Gosh, that's incredible. And that sounds sarcastic over the internet, but I really mean it; I mean, that's mind blowing for a high schooler.
Not to take away from that at all, but man, I can't help but be worried for next year. We saw all those fast kids last year (among them 3 separate guys who broke a 5k NR) go completely under the radar, if not regress. Danny seems really special; I hope he can break the curse at BYU.
Don’t worry about next year. He’ll be working sales in GA for a few years before returning to running.
Gosh, that's incredible. And that sounds sarcastic over the internet, but I really mean it; I mean, that's mind blowing for a high schooler.
Not to take away from that at all, but man, I can't help but be worried for next year. We saw all those fast kids last year (among them 3 separate guys who broke a 5k NR) go completely under the radar, if not regress. Danny seems really special; I hope he can break the curse at BYU.
Don’t worry about next year. He’ll be working sales in GA for a few years before returning to running.
What is the u20 record? I think Nico was around 13:24 and Graham was 13:26. Not sure if those still stand.
Took 60 years for someone to break Lindgren's record. 79 years to get the record down by 9.04 seconds.
Today Simmons dropped the record by an astounding 9.1 seconds (13:25.86).
In the era of super shoes and better coaching, how long will this last? What's more likely another 60 years? Or within the next 10?
I'll give it another 10 years or so if these current trends in distance continue. When the record got broken last year I think everyone was expecting it to go down again this year since Simmons was only a junior. There aren't any long distance type specialists to step up to the plate now, so I don't see it going down within this next HS cycle.
German Fernandez was 18 years old when he ran 13:25 in old shoe tech at US Champs to finish 4th
Yeah, that was a truly impressive mark that is rarely in the conversation. I’d allow a 13:12.5 conversion in today’s shoes. Too bad he could never get his injury issues resolved.