Men's 5000M - 2021 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championship

It was Wesley Kiptoo's time to shine during the men's 5000M as the Iowa State Cyclone broke a 9 year old meet record with a time of 13:23.77 at the 2021 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championship. Watch the full 5000-meter race here.
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[@jamiekeir8019]

My brudda is wearing gloves indoors, you love to see it

[@wyatthoover8253]

Imagine being able to run that relaxed in a national championship, he looks like he's going on a tempo run

[@morganfaunce1824]

He said in the post race interview that it was like a long run

[@iRunfastXC]

@@morganfaunce1824 🤣 Short long run

[@yungthunder2681]

Kiptoo went out so hard. He paid for it a little, but winning after that crazy of a move is wild

[@freshappleseed6966]

4:08 Gotta love how they never addressed the fact that the first mile in this 5k was a 4:06 until 15 seconds after and they made it sound like that was a typical, everyday split. Kinda wish they were a bit more invested in the race they were there to commentate on ngl.

[@jkhoudini]

I found their analysis during that segment explaining the various teams’ decision making process to focus on xc vs indoor track to be very insightful. They jumped right back on the split after the well thought out commentary, no big deal.

[@freshappleseed6966]

@@jkhoudini I mean, I guess that's nice if u liked it, but when I click on a 5k race, I personally want to hear commentary about the race. There are plenty of other sources that could give me info on things like team competition choices if that's what I'd wanted to hear

[@thomaslittle4188]

@@freshappleseed6966 i mean I was not a fan of it either, but it makes sense this is an espn live feed turned into youtube video.

[@k-level]

This comment did give me a chuckle. If you know enough about the sport to complain about this, you're definitely able to calculate each 200m split yourself, let alone the 1600m mark. That split info is less important than information that is not literally right in front of your eyes, such as why some top 5k performers are not here, choice making, etc.

[@freshappleseed6966]

@@k-level I personally don't see how that information could be important enough to talk about for 4+ minutes. When it comes to commentating about splits, it's not just about letting the audience know what they are and the pace, but also what it could mean for the rest of the race. There was a drastic change in positioning, the race spread out immensely, the people that went out with Kiptoo were already about 10 meters back and Kiptoo himself is now gonna have a hard time keeping up a decent pace after having gone out so hard. I can't say that the fact that nau and byu didn't compete is completely unrelated, but if they felt the need to talk about it, it shouldn't have been for so long and could've been commentary better spent on their actual races. Not to mention that a lot of people(including myself) look to commentary for excitement/passion to keep them invested in the race. Couldn't find an ounce of it in this video

[@hham9305]

Great to see the race being posted here not even a day later! A step in the right direction for sure

[@kjburkley2367]

Kiptoo is nuts. He breaks the indoor 5K collegiate record then takes 3rd at XC, running 14:27 in the first 5K. And he only had 2 days off in between races! He's definitely gonna be a sub 13 5Ker and beast internationally if he can work a little bit more on his kick!

[@Excelsiorgaming97]

hate it when they dont focus on the runners and keep panning away to other sports. Some of these athletes like Eric Hamer who got second maybe got 10 seconds of camera time in a full 13 minute race. Really sad

[@LuisFernando-yd3mx]

Maybe he should run faster next time...for more camera time.

[@kjburkley2367]

It's the nature of this kind of coverage. In order to keep audiences tuned in, they aren't going to show the entire 5K run (it's a very long race). I do agree with you, they should spend more time on the running events, but field events rarely get any camera time at all during nationally televised meets. So to be fair, they show them during longer races for somewhat equal representation🤷🏽‍♀️

[@ericlukan9862]

You don’t know how greatful I am this was posted

[@shanereilly1477]

Well ive never seen someone wear gloves in an indoor race before

[@awarrick6516]

I was thinking the same thing

[@AncientPharaoh]

Guy is from the tropics. As a runner who isn’t acclimated to true wintery weather, he really knows what’s good for him.

[@JumboBrownies]

Description should read 13:23.77

[@sam-wv2ds]

Wow, great job scheduling the track championship and the cross country championship right next to each other 👍

[@Notnotcam]

Imagine going out in 60 seconds for an indoor 5k💀💀💀💀

[@nitrouspeed3583]

Probably wearing the vaporfly gloves that Nike made back in 2014

[@systemicchaos3921]

we need runners as commentators who will show passion for the race!

[@evanbieder]

speed kills . congrats Kiptoo

[@sclotz]

Great job! Cyclones! Martin Smith has the team doing well. Kick butt at XC championships in a few days.

[@gabequinn9796]

And then he gets third at xc Nattys 3 days later, he's incredible

[@alejandromartinez8340]

For a minute I thought he had Uzis diamond on his forehead 💎

[@branchcox8911]

I’ve raced Kiptoo it wasn’t fun

[@brianbaker5757]

I can’t imagine it was lmao

[@brianbaker5757]

Weak ass commentators they should be going nuts after the performance great video tho thx for not spoiling the winner

[@UlyssesOfOmaha]

My goodness they are so bad

[@brianbaker5757]

@@UlyssesOfOmaha yup this race is nothing short of historic but you wouldn’t know it listening to the commentary

[@UlyssesOfOmaha]

@@brianbaker5757 Dwight Stones must toss a mean salad for this gig.

[@brianbaker5757]

@@UlyssesOfOmaha lmao 😂

[@AlexDaGame]

For real, this is Track and Field baby! Not golf. Us runners have so much passion for this sport. Sad it's not reflected by those commentating at a high level

[@branching123]

I haven't been following collegiate xc and athletics for the past few years. Was the decision to have xc championships one week after this due to covid19?

[@tcfranklin]

(Hey there announcer dude) stop making excuses for the 13 runners who just so happen to be running another race in a few days. When you compete, you do your best. PERIOD. They were obviously out hustled, out worked by an ELITE athlete, who put in the TIME, DICIPLINE AND WILL POWER to WIN... AND DID SO MAGNIFICIENTLY !

[@ianbusche1471]

The guy who won also ran the same race a few days later

[@AncientPharaoh]

Terrible announcers. They down played the winner throughout the race. There was no acknowledgment of the winner when he ran blistering 4:06 in the 1st mile, just a quick mention. So much of talking about cross country cross country cross country while a track race is happening before their eyes.

[@mattmoler4831]

why gloves

[@gabrielolivares73]

description says 23 min

[@blastedpotato]

He brought xc to the track

[@jazandriz]

Where was Oregon?

[@seanpowell6717]

Kiptoo running indoor nationals and xc nationals in the span of a few days? He built different

[@CarlosMartinez-ni3nx]

Most people watching the 5k do not care about the field events happening. Broad cast separately.

[@DavidDavid-fp6gv]

Why is he wearing gloves?¿

[@angelcastro839]

why the gloves?

[@jz4461]

Could've went lower with better pacing but great time

[@docpj72]

agree-if he went out at 64 second laps instead of 60 seconds he probably could have done a 13:18 with a good close--still a phenominal time though!

[@jeffreykicia6534]

My PR is a 14:19.72 so I cannot imagine running nearly one minute faster and coming in dead last with my personal record indoors. My three mile split was a 13:52.26 and to be blown away with a descent time is difficult to swallow. But I was a D II athlete so we did NOT have the premium upper tier school advantage with top coaches and school programs for student/athletes! My outdoor PR was a bit better at 14:01.64 @ 5,000 meters and my 10,000 meters was a 29:33.60 to finish 5th in Division II. My PR for my first two Boston Marathons were a 2:18:16 and 2:20:12 to finish in 66th and 67th in the World as a 24 and 25 year old straight out of College.

[@soc2168]

Ok

[@iRunfastXC]

IN GLOVES 🤣

[@brees9448]

Looks painful

[@jacobreesmontgomery]

huh interesting

[@maverickwade3993]

He had gloves on?

[@kaismithley6173]

yeah lol idk why, maybe he was cold, it is winter time

[@kaismithley6173]

@Baum Squad you make a good point, maybe he just has bad blood circulation like me, my hands are always cold if it's under 70 degrees

[@MrTtyl13]

Could have Renaud’s.

[@kaismithley6173]

@@MrTtyl13 rhynauld's* and yeah that's what I have

[@MrTtyl13]

@@kaismithley6173 good call, never was sure how it was spelled. A guy on my team has it, and he sometimes wears gloves when it’s in the high 50s/low 60s and would wear them in indoor meets. So seeing Kiptoo here wearing them is no surprise.

[@rogermaris9021]

Never seen someone wear gloves in an indoor race

[@cheropcherop3192]

It's his signature style

[@oliverdreyfuss1093]

Anybody know why he wears gloves indoor

[@cheropcherop3192]

It's his signature style evidently

[@user-xz5ep3ef7t]

アイム　ジャパニーズ

[@axeblue]

And I ~ I ~, will always love you~

[@thesamuellanham]

commentators are so bad

[@scottbarker9058]

i pretty-much quit watching after around the 2-min. mark..in all honestey weee need ..yep;2 races in these events...the e. africans...n..the rest of the world....dont ya thinc??suspisious ..dopping activity goin on...

[@tigerplayer9374]

🗣Shut up

[@stevenfriedman143]

learn how to spell

[@brayancheruiyot848]

Man.. People train hard.. Humble and poor background makes do "near death" training.

[@scottbarker9058]

@@stevenfriedman143 i..do-not care....

[@scottbarker9058]

@@tigerplayer9374 u..no..im..right..thats why..