Men's mile - 2019 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championship

Geordie Beamish of NAU leads the pack of runners in the men's mile run during the Division I Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track & Field Championship held at the Birmingham CrossPlex on March 9, 2019 in Birmingham, Alabama. Beamish won the race with a time of 4:07.69.
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[@rustydaines6859]

Beamish is "drowning in oxygen" at sea level :)

[@3wod590]

I kinda like that analogy for high altitude training lol

[@laughtoohard9655]

I finished school at NAU. It's at 7,000 feet, so I would say he was drowning in oxygen.

[@jeremywest7230]

3:56 thank me later

[@ARIZJOE]

@@laughtoohard9655 You said it. I was in very good shape the first time I went down the Arizona Snow Bowl. I was sucking air.

[@laughtoohard9655]

It takes a little time but you do become accustom to altitude. I'm surprised more distance runners don't train at altitude. Flagstaff isn't the best place because all of the roadways being very narrow with no shoulders. It's dangerous. My mother offered a prepaid trip to Hawaii if I would do the Ironman, but I couldn't train in Flagstaff.

[@greggarey4068]

Last lap when they changed the camera angle to where the bell ringer guy was sitting really gives perspective to how fast they're all running

[@kelbatt7729]

yeah they are running as fast as most of us can sprint except they do it for a mile. Oh and Go Geordie from a fellow NZr

[@DavidPaulandBillT]

Kel Batt I could beat some of these guys in the 100

[@D-Z321]

David Paul The First lol

[@DavidPaulandBillT]

zachary chaney it’s true

[@AudzRL]

David Paul The First ok buddy

[@JohnMFlores]

Dear NBC and others, THIS is how you write a title for a race video!!

[@RavishingSailor]

Lol I know right. In like flotrack which pretty much tell you the results on the title.

[@Hensley_Jb]

John M Flores it’s a pretty bad title if they had put u in suspense it would be better but at least they didn’t say the winner lol

[@paleexercise8314]

True that! NBC always ruining titles.

[@icohen_hc8576]

As oppossed to what? Lmao we don't care about the title.

[@santirulez]

Icohen_HC they give away the winner in the titles

[@ericlukan9862]

3:47 is the best part of the commentary by far “There’s Carlos Villarreal” Beamish: *zooms by*

[@staciawarwick2499]

☠️

[@Daveyboyroy]

It never ceases to amaze me watching real runners like this - they NEVER look like they're going faster than 6 minute mile pace. Incredible.

[@ccbgaming6994]

Lol if you see them in person though different story

[@Daveyboyroy]

I've been lucky enough to be trackside at several world championships and you're right. Up close it's phenomenal.@@ccbgaming6994

[@jeremyraucci1543]

To not have a sub 4 with this group and win was a great tactical race. Keeping Hoare on the outside the last lap brilliant.

[@ZacchaeusNifong]

Finally the NCAA got smart about their video titles! No spoilers!

[@NCAAChampionships]

We listen and heard you.

[@ZacchaeusNifong]

@@NCAAChampionships Thanks digital media team. Also, if you want to keep some SEO value to your KZbin videos, you can phrase your titles like, "Men's Mile - 2019 NCAA Indoor Track & Field: McDonald, Fisher & Etc Battle to the End." So you're still getting good search crawls, but without the spoilers. Just be sure to tag everyone else in the comments and mention their names because I've noticed you're video descriptions are a little lacking. But otherwise good job! (P.S. Reach out to me if you need some assistance. :-) Cheers everyone.

[@ARIZJOE]

In this metric age, the Mile Run is still a classic race. Indoor is so interesting, with the banked, shorter track - a different race with subtle skills. I loved it in high school because the fans and energy were right on top of you. Gotta love the commentary of all-timer Dwight Stones. Go Lumberjacks!

[@furyfnm3329]

These are so fun to watcg

[@innertubez]

Those dudes are fast

[@dignityputnam6641]

NAU has a solid running program!

[@skrxxet7845]

They do! Id say theyre second best in the country.

[@aaronlodwig2389]

@@skrxxet7845 who would you say is #1?

[@aaronlodwig2389]

Colorado?

[@skrxxet7845]

@@aaronlodwig2389 thats just me tho

[@skrxxet7845]

@@aaronlodwig2389 Stan or CO

[@ronaldbaker789]

Beamish is on NAU's NCAA National Championship Cross-Country team. NAU IS going for their 4th CC championship in a row.

[@emerson7291]

I love watching these

[@jamesmcnaughton9939]

Dude isn’t even tired at the end. Jordie is a beast

[@robford3211]

If the Kiwi runner cuts his hair short he will gain at least 3 tenth of a second in hair drag

[@easternking851]

That was awesome!!!! I needed a good laugh!!!

[@cat48155]

he also lost some time celebrating early

[@3John-Bishop]

@@cat48155 I agree, I hate it when a runner celebrates too early and lets up. People can sprint past and edge you out.

[@deeplorable8988]

Jealous bald guys chime in....

[@imbored8154]

But he loses his super saiyan 3 boost

[@Sal_lazaro]

Love when there’s an upset !

[@jonahbert111]

I turned it on and wow they were flying! Then I checked the playback speed. 1.25

[@laughtoohard9655]

I didn't know they even ran the natural mile anymore. Great race.

[@liamelder2181]

Wow, what a beautifully ran race. Good for him

[@Decimator-jh4gu]

All of them ran amazingly.

[@amranSK55]

Track races are my new favorite thing to watch 👍👍👍

[@alejandrosanchez2085]

Before or after porn.

[@redriders7149]

Same here. Its the 1 vs all and the awesome individual effort it takes to win!

[@andre1987eph]

Im glad NCAA using the MILE.

[@Tyler-nz4ku]

Bout time you posted this, boys.

[@toddgray6274]

Amazing tactical race. I was a decent miler in HS, running in the 4:30's. Sure wish I could have run some indoor stuff in college. I was just too slow. Or run a straight away mile like the 5th Ave mile. Great race boys.

[@multiyapples]

Great race.

[@philipmurray9796]

it's all in the hair!

[@dylandenny6571]

Oliver has come really far. Definitely improved.

[@77clem]

Why do they have to interview a runner while they are still trying to catch their breath? DUH!

[@liamk7440]

U of A ASU NAU

[@minuteman3098]

this race gives me life

[@jupeter24]

me, too 😄👍

[@elaituivaiti3490]

Good job bro 🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿

[@mikhaelle87]

Nothing like the distrack

[@Sills71]

This is what a non-doped athlete sounds like after a race.

[@petermalloy5360]

Superbly won KIWI runner WELL DONE

[@MrZoora23]

@ThatOne adrenaline is a crazy thing

[@thomasmckenzie4584]

This is how you take the lead and absolutely refuse to give it up. I thought the Wisconsin kid was going to blow by him on the backstretch, but Beamish wouldn't let it happen.

[@charlesupton8554]

Full credit to the boys

[@MarMaxGaming]

I watched Ben Blankenship set the Minnesota High School state mile record of 4:08, I believe, when I went to the state meet on a 4x400 my sophomore year. He ended up participating in the olympics and that was absolutely amazing to see. He used to blow people away and pound out 2 miles in around 9 minutes 😳 yet, could run a 49 split 400

[@isaiahzambrano4958]

Das riight. NAU baby!

[@yankaitan8648]

The OAC BOIS

[@pabunko]

Thanks for sharing, but why is the quality of video so bad?

[@shangrila73eldorado]

good race

[@karenquintana3916]

Go AZ!! 🌵🌵

[@monettenucum367]

Millrose brought me here, Geordie Beamish ur awesome. So handsome, love ur hair!

[@SpinWave]

Good Job guys. I wish 4 minutes per mile

[@pauleagle6281]

The guy who saved most ground win.

[@akdjladkjl2810]

Represent ARIZONA.

[@izzab1546]

why is the length of this video my exact mile time

[@matttheew]

cuz ur slow

[@kramer911]

nothing wrong with that. thats pretty quick. Anything under 10 mins is good

[@garrettwinslow5640]

Keep working I'm an 8th grader (my track season this year hasnt started yet) and my best time last year was 5:56

[@matt.squarebody5427]

That's tuff

[@matt.squarebody5427]

@@kramer911 FOR A MILE?????? No not at all, anything under 6 is good and that's where all athletes should be at. Anything under 5 is very good

[@johnstirling6597]

Beamish and Hoare team mates at ON track.

[@dennistallman1601]

way to go lumberjacks 👍

[@joshuathorburn3709]

Yeah the kiwi

[@mason7642]

incredibly i think geordie runs it perfectly but ollie made a mistake he tries to pass too early right at the bell if he waits till the last 50 60 meters he saves prolly 1 or 2 meters and is able to accelerate later on

[@kavustock]

"Drowning in oxygen." Yep. But these Kiwi athletes are something aren't they? Small island making a big impact across so many sports.

[@djp3525]

kstock NZ has NOTHING on Norway in terms of impact in sports. Both have equivalent populations.

[@scotthamilton6062]

DJP NZ certainly do ( believe it or not nobody cares about cross country skiing)and pretty sure he didn’t mention Norway in that comment. Don’t know why you feel so insecure you need to make that comment.

[@djp3525]

Scott Hamilton so I guess you didn’t watch the 400 hurdles at the World Championships? I don’t see any Kiwis beating any of the Ingebritsens either.

[@scotthamilton6062]

DJP So we are just talking about athletics? That’s extremely anecdotal NZ had 4 medals in athletics the last Olympics Norway had zero. Warholm is impressive no doubt but it would be like me saying I don’t see any Norwegians beating Eliza McCartney, Tom Walsh or Valerie Adams. Or even no Norwegians bet Beamish here.

[@lucasmartin351]

Now George is World Champion

[@yashdobra9154]

3:47 suddenly everybody knows his name

[@Captainsparkist]

Won the race only a 1 second or so away from PRing

[@slives09]

High school mile time, fantastic

[@ronaldbaker789]

I was in races where the pace was a walk but the race is ultimately to win. Some of these guys ran multiple events for their schools.

[@SoundSpeeding]

Hello John Walker 2.0!

[@BOTzerker]

Northern Arizona U? LOL reminds me of the movie, North Shore (1987) "All the way from a wave pool in Arizona to compete at the North Shore of Oahu"

[@bengaunt7475]

Gotta love Oliver HoAre pronunciation

[@johnwilson5743]

Go Kiwi!!!

[@marcuswatson4910]

Nobody... Dudes hair: left right left right left right left right left right left right left right left right left right

[@sth02]

These guys run a mile faster than I run the 100.

[@Bweyg]

You mean the pace those guys were going at were faster than your pace at 100m? Cause if it takes you 4 minutes to even WALK 100 meters than well "Houston we have a problem!"

[@tomknud]

At no time did the winner take the outside on a corner!

[@lucasmartin351]

Here after coffee club race shout out from George

[@garrykinney547]

Why would you put the winner and the time on the title of a video??

[@killap3nguin]

Nice a video a year later

[@D-Z321]

Arizona schools repping well.

[@dakotaparsell9867]

dang she beat all them guys. you go girl!

[@imolobhuti]

Olli Juar

[@celticbarbarian6680]

Oliver Hoare had a way harder race because he had to spring up starting out, then catapulted into striking range to stay contending. I think he dropped the hammer on the last two laps, but if he had rode it easy not sprinting all that race to stay on the first few's backs he could have easily out kicked the Kiwi.

[@xavierslame5960]

He literally killed them🥵

[@np494609]

Holy shit a 4:00 minute mile good grief

[@natetaylor5491]

All this time I thought Freddie Mercury was dead

[@zachariahmagallan5738]

Dang she beat all the guys

[@adamswanson736]

first 800m was 2:10 and 2nd 800m was 1:57? am I correct here?

[@slingbart705]

No, use Freedom Units 1/2 mile, mile or 880 yards and 2nd 880

[@djobokuwali4316]

What happened to Waleed?

[@Yellowhippo97]

Imagine being beaten by a guy with so much hair it produces 75% more drag.

[@madisonharvey9686]

no way because i clicked on this video and it’s the track i race on at my meets

[@cole1404]

Man, good going for all these athletes, but I just watched footage of Prefontaine running the same indoor distance in 3 minutes, 59 seconds!

[@Jadon1443]

Everyone in this has either ran faster than that or ran a converted time faster than it. The reason the only ran 4:07 is because it’s a tactical championship race where they go out slow and close insanely fast

[@tumbleweedking5668]

100 college athletes can break 3:59 today.

[@cole1404]

@@tumbleweedking5668 Yeah, I get it. I was a D1 swimmer in the late 80s early 90s Times are so much faster for everyone. I wouldn't even be D1 today!

[@richardthegingerbo909]

Too bad Pre never won an Olympic medal

[@gavinlee4484]

Jesus came in first

[@brodyjones6116]

Man they got Kyle pulling triple team every championship

[@jonbridge6442]

His name is William palson

[@jakebaca264]

Year old everyone

[@lexxrubis]

Can someone tell me why the three front runners start ahead of the rest of the group?

[@alexjackson1614]

To give more space at the start. If they all started in the same spot ther wouldent be room. The people who started ahead had to stay in the outside lane for the first lap which makes them go the same distance and the pack is more spaced out by then which gives them room to combine.

[@alexjackson1614]

@M Detlef that not what I said?

[@alexjackson1614]

In distance races each runner dosent always get a lane to themselves and it's not a staggered start it's a double waterfall.

[@briansteady6714]

@neverindoubt Do you really think you're funny or clever? Well, you're neither..

[@anonymouse9369]

@M Detlef u ok?

[@gloglo8575]

My question is how can you sprint after doin all that😭😭 ima stick to my 200 400

[@janordanu2008]

This is so fucking crazy

[@darthsilversith667]

I know it’s all about the W.. but that’s a surprisingly slow time for a NCAA championship.

[@rosst6150]

Championship races often times go slow. There is no incentive to run a fast time, there are not rabbits, leading the race(setting the pace) is a bit of a disadvantage as the runners behind get to draft off you.

[@mariepereira1154]

What’s the distance of of lapp of this track?

[@flamingored960]

200

[@josh-bo4rg]

birmingHAM

[@timmytheinventor4746]

Who's here after the Millrose 3K?

[@howard7099]

Am i the only one thats realized allowing a race to become tactical as a favorite is the dumbest thing to ever do?

[@djp3525]

hj lp you saw what happened at the world championships this year in the women’s steeplechase and men’s 1500. The favorite went out and crushed everyone and didn’t let it get tactical like in the Olympics and previous world championships. Matt Centrowitz didn’t stand a chance.

[@howard7099]

DJP exactly why favorites should run it out hard not allowing a tactical race

[@johnwilson5743]

Leading and going "hard" right from the gun only works if you either catch the others by suprise or are 5 seconds faster than all others. If, as in most cases, the whole field have PB times within a 2 sec range, whoever leads risks exerting more than 3 secs worth of energy in comparison to the "sitters" and will get passed by them. This race was unusual in that it was, by international standards, "slow" BUT meant that a nicely positioned runner could strike at the perfect time and catch the others out. NOTE: The winner was the only runner in the race NOT to have a PB faster than 4 min. Yet he won, using tactics. In big races (Olympics etc) seldom do "favourates" lead. Plus, seldom will someone sacriface themselves by acting as pacesetter. That would set themselves up to be pounced on by "sitters". Consequently, often the race becomes a lottery!! lol

[@jeremyhawkins2951]

Nice thumbnail 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@forgetmenot3120]

I swear to god I thought that blonde guy in the thumbnail was PewDiePie

[@tonybarfridge4369]

No one will be stepping on his heels 👠

[@azsegrxdhtfgvijnkomlewrhtg9508]

Wow that one woman competing with the men and winning. The times certainly are changing.

[@briansteady6714]

You don't watch many NFL games, I guess.

[@reggieglubber5420]

"Gootie-erriz"............eghads.

[@harrisonmorris9218]

Textbook George

[@lefthandedhardright8839]

I'm gonna have to start taking steroids.

[@richardhkirkando]

Lmao at the commentators trying not to pronounce olli hoare's name correctly

[@townie1927]

This is nice but I'm sad because cross country is almost over

[@ianbusche1471]

MrTerminator 645 mine finished Saturday at state

[@brooksmatetich6830]

Got state on Saturday then it's over 😔... Till next year 😊

[@IAmADog23]

The good part of cross is just getting started...

[@chelseaezibe4765]

Same. It’s so fun and it’s one of those sports where everyone is nice and genuine people

[@poolfans]

His hair was blocking me

[@longthuynho6827]

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