Hello letsrun. I am not a runner myself so you need to help me understand something. This guy I know in college runs a 1:55.76 but he is the first to brag about "being a d1 athlete" every chance he gets.
How good is his time for 800?
Hello letsrun. I am not a runner myself so you need to help me understand something. This guy I know in college runs a 1:55.76 but he is the first to brag about "being a d1 athlete" every chance he gets.
How good is his time for 800?
If he's D1, it's hot garbage. That's not competitive at all, even at mid-majors.
He can't brag. I know guys that aren't fast for d1 run that fast in workouts at times. Good guys in d1 run 10 seconds faster
1:55 would score in about 4 or 5 Division 1 conferences off the top of my head. I'd say that isn't incredible by any means, but it's serviceable in a smaller conference. 1:55 might even win one or two of the very worst conference time wise.
I ran D1 in a weaker conference, and if a guy ran 1:55-1:56 consistently (unlikely for someone with a lifetime best of 1:55.76), he would pretty much be a nobody. I don't mean to rag on guys like that, but 1:55.high is not going to get you anywhere. Our 1:53 guy did not score at conference.
In the better conferences, a 1:52 guy might not even go to conference.
Slamin wrote:
He can't brag. I know guys that aren't fast for d1 run that fast in workouts at times. Good guys in d1 run 10 seconds faster
You are a liar. Guys who run 1:45.76 in d1 are not good. They are great, always scoring at Nationals if they run to their ability.
Why would anybody brag about which division they run in? It is track, all that matters is time.
The issue I think lies with both of you. He is lame for bragging about anything. You're lame for caring.
1:55 high isn't even top 5 in a competitive D3 conference. It's horrible for a P5 D1 or other large D1 conference. D1 bragging rights would be sub 1:49.
I thought this thread would be about Caster Segments when I clicked it
During the 2016-17 Indoor Track Season, his 1:55.76 would have him ranked:
Not even close to being TOP 500 in Division 1. (#500 is 1:54.60.)
#143 in Division 2.
#52 in Division 3.
#23 in NAIA.
#17 among junior college athletes.
Outdoor track is faster than indoor track, so he would fall even further come outdoors.
Also, based on last year's outdoor track rankings by Milesplit, he would have been:
#614 out of high school boys in 2016.
Your friend should not be bragging.
Unless he can do that off a 59 400 or all by himself, he wouldn't score in my D3 conference.
He might impress a few girls and you with that time but he's slower than many decent high school athletes.
5/10
thats a good time, but obviously not top d1, it's impressive none the less.
douchelin^3 wrote:
1:55 would score in about 4 or 5 Division 1 conferences off the top of my head. I'd say that isn't incredible by any means, but it's serviceable in a smaller conference. 1:55 might even win one or two of the very worst conference time wise.
This.
Many years ago I ran 1:55.8 my freshman year of college at an invitational and won my heat.
It was the third heat of five.
I was pretty happy about that.
I didn't consider myself a competitive D1 college 800m runner until my junior year when I was running 1:50.
NotFlotrack wrote:
Hello letsrun. I am not a runner myself so you need to help me understand something. This guy I know in college runs a 1:55.76 but he is the first to brag about "being a d1 athlete" every chance he gets.
How good is his time for 800?
Hi, troll. The public has answered your question: Don't advertise your 1:55 800 to the world.
TrackBot! VDOT 1:55.76 800 m
VDOT for 1:55.76 0.8km: 74.6
Equivalent race times based on VDOT:
Marathon: 02:15:28
Half marathon: 01:04:39
15K: 00:44:59
10K: 00:29:21
5K: 00:14:07
3Mi: 00:13:36
2Mi: 00:08:45
3200m: 00:08:42
3K: 00:08:06
1Mi: 00:04:06
1600m: 00:04:04
1500m: 00:03:47
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Still slower then Eminem's high school PR.