aarick162 wrote:
Beyond the big 4, NPHS had 3 additional runners under 4:20 for the 1600. Their #5 was second in state in the 3200. Add in a 1:54 800m runner.
The girls, which he also coaches, had 4 sub 5 minute 1600m runners, and set the national 4 x 1600m high school record.
Can't credit the coach at least a little bit? We should be celebrating success, not trying to **** on it.
NP is a large school with the kind of demographics where there are more likely to be good runners. According to comments from other posters, NP has a good turnout for middle school running which flows into the HS. Davis HS has almost identical demographics to NP and I believe they’ve had similar results when not including the ridiculously talented brothers. I’m not sure there are 5 teenage Kenyans from 2 families that could take on the Sahlman/Young kids.
