malmo wrote:
What Else wrote:picture, it actually looks like a really nice facility. 13:41 on a flat track. That's unheard of today in our "Oversized or nothing" collegiate track world. Lots of respect to Sammy and his coach for not flying across the country, but instead racing right at home on a real flat 200m track.
Hyperbole alert.
Chelanga is 25 years old, almost 26. He has run 13:19 and 27:08. 13:41 is unheard of? WTF? 35 years ago we had a guy on my team run 13:46 on a flat 200 track. He wasn't 25, and he didn't have 13:19/27:08 credentials. Even then we didn't think it was anything special other than being a school record.
Reality check.
I think he was saying that running on a "regulation" track instead of an oversized one was unheard of. I pass no judgment on that statement one way or the other.