Yeah, but Flatt is the same age as many college sophomores. It’s great that the attempt at breaking the high school record motivated him to run fast and he gave great efforts, but if he wants a record he should be going for the World Under 20 which is the actual standard for young runners. It’s time to let the high school thing go and focus on bigger things. Why at this point we should think breaking a high school record is important enough to bend the rules is beyond me - as I said, Mu was a double Olympic gold medalist and AR holder at his age. He’s an excellent young runner but let’s get some perspective on this high school record and its relative worth and stop hyping it up so much.
Yeah, but Flatt is the same age as many college sophomores. It’s great that the attempt at breaking the high school record motivated him to run fast and he gave great efforts, but if he wants a record he should be going for the World Under 20 which is the actual standard for young runners. It’s time to let the high school thing go and focus on bigger things. Why at this point we should think breaking a high school record is important enough to bend the rules is beyond me - as I said, Mu was a double Olympic gold medalist and AR holder at his age. He’s an excellent young runner but let’s get some perspective on this high school record and its relative worth and stop hyping it up so much.
This.
The U20 800m final Is today. There were no qualifying heats. Let him into that race.
The NCAA recently took advantage of the 9 lane track and ran 9 in their final a few weeks ago. USATF, which has never been to be known to be on the cutting edge of innovation, only has the final as scheduled for 8. Cade Flatt is 9th. Put him in the final.
Either that. Or let him run an exhibition 5 minutes before it. I'll pay $2,000 to a pro to take him through 600.
Please do something creative.
Or should we wait until after the final and have Sowinski rabbit him like 2 hours later?
Creative thinking by Rojo. A good idea to promote young talent in the sport. You have alot of good posts. With regard to Cade he is young and while I don't listen to his interviews he does know how to compete well and he has many very fast 800m times.
This makes ZERO sense and it would only serve to reward a kid who already thinks he walks on water. Maybe he will up his mileage to 6 after being humbled.
Upping his mileage to 6? Are you crazy? That's a huge percentage jump! A foolhardy suggestion like that can only result in stress fractures, eating disorders, and career-ending burnout. How dare you!?!*
There are no college sophomores who qualify for U20 and only about 1/2 of college freshmen qualify.
If your birthday is between September and the end of December - which is 1/4 of people - you graduate high school at 17, turn 18 in your first semester of college, start your sophomore year and turn 19 in your first semester and are 19 for the year. Now, maybe some people’s parents hold them back a year if they have a late birthday; but that’s actually the usual schedule for people who begin school at the expected time.
There are no college sophomores who qualify for U20 and only about 1/2 of college freshmen qualify.
If your birthday is between September and the end of December - which is 1/4 of people - you graduate high school at 17, turn 18 in your first semester of college, start your sophomore year and turn 19 in your first semester and are 19 for the year. Now, maybe some people’s parents hold them back a year if they have a late birthday; but that’s actually the usual schedule for people who begin school at the expected time.
In a small minority of states this is true. In the majority of states, students with birthdays after August 31st must be 5 to start kindergarten. Cade with a May birthday could have graduated last year in all states.
Yeah, but Flatt is the same age as many college sophomores. It’s great that the attempt at breaking the high school record motivated him to run fast and he gave great efforts, but if he wants a record he should be going for the World Under 20 which is the actual standard for young runners. It’s time to let the high school thing go and focus on bigger things. Why at this point we should think breaking a high school record is important enough to bend the rules is beyond me - as I said, Mu was a double Olympic gold medalist and AR holder at his age. He’s an excellent young runner but let’s get some perspective on this high school record and its relative worth and stop hyping it up so much.
It would be extremely rare for a college sophomore to be only 19 years and one month old while racing outdoor track.
There are no college sophomores who qualify for U20 and only about 1/2 of college freshmen qualify.
If your birthday is between September and the end of December - which is 1/4 of people - you graduate high school at 17, turn 18 in your first semester of college, start your sophomore year and turn 19 in your first semester and are 19 for the year. Now, maybe some people’s parents hold them back a year if they have a late birthday; but that’s actually the usual schedule for people who begin school at the expected time.
This is just false. For the majority of people with September - December birthdays, they turn 18 at the start of their senior year in high school, not their freshman year of college. That’s not “being held back”, that’s per state guidelines.