Does anyone know why Oklahoma phoenominon Isai Rodriguez never ran track?

I been monitoring this young man for a long time now, i was wondered the same thing myself. He remains the only hs runner from Oklahoma to run a 14xx on a certified xc course. Pretty strange he never ran track. He also hasn't logged into his Facebook for over 3 years now.

Another okie dokie wrote:

I been monitoring this young man for a long time now, i was wondered the same thing myself. He remains the only hs runner from Oklahoma to run a 14xx on a certified xc course. Pretty strange he never ran track. He also hasn't logged into his Facebook for over 3 years now.

Interesting. Maybe didn't qualify for college, so has to make a living, and has a family, or maybe been swallowed by his cultures negative side.

Pretty tough conditions out there- i.e. extremely poor economy. Many times, when people get out of their routine environment- i.e. high school, they fall away to other temptations. It might be just as simple as not having good enough grades for college, and he took a job at the local plant. Maybe his girlfriend got pregnant? Maybe he was just burned out. Very gifted athlete, however. Lomega HS is just below 1200ft altitude, btw. That is, if we're talking about the one in Kingfisher County. I don't know of any others though. Best small school xc runner by far.

1. He moved on with his life

Or

2. He hated running in circles and now just runs easy miles in the dusty "high plains" as you so eloquently put it. He looks really lightweight and flexible. Just another kid with a perfect body for running who didn't reach his full potential.

And yes, you must cross cross into Texas or the panhandle to go up in elevation. But you are correct that his area is half as dry as the rest of Oklahoma.

Pretty tough conditions out there- i.e. extremely poor economy. Many times, when people get out of their routine environment- i.e. high school, they fall away to other temptations. It might be just as simple as not having good enough grades for college, and he took a job at the local plant. Maybe his girlfriend got pregnant? Maybe he was just burned out. Very gifted athlete, however. Lomega HS is just below 1200ft altitude, btw. That is, if we're talking about the one in Kingfisher County. I don't know of any others though. Best small school xc runner by far.

He went to Ringwood in Major County. It’s west of Enid. Around 1300 feet elevation. It’s not near as far west as Guymon or Amarillo.

He ran track in high school as well. Set the 3200 state record as a sophomore I believe. But I assume people here on LRC mean why he didn’t run at OK State where he was on scholarship. At least originally before he vanished.

I don't know what you white people are looking at, but he is at Oklahoma State, running.

He did run track freshman through junior year, but from what I recall he got injured before his senior track season

side note- he also played basketball for ringwood despite being 5'8

He was injured last season. I think it was something in his hip, maybe a fracture.

Chief Squanto wrote:

I don't know what you white people are looking at, but he is at Oklahoma State, running.

Sheesh, more fake news, its getting like CNN here.

If anyone here actually looked at college results, they would see that he ran unntached for Osu in a meet at Arkansas a month ago.

He currently a Freshman at Oklahoma State on the xc and Track team. He ran track in high school all through out high school. His Sophmore year he broke the 3200m record then broke his own record in the 3200m his junior year by more than 10 seconds. Also during his junior he broke the 1600m record i was there when he did it. You can actually watch it here http://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/ossaa/306e15dde9 it starts at the 2:34:00 minute mark. He didn't run track his senior year because he broke his leg during a basketball game that year.

Isai definitely did not break state records for Oklahoma, except small class state records.

Was he the most talented guy to come out of Oklahoma in the last couple decades? Absolutely and by a light year. Our state has seen state records lately, and seen the mile record he broken 3 times in 3 years. Which was broken by Bryce Balensiefen, Ben Barett & Zach Black. The last kid that got it, and his current record will not be beaten anytime soon. It’s not easy running fast in Oklahoma with our weather. Most our meets are not fast distance meets that other states will set up in the evening.

Isai kid ran sub 15.30 his very first year to run xc as a sophomore, and had next to no training. People tend to exaggerate to get a point across, but this is no exaggeration. He started that season running 18’s, and just exploded. The high school he came from has their basketball coach as their cross country. Great gal, but doesn’t know anything.

The problem Isai has is he’s extremely fragile with staying healthy. OSU is far the right college for the young man, as OSU has not developed an Oklahoma Distance kid since the 90’s when Coach Richard Weis was there. OSU is a place where talent goes, but seems to get stuck in the party culture. I presume that’s it, as there is no plausible explanation for why our state’s talent disappears at OSU. I suppose it can also be bad coaching, but I tend to believe it’s the party culture of Stillwater, as I’ve witnessed growing up 50 minutes down the road from Stillwater. If you’re environment is bad, one is likely to suffer.

He ran 14:03 in a 5k last time I checked.

Sounds like you didn't think it was a good idea to proofread your post before hitting submit?

Most of what you wrote is accurate and I concur. Overall, small school kids in oklahoma are more impressive than large school kids. Small schools gave the Indian and Mexican culture and that's all they do is run. Large school you just have your middle class white kids who go home to a nice sit down dinner with mom and dad and eat mashed poratoes and gravy, and the only other kids on the team are inner city blacks who only care abour sprinting. But in terms of comparison to other states, Oklahoma small school is on par and Oklahoma 6a is way behind times.

the430miler wrote:

[quote]Reality checka wrote:

in terms of comparison to other states, Oklahoma small school is on par and Oklahoma 6a is way behind times.

It's true but IT STILL HURTS lol.

He ran today!!!

Good grief 4th overall at NCAA XC today.... Stunning run wow. Kid might be the most talented guy in the NCAA. Imagine if all the pieces continue clicking for the kid...