This is awesome!
This is awesome!
TrackCEO wrote:
Bonita Vista HS alum Eric Avila picked the perfect moment for his first sub-4-minute mile — at a Balboa Stadium event marking the 50th anniversary of Jim Ryun's first schoolboy sub-4. He held off A.J. Acosta, 3:56.89 to 3:57.05 in the final race of a chilly night.
http://timesofsandiego.com/sports/2014/06/05/records-set-at-ryun-meet-marking-50-years-since-first-prep-sub-4/K E N
That is a great story. Maybe he can do something at USAs. The 1500m has become pretty wide open (after Centrowitz).
I love this. major breakthrough.
Where are the full results for all races?
Bonita Vista HS alum Eric Avila picked the perfect moment for his first sub-4-minute mile — at a Balboa Stadium event marking the 50th anniversary of Jim Ryun's first schoolboy sub-4. He held off A.J. Acosta, 3:56.89 to 3:57.05 in the final race of a chilly night.
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That finish photo is one of the best all-time.
That track looks fairly mediocre, I would not be surprised to see him run 3:54 or equivalent very soon. Good to see AJ looking stronger too.
I've been following his story a bit recently, and all I can say it's like a sequel to Once A Runner, but in real life.
And lastly, Webb FINALLY looked relaxed!
hungry like a wolf wrote:
I love this. major breakthrough.
We loved it as well. So much we've made it a splash page for it(and changed the title of this thread).
http://www.letsrun.com/splash-page/erica-avila-digging-ditches-sub-four/It was great journalism by the UT Stan Diego's Ken Stone.
This was awesome to watch! I loved the celebration and the crowd was so into it. Unfortunately he missed the USA qualifying mark of 3:56.5 though. Probably still worth it IMO.
Lame, show some class. Act like you've been there before.
official results:
http://running.competitor.com/2014/06/news/official-results-jim-ryun-festival-miles_104978
very cool atmosphere for every race...
why should you act like you've been there before if you haven't been there before?
bigtool05 wrote:
why should you act like you've been there before if you haven't been there before?
to show class. It shows you have class. This tool bag has no class.
So cool! wrote:
This was awesome to watch! I loved the celebration and the crowd was so into it. Unfortunately he missed the USA qualifying mark of 3:56.5 though. Probably still worth it IMO.
So he blew running a quali time by celebrating before he hit the line? That's just stupid. I understand it was a big breakthrough. I understand he had a bunch of friends/fans in the stands, but would it have killed him to run through the line and then celebrate? Also looked to me like Acosta slowed down a little bit at the end to avoid running into his outstretched arm. If I had been in Acosta's shoes, I would have run right through it.
No splash page for Rupp running an AR and becoming the first American to win a Diamond/Golden League 10000m?
And this gets a splash?
Even if you've decided you flat out hate Rupp, you should care just a teeny bit about maintaining some shred of semblance of objective reporting.
Why does Rupp rub you so much the wrong way? Can't just be the Salazar connection because you have a crush on Mary Cain.
I'd have to conclude it's because Rupp's accomplishments (getting silver, and now winning a Diamond League race over 3 sub-27 Africans) disturb the race-based "genetics" theories you hold so dear.
Thus we get the pettiness of withholding the splash page and deleting the post-race celebration thread. And the weird questions about "gimmicks".
As if Rupp could be getting anything from Salazar that Jos Hermens and Gerard Van der Veen aren't providing.
Rage on.
And, BTW, congrats to Avila.
stick with eharmony wrote:
bigtool05 wrote:why should you act like you've been there before if you haven't been there before?
to show class. It shows you have class. This tool bag has no class.
I would think someone with no class would be able to recognize when someone else is showing no class. Clearly, classless people can't spot it in others. Otherwise they'd know when they are doing it as well. I'm glad you're around to prove how wrong I was. Thanks, keep up the good work.
Some random dude running ~3:57 gets splash page? REALLY? This is nothing special. The only remarkable thing about this race is him being a douchebag at the finish.
Great to see Avila turn potential into performance. In 2007 he won the CIF CA 3200m championship beating German Fernandez and Diego Estrada but things didn't work out at NAU. After some years off, he found Southern Oregon and has won NAIA titles in XC and track and now run a fast mile. To boot, he probably would have run 3:55-low last night but a little celebration and finish line jump is understandable in front of the hometown HS fan-base. I think this kid still has more to come.
I still can't believe he ran that fast. Anyone who says he doesn't have class doesn't know him and should shut their mouths.
I'm all for redemption but are we supposed to be excited about a 24 yr old DI recruits kicking teenagers butts in the NAIA.
also, he was an idiot at the end.
It's more because Rupp looks like a dweeb and the whole "running as basically a pro" (resources wise, coaching wise, etc.) in college rubs people the wrong way.