Should I care that an oversized performance "broke" my record?

No, you shouldn't be upset. You should congratulate the runner who broke your record and hope he's able to break the school 15/5 record outdoors.

a few tics wrote:

My 3000m from 1993 was run on a 200m flat track. 300m oversized surpassed by .95 sec.

I am eclipsed from the school record board.

Should I care?

You probably broke the record run on a 160 yd track where the guy ran his 3,000 split on his way to running the real 2 mile. You should not care..

That's why we should only keep outdoor records.

Or we can keep a record for each size and shape of track.

Who holds the 3000m 200m banked track record for your school?

What about the two mile 160 yard flat track record?

School records are meant to be broken, congrats on having one for 23 years. You should probably root for that guy to bring down the record another 10 seconds, that way you know that the track size difference has no bearing.

Edward Teach wrote:

No, you shouldn't be upset. You should congratulate the runner who broke your record and hope he's able to break the school 15/5 record outdoors.

I am not upset. Good for him. If could have run that time on a flat 200m he would have his provo qualifier. Bad for him.

Hopefully he will hit it in time for nationals.

One of the proposals to the IAAF Technical Committee is to remove the "indoor" and "outdoor" terminology and replace it with "short track (200m)" and "long track(400m)".

The 2019 World Championships will be in Doha and the stadium will most likely be enclosed under a roof for air conditioning.

A competition could also be held on a 200 m track outside. The records would be changed to short and long track records. The only adjustment for field events would be the use of wind gauges when appropriate.

the problem with calling something short track or long track doesn't account for the fact that a banked 200m track is faster than a flat 300m track.

This would be an IAAF Rule (then most likely adopted by USATF) Any track greater then 200m would be considered a long track for records and qualifying

Take a step back.

It would be better if you viewed the school record board as a benchmark for current athletes and not be disheartened if your name is surpassed. You were a pillar for the program. Be happy that they were all chasing your ghost and let go.

But also I think it would be better if schools kept snapshots of their record board and organized an in-depth history of the program by era or decade. There changes, trends and other types of story lines would be summarized and display a relative aspect of the program timeline. This is what I think the OP and everyone else who put in the blood, sweat and tears in college would want as testament to their legacy.

Most universities have an all-time top 10 list in their history section but essentially the same problem as the school record board problem occurs. Environmental changes, scientific and technological advances take place and then the significance in history is lost.

I know this is cheesy but use Bernie Sanders as an example.

Bernie Sanders ran 4:37 in 1957. Most of you say "not bad", "everybody was a 4:30 miler" or "I was better" and move on. But in 1957, the national record for high schoolers was only 4:16.1 (Jim Bowers, DeKalb, IL, 1956). One could say Bernie's effort in 1957 was the equivalent to a 4:17-18 miler in the present day. "Not bad" suddenly becomes "oh wow, Bernie was actually pretty good in his day". But we'd never know that unless we looked more closely and evaluated things relatively. Until now he was just a 4:37 miler.

The bottom line is times on the record boards will always be broken and if they're not that is a bad thing. At the same time it is the duty of the program heads to celebrate historical triumph from the relative perspective because changing times changes times.

Take a note from your elder(s) and appreciate the effort. In the link you'll see a guy (Bill Stewart) who's master's mile record was broken similarly. His response? Excitement.

http://masterstrack.com/the-masters-mil/

Bernie on cinders. Great effort Bernie!!

Should we tell Bob Schul to stop bringing up cinders?

Records were meant to be broken. A medal, championship win, All American honors stay.

Be happy for his performance, move on.

a few tics wrote:

My 3000m from 1993 was run on a 200m flat track. 300m oversized surpassed by .95 sec.

I am eclipsed from the school record board.

Should I care?

So, you are about 40? Yeah, you should not care. Not good to hang onto high school times to provide your self-worth. Do you hang on to the time you were the kickball home run champ in 5th grade? By the time you are 40, it's about the same thing.

I think he was talking about college. But your point is well taken.

However, if I am correct you are dude about 50 who was a former mediocre college runner. Nowadays you puff yourself up with your message board persona doling out "life lessons" on a running message board to provide your self worth.

Yawn.....

(it's about the same thing)