2016 NCAAs - T & F

[tcbison]

A college record for the steeplechase. Erin finishes in 8th place as an All American. I believe that is her 7th All American honor.

[Buffalo.Rider]

A college record for the steeplechase. Erin finishes in 8th place as an All American. I believe that is her 7th All American honor.

First Team All-American since she was in the Top 8.

[Buffalo.Rider]

Jake Leingang (Bismarck High School) is now running for Orego. Jake trained under Daryl Anderson in high school, Daryl ran for the Bison in the 70s.
Jake placed mid-teens in the 5000m, ran a 14:01.

An excellent performance for a sophomore.

[semobison]

Jake Leingang (Bismarck High School) is now running for Orego. Jake trained under Daryl Anderson in high school, Daryl ran for the Bison in the 70s.
Jake placed mid-teens in the 5000m, ran a 14:01.

An excellent performance for a sophomore.

Also, Jess Lehman formally Jess Herauf from Dickinson, a senior at Minnesota places 7th in the Heptathlon! Dickinson Proud!

[Tony Almeida]

Also, Jess Lehman formally Jess Herauf from Dickinson, a senior at Minnesota places 7th in the Heptathlon! Dickinson Proud!

Hear hear!

[natstar1]

Jake Leingang (Bismarck High School) is now running for Orego. Jake trained under Daryl Anderson in high school, Daryl ran for the Bison in the 70s.
Jake placed mid-teens in the 5000m, ran a 14:01.

An excellent performance for a sophomore.

OK, I'm not a track and field insider or anything, but hasn't Leingang been a disappointment thus far in college? I believe he was one of the top 2 distance recruits in the nation coming out of HS. He won national events as a prep star and now...is he even a top 5 runner on the XC team?

[Buffalo.Rider]

OK, I'm not a track and field insider or anything, but hasn't Leingang been a disappointment thus far in college? I believe he was one of the top 2 distance recruits in the nation coming out of HS. He won national events as a prep star and now...is he even a top 5 runner on the XC team?

I don't think one can say he is a disappointment unless the expectations are really high. He has been improving.

While in high school he ran something like a 4:07 1600m (a mile equivalent would be about a 4:09). At Oregon as a freshman he ran a 3:44 1500m, which would be about a 4:01 mile if the pace was maintained for the extra distance. In high school he ran an 8:51 two-mile in high school, or about 4:25 a mile. The 5000m is about 3 miles and another 200m. If one does the math (assuming for math purposes he maintains his two-mile pace for another mile) and allows about 35 seconds for the 200m, that comes out to a 13:50 5000m. Jake's best is 13:43. So he has run a better pace for a 3-mile-plus race then he did for a great 2-mile in high school. That is pretty excellent improvement.

To put his 5000m in perspective, Steve Prefontaine's best 5000m was a 13:21.

[IzzyFlexion]

Erin Teschuk's 8th place finish is good for 1 team point for the NDSU women..........
No Bison points on the men's side.

Erin's single point was the ONLY POINT scored by Summit League athletes..............ugh.

[semobison]

OK, I'm not a track and field insider or anything, but hasn't Leingang been a disappointment thus far in college? I believe he was one of the top 2 distance recruits in the nation coming out of HS. He won national events as a prep star and now...is he even a top 5 runner on the XC team?

The top NCAA teams are littered with foreign athletes which makes the competition much more difficult. Recruiting for T&F is a global search and the Top NCAA teams are feeder programs for many countries Olympic programs!

[natstar1]

The top NCAA teams are littered with foreign athletes which makes the competition much more difficult. Recruiting for T&F is a global search and the Top NCAA teams are feeder programs for many countries Olympic programs!

This makes a lot of sense and something I never would have thought of. Good post.