Men's 800m final - 2024 NCAA outdoor track and field championships 

Gotta love Whitmarshes energy. Just happy to be there and healthy competing at a high level

Instant fan of Sam Whitmarsh. Great sportsmanship from him and winner Shane Cohen.

Shane Cohen was the shortest man in the field. He does have a great finish.

D2 to D1 champ. Truly inspirational

'120 meters is my sweet spot' - Ah... yeah... No doubt! I like how humble he is and appreciating his team and the moment

"Lets go Shane!"

That hawk down😮‍💨🔥

Great sportsmanship between Sam & Shane.

Whitmarsh was smiling in 2nd. He won all day in my book

This has to be the best race of the meet, including the after race rxns.

Whitmarsh smiling as he watched cohen cross the finish made me a fan

WOW. What a race!!! Had to watch it back a couple times. Damn.

Thats a cool customer, Cohen. He defeated lactate like the US 800 greats in Wottle, and Symmonds. The story on this guy from quitting, DII 6th place, and now 24' D1 800 champ!!!

Did the Indiana runner say anything after the race?

Sam Whitmarsh, the epitome of graciousness. Who doesn’t want to hang around that guy.

Shane is a beast

That was crazy !!! Loved ❤ it ....... watching from Oak Cliff, TX

Insane kick

From last place to first place. Amazing. Great job

As an Indiana track star in the early 2000’s it broke my heart to see that IU fell. I felt like he was going to take off with Shane. What an impressive strong race ran by Shane well deserved 🏅

Wow what a race! Dodges the guy falling down, all the way from the back. Absolutely terrific running

As a former middle distance and long distance runner. The 800M was the hardest race for me, the pace was way more ridiculous then when I ran the 1500 and 3000

How could anyone dislike Whitmarsh

Reminds me of how Dave Wottle ran for the Gold Medal in the '72 Olympics. Double the guts Double the Glory!!

Reminds me of Dave Wottle 72 Olympics. Incredible

Love the “good shit” from the A&M competitor after the race. 😊

LET’S GO SHANE!

There’s a video on here of his bro watching the race on TV and going nuts as he watches him win the National Title.

Who else is here after watching Shane’s brother go crazy yelling at his TV at the end of the race 🙋‍♂️

Crazy finish 🔥🔥

Robby Andrews esque

What a fun race to watch

Came from snapchat spotlight. His dad rooting for him had me tearing up. Had to come check it out.

Here from sports center on Snapchat his friend cheering him on

Shanes brothers video brought me to this video

NICE KICK!

kicked so hard he took out another runner 🤯

Did Cohen take out the Indiana runner?

My coach said u don't kick in the 800m, ig he was wrong

I vote that the 800 be ran in your own lanes the entire way. There is so much tripping in it. Everyone is in everyone’s way when they want to kick and it’s too fast to be all fighting for position when they are exhausted and at practically full sprint the entire race

Wow Cohen came from the DEPTHS OF HEEELLLL to win that one

Thank you verymuch. 👍👏👏👏🌠🥇🏃🌠🌹♥️♥️♥️🌷🌠💫🌌😘

Come on Shane come on

lmao this race is kinda funny, the winner is in last with ~110 meters to go , trips a guy and scurries to tha line

Shouldn't he be disqualified?!

Last place going into the final turn, and having to go outside??!!!

UTampa Champ!!

This is olimpic man the indiana 🎉

Dave Wottlelike finish.

Now go find the 1972 Olympic 800 final and watch Dave Wottle's run. Spooky..

2:16

Holy crap.

All you people saying he tripped him. It’s a no. 1st off he tripped himself, second they would have dq’d him

Did the Indiana dude get tripped by the winner at the end?

WOW.

amazing kick!

Shane Cohen deserved to win with that effort (defiantly harder from the outside than the inside; sounds like the commentator has never tried it and or doesn't know) unfortunately, it looks like he tripped the guy from Indiana to me. nobody does that on purpose but it sucks to say it... he should have been DQed. The other guy probably would have at least scored if he had not been tripped. Instead he finished 9th. Whitmarshes is the national champ in my mind though i know he probably wouldn't except a win at the expense of someone else but the rules are the rules. Why is it that officials always get people on stupid infractions but miss stuff like this?

Is it just me or did Cohen go through a guy instead of going around him?

"Cohen didn't have to exert as much energy".... lady announcer said here.. What? He was like a machine at the end compared to Sam's style.

from last to first Again!!

💪💪💪

Wow what a comeback but the announcers were pretty ho hum.

Who is the female announcer? Awful call, wow.

The call on this sucked

Did he foul the guy who fell?

That's because he is 40

Whitmarsh ran a dreadful race with so many tactical errors. What went wrong? Nerves? Sudden loss of confidence? The pressure of being favorite?

Hayward field is magical place they should hold the Olympic track and field at Hayward

Wow

Very rare to see a kick like that in final 100m of 800m. Cohen is something else. Wow! Whitmarsh is awesome as well. Great race from these guys!

LET’S GO SHANE!!!

This lady saying Cohen didn't have to work nearly as hard is absurd. A dude fell in front of him, he had to do a big jink, and he was running way outside. So impressive.

Whitmarsh's smile at 3:57 What an awesome dude.

Reminds me of Dave Wottle in 1972 Olympic FINAL. Was last most of race then won with final kick.

nick symmonds protege

Robbie Andrews jr with that kick even though Andrew’s made it look easier when he did it in 2011

Shane that was insane!!! Mazel Tov!!! It is the first time I watch these NCAA men's races.

commentators called it. cohen dangerous finisher even after that long trial in NY

LOVE to see the D2 and D3 guys come up and compete. Grats Shane. We love to see the "little" guys come up and win!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There’s a clip of Shane’s buddy cheering him on. Do yourself a favor and find it. It’s awesome.

Wow, incredible race, outstanding performance and tremendous sportsmanship!

The female narrator here is awful. Obvious and sensationalist.

Dude was dead last all race until 100m to go.....WTF?!?!?!?!? LOLOLOL!!!!!

Last to first place in the final 150m, truly impressive

Sam just needed to wear a white golf cap and this would have been a Dave Wottle race reimagined. What a final kick!

The PA kid takes the W!

S/O Robby Andrews !!

Now that performance is quite extraordinary . from the smaller athlete.. outside the box

I swear every 800 in history no matter how experienced the announcer they say the same stupid stuff. guys come through in 51 seconds he says “honest, but not super fast”. Well guess what the second 400 was over 53 seconds. The 800 guys always go out too fast, doing a 24 second first 200 m is just stupid. Even the famous Dave Wottle Olympic gold medal everybody thinks he had an amazing kick, when in fact it was everybody else who died so it looks like he had a good kick. Even his second 400 m was slower than his first lap.

‘Didn’t have to use as much energy?!” Stfu!

Executed flawlessly

Lets go shane! Oh my god

It was a great race, but Cohen somehow collided with the guy that went down as he made his move. That's a shame.

Since 1988 Virginia surprise me the last lap finish 😊😊

Commentators missed it -- looks like it was Cohen who tripped Marshall from behind as he made his move to the outside. Edit: upon further review, it’s clear I actually have no clear idea what happened.

Great race Rhoden made it honest. All that talk but never heard a time announced how could they not announce the time. Guessing 1:44 something?

That Indiana runner got crossed checked into mount doom by the champ 😭 track and field / xc is a contact sport folks

Robbie Andrews 2.0

Wow, he came on strong, nice sportsmanship buy some , hmm

That outside Birdstone move, tho