Post-Nationals Quotes: Men
Mile & 800: Peter Kosgei, Hamilton College
My plan was to win the mile and see what comes out of the 800m. Not that
I didn't want to win the 800m, but since almost all the guys were still
fresh, I was expecting a faster pace in the finals of this event. The
prelims of the mile went well but honestly, I was surprised I almost
didn't make it to the finals in the 800m. I had decided to settle for
second place but when Jimmy flew by me near the finish line, I had to
work extra hard in the last 10m or so to beat the guy before me. In the
last 200 of the mile race I lowered the hammer but I knew that Zdroik
was right behind me. In the 800m run, I was surprised that nobody
responded when I made a move to take the lead. Actually, I felt so good
in both races despite the fact that I ran prelims and finals almost
back-to-back. I guess I was the best athlete in both races at that
time. The results of the nationals reinforced my argument that running
comes right from somebody's mind and heart. If you believe that you are
tired and can't do something, then "fatigue" is unavoidable. I am
quoting it because it isn't really fatigue.
(Photo courtesy of ONU)
Distance Medley Relay: UW-Platteville (Cameron Klein, Adam Buss, Tony Kilburg, Tyler Sigl)
Tyler Sigl (anchor): Going into the race, our team thought that we had a good shot at
winning as long as we kept the race close. The team brought me the
baton in third place or so, just off of the leaders. Opting out of the
mile, I was fresh unlike a lot of the other athletes in the race. I
stayed controlled, placing myself just behind the leaders. On the last
lap, I threw in a huge surge and soared to the victory. It felt
great, and I was happy that not only was I a national champ, but that
three of my teammates were also national champs.
(Photo courtesy of ONU)
5000: Willy Kaul, UW-Oshkosh
My thoughts and plans going into the race was really to lay back and
let the race come to me. Coach and I thought that i was ready for any
type of race so we wanted to lay back and stay out of trouble. Of
course, being that it was a championship race, I thought it was going
to be crawling the first mile and come home fast. That wasn't the case
this year, it got out in an honest 4:40 pace and then sped up the last
mile. I thought the race played out quite nice for me, I sat
comfortably in the third or fourth position and got myself into a nice
cadence and relaxed from there. With three laps to go Tyler [Sigl] made a
move and I responded to it right away, and I knew from there that i was
in for a ride the last 600m. I just waited and waited until that last
50 meters and put the pedal to the ground and came away with the win. I
couldn't have asked for a better race, I felt good and strong the
entire way. And I couldn't have asked for a better season, everything
went well and everything seems to be clicking for me right now. I hope
that I can build upon that and bring it on to outdoor. Being that I had
a bad ending to outdoors last year and a rough summer and fall with my
injury, it makes it even sweeter. I've learned not to take anything for
granted and to enjoy every bit of training and racing, because it could
be taken away so fast. I put in so much cross training and hard work to
stay healthy this season and it really paid off.
Quotes from the women to follow...
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