Ireland's great hope: 17-year old Nick Griggs does it again - SMASHES Euro U20 indoor mile record - 3:56.40

awesome

That idiot is an Olympic semi finalist and 3.53 miler. What are you?

To go from 3:43.7 1500m to 3:56.40 mile is a huge improvement, about six seconds. The kid has got a great future. 3:56.4/7:57 compares well to Sahlman's 3:58 winning/probably mid 7:50s but a year older.

I noticed that too, no doubt.

Being an Olympic semi-finalist and 3:53 miler doesn't disqualify you from being an idiot. I'm not calling him an idiot, but it was a p*ssy move.

You cant be serious

Actually wrong info on my end, I didn't verify it was actually him. Apparently his official PB is 2:00 from last year!

Great running by the 17 year old Griggs, but I've no problem with what Coscoran did to win . . . Griggs drafted off of him the whole race and I don't see why Coscoran was obliged to let him go by easily in the last 50m. I'm sure Coscoran was happy with the win and I'm sure that Griggs was happy with his 3:56 mile.

Griggs was # 3 Irish runner in the Euro under 20 cross meet this past December.

Jakob won the whole thing when he was 16 (and 17, 18, and 19).

Just some perspective

3:56 at 17. Very Ryun-esque! Cram too.

If that was him around 4th or 5th, it was more like 1:49 (winner was 1:46).

Griggs was sick before the Euro under 20's. He still ran for the team. His performance did not reflect his ability.

Wow. If he's able to compete that well with Coscoran, then he could just go pro in the outdoor season. It would be nice to see him compete with others at his own level in the NCAA though.

“That idiot is an Olympic semi finalist and 3.53 miler. What are you?“

Actually a 4:06 guy back in the day, but you could clearly see he swung wide in the straight to block his acceleration at the end. It’s a total lame ass move and not very honest. The kids amazing but a “if I can’t hold him off, I’ll cut him off strategy” is total BS!!!

Did not know that.