Stop hyping up Newbury Park so much

Remember they had to fly across country which is not easy, especially west to east.

During the race they were lapping runners by the beginning of the second leg.

I'm sure they could get under 16:15 with perfect conditions and some competition, but today just wasn't it.

I guess Colin Sahlman beat the OP the other week

Is it really over hyping if the show up, run, run the amazing times, and win? Until they start running slow and losing, haters are just haters!

I hope they continue to run fast, but I’m not going fan boy them!

The brother just said they are going after the NCAA record of 16:03. Why doesn’t he shut his pie hole and stop putting those kids into the haters cross hairs? Let the kids running speak for them rather than a boastful coach. He just can’t stay out of the spotlight.

Now this is the stupidest but, but, but post on there boards.

For me, both directions is a passable meal, a couple of beers and a long nap. It’s actually very easy. If you’re referring to the time change, 3 hours is nothing at all. If they ran at night, it would feel like afternoon to them.

What if they ran at 9:30 AM Eastern time - like they did today? I have flown from the W Coast to the E Coast for work probably at least 100 times. A meeting at 6:30 in the morning CA time in the office would be rough, let alone trying to run a fast 800.

I didn’t know they ran so early, but jet lag caused Sahlman to possibly run a second or 2 slower for the 800? I’ve run before morning meetings on the east coast and although it was tough getting up, once I started running, I didn’t feel any differently.

I never said it would make him run a second or 2 slower. And it's one thing to go out for a morning run and another to try and set a PR and try and beat one of the fastest guys in the country.

We can't know how fast he would have run without the time difference. But I would say that 4:03/1:50 indoors is still a pretty good weekends work for flying across the country.

Like most HS stars in any sport, I assume the NP runners are nice, humble kids and they are not responsible for anything their coach says or does. There will never again be such a talented group of runners at one HS and it’s irrelevant what kind of a person the coach is. If people hate HS athletes, they probably hate everyone else as well.

Newbury Park has the best highschool distance squad in the history of the US, ever. That deserves a lot of hype, only a tryhard cynic would disagree.

However, I'm still disappointed by their performances this weekend. While it's amazing they beat the previous 4xmile record by over 30 seconds, everybody expected them to. I think most would agree that sub 16:20 should have been the goal based on their workouts and past performances. This isn't a knock on them at all, I just don't think they ran to their potential.

King99 doesn’t justify a response. Some people’s ability to analyze ability is simply looking at what the the final time run is.

I basically left this website a few months ago but checked back today because I saw a tweet about NCAAs. So happy I left this hell hole. You people are so negative and pathetic. Goodbye again.

Another paper tiger..lol

Learn how to analyze. Two guys have run 4:05 yards or better ONCE, its guys like you that try to project them to something they are not even close to, that skews the projections. Learn how to read a form sheet , genius.

I mostly consider indoor track to be something to do during the off-season and especially so for a 4x 1-mile. I’m really looking forward to see how fast they run this Spring when it matters the most.

Ok ok, I'll stop. My bad

Guys its two families.

It must feel nice being a grown adult complaining anonymously about how "overrated" the fastest HS runners in the country are, huh?

Anyone flying from LA to NYC just has to start getting used to the 3 hour time difference BEFORE they leave California.

6 days before flying set your alarm 30 minutes earlier each day, and go to bed 30 minutes earlier each day. In 6 days you are 3 hours ahead of California time, which means you are exactly on New York time, before you even arrive in New York.

It's very easy to do, but most people don't even think about doing it.