by LetsRun.com
February 29, 2019
Marathon Month is over and the Olympic Trials are here.
Below are the official LetsRun.com favorites for the race from our $20,020 RunningWarehouse / HOKA ONE ONE Trials Prediction Contest taken one hour and 30 minutes before the gun goes off.
Galen Rupp is the huge favorite on the men’s side with 59.8% of the first place votes. On the women’s side Emily Sisson is the favorite but she doesn’t crack the 50% barrier. Jordan Hasay is the second pick in terms of most likely to win, but she only finishes fourth overall in the voting as a lot of people aren’t picking her in their top 5.
| 1. | Galen Rupp (1088) | 15860 |
| 2. | Jared Ward (262) | 14743 |
| 3. | Leonard Korir (370) | 12567 |
| 4. | Scott Fauble (58) | 10605 |
| 5. | Bernard Lagat (6) | 3536 |
| 6. | Jim Walmsley (13) | 3309 |
| 7. | Jacob Riley (1) | 1475 |
| 8. | Abdi Abdirahman (3) | 1402 |
| 9. | Andrew Bumbalough (1) | 1343 |
| 10. | Chris Derrick | 1072 |
| 11. | Jerrell Mock (1) | 853 |
| 12. | Reed Fischer (3) | 722 |
| 13. | Shadrack Biwott (1) | 693 |
| 14. | Stanley Kebenei (1) | 656 |
| 15. | Parker Stinson (1) | 511 |
| 16. | Other | 432 |
| 17. | Matt Llano (1) | 353 |
| 18. | Brogan Austin | 349 |
| 19. | Scott Smith | 322 |
| 20. | CJ Albertson | 227 |
| Others receiving votes: 21. Connor McMillan 225 22. Elkanah Kibet 217 23. Matthew McDonald 153 24. Diego Estrada 149 25. Tyler Pennel 88 26. Tim Ritchie 78 27. Augustus Maiyo 70 28. Ryan Vail 62 29. Andrew Colley 48 30. Tyler McCandless 46 31. Wilkerson Given 42 32. Haron Lagat 37 33. Samuel Kosgei 33 34. Brian Shrader 31 35. Patrick Smyth 27 36. Martin Hehir 26 37. Brendan Gregg 25 38. Anthony Costales 19 39. Andrew Epperson 19 40. Enoch Nadler 19 41. Tim Young 18 42. Tyler Jermann 12 43. Jarrett LeBlanc 12 44. Christopher Zablocki 9 45. Josh Izewski 7 46. Joe Whelan 6 47. Joseph Stilin 6 48. Kiya Dandena 6 | ||
| Who will win? | |
| Galen Rupp | 59.8 % |
| Leonard Korir | 20.5 % |
| Jared Ward | 14.4 % |
| Scott Fauble | 3.2 % |
| Jim Walmsley | 0.7 % |
| Bernard Lagat | 0.4 % |
| Reed Fischer | 0.2 % |
| Abdi Abdirahman | 0.2 % |
| Jacob Riley | 0.1 % |
| Brian Shrader | 0.1 % |
| Others | 0.4 % |
Women:
| 1. | Emily Sisson (822) | 14574 |
| 2. | Desiree Linden (115) | 10341 |
| 3. | Sara Hall (213) | 10331 |
| 4. | Jordan Hasay (453) | 10118 |
| 5. | Molly Huddle (85) | 7696 |
| 6. | Kellyn Taylor (17) | 5620 |
| 7. | Sally Kipyego (40) | 4138 |
| 8. | Emma Bates (15) | 3977 |
| 9. | Aliphine Tuliamuk (9) | 1681 |
| 10. | Stephanie Bruce (2) | 914 |
| 11. | Molly Seidel | 386 |
| 12. | Allie Kieffer (1) | 217 |
| 13. | Lindsay Flanagan | 151 |
| 14. | Pasca Myers | 138 |
| 15. | Other (1) | 110 |
| 16. | Roberta Groner | 102 |
| 17. | Nell Rojas | 88 |
| 18. | Becky Wade (1) | 72 |
| 19. | Laura Thweatt | 55 |
| 20. | Sarah Sellers | 46 |
| Others receiving votes: 21. Bethany Sachtleben 37 22. Kelsey Bruce 25 23. Taylor Ward 24 24. Anna Long 24 25. Katy Jermann 22 26. Julia Kohnen 21 27. Carrie Dimoff 20 28. Dakotah Lindwurm 15 29. Samantha Palmer 13 30. Bridget Lyons Belyeu 13 31. Kate Landau 12 32. Danna Herrick 10 33. Dawn Grunnagle 8 34. Heather Lieberg 8 35. Christina Vergara-Aleshire 8 36. Hilary Dionne 7 37. Obsie Birru 6 38. Maegan Krifchin 6 39. Lauren Masterson 6 | ||
| Who will win? | |
| Emily Sisson | 46.3 % |
| Jordan Hasay | 25.5 % |
| Sara Hall | 11.9 % |
| Desiree Linden | 6.6 % |
| Molly Huddle | 4.7 % |
| Sally Kipyego | 2.2 % |
| Kellyn Taylor | 1 % |
| Emma Bates | 0.8 % |
| Aliphine Tuliamuk | 0.5 % |
| Stephanie Bruce | 0.1 % |
| Others | 0.3 % |
