FORMER OKLAHOMA CITY GRANT HIGHSCHOOL STUDENT RUNS 3:58 MILE INDOORS

Old Camp Goer, it is true that the modern Grant district is loaded with LowRiders, Dickies pantalons that sagg to the floor, and a school lunch menu that consist primarily of microwaved tacos and burritos every single day. I attended Grant in early 90s and was a state qualifier in track. I know have my own children that attend Grant and are trying to play sport.

Me, L.Rose and this new vato Frazier are all alumni, no matter if the state wrote our stats in a book. My question is, after the old building got knocked down, where did most of the memoribilia go? I know it all use to be on a wall in the old building. It should be the Grant alumni's job to keep old pics and trophies that past Grant athletes have won. I went to the Grant Gym the other day and couldnt find any of our old trophies. Does anyone know where their at in the building? Most of the Alumni from my class have mucho mental and physical health problems and are in constant pain and struggle, but i still encourage all alumni to attend class reonions when possible. -M.M.

Heres a video that takes you inside U.S. Grant Highschool

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFythgRy-rU&feature=related

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BzluJp4Z6Bi-eHFHWnFObnRSYksyS1dXVW5lYjN6dw

Larry Rose ran in yards and before modern electronic timing. They used to give him credit for being the State Record holder, and indeed.... when you convert his times, he ran the fastest high school mile ever IN Oklahoma.

Here's a little trivia: anyonne remember when Mark Thompson beat Gabe Jennings in the mile at a National meet in '97 (4:06-8)? I found the results a few years ago. Will have to look around again....

jaguar1 wrote:

Larry Rose ran in yards and before modern electronic timing. They used to give him credit for being the State Record holder, and indeed.... when you convert his times, he ran the fastest high school mile ever IN Oklahoma.

Ya, and im sure you're also going to tell me that Jim Ryun is better than Webb simply because his times were on cinder tracks, right? gtf outta here.

White Guy from Edmond wrote:

Ya, and im sure you're also going to tell me that Jim Ryun is better than Webb simply because his times were on cinder tracks, right? gtf outta here.

No, but I'll tell you that Jim Ryun is better than Webb based on the Olympic silver medal sitting at his house.

news to me wrote:

No, but I'll tell you that Jim Ryun is better than Webb based on the Olympic silver medal sitting at his house.

Webb has a faster mile p.r. than Ryun.

White Guy from Edmond wrote:

Heres a video that takes you inside U.S. Grant Highschool

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFythgRy-rU&feature=related

9/10.

Thanks for making my sunday church service more enjoyable.

news to me wrote:

No, but I'll tell you that Jim Ryun is better than Webb based on the Olympic silver medal sitting at his house.

Red Guy from Anadarko wrote:

Webb has a faster mile p.r. than Ryun.

And no World Championship or Olympic hardware. I'll take Ryun's career, hands down.

news to me wrote:

And no World Championship or Olympic hardware. I'll take Ryun's career, hands down.

Go ahead and take Ryun's slower mile time and 1500 time. You won't ever change the laws of physics and accept the fact that Webb has a faster h.s., college, professional, and lifetime p.r. in the mile and 1500. Money can buy gold and silver and bronze. Money can NOT buy you a 346 mile, something Webb accomplished and Ryun could never even fathom.

ask yourself whether African immigrants enter the country with old country virtues of hard work and discipline not broken down by American slavery and segregation. Put them in a high school destroyed by violence and broken down families and they often still overcome all of that.

And talent can't buy you racing poise and mental toughness, which is why Webb will always be sans medal.

"You won't ever.....and accept the fact that Webb has a faster h.s., college, professional, and lifetime p.r."

Wrong again. I accept that Webb has a faster PR, except for the college part, which is false (shocking). What else are you going to be wrong about?

White Guy from Edmond wrote:

Ya, and im sure you're also going to tell me that Jim Ryun is better than Webb simply because his times were on cinder tracks, right? gtf outta here.

Webb IS faster than Ryun, no matter how you convert times.

However, no matter how you convert Larry's times, they're faster than 4:13.89 for 1600m by Chance Rush.

WGFE, you are very stupid.

1600 is not a mile. also, conner holts breasts are larger than yours, yet he cant even bench press the 45 pound bar. please inform/command him to ride my weenie immediately.

Interesting that they list Chance's time as the record. I was pretty sure that Phil ran 4.12 somewhere. Either way, Chance was a heck of a runner (as well as a nice guy), and was always curious if he ever went to run anywhere post hs? He was always kind of the newer and sleeker version of Skeet (another great guy they I lost track of) in my mind.

Are all okies this stupid?

ohs.com administrator wrote:

1600 is not a mile. also, conner holts breasts are larger than yours, yet he cant even bench press the 45 pound bar. please inform/command him to ride my weenie immediately.

If you really had courage, you'd use your real name.

Yes, 1600 is shorter than a mile.

Hey jaguar, to your knowledge has any oklahoma high schooler ever ran faster than Greg Avery's 2 mile time of 9:03.4 in 1979 ? I got that time from Ray Soldan's(daily oklahoman) All Century track team article dated July 25,1999

I don't believe so. Kevin ran 9:08.36 for 2 miles back in 2007 at Arcadia:

http://www.ohstrack.com/schwab07.asp

It's also worth noting Briana McLeod ran 4:50 for 1600m at Golden West and 10:48 for 3200m at Kansas Relays in '03. IMHO, the Jenks girls teams from '00-'03 were the best ever.

http://www.ohstrack.com/bestperformancesgirls2003.asp