He's 18 and turns 19 sometime later this year. Many of the distance records were set in races with professional and college athletes, Webb's 3:53.43 at Prefontaine, Verzbicas's 8:29 at Prefontaine, and Rupp's 13:37. I like the kid; he's brash and backs it up. I see this record going down Friday night. And it would be great to see him race Sumner, who's even faster in the 400m, next month.
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"I've been chasing ghosts in practice. Michael Granville has been out in front of me and in the lane beside me, each workout rep every day. I'm ready. I've been doing some crazy things at crazy paces in practice and I'm outworking greatness to be greater."
Kid is a walking quote.
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89 steps wrote:
erfgFr wrote:
Once you graduate, you are no longer in HS.
In Minnesota, our state meet is the second week of June, most seniors have graduated by the time they run the state meet.
Same with Ohio. Most high schools have already had graduation ceremony at least a week or more prior to the state meet.
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Fun story, he's 18 though.
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I really like this kid:
"But then again I'm still going out there as a threat and as a dangerous man, like always. I'm not scared of anybody at any level. I have to go out there and stay out of trouble, but I’ll bring some trouble if I have to."
18 years old and he's already one of the most interesting people in the sport
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Come on, how many people in Kentucky really know how old they are?
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SalAL wrote:
Come on, how many people in Kentucky really know how old they are?
you must be living in your parents basement
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89 steps wrote:
erfgFr wrote:
Once you graduate, you are no longer in HS.
In Minnesota, our state meet is the second week of June, most seniors have graduated by the time they run the state meet.
God I wish we did this in Colorado. Snow and freezing rain on tap for our state championships this Friday and Saturday.
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Conference room wrote:
I would have a hard time giving equal rank to a HS record set by a 19 year old. For decades, the norm for hs competition was to age people out once they turned 19. About 10-15 years ago, a lot of states relaxed these age restrictions.
When Matthew Maton first broke 4 he was 19, had been kicked of his HS track team, and broke 4 in a race where everybody else was a collegiate or pro. It still went down as a sub 4 high school mile because he was enrolled in high school at the time.
I don't have anything against Maton, Flatt or other 19 year olds competing in HS but their accomplishments get an asterisk in terms of their all time high school ranking.
Cool story bro, but Flatt is 18 so STFU.
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I’d say he’ll get it. He is half a second off and half a second at those levels is like a us shrinking 2 inches in a day. He might get 1:46 low in his field on Friday. Or maybe even under 1:46 and go for 1:45’s. But for now I’ll say he may get 1:46.4-1:46.9
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I love his trash talk. Track needs an Ali. Fitting he's from Kentucky too.
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Waaaanference room wrote:
Cool story bro, but Flatt is 18 so STFU.
The IAAF says he is 19 so I believe them.
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ih8brandon wrote:
Waaaanference room wrote:
Cool story bro, but Flatt is 18 so STFU.
The IAAF says he is 19 so I believe them.
That’s because they only have his birth year not his birthday and the default calculation when the birthday is missing is based on a January 1 birthday. Perhaps you shouldn’t believe everything you read especially when it’s clearly based on missing/erroneous data.
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This kid's inbox should be overflowing with requests from agents at this point. A star in the making.
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erfgFr wrote:
Once you graduate, you are no longer in HS.
Who has the HS 5000m record?
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High hopes wrote:
I really like this kid:
"But then again I'm still going out there as a threat and as a dangerous man, like always. I'm not scared of anybody at any level. I have to go out there and stay out of trouble, but I’ll bring some trouble if I have to."
18 years old and he's already one of the most interesting people in the sport
Delusions of Grandeur
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it's 2022 y'all wrote:
he rojo, could you get erik to make it so that when we click on links it'll open a new tab instead of taking us away from this site?
Isn't that a browser setting? Or a matter of right clicking and selecting "open in new tab"?
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bop wrote:
it's 2022 y'all wrote:
he rojo, could you get erik to make it so that when we click on links it'll open a new tab instead of taking us away from this site?
Isn't that a browser setting? Or a matter of right clicking and selecting "open in new tab"?
Not entirely - there are ways to force even an ordinary click to open the link in a new tab:Usual practice is to just let people decide on their own, that's what I would recommend.
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