well. Check all the results. Yeah, Guatemala. Everywhere.

So, thank you very much. Thank you to Colleen. Thank you to Sound Running. Thank you to On Running for putting this on. Congratulations to all the runners. Shannon, it is a pleasure and an honor to be here with you. Absolutely, as always. And we'll catch you next time from the Tracklandia team. I'm Jeff Merrill, and we are signing out. Citizens of the California Beach towns that dot Southern California are getting ready for a big old 10k down here on Saturday night. Santa Monica, Capistrano, Laguna Beach. Redondo Beach, Manhattan Beach. It should be a hot one in San Juan Capistrano. So says Woody Kincaid.

Joe Klecker will be there too. Well, they're reeling in out there. Fisher following the trawler. Yeah, they're getting a... You got Alicia Monson on the women's side with Dom Scott, Eilish McColgan is back, after two years ago she raced here in this, uh... Do not forget about Conner Mantz. And then look out for the women of the Puma Racing Elite. You got Natosha Rogers heading up that group. Ben Flanagan. Sam Atkin. Elly Henes. Luis Grijalva. Dom Scott. Sam Chelanga. 25 laps. 10,000 meters. Woo hoo! Who else is in the race? Citizens of... (indistinct chatter)