Pat Casey 3:59.76

That's an awesome time for 4810 feet elevation.

J.R. wrote:

That's an awesome time for 4810 feet elevation.

Yeah. Faster than Lopez Lomong ran when Big Sky champs was in Bozeman, for example.

Wish I could have been there. Sounds like he's in awesome shape.

Adjusted that is a 3:54 mile! wtf! isnt the ncaa record 3:55??? he need to get to sea level, find a nice banked track and bust that record! hes my sleeper pick for ncaa's... Go Big Sky!

3:54.59

He is beating all by 3.16 seconds.

Only a Junior with 2 full years left!

He's going to do great things.

I agree... that race was in the running for the top NCAA mile performance so far this year.

He's competitive for nationals.

1. Third at NCAA indoors last year after being the only one to mix it up with Lee Emmanuel.

2. Made it to cross nationals as an individual.

3. Soloed a 3:59 at 5000 feet on a friday after school.

But to be fair, MSU has a sweet banked 200m board track. It's not like UW but it's a fast track for an old plywood oval.

They have mondo on top of the boards. It's not just plywood like ISU

way over adjusted...he ran 3;59, thus he is a 3;59 miler, punkt

wowzerssss wrote:

Adjusted that is a 3:54 mile! wtf! isnt the ncaa record 3:55??? he need to get to sea level, find a nice banked track and bust that record! hes my sleeper pick for ncaa's... Go Big Sky!

He ran a 3:59.

He didn't run a 3:54.

Just because the adjusted time says it is faster, doesn't mean he ran that fast.

He ran 3:59, end of story.

It doesn't mean that when he goes down in elevation he will run a 3:54.

Actually Altitude adjustment means exactly that. He gets to 0ft. and with the exact same conditions, same track, same competition, same temperature in the indoor arena.

Science dude. Science

Shiznit!

Must have been the Vibrams.

runKSrun! wrote:

He ran a 3:59.

He didn't run a 3:54.

Just because the adjusted time says it is faster, doesn't mean he ran that fast.

He ran 3:59, end of story.

It doesn't mean that when he goes down in elevation he will run a 3:54.

Oh yeah, the serious lack of oxygen probably helped his performance tremendously...I bet he would have run even faster if he had put a plastic bag over his head.

We are now featuring the video of the race on the homepage. Unreal:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRMXMz5RB30

Thanks rojo for finally posting something on the homepage. It is an amazing performance, especially with lack of oxygen.

Lordy he just stomped that Mutha down! The term "Beast" is overused around here, but if it fits....

rojo wrote:

We are now featuring the video of the race on the homepage. Unreal:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRMXMz5RB30

Wow, that was even more impressive to watch! It'll be interesting to see what this kid does when he toes the line w/ other people of his caliber, i.e. nats.

Fanning wrote:

Thanks rojo for finally posting something on the homepage. It is an amazing performance, especially with lack of oxygen.

It's an amazing run even at sea level. The kid just flat out got after it, just about lapping the entire field.

I don't care if he becomes another Steve Magness and never runs close to that again. I'll be looking for, and rooting for, Casey in every race for now on.

Thanks for posting! I had goosebumps watching that.