USATF Juniors: How he got here

Rising sophomore Dietrich Mosel’s path to USATF Juniors was hard-earned. He ran three 10,000-meter races during his freshman outdoor track season. Here is his progression.

Monmouth Season Opener, March 28: 32:37.48

Bucknell Bison Invitational, April 11: 32:19.46

MAAC Championships, May 2: 31:38.07

What is most interesting about this progression – other than the fact that he got faster each race, which is awesome – is that each race represented past or current USATF qualifying marks. I’ll explain. For many, many years, the USATF Junior standard in the 10km was 32:45.00. Deet’s time in the first meet at Monmouth exceeded that; unfortunately, that is not the 2015 standard. In 2014, the standard was lowered to 32:20.00 – you may remember that Spencer Johnson qualified by less than a second to get here in Oregon last summer. Deet’s second 10km, at Bucknell, exceeded that time, barely, but he did it; unfortunately, that is not the 2015 standard. The 2015 standard is 32:05.00. Fortunately for Deet, he crushed that with his excellent race at the MAAC Championships. And so! We are here. Pretty neat.

Reminder! His race is now on Saturday at 10 a.m. (local time) instead of 6 p.m.