Fleet runs 4:02.9 tops Andrews & Greer

Good mile by Fleet. He looks as if he's ready for 3:58 if someone can get him in an invitational against 'big guys'.

He and Springer both need to get in a race with some pros and go for sub-4.

Fleet looks a lot stronger than Springer. Andrews surprised me with the battle he gave Fleet down the stretch. Didn't think he was that strong.

Did they just pull any old kid from the lot to do the pacing? Like he didn't realize after the first 400 they were slow. so he goes even slower the next 400 even slower? I blame the missed sub 4 on him.

I thought Jantzer was a great choice to rabbit I have no idea what actually happened once he got out there though. Why didn't he have a watch on? Wasn't anyone out there telling him at 200 & 400m to pick it up?

When did they start using rabbits in high school meets? I agree that it is probably necessary to break 4:00 if that's the big focus.

Very Good Races Today wrote:

Fleet looks a lot stronger than Springer. Andrews surprised me with the battle he gave Fleet down the stretch. Didn't think he was that strong.

I think Andrews has the most upside of them all.

Who was that dancing around afterwards, when they were all standing around talking?

Bif Bradley wrote:

When did they start using rabbits in high school meets? I agree that it is probably necessary to break 4:00 if that's the big focus.

Jim Ryun's high school teammate rabbited him thru the first 800 at the state meet where he ran 3:58. So I guess that would when it started.

pwnd!

I know for Illinois High Schools, you are not allowed to wear a watch in track or cross country because you might have a GPS or something that can help you out.

I just watched Ryun's run on youtube cinder. He was in front every step, won by 21 seconds. Lets stick to the facts. Ryun would run 3:49 (high school) and 3:43 if he had the advantages of today (coaching, tracks, rabbitts, etc.)

gwalkerruns wrote:

I just watched Ryun's run on youtube cinder. He was in front every step, won by 21 seconds. Lets stick to the facts. Ryun would run 3:49 (high school) and 3:43 if he had the advantages of today (coaching, tracks, rabbitts, etc.)

You suggest we stick to the facts, and follow that with pure speculation, without the addition of any facts.

nevertheless Ryun did not have a rabbit in the meet

I was there and the announcer was calling splits on the PA so there is no way any of them didn't know they weren't on pace.

SPRINGER wins the HS Mile title this weekend. Check out the MIDWEST DISTANCE GALA result:

Event 7 Men 1 Mile Run

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Name Year Team Finals

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1 Springer, Andrew Westerly Hig 4:02.70

2 Callahan, Peter Una-Il-Evans 4:05.20

3 McGregor, Pat Una-Al-Hoove 4:07.07

4 Nelson, Andrew Una-Il-Genev 4:09.33

5 Shields, Drew Fishers Dist 4:10.37

6 Hayek, Chris Una-Il-Mt._p 4:12.23

7 Wardall, Taylor Una-Wi-Apple 4:12.59

8 Hannon, Kyle Una-Il-Park_ 4:14.11

9 Schafer, Walter Una-Co-Cente 4:14.57

10 Driggs, Jack Kroy 4:14.58

Springer is a better miler.

These guys just ran about 30 seconds faster than my best mile, but I am still incredibly disappointed. What is the point flying these people from all over the country when they are three seconds away from the coveted 4 minute mile mark.

blink wrote:

These guys just ran about 30 seconds faster than my best mile, but I am still incredibly disappointed. What is the point flying these people from all over the country when they are three seconds away from the coveted 4 minute mile mark.

Maybe the point is that you never know what they're going to run until they actually run the race?