HS 4x 800m relay team- is this realistic?

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11 years ago 11/29/2012 11:42am EST

re: coach

coach wrote:
penn relay 4x800 winners in the 70s. These northeast area teams are not all large schools with inner city kids:
70 Roselle catholic
71 Sewanhaka
72 St Josephs of Buffalo
73 Monsignor Farrell
74 Toms River South 7:50
75 St Josephs of Metuchen 7:48
76 Menchville 7:43
78 Trenton Central 7:49.8
79 Fairmont Heights 7:42.97

I actually remember the St Joe's team of 1972. I lived right down the street from their school. their team was small, but very talented. I recall the Trammell bros, Alex and eric, as the top studs. I'm sure they were both on that team. Talented runners in Buffalo were transferring there to be on that team.

11 years ago 11/29/2012 12:26pm EST

re: bauhaus

bauhaus wrote:
coach wrote:
penn relay 4x800 winners in the 70s. These northeast area teams are not all large schools with inner city kids:
70 Roselle catholic
71 Sewanhaka
72 St Josephs of Buffalo
73 Monsignor Farrell
74 Toms River South 7:50
75 St Josephs of Metuchen 7:48
76 Menchville 7:43
78 Trenton Central 7:49.8
79 Fairmont Heights 7:42.97
I actually remember the St Joe's team of 1972. I lived right down the street from their school. their team was small, but very talented. I recall the Trammell bros, Alex and eric, as the top studs. I'm sure they were both on that team. Talented runners in Buffalo were transferring there to be on that team.

They also held the VCP 5-man average record for over 3 decades until FM broke it in 2004 (on a clearly faster resurfaced VCP course).

11 years ago 11/30/2012 5:29pm EST

re: bauhaus

My team and I ran 8:02 in the spring with one kid doubling off of the 2 mile. We hope to go sub-8 this winter.

11 years ago 12/03/2012 1:47pm EST

re: bauhaus

11 years ago 12/05/2012 8:15am EST

re: wait

The Hour I first believed, Wally Lamb

the 8:00 800 relay thing is a very minor part of the book - this is not a novel about running.

It's about Columbine and a few other things.

11 years ago 12/05/2012 9:19am EST

re: bauhaus

My high school had two 4x800s race in an invite during high school, I was on the faster one and we ran 7:46, the other ran 7:58. We had ten guys that could run 2:00 or faster

2 months ago 06/04/2024 7:36pm EDT

re: mcgato

That was an amazing 4 X 880 in Illinois High School State meet 1976. Spivey and White. Didn't Spivey run something like a 1:48.5 split?

2 months ago 06/04/2024 7:43pm EDT

re: bauhaus

Cinder track,5/8th inch spikes, 1000 kids in the school, possible w good coaching, especially if they go to meet with a fast dirt track or all weather. In that era few kids raced on all weather until state.

2 months ago 06/04/2024 8:01pm EDT

re: bauhaus

bauhaus wrote:
I just finished a novel (totally fictitious) where the narrator, 50 y.o. male, when in HS in the late 70's, was part of a 4x800m team that broke 8:00. So that's 4 sub-2:00 runners in 1 high school in rural Connecticut. Assume a school population of, say, 1000 kids, to draw from.
I ran the 880 long ago, and there was only 1 guy in the league who ran sub 2 mins, in a larger urban area. So isn't the author's back story pretty far-fetched?

Sub 8 means averaging under 2:00

The teams I've seen that have sub 8 tend to have a guy at 2:02, 2 guys about 2:00, and a guy sub 1:55. My HS' record is 7:42 from 10+ years ago and I believe it was 1:59 / 55 / 55 / 52 and decimals

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