Watch out... Future 800m star wrote:
You heard it here first... Former Notre Dame sprinter 21.00 and 45.53 has joined HOKA NJNY and is being converted into an 800 runner by Gags... He is on the rise! His first 800 was 1:49, followed shortly by 1:47... Just now he ran 1:16.10 for 600m. He is making astronomical progress from a 400 runner who had stagnated and not improved since 2014 and barely improved at all in college. 1:42 is in his future outdoors.
He's starting late, but then again, he's almost three years younger than Juantorena was when he started running the 800, so 1:42 can't be ruled out if he has other factors in place, like the right genes. He has better raw speed than Murphy (whose speed is played down because he's white), Berian, or wunderkind Brazier. I say that about Murphy because pubs like TAFNews for instance in this month's issue give him credit for a 45.8 relay leg when in fact Murphy has run 45.3 and TAFNews themselves reported it and commented on it. At the same time Brazier for instance runs 45.78 for a relay leg and commentators say he ran 45.5. Bizarre. But such is the cucked state of America today.