HS SENIOR RICKY FAURE (Rock Springs, WY): 1:48.14 at the Wyoming State Meet

Awesome run. What's the sea level conversion? Did he run it in Cheyenne?

Wyoming State Meet is in Casper, elevation 5140 feet.

He lives and trains in Rock Springs, elevation 6388 feet.

(in case you're wondering, Cheyenne's elevation is 6062 feet)

He won by a lot.

Event 32 Boys 800 Meter Run 4A

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Name Year School Finals Points

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Finals

1 Ricky Faure Sr Rock Springs 1:48.14 10

2 Josh Hartford Sr Green River 1:52.45 8

3 Hunter Davila Jr Kelly Walsh 1:52.48 6

4 Calum Kepler Sr Kelly Walsh 1:54.11 5

5 Jonah Henry Sr Laramie 1:55.32 4

6 John Freeman Sr Laramie 1:56.06 3

7 Harrison Simmons Sr Campbell County 1:56.47 2

8 Jesse Allen Jr Natrona County 1:56.48 1

splits?

Realism wrote:

splits?

None available at the timing site.

The race was at 10:15 a.m. Who runs 1:48 at 10 in the morning?

Very impressive and even if he did win by over 4 seconds, the depth in Wyoming at the 800m really surprises me. That's a state of only 576,000 people. To have three guys sub 1:52.5 at states in one meet for a population that size is hard to believe. And Wyoming is not exactly known as a hotbed of distance running, though with all that altitude territory, mountains, and open spaces to run, maybe it should be one. By comparison, Portland's population is over 600,000 and Oregon, known as an overachiever in distance, has 3.9 million people. By the way, some think that this altitude has a bit of negative effect for the 800m, maybe .5 seconds, though others think that the positive and negative effects cancel themselves out. But this guy Faure could very well run 1:47 or better in a sea level race with competition.

Here's a running times article I found about this guy from last month when he was a 1:50/4:09 guy:

http://www.runnersworld.com/high-school-profiles/ricky-faure-lives-high-races-fast

Does he have any post season plans?

He's currently planning on staying in Wyoming, though he's also expressed interest in Oregon.

jjjjjjjjj wrote:

Very impressive and even if he did win by over 4 seconds, the depth in Wyoming at the 800m really surprises me. That's a state of only 576,000 people. To have three guys sub 1:52.5 at states in one meet for a population that size is hard to believe. And Wyoming is not exactly known as a hotbed of distance running, though with all that altitude territory, mountains, and open spaces to run, maybe it should be one. By comparison, Portland's population is over 600,000 and Oregon, known as an overachiever in distance, has 3.9 million people. By the way, some think that this altitude has a bit of negative effect for the 800m, maybe .5 seconds, though others think that the positive and negative effects cancel themselves out. But this guy Faure could very well run 1:47 or better in a sea level race with competition.

All the mountain states are extraordinary per capita.

splits?

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His splits on Thurs. night were 51.8 and 56.8 (he got the baton 40 meters down).

He went through the next morning in high 54 and was down by 15 meters before he revved it up for a 1:48.1.

He can run a 47.high 400m but has a teammate that can do the same.

He showcased his speed on the last lap at Arcadia- that race was unreal.

He's running for Oregon or Wyoming.

Maybe a Dream Mile invitee?? Who knows.

InWyo wrote:

He's currently planning on staying in Wyoming, though he's also expressed interest in Oregon.

His aunt was a 2:06 performer for the Ducks.

I think you are right malmo, talk to your boys in Eugene and figure out how they turned down that guy. He's the real deal, incredible talent.

How do we lobby to get him an invite to the dream mile??

800m at altitude is about equivalent to sea level. Air resistance makes up for less oxygen. 400m and down are faster at altitude, 1500m and up are slower. Regardless, what an incredible run!

Is that why all the sprint records are run at high altitude?

kid needs to quit running the mile and develop his speed to focus on the 800 down the road. There are plenty of future sub-4 guys, not many 1:48 HS guys with 400 speed.

Was There wrote:

I think you are right malmo, talk to your boys in Eugene and figure out how they turned down that guy. He's the real deal, incredible talent.

How do we lobby to get him an invite to the dream mile??

I got my best people on it.

They're going to have a little talk with Andy and remind him he could fall off a curb or sumpting and break da bofe of da legs or someting. Dey gonna tell him maybe bodies might start showing up at Cannon Beach, or sumpting, like it might become the Gilgo Beach of the West Coast. Dey gonna tell em dat deze are just musings, like imaginations, like nothing like dat is gunna to happen, or anything. Cuz, like people end up doing da right thing, like for instance, showing respect to da Ricky kid from Wyoming.

See, no violence. You thunk my boys wuz gonna rough up Andy, didn't you? No, my crew is peaceful, all kumbaya like dat song.

Congrats to Berryhill on landing this stud. Hopefully he can get him to do what he did when he was in college. As far as three guys at 1:52 or better, it is amazing how one runner can elevate the performances of everyone.

watchout wrote:

All the mountain states are extraordinary per capita.

which, of course, makes them less extraordinary. real question is why do the big talents go to a sea-level school like Oregon? how is that even an option for anyone serious about their development?