HS Sophomore wins state 1500 in 3:53, in his first full year of running

I know Mac Fleet ran 3:50.85 1500 / 4:08 1600 when he was a sophmore in high school.... he turned out alright.

But Mac is injured alot now.

But he looked pretty mature like this kid too though.

I dont want to take anything away from this kid.....great performance....but Im not sure this really compares to the 2008 Bernards Invitational 2 mile. IMHO this was one of the greatest feats in NJ history. I mean come on.....26 snicker bars???? thats unheard of. the kind of adversity this kid overcame is truly unparalleled.

Totally agree. I witnessed the Vermonster at Bernards and it actually inspired me to write my hit song. Ryan, here's my number, call me maybe?

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Great race and a great talent, but my MVP award goes to the guy who took it out in 2:00 and held on for 2nd. That takes courage. Check the lactic acid freeze up on his legs when he finishes. Good college coach can do a lot of damage with that type of athlete.

That takes stupidity. Had he applied a better strategy, he likely could have won or at least challenged for the win.

No I do not think you are taking anything away from this kid Art Stubbs. With all do respect he did not have to fight the worst side stitch ever recorded in the history of the universe. It was recorded to be 169999 times more painful than child birth and 70000069 times more painful than getting kicked in the balls. And to think this was all after eating more food than a small village would eat for centuries. What an incredible human beings. Truly will go down as one of the greatest human accomplishments of all time.

mr. stubbs,

I hope everything worked out ok in your court hearing. A belt buckle in a bad position can be quite uncomfortable. It should not be illegal to adjust your belt buckle no matter the situation.

On the matter of the state meet vs. The bernards invitational. Time will tell. That kid from bernards had been running ever since frosh cross when he gave up baseball because he was sick and tired of all the meatballs that the pitchers were throwing to him and therefore he had been running for three years before the epic performance. Only time will tell if this soph can live up to that epic performance. He certainly has the Laygspeed for it but whether or not he can gain the stregnth and mental toughness of that Bernards kid is still up for debate. As long as he can keep moving forward, not have any relapses of bad spills and buy his father a couple of trench coats he should have a career that rivals the career of that bernards kid.

There are certain moments that define our sport of track and field. I would almost certainly consider that single performance at Bernard's to be one of those moments. The fact that someone could eat 67 snicker's bars and 3 lobsters hours before their race and still put on that type of gutsy race is unreal. The only thing that could parallel that is when he same courageous individual took a spill on his layg but was still able to finish. Just inspiring stuff...

I would like to commend the kid from Bernard's for fighting through that cramp. A true American hero!

I would definitely let the kid from Bernard's put it in me.

I fear you are underselling the performance. I believe it was just a day earlier where he waled TO his graduation. Couldnt have been feeling overly good after that one...just phenomenal stuff.

Google my name and find out who i am. That kid from bernards still makes me feel insecure

Mr. Synz,

First off I am a huge fan, no pun intended ;)(or was it). Second I could not agree more with what you just stated. It is one of the moments in life that will always stay with me wherever I go. It inspires me in not just running, but in my professional and family life as well. I mean if you can tell me what is more inspiring than to eat 26 snickers bars, 54 choco tacos, 76 blue whale vaginas, 1 brown m&m, 49 illegal immigrants, 13 lbs of lobster, 21 four locos, 67 lbs of A1 steak sauce, 2 mcgriddles, 100 mcnuggets, a DQ blizzard, 69 Sandusky Blitzes, and a box of coco puffs then I will give you all of my money.

You couldn't be any more correct. Let's give credit where credit is due. The layg really must have been hurting after that one. The fact that he touched it out is amazing

He walked TO his graduation!!? Man and I thought I had courage but apparently I was wrong. We all need to learn from his performance, I know I do.

I could have sworn it was 50 illegal immigrants but I could be wrong

Mr. President, do you happen to know when the statue commemorating this phenomenal performance will be done!? I heard rumors it might take centuries to build because of the lack of marble for the chin. I hope that is false though. I would be willing to pay more taxes to get this done soon.

O my, I do apologize for the lack of inaccuracy on the illegal immigrants fact. You are right. The records show that is was 50 illegal immigrants. Thank you for clarifying.

We have already started the preliminary plans on the statue. Unfortunately we will have to cut defense spending in order to pay for the copious amount of marble to sculpt such a chin. Fortunately I believe most people will accept this...I mean he did eat 28 racks of ribs before the race

3:53 for 1500 is good but come on... 1012 with a spilled layg...unreal stuff!