The USA's Pan American Junior Team (U-20) just ran a new world junior record in the 4 x 400 meter relay. The Team consisted of 16 year old high school sophomore (rising junior) Brian Herron who ran a 45.1 split on lead off, Zach Shinnich (18 yr old) (Headed to USC), the US Junior Champion who split 44.9, Sean Hooper (headed to Texas Tech) who split 45.0 and Josephus Lyles who ran anchor leg and led the team to a world record time of 3:00.33!!!. This broke the old record of 3:01.09!
damn
what happened to Tyrese Cooper? I heard he was down there, was he not selected?
What was Lyles split
something like ------Herron 45.1>>Shimick 45.1>>Hooper 44.7>>Lyles 45.4
Absolutely amazing and much more incredible than some other performances that make the Letsrun front page. Looking at the names of some USA Jr 4x4s over the years that these guys ran faster than is chilling. I have to give Lyles credit for being able to run a low 45 with no one else in sight. Keep in mind these were all high school kids. Btw, looking at the splits, I doubt they could have run any faster with Cooper and Norman on that relay...so don't get started with that.
Will 3:00.33 make the Final at Worlds?
Second fastest time in the world his year behind Texas Body and Fender
That was a freakin' time trial! Just plain sick domination.
Ben L Wrong wrote:
Video here
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0t_Ur896I6E
The lead leg is 16???? HOLY HOLY HOLY!!
I heard he decided not to try out for the junior team in the 400 and ran with the seniors at the trials, but didn't qualify. He qualified for the junior team in the 200 at the trials.
PacerG wrote:
I heard he decided not to try out for the junior team in the 400 and ran with the seniors at the trials, but didn't qualify. He qualified for the junior team in the 200 at the trials.
Turns out he wasn't needed at all.
TrackCoach wrote:
PacerG wrote:I heard he decided not to try out for the junior team in the 400 and ran with the seniors at the trials, but didn't qualify. He qualified for the junior team in the 200 at the trials.
Turns out he wasn't needed at all.
But likely would have gotten the team under 3 minutes if he was included. Oh well....
Charmander Char wrote:
TrackCoach wrote:Turns out he wasn't needed at all.
But likely would have gotten the team under 3 minutes if he was included. Oh well....
They average 45 seconds, could Cooper and Norman have improved upon that?
TrackCoach wrote:
Charmander Char wrote:But likely would have gotten the team under 3 minutes if he was included. Oh well....
They average 45 seconds, could Cooper and Norman have improved upon that?
Norman is no longer a junior athlete...The bottom line is, had Cooper been included, he could have likely contributed a sub 45 split that may very well have gotten the team a sub 3.
Hopefully he'll be a on the 4x4 at World Juniors next year.
The Bottom line is this team average 45.08 splits
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