No, it was normal. The age cutoff was like November 1. If you were 19 and still in high school, it would be an embarrassment. But times have surely changed.
What year did you graduate? I turned 18 in October of my senior year, and all of my friends with fall birthdays also turned 18 while they were seniors in high school. Entering college before turning 18 is almost unheard of now.
Sarah Disanza from Wisconsin has the US 19 and under 5000 meter record. She ran 15:20 in December at BU following her sophomore of cross-country at the College level. NINETEEN YEARS OLD AND A SOPHOMORE IN COLLEGE.
Sarah Disanza from Wisconsin has the US 19 and under 5000 meter record. She ran 15:20 in December at BU following her sophomore of cross-country at the College level. NINETEEN YEARS OLD AND A SOPHOMORE IN COLLEGE.
So what's your point? Do you want Natalie Cook to stop running until she gets to college?
She ran 15:24 at age 18. How fast did Tuohy or any American run at age 18? she is the fastest woman of all time at her age. Now do you feel better? We don't need to mention high school. She will be the fastest U20 runner of all time. She will be the fastest NCAA runner of all time.
Is she newly 19 or has been for months. The reality is age matters at this point in a career although usually much more on the male side of the sport. 80% of my college teammates had Sept-Dec and were a year old for their grade. Think about the percentage of high schoolers who are Sept-Dec but are 18 when they graduate. Less than 10% I'm sure. Most people in the Sept-Oct birthday range turn 18 as college Freshman, not early into their senior year of high school. I know this has changed some with the popularity of Outliers. But it is crazy how much a few months of difference makes for a high school guy.
She turned 19 a few days ago, which is what prompted this discussion.
This is completely normal. I turned 19 in August, right before my freshman year of college. I had several friends in my grade that were older than me. The oldest kid in my class turned 19 in February of his senior year of high school. There were several of us that turned 19 just in April or May, right before graduating high school. None of us were ever held back. So the fact that she just turned 19 isn't out of the ordinary.
Her mother said she held her back a grade. My understanding is a lot of parents do this for a variety of reasons. She could have been a late developer, cognitively.
Kenny Bednarek turned 19 October of his senior year of high school so he wasn't eligible for U20 records during track in his senior year while Cook is.
No, it was normal. The age cutoff was like November 1. If you were 19 and still in high school, it would be an embarrassment. But times have surely changed.
What year did you graduate? I turned 18 in October of my senior year, and all of my friends with fall birthdays also turned 18 while they were seniors in high school. Entering college before turning 18 is almost unheard of now.
I was 17 when I graduated HS and turned 18 the fall of my freshman year.
interestingly enough I share a birthday with Leo Manzano, but he was born two years before me. We both graduated HS in 2004 though, when I was 17 and he was 19.
Her mother said she held her back a grade. My understanding is a lot of parents do this for a variety of reasons. She could have been a late developer, cognitively.
Can you please link to the interview where Natalie Cook's mom said that?
Her mother said she held her back a grade. My understanding is a lot of parents do this for a variety of reasons. She could have been a late developer, cognitively.
Can you please link to the interview where Natalie Cook's mom said that?
Just talk to her or Andrew. They are not invisible. The beauty of message boards.. these people are real, they will answer your questions simply. It's water under the bridge.
She must run sub 15:20 during this calendar year to get the record. Must be run in 2022. She can not turn 20 anytime during the year for it to be a record. It does not matter how old you are when you run. It has to do with how old you are on December 31st of that year. example is her 15:25 that she ran earlier this year is considered a 19 year old because that is how old she will be at years end. Her 18 year old pb would be whatever she ran in 2021.
This is crazy. I turned 18 in October of my senior year of high school... and I was old for my class. There were some September birthdays but it was pretty much unheard of if your birthday was any earlier than September you were in the grade above.
High school seniors are going to be buying beer without a fake id pretty soon!