Big 12 Outdoor Quotes - Men's 3,000 Meter Steeplechase Champion
Billy Nelson,
On His Strategy
“The strategy was to take it easy for first 2 kilometers and we assumed that everyone else would key off of [the
On His Team Strategy with Pete Janson
“[Pete] was going to lead the first kilometer and I was going to lead the second and then from their we saw where we were and push it until the last kilometer. It’s kind of a na?ve way to think about the race, but that’s how we ran. There were guys from
On His Performance
“I didn’t’ realize how fast my time was; 8:53 up here is pretty good. For me going back down to sea level, it is 30 seconds or so, so that’s 823. The NCAA conversion up here is 15 seconds, but we know that is bogus. So for me to run 8:53 up here as comfortable as I did, is good and leads me to make my goal of running under 8:25.”