Howdy! That's what you are supposed to say to everyone in Aggieland. Along with their many traditions, Aggies (and Texans in general) are some of the nicest people you will meet.
I'm in College Station, Texas, for the 2009 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships. Texas A&M recently built an indoor facility to host this meet. They also hosted the Big 12 Indoor Championships two weeks ago where Colorado's Jenny Barringer and Oklahoma State's German Fernandez broke the collegiate mile indoor records.
Barringer is not running the mile this weekend, however. She will compete in the 3000m. Unfortunately, we won't get to see her go against rival Sally Kipyego. Kipyego is entered in the mile and the 5000m.
Fernandez is not competing at all at this meet. Instead he will run in Amman at the IAAF Cross Country Championships, March 28.
Where does that leave the rest of the competition? The men's 5000m should be good. Oregon's Galen Rupp and Liberty's Sam Chelanga will once again race each other. It's always a close race between those them. At the Tyson Invitational last month, Rupp beat Chelanga by a little over a second.
Kipyego is the favorite in the women's mile, but it's not her best event (in other words, she has actually gotten 2nd place as opposed to winning). Brie Felnagle of North Carolina and Sarah Bowman of Tennessee are in contention as well.
The event many people look forward to is the men's Distance Medley Relay. There are 18 teams entered! Those were all automatic qualifiers. I won't even try to make a prediction for that race (but I'd like to see Texas get it).
Coverage starts Friday at PreRaceJitters.com.
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