Just checked out the Oregon Track and Field page and found out that Cooper Teare, Cole Hocker, James West and Matt Wisner will attempt to break the 4x 1 Mile world record set by Ireland (15:49.08) which is equivalent to a 3:57 average per mile. They are calling all potential 4x1 teams to challenge them for this event! Everyone is hoping for the Newberry Park squad to enter! What’re y’all’s thoughts? Is there a realistic squad of 4 that can beat the Oregon 4 right now in this event, also, will they break the record??
I guess great time but missing the world best has to fall on cole since i had never even heard of the other two before this event was announced so wouldn't expect then to be positive contributors
Give me a fXDing break. I feel like I just got stood up for the prom. jfk. I don't really care but that was pathetic. Grow some balls and go to Penn next week and compete, you pack of losers!
Look at what all 4 Irish runners' PRs were and the time they ended up running. 4xMile relay is extremely difficult. "Duck Track Club" will have to work to break 16. It will be impressive, but a WR (or world best) is no shoe-in.
The announcers say it's hard to get a 4 x mile split. It's tno that hard. They went out super hard on the first leg. Held on for 3:59 which is good. The record is history now.
People consistently underestimate how hard it is to run a mile near your PR pace without anyone else to run against. First leg had the easiest job. There is a reason that 4 Irish milers with PRs adding up to 15:28 ran "only" 15:49. It's a darn hard race. Oregon disrespected the sport thinking they could waltz their way to a WR, and they got burned for it!
So hard to judge runners whe they're running alone and not fresh. Granted, both Cole & Cooper did pacing work yesterday (Cole ran 1200 of the 1500) and Cooper did about 3K of the 5K. Maybe Cole's stint affected him more. I'm sure they're looking at it as a fun thing to do.
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