There were 3 other people I think. Only the pacer was ever ahead of him.

Jun 29, 2024
7:40:36pm

JuicyJam All-American

I don't want to take away from the accomplishment though. Pretty awesome he was able to do this and now go to the Olympics.

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Corrigan's improvement from the NCAA finals to today seems unprecedented

nova_coug_fan

Jun 29, 6:34pm

His 8:13 would have been good for fourth place at the Tokyo Olympics

nova_coug_fan

Jun 29, 6:35pm

He didn’t have to run against competition. Everyone running wasn’t trying to pass him.

BW84

Jun 29, 6:41pm

It's also way harder to push yourself faster alone without competition

runnincoug

Jun 29, 6:44pm

not every race

byukarl

Jun 29, 10:51pm

He was in better shape than his 8:29 at NCAA’s showed. There have been big

CougGolf

Jun 29, 6:44pm

And there's still room for improvement! He stumbled near the end of his race!

Coug Esquire

Jun 29, 6:45pm

Granted, that's the time for stumbling.

SinkingQuffa

Jun 29, 7:38pm

A lot easier to improve your time when it's essentially just you and a pacer.

JuicyJam

Jun 29, 6:48pm

It was 84 degrees and felt like 91. He also was training to peak for NCAAs. Pretty darn incredible.

CrimWalCoug

Jun 29, 7:00pm

And his third race in 8 days.

LeGrandBleu

Jun 29, 7:04pm

Not a lot of people thought he would do it given the conditions.

RexIdaCoug

Jun 29, 7:04pm

Did he not have any other competitors? Or were they all just below his level?

Tricky

Jun 29, 7:30pm

There were 3 other people I think. Only the pacer was ever ahead of him.

JuicyJam

Jun 29, 7:40pm

Only 21 seconds off the WR. If he continues to take 16 seconds off every 7 days

OU Cougar

Jun 29, 7:01pm

He wasn't racing for a win today, but a time. Many times races are "tactical" where the runners try to keep the race

Spiff

Jun 29, 7:18pm

Believing that you can do it. It’s what holds most people back.

ImuaKahuku

Jun 29, 10:03pm

Running is often so unpredictable

Bald Eagle

Jun 29, 11:01pm

Agreed. That's what makes running so exciting (at least to me).

runnincoug

Jun 29, 11:06pm

So true. Everything has to line up

Bald Eagle

Jun 29, 11:07pm

As a former collegiate steeplechaser, it doesn't seem real or possible. Amazing.

RUNBYU1

Jun 29, 11:55pm

he said the NCAA championships was the first time he ever had to run a steeplechase on a 2 day turnaround

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