OMG. America's newest star has arrived!! True frosh Donavan Brazier runs 1:45.93 in first-ever collegiate 800!!

athlete tracker wrote:

Goucher Needles wrote:

My guess, however is that because he's in a low volume sprint-based program, he'll be up and down in terms of consistency and will top out in college in the upper 1:43s, low 1:44s.

Do you mean that as his top-out as a collegian or lifetime top-out?

The former would be pretty damn good. The latter would be a failure of coaching/program.

Dude is a leaner Rudisha with better endurance.

Watching the video of the 1:48 someone posted, his style reminded me of Rudisha. Tall, smooth, looks too effortless for such speed. I am convinced the doubters will be proven wrong.

rojo wrote:

Sorry to interrupt your football playoff viewing but I just got a call from a prominent HS coach who told me that he just got a call from a top collegiate coach telling him that Donovan Brazier had just run 1:45.9 indoors with no rabbit.

Yes, it's true as shown by this tweet.

https://twitter.com/aggietrk/status/688483653597319169

Brazier ran 1:45.93, nearly breaking the American collegiate record of 1:45.88.

The race was done on a regulation track at Texas A&M with no rabbits and he we believe he went out in 51.

The top coach who called our buddy said he thougth Brazier would run 1:42 this year. So sick.

-Rojo

Some cursory analysis :

51+ / 54+ meant he went out too fast & would have been looking at at least 0.5s quicker with slower opener

That gets him to 1'45.4

Then, no pacing to bell offers at least 0.4s, getting him down to 1'45.0 with pacing

This was indoor & at this level should be ~ 1.75s faster outdoors

That gets his current shape at

~ 1'43-low

That is in January whilst just 1/2 way thru his winter training & virtually no speedwork as no one does speedwork in January

I woud suggest that as long as he doesn't get burnt out, 1'42+ outdoors is a given & it is probably going to be nearer low-end & kid is still 18y !!!

Gray's 1'42.59AR should definitely go this year

Lol, classic ventolin

He's training as a pure 800 runner. Of course he's done speed work. The kid ran a great race, probably will run better, and I'm rooting for him to win some hardware and medals but don't lie about stuff you know nothing about. Please. And indoor there are zero variables with the weather. The conditions were perfect inside. !!

Boom room wrote:

Lol, classic ventolin

Too right - have spent years of thinking he was deadly serious but he's edging closer and closer to outright admitting that it's been an extended 15 year troll.

...Having said that (!), the ease and speed with which Brazier's got below 1:46 suggest that it's probably a given he'll be an outdoor 1:44 man at some point. Beyond that and we're on shaky ground; Johnny Gray is #16 all time for goodness sake.

Course, I hope he becomes a Diamond League regular and 1:41 man as he's the most stylish runner I've seen since Asbel Kiprop emerged.

Should be interesting to see who can get to the front in NCAA final, he or McBride, could be a classic showdown,

This is very good but nothing spectacular or indeed new.

1:45.9 indoors is very quick but what counts on the big stage is a sub 1:43 outdoors or indeed being able to win / medal at major champs i.e. worlds and olympics.

Report back to us when this happens.

No reason to report back to "us" (you and your inflatable doll).

not news!!!!2 wrote:

No reason to report back to "us" (you and your inflatable doll).

This

seriously this performance is about as exciting as a blow up doll.

Nothing to see here

Looks like milesplit is joining the party.

They are posting the video that the coach who texted rojo saw over a year ago

NCAA Burn Out wrote:

Last NCAA 800 runner to medal in the Olympics was bronze Johnny Grey in 1992. It's 2016 now.

I think when the dust settles with the Russian doping scandal, Alysia Montano will be a 2012 Olympic medalist in the 800. She ran at Cal. She will also have a few WC/WIC medals. Brenda Martinez also ran in the NCAA system and has an 800m WC medal.

Also I think between 1992 and now doping has heavily effected medals in the 800m.

ummmmm wrote:

NCAA Burn Out wrote:

Last NCAA 800 runner to medal in the Olympics was bronze Johnny Grey in 1992. It's 2016 now.

I think when the dust settles with the Russian doping scandal, Alysia Montano will be a 2012 Olympic medalist in the 800. She ran at Cal. She will also have a few WC/WIC medals. Brenda Martinez also ran in the NCAA system and has an 800m WC medal.

Also I think between 1992 and now doping has heavily effected medals in the 800m.

Now that would be wonderful! Druggie Montano is given a medal, while those dirty Russians have them taken away. Goooo "drug-free" 'merica!

yesohyes wrote:

Now that would be wonderful! Druggie Montano is given a medal, while those dirty Russians have them taken away. Goooo "drug-free" 'merica!

lol so true --

And all those clean E. Africans. lol

They had a nationwide teleconference for media today with Brazier. We learned he ran a 1:14.98 600 in practice in November. So sick.

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=6977936

AR is 1:42.60 Vent - you're slipping :)

I wonder if he will go to World Indoors?

Also, whilst Ventolin may be a bit optimistic there, looking at the world results from last year, the 4 athletes that ran under 1:46 indoors broke 1:45 outdoors later. The actual times were 1:43.3, 1:43.7, 1:43.8 and 1:44.6.

Adam Kszczot ran 1:45.77 indoors last year. Sub 1:46 indoors is VERY good.

So Vent, no 800m runner speed work in January huh.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yoGAd-Bhf8M

Learn to think before speaking and try learn something about 800m.