The American Records in the distance races like 1500/5k/10k are just stupid-fast... do you think there will ever be a college runner to set American Records like Prefontaine? I personally can't see any college runner getting anywhere near 3:29.3/12:53/26:44
cbenson4 wrote:
The American Records in the distance races like 1500/5k/10k are just stupid-fast... do you think there will ever be a college runner to set American Records like Prefontaine? I personally can't see any college runner getting anywhere near 3:29.3/12:53/26:44
Anomalies do occur....so it's possible
As was said, anything is possible.
The likelyhood though is probably lower given collegiate athletics' focus on points rather than records. Pre had the advantage of being a natural front runner, and set most of his ARs without the advantage of rabbitting. Gerry Lindgren was one of the few others that would lead races during that era, and he was all but through with college just as Pre entered the collegiate scene.
You look at today's collegiate studs like King Ches, and see that most of them prefer to run sit-and-kick races. At this time I'm not aware of any high-caliber collegiate runners who like to front run, at least in big meets. Sorantos?
Pre also was around at the right time when American runners ran more metric distances than before, hence his holding every American record from 2000-10,000..
Cheserek just might be the guy right now that could do it and it wouldn't surprise me.
George Atlas wrote:
Pre also was around at the right time when American runners ran more metric distances than before, hence his holding every American record from 2000-10,000..
This makes no sense.
George Atlas wrote:
Cheserek just might be the guy right now that could do it and it wouldn't surprise me.
No he couldn't.
He is not an American.
No because back then pros were ineligible to set records. That's why collegians constantly set records.
If anything it'll be the 1500m, probably a speed based 1500m runner w/ 1:44-1:45 ability, and he'd probably have to do it in a DL race
I don't think that Rupp was doping in college, so he was not an extraordinary runner, just a very good one.
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