tzzy03 wrote:
Surprised no one has leaked this yet, considering how quickly it has been spreading through Eugene and surrounding area. I am a high school coach in nearby Marcola, OR and a buddy of mine on staff at U of O texted me this earlier today...
Hmm. If you are a high school coach in Oregon, then why are you posting from Illinios? And then why are you replying to your own post under a different handle - writing boht as tzzy03 and yoyo90 .
Even though you are a troll, I'll address your argument.
tzzy03 wrote:
Hope the running world is ready for someone of this talent..
Let's don't get carried away here. I'm happy to see Cheserek is doing well. The only thing that bothers me is is 100% don't believe he should hold any US HS records due to questions about his age. Well not even questions. By his own admission he was at least 19 in February of his senior year. If you are 19, you should be in college.
But now he's listed as being 24. Do you think the World hasn't seen a sub-3:50 miler at 24? You think that's unprecedented. Really?
It's only making big waves because it's indoors. In my mind, indoors is probably almost just as fast as outdoors for the mile. There is zero wind. Temp is 70.
Anyways, 3:50 is equivalent to 3:32.9 for 1500. Last year, there were 12 men that broke 3:33 for 1500 and 5 of them were younger than Cheserek who was born in 1994 - Timothy Cheriyot (3:29.10, born in 1995), Ronald Kwemoi\ (3:30.89 born in 1995) , Charles Simotwo (3:32.59, born in 1995) , Yomif Kejelcha (3:32.04, born in 97), Justus Soget (3:32.97, born in 99).
Kejelcha's listed age is 3.5 years younger than Ches.
When Caleb Ndiku was Cheserek's age, he had already run 3:29.50 in the 1500, 12:59 in the 5000 and won World Championship silver in the 5000.
So yes, I think the world is ready for someone of his talent. It's running on the DL circuit every single year but your Western bias has prevented you from appreciating it.
Don't misunderstand me. Cheserek is a beast and it's great that Americans are paying attention to a Kenyan talent and recognizing it as being something special - it's just sad that they have to go to school over her (and enjoy all the advantages of the Western world) to be properly appreciated.