The Tuohy and Hunter fans will be claiming that they are young until they are 30. Real fans don't care about age groups.
That's exactly right. I hate the focus on HS and College records. Same folks that care so much will crap on a 37 year old hobby jogger that wins their age group. Top performance is all that matters.
I think that another collegian, maybe Kioko, ran 13:09 this year.
That was Adrian Wildschutt from FSU actually, he ran 13:09 at Boston this indoor season. Technically only Rono, Nur, Lalang and Wikldschutt are the only collegians under 13:10.
It's difficult for me to think of a BYU athlete who has improved post-collegiately and been in the mix nationally. Jared Ward and ... ?
It doesn’t help that they’re often graduating at age 24-25 with multiple years of high-altitude training. So they might be closer to their ceilings than most guys.
There are several sprinters that made the olympics as well:
Frank Fredricks (2nd, 2nd, 2nd, 2nd, 4th), Leonard Myles-Mills, Kenneth Andam, Oluyemi Kayode (2nd in relay), Ralph Mann (world record holder-2nd), Saimoni Tamani
Super impressive but nothing more impressive than when Rono did it by himself in what I believe was a dual meet. Plus he didn’t have the spikes. That was next level running. Think about someone running 12:50 with no rabbit today.
Super impressive but nothing more impressive than when Rono did it by himself in what I believe was a dual meet. Plus he didn’t have the spikes. That was next level running. Think about someone running 12:50 with no rabbit today.
Young's performance is the most impressive thing to come out of this race, although not unexpected due to all the hype that's been building around him over the past few years.
I remember when I thought that Rupp (13:18) was fast in college. Then when I thought that Ches (13:18) was fast in College. Then when I thought that Teare ran a fast 5000m (13:12) last year…
the generational bias here is exceptional. Again, I said it was super impressive. How can you even compare this to what Rono did? If you are just looking at the time then you are clearly ignorant. Rono did it without a rabbit and in spikes that could not compare to spikes 10 years ago let alone the rockets these guys are wearing. Please someone that is down turning my comment give me a rational explanation. How was this more impressive than what Rono did? Try to do some research rather than just spitting nonsensical information.
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