High school junior Quentin Nauman 3:58.65 -- closing in 54.713!

yay marxism wrote:

RichardRider wrote:

Big Tex is going to have a say sbout that 800 record before he's done. If Nauman follows Webbs model, he needs to hang onto the dragons tail st Boweman mile. There's a lot of work to do before that. How the heck does a kid from Iowa manage those winters and produce those times? Who is training him and who is he working out with? His coach is doing a great job. I thought Webbs coach was a nerd but they had a great working relationship and he helped him tremendously. Great hs athletes dont always have equally impressive adult careers but most seem to remember Webbs hs record and not his American record. The results we are seeing lately from hs kids is just astounding.

He is being trained by his HS coach. And unlike Webb his coach is not very good. No disrespect to them but their team has no other guys under 5.

yay marxism wrote:

RichardRider wrote:

Big Tex is going to have a say sbout that 800 record before he's done. If Nauman follows Webbs model, he needs to hang onto the dragons tail st Boweman mile. There's a lot of work to do before that. How the heck does a kid from Iowa manage those winters and produce those times? Who is training him and who is he working out with? His coach is doing a great job. I thought Webbs coach was a nerd but they had a great working relationship and he helped him tremendously. Great hs athletes dont always have equally impressive adult careers but most seem to remember Webbs hs record and not his American record. The results we are seeing lately from hs kids is just astounding.

He is being trained by his HS coach. And unlike Webb his coach is not very good. No disrespect to them but their team has no other guys under 5.

zcxvzxcv wrote:

From watching the race, I see that Nauman made a strong move to take the lead around 270m to go, and closed in just under 27, but he faced a very strong challenge from Tostenson most of the way down the homestretch until the latter faded a bit at the end. Since Powell was able to handle Tostenson by a bit, I think he can also handle Nauman this year. Nauman ran a quadruple at states of roughly 8:55 (55 close), 1:47 800m split, 1:49 800m, and 3:59.6 1600m, so I think it's clear he has both the speed and the strength to handle rounds and longer distances. Juniors like this don't come around often and there's no guarantee he'll be faster next year but the odds are that he'll be contesting for national records. I think he'll be under the current 800m record next year if not this year but the new record will be out of reach in the 1:44s.