Woody Kincaid and Yared Nuguse set records; two NCAA records fall as well.
On January 27, Woody Kincaid, a 2021 Olympian in the 10,000 and 5,000 meters, set an American indoor record for the 5,000 meters. Kincaid, 30, ran 12:51.61 at the Boston University Terrier Invitational and took more than 2 seconds off the record set by Grant Fisher on the same track last winter.
Kincaid, who is known for his devastating kick, used a blazing fast final lap to pass American Joe Klecker and secure the record. Kincaid covered the final 200 meters in 26.27 seconds.Kincaid’s previous personal best in the event was 12:58.10, which he ran outdoors in 2019 at a one-time meet at the track on the campus of Nike, his sponsor.
Several pro athletes with Bowerman did not want to make the move, and they worried that their coach’s attention would be divided, with dozens of college athletes now under his supervision. Several have left the team in the past few months. Kincaid, who spent part of the fall rehabbing a minor injury near his childhood home in Colorado, trained alone for a couple of months and then decided to try out different training groups, according to his agent, Dan Lilot.
For the past few weeks, Kincaid has been in Flagstaff, Arizona, running with a group of pros who train under Northern Arizona University coach Mike Smith. “Eventually he will figure out his longer term training/coaching situation,” Lilot wrote in a text message on January 26 toKincaid is still listed on the Bowerman website, but he did not race in the Bowerman uniform. He told LetsRun in a post-race interview that his current situation is “complicated.” He hasn’t cut ties with Bowerman yet.