16 year old 3.46 1500m

Webb ran 3:53 for the mile

nz_deliquint wrote:

OK.. so theres this kid called Dallas bowden who just ran 3.46 for 1500m as a 16 year old also has 1.52 800m and 8.22 3km. How does this compare internationally? How old was webb when he ran his 3.53 1500m?

When will nike pounce?

Also what options would this open up in the NCAA, would any school not have a place for a runner of this calibre?

I'm quite sure that you can obtain all of this information with a quick internet search.

3:46 for a 1500m and 3:53 for the mile are two seperate worlds.

by the time the kid is 22, he will probably be sick of running, just like ryan deak. btw what happened to that kid?

HAHA

Some of you guys really are a bunch of wankers. A Kiwi comes on here and asks a simple question regarding opportunities for a very talented young runner and all you can do is be negative.

Even if he doesn't improve, he could probably get a scholarship at just about any NCAA Division I school in the nation. And since the NZ education is that much better, he'll probably do just fine, at most schools, academically too.

So what if Alan Webb ran 3:53 in high school?

Britain's Steve Cram made the Olympic 1500m final when he was still 19. Graham Williamson ran 3:53.15 just 32 days after his 19th birthday and a 3:56.40 just 17 days after he turned 18. Steve Ovett ran 1:46.8 while still 18.

If this kid really did run a 3:46 1500 at age 16, he is ahead of Cram's best at that age (3:47.7). He might end up being a world beater. Give the kid a break.

This is what happens now that high school and college smartasses make up the majority of this board.

3:46 is a great time for 16 years old. It equates to about 4:04 for the mile, faster than just about any American miler has run for that age (high school sophomore or junior).

If a high school junior runs 4:04 you would bet there would be a different reaction. I think one did run a 3:46, Sam Borchers.

He's got all kinds of options in the NCAA, but Webb was a cultural phenomenon, at least in the running world. That's why he got the Nike ca$h.

Yeah that's pretty good for a 16 years old!

I took a look at the age world records recently.. I was surprised to see that Kevin Sullivan ran a 1:53 800m at 14, which still stands for the world record for a 14 years old. That's really fast! I only get past that mark at 19! :)

Is there a link to those? - would be interesting

wasnt webb 18 when he ran 3:53??

Tim Goldsack wrote:

Webb ran 3:53 for the mile

He would get into just about any program as long as he has decent grades. By the time it his graduation comes around it will be more like who is kissing his ass the most.

johnny utah wrote:

wasnt webb 18 when he ran 3:53??

Tim Goldsack wrote:

Webb ran 3:53 for the mile

he was just pointing out where the OP mistakenly wrote 3:53 1500m

Ask Adrian Blincoe.

...and Lewis Jenkin.

Here I'll help, if the kid's times are legit he will be able to get a full anywhere in the US

I kinda have an unrelated question...what would a 3:46 1500m be for a mile? what is the conversion in seconds? What would a 4:07 mile equal for 1500m?

Is this The Limey (David Milner)?

Sorry. Josephat Kithii, age 16, ran a 3:43.0 1500m just last year... at altitude, nonetheless.

Not to mention Paul Kuira, who ran 3:46.64 at age 15, also in '06. Both guys are from Kenya.

http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=O/ageGroup=Y/season=2006/gender=M/discipline=1500/legal=A/index.html

I DOUBT IT!!!!!!!!!!!

NW!!,

You are forgetting the Kenyan +5 rule. You add 5 years to the age they claim...so really Josephat is 21.