Worst all time state boys High School 3200m record?

Wow. That is an amazing time. I wonder if anyone else has heard of this Alaskan kid. What is he doing now?

Sorry for inadvertently posting a couple of times that had already been posted by others. No offense intended. I just got caught up in trying to track these numbers down and did not stop to check back for what others had already come up with.

My bad.

Noticed on the Hawaii list that Shane Victorino (playing in Fenway in 2013) holds the state meet 100m record.

His time: 10.80

That 9:25 might be the in-state record for Wyoming (and likely set at altitude) but there have definitely been Wyoming HSers under 9:10. Robinson ran 9:07 for the 3200 back in 08 (http://www.goldenwestinvitational.org/data/results/results2008.html).

gillette WY wrote:

That 9:25 might be the in-state record for Wyoming (and likely set at altitude) but there have definitely been Wyoming HSers under 9:10. Robinson ran 9:07 for the 3200 back in 08 (http://www.goldenwestinvitational.org/data/results/results2008.html).

The state record that Wyoming keeps track of is for the state meet only I believe. So 9:25 is the fastest run at the state meet.

Does Golden West count for state records? In my state a record won't be counted if it is run after the state meet like Golden West is, even if the runner isn't a senior.

Here is a list that I made of the fastest high school 2 mile times by state (that I found with a legit cite). Some notes (others below):

i = indoor

+ = converted from 3200, with one exception (the actual time is included)

? = old time, and not sure if it imperial, metric, converted or what

IL: 8:29.46 Lukas Verzbicas 2011

CA: 8:34.40 German Fernandez 2008

WA: 8:40.0i Gerry Lindgren 1964

OR: 8:41.5 Steve Prefontaine 1969

MD: 8:41.55 Matthew Centrowitz 2007

NJ: 8:42.66i Edward Cheserek 2011

OH: 8:44.0 Alan Scharsu 1978

MI: 8:44.40+ Dathan Ritzenhein 2000 (8:41.10 @3200)

VA: 8:45.19i Alan Webb 2001

NM: 8:45.44 Shadrack Kiptoo 2004

MN: 8:46.12 Elliott Heath 2007

UT: 8:46.41 Luke Puskedra 2008

WI: 8:46.44+ Chris Solinsky 2003 (8:43.24 @3200)

KS: 8:46.99 Brent Steiner 1979

TX: 8:47.07 Colby Lowe 2008

CO: 8:48.80+ Brent Vaughn 2003 (8:45.60 @3200)

MA: 8:49.60i Franklyn Sanchez 1999

AK: 8:49.79 Trevor Dunbar 2009

TN: 8:49.87 Andrew Bumbalough 2004

NY: 8:50.7 John Gregorek 1978

IN: 8:50.82+ Futsum Zeinasellassie 2012 (8:47.75 @3200)

AZ: 8:51.32+ Bernie Montoya 2012 (8:48.25 @3200)

KY: 8:51.59+ Bobby Curtis 2003 (8:48.39 @3200)

WV: 8:52.6 Jeff Adkins 1979

PA: 8:52.77 Paul Springer 2007

NC: 8:52.84+ Jake Hurysz 2010 (8:49.76 @3200)

NV: 8:52.87 Wade Meddles 2010

FL: 8:53.0 Brett Hoffman 1977

LA: 8:53.6 Bobby Beck 1979

ND: 8:54.32+ Jake Leingang 2012 (8:51.23 @3200)

GA: 8:55.86 Tyler Anyan 2010

IA: 8:55.9 Jim Eicken 1975

CT: 8:56.35 Donald Cabral 2008

MO: 8:56.99+ Matt Tegenkamp 2000 (8:53.79 @3200)

MT: 8:58.35+ Zach Perrin 2012 (8:55.24 @3200)

ID: 8:58.39+ Dallin Farnsworth 2012 (8:55.39 @3200)

NE: 8:58.95 Colby Wissel 2004

SC: 8:59.48+ Ernie Shephard 1988 (8:56.09 @3200)

SD: 8:59.57 Erik Grumstrup 2001

NH: 9:02.63+ Aaron Watanabe 2010 (8:59.43 @3200)

RI: 9:02.93 Andrew Springer 2009

VT: 9:03.39+ William (Mint) Henk 2002 (8:24.52 @3000)

DE: 9:03.81+ Sam Parsons 2012 (9:00.61 @3200)

ME: 9:06.17i Louis Luchini 1999

AL: 9:06.87+ Scott Fuqua 2001 (9:03.67 @3200)

WY: 9:07.79 Dominick Robinson 2007

AR: 9:12.8+ Brian Baker 1989 (9:09.8 @3200)

MS: 9:22.11+ Jake Raines 2002 (9:18.91 @3200)

HI: 9:24.0+? Steve Ferber 1973 (9:20.8 @3200?)

OK: 9:25.80+? Mike Bilyeu 1983 (9:22.60 @3200?)

--I couldn't find any 2 mile or 3200 times for Vermont, so I used a 3000 time.

--Someone pointed out a faster Iowa time, but I can't find other evidence of that, so I am skeptical.

--Feel free to give corrections, but include a legit cite.

IA: IHSAA Record Book showing Jim Eicken with an 8:52.0 (presumably two-mile) in 1975 (p. 6)

https://www.iahsaa.org/track/2012_Track_Stat.pdf

OK: OSSAA Track Manual listing someone named "Thatcher" as the 6A state meet record holder at 3200 with 9:08.7 in 1982 (p. 10)--unclear whether this is has been converted from a two-mile time.

http://www.ossaaonline.com/docs/2012-13/Track/TK_1213_Manual.pdf

Bilyeu ran 9:22.6 at the 1983 Oklahoma state meet.

http://www.ohstrack.com/staterecords.asp

The list mentions that only in state marks are listed so it doesn't purport to be overall all time mark.

Someone above claimed a 9:08.7 for an Oklahoma runner in 1982 but didn't say who or where.

mainly in the plain wrote:

Bilyeu ran 9:22.6 at the 1983 Oklahoma state meet.

http://www.ohstrack.com/staterecords.asp

The list mentions that only in state marks are listed so it doesn't purport to be overall all time mark.

Someone above claimed a 9:08.7 for an Oklahoma runner in 1982 but didn't say who or where.

That's where I got my information. I just don't know if that was a 3200, or if they converted a 2 mile time.

The WY state meet is notoriously tactical. A bit like an Olympics final. Kickers race.

The ohstrack.com site also qualifies its records, in addition to being in-state, as being electronically-timed and metric distances. I don't think it is a coincidence that there are not performances on that site from before 1983 (when I'm guessing Oklahoma went metric and/or electronic). This might explain why the Thatcher time is not listed, since it was set in 1982.

ghostofjeffdavis wrote:

The WY state meet is notoriously tactical. A bit like an Olympics final. Kickers race.

Last year, Ricky Faure ran a 9:44 for the win, which is laughable compared to his 1:51 (800) and 4:15 (1600) PRs, as well as a cross country state title. All as a sophomore, too.

ghostofjeffdavis wrote:

The WY state meet is notoriously tactical. A bit like an Olympics final. Kickers race.

Wyoming has the smallest population and much of it is over a mile above sea level. Not surprising is has the slowest times.

chuckwalla wrote:

ghostofjeffdavis wrote:

The WY state meet is notoriously tactical. A bit like an Olympics final. Kickers race.

Wyoming has the smallest population and much of it is over a mile above sea level. Not surprising it has the slowest times.

Except it doesn't.

FWIW, Alabama's fastest time should be 9:02.49 for a full 2 mile. Scott Fuqua ran that in 02 at the Mobile Meet of Champs which is hosted at my high school. He ran 9:03 at the same meet for 3200 his junior year so that's probably the time you used for your conversion.

Here's a link to the results...

Should be noted wrote:

chuckwalla wrote:

Wyoming has the smallest population and much of it is over a mile above sea level. Not surprising it has the slowest times.

Except it doesn't.

Think he was talking about times at their state meet, not the best times to come from WY kids.

For best times, refer to mcgato's post... that looks pretty complete to me - I didn't notice anything off.

Also, noticed an error on Mississippi's best time. Jake Raines ran 9:07.62 in the same race that Fuqua ran 9:02.

Plenty of guys will come on here and rip you for how you were wrong, but props for compiling this (even if you just pulled it from somewhere else).

The list would look somewhat different if the mark had to be on state soil.