Men's 3000m Final - 2024 NCAA indoor track and field championships

Northern Arizona's Nico Young sets the meet record for the men's 3000m to win his second NCAA title of the weekend. Check out the full race here.
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[@MichaelJ393]

So glad to see Nico finally win some NCAA titles after the high expectations from high school.

[@p2bp2b]

nico’s got a kick it is OVER for everyone now

[@torunit4620]

He did a long kick, which is what someone without the pure sprint speed needs to do. It rips the hope out of a real sprinter. If he doesn't break them early, he's still vulnerable.

[@KW-wr3xv]

​@torunit4620 exactly right it's exactly what Ingebrigtsen does. Its slowly getting faster instead of sprinting the last 200m

[@torunit4620]

​@@KW-wr3xv I'm an old man now and was never on that level, but in my day I was the sprinter. If I could hang with you, I had the 56 last lap, I had the 12 second last 100 that a distance runner just can't handle. A shark can smell the blood in the water.

[@thundergun933]

Has he broke 13 yet?

[@KW-wr3xv]

@thundergun933 yeah he has 12:57

[@matthiasngo2190]

Wow he’s really on another level. Super impressive

[@calebhirwa859]

Atp nico’s winning everything his in

[@candiceverpaelst-ud3kk]

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[@danielm3131]

Tar Heel got 2nd in both the 5k and 3000m!

[@CitiusMag]

Closed in 3:59 😮

[@alexglew3020]

Bro... what. hes insane

[@nathankessi]

Spoiler -
Nico with the double! Glad to see his hard work paying off 🎉

[@m4rioruiz]

Dang, u spoiled the race for me :(

[@shrankai7285]

Can you put a spoiler edit, TH-cam mobile displayed this automatically

[@Dvnwee]

Nate is Buzz Killington

[@iba7648]

It sounds like the other guys didn't work hard xd

[@raahiklar-chaudhuri758]

Going faster than Kerr's winning worlds time is wild

[@RobertJWaid]

To quote Leo Young, “Nico is a beast!” Congratulations, you earned the old fashion way.

[@robtheredrocker]

It is so nice to see Nico winning two huge races this weekend. He has worked so hard for so long, and is truly just a good human and teammate. The crowd loves you Nico!!

[@haohou7493]

Yayyyy NICO! Love the double win my guy!

[@jhoncena1111]

Honestly I could see him getting that cross country title now! LFG Nico!

[@BlazeHernandez-uq6si]

Nico got two!!

[@lukecampbell8465]

Wolfe up next tho

[@evanmiller2241]

He’s really fit rn too he just didn’t have Nico’s tactics

[@nhmountains5683]

Congrats Nico!!

[@nelz2012]

Well deserved. A real BAMF.

[@BrockLaneFilms]

yeahhhh nico!

[@Gasperracing]

Well deserved Nico

[@danieljones8658]

He won the 5k, the 3k and the last mile of his 3k would have won the mile... Thats insane.

[@iba7648]

Mile was a tactical race. Comparing it doesn't make sense.

[@danieljones8658]

@@iba7648 I know. Still notable though.

[@TriJV]

Look out for Parker Wolfe!!

[@steveravnitzky6711]

Bringing home the hardware to where it belongs. Flagstaff. Way to go Nico.

[@user-wz3zy5ik7j]

Why did the first 400 m take only 67 seconds?

[@kurtphilly]

“Within striking distance “ 😂😂😂.

[@iba7648]

Well, he wasn't that far back tbh

[@bobhamster3235]

Yaseen rolled

[@kaidendeck5022]

Doesn’t even have a medal to throw away this time

[@scottbarker9058]

1 day recovery 4 this..obscure distance?????..HILLARIOUS!!!!

[@scottbarker9058]

why not ..2-miles more clout-only 4more laps????...lol

[@torunit4620]

@@scottbarker9058 uh, 2 miles is just over one more lap. Do some math. And they haven't done miles in an NCAA Championship since 1975.

[@abx5808]

@@scottbarker9058doesn’t make sense to use the imperial system when the rest of the world uses the metric system. The mile is the only exception because of its history.

[@gracentruth3844]

Who goes to an all-out sprint with three laps to go? How does Nico have a drastic improvement in times from one year to the next? I'm calling for an immediate blood doping test on Nico Young.

[@demetricolello8452]

Nico has always had great times just not the placement to show for it he’s been on of the best ever since highscool stupid comment

[@sstevogb]

He said something about improved mechanics and rate of force production in his post race interview although didn’t expand upon what specifically he’s done to improve upon these

[@joshaebischer]

He trains at 7000 feet above sea level

[@ChrisGotDeleted]

1. Pretty much every guy in the field who was still awake with three laps to go started all out sprinting; Wolfe, Maier, Murphy, Robinson, all of them started to really pick it up.
2. As for the time drop, a lot of other guys in the NCAA saw drastic improvements this year. Nico improved 14 seconds from a PR he set nearly 2 years ago for the collegiate 5k record, which is by no means unreasonable especially for someone his age. In 1 year, Graham Blanks broke his 5k PR by 15 seconds, more than Nico did in two years. In addition to this, Nico has only ever truly ran the 3k at NCAA’s and Big Sky’s before, both of which would probably be tactical and after a 5k anyway.
Think the things you say through fully before you come out making assumptions.

[@lilyjazzification]

How ridiculous.. he just got smart and learned to trust himself.. you should be ashamed