Considering that, it didn’t seem likely that he could top that this early in the season. But that doesn’t factor in how much better 2014 Rupp is from 2011 Rupp. Since the race in 2011 he has won a silver medal in the Olympics, set several American records, had two more years of training with the best runner in the world and increased his closing speed exponentially.

-This race might have been the death blow for anyone who hopes to see Rupp move up to the marathon. At least in the next two years. On a bad day, he is one of the five best 10,000 runners in the world and it looks like only Farah will be able to challenge him in 2016.

Silver: Kirani James/Lashawn Merritt

James squeaked outrecord and placed fourth, but was over six seconds behind third place.

Maybe the United States’s strength in the 800 and 1,500 will trickle up. Or maybe, more of the Kenyan talent will begin to flock to the roads, like it has with the men.

Surging….

-Torie Bowie

By far the least heralded member of the women’s 200 field, Bowie shocked everyone and won the race from lane one. Her time, 22.18, betters her old personal best by almost four tenths of second. More importantly, she can now a claim a victories over Allyson Felix, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Blessing Okagbare and Murielle Ahoure.

In his recap of the meet, Jesse answers the key question. Who is Torie Bowie?

So the only reason she even got in the 200 was because she was able to hang