Yes on both counts. Caleb and Aaron are Dirk’s kids and Jacob is Mark’s son.
For the younger folks, Dirk was part of the great South Eugene Axemen teams in the late 70’s and led the nation in the mile in ‘77 with 4:04. Mark Nenow had a great career at Kentucky and ran 27:20 in the 10,000
Nenow's 27:20 was the American record from '86 until '01.
Nenow's 27:20 was the American record from '86 until '01.
Running 27:20 on Dr. Pepper and peanut butter toast is a lot better than these guys running 26:40 with every adjunct in the world.
Self-coached training twice a day, afternoon 10-12 miles, night 6-7 miles, almost no track work. 115 miles/week, one long run 18-20 miles. Used races as speed work to get into race shape.
And Shorten is from Colorado. Why do posters keep saying everyone is from Oregon? Sure, most of them are. Most isn’t all and it’s easy to look at the results.
Wow, I wonder what the record for most sub 4:10s in a HS race is? Gotta think this is up there.
Brooks PR Meet 2017 - 6/17/2017 Shoreline Stadiam Event 10 Boys 1 Mile Run ================================================================================= Name Year Team Finals Points Alternate ================================================================================= Finals 1 Worley, Sam Comal Canyon 4:02.04 2 Teare, Cooper St. Joseph N 4:02.56 3 Clinger, Casey American For 4:02.90 4 Parker, Patrick American For 4:03.67 5 Suliman, Waleed Douglas Free 4:04.27 6 Bolger, Callum San Luis Obispo 4:05.06 7 Fendel, Gabe Hamilton Sou 4:07.46 8 Horter, Dustin Lakota East 4:07.82 9 Principe, Dave LaSalle Aced 4:09.35 10 Aho, Jack Grayslake Ce 4:09.58 11 True, Kyler Olpe High School 4:10.35 12 Green, Isaac Monarch High School 4:13.12 -- Laird (pacer), Will Garfield Hig DNF
Not as many(only 10), but a smaller field, and 5 guys ahead of the winning time at the JR.