Remember when Josh McAdams called out all steeplers after winning the Stanford Invite a little over a month ago? McAdams invited steeplers across the country to join him (tonight) at the Payton Jordan Invitational, in hopes of many in the race achieving the 8:23 'A' Standard.

Here is the video ...



Well, Josh ... they responded.  Tonight's 3k steeplechase is absolutely loaded with talent. Americans Billy Nelson, Kyle Alcorn, Derek Scott, Ben Bruce, Kyle Perry and a handful of 8:30 to 8:40 guys all sent in their rsvp's.  Throw in foreigners Mario Bazan (8:28), Alex Genest (8:27), Aoi Matsumoto (8:30), and Hiroyoshi Umagae (8:34), and this could be the deepest and fastest steeple run on American soil in a long time.

The field :

So the table has been set. Will it happen? Will we see some sub-8:23's? Could we see a few sub 8:20's? Watch the race tonight on Flotrack and find out!

Coverage starts at 6:34 Pacific, with the women's and men's 3k steeplechases the first events to go. (Full schedule here)