I stand corrected, then. That’s not the case where I live where the year is January-December, not September-August.
My broader point is, Flatt is good enough to move from the kiddie pool. He made semis and has never run rounds before and almost made finals. It’s silly at this point to keep hyping up a high school record. The greats compete on the big stage.
Because accomplishments are so much more meaningful when they are the result of the whole world bending over backwards to accommodate you.
That’s how privileged Brojos think life works.
Indisputable. This thread is says A LOT about RoJos beliefs about what is important, what should be rewarded, who deserves special treatment, when rules should be bent and when they should be maintained. Underlying it all is a selfish, casually xenophobic, wildly inconsistent worldview.
He effectively calls Christian Coleman a p*ssy for using his auto, he gets giddy when Richardson flops. When his precious little boy shows his mortality for the 3rd time this summer, massive external intervention is needed to time trial this guy to a record to technically make the world look more like RoJo's imagined reality.
Speaking from my own family, my mom and I turned 19 between freshman and sophomore year, my dad turned 19 first semester of sophomore year, and my brother turned 19 the second semester of freshman year. We all conformed to the standard age cutoffs.
Cade is a full year older than a high schooler should be, if not more. And he’s nowhere in the same category as recent legit stars at 19 or younger (Mu, Hodgkinson, Knighton, Mondo, Jakob all had way way better accolades than making a USATF semi-final and almost breaking a US HS record in a time that is routinely beat by Africans and Europeans of that age, as well as some Americans who happened to graduate HS when they were supposed to).
Speaking from my own family, my mom and I turned 19 between freshman and sophomore year, my dad turned 19 first semester of sophomore year, and my brother turned 19 the second semester of freshman year. We all conformed to the standard age cutoffs.
Cade is a full year older than a high schooler should be, if not more. And he’s nowhere in the same category as recent legit stars at 19 or younger (Mu, Hodgkinson, Knighton, Mondo, Jakob all had way way better accolades than making a USATF semi-final and almost breaking a US HS record in a time that is routinely beat by Africans and Europeans of that age, as well as some Americans who happened to graduate HS when they were supposed to).
He’s not more than a year older than the average high school senior. Repeating a lie over and over doesn’t make it true.
Cade Flatt is the same age as Colin Sahlman. Both were born in 2003 and only five months apart. Like Flatt this year was Sahlman's last chance to run U20s.
Indisputable. This thread is says A LOT about RoJos beliefs about what is important, what should be rewarded, who deserves special treatment, when rules should be bent and when they should be maintained. Underlying it all is a selfish, casually xenophobic, wildly inconsistent worldview.
He effectively calls Christian Coleman a p*ssy for using his auto, he gets giddy when Richardson flops. When his precious little boy shows his mortality for the 3rd time this summer, massive external intervention is needed to time trial this guy to a record to technically make the world look more like RoJo's imagined reality.
I say No!!! He did not make it. Michael Granvilles record lives on. If you play the lottery and are a number off they are not going to redraw until you win are they? Besides he had ample opportunities to beat the record and he wasn't good enough to get it done!
Do you rather have him come out here and get a rabbit is truly fix this this time then I’m having the wear with all to be actually able to do it in a real race? That is silly secondly make the final then we can put you on the track thirdly he’s got a big mouth he needs to keep his shot and get a little humble he ran 150 last year at one46 this year great for him he’s not he’s not Brazier milesplit let’s run and a lot of these sites forget. This is no longer COVID. We race we don’t run time trials with rabbits for records
Cade Flatt is/was a phenomenal high school 800m runner, but you’ve got to think he’ll regret not getting that record for a very very long time.
No matter what level you’re at, you have to go after it sooner than later if you have the fitness. (Unless you’re an absolute superstar like Bolt) Jager should have tried to get under 8:00 soon after he fell. WVN under 43. etc…. It just only lasts for so long and you may never get it back again.
*alan Webb ran his fastest 800m, 1500m, and mile all within less than a month
It’s silly at this point to keep hyping up a high school record. The greats compete on the big stage.
What are you talking about? Flatt himself is the one hyping up breaking the high school record.
Yes, but Flatt is young and is trying to hype himself up and get attention. I don’t begrudge him that - any attention on track is good, especially since people keep complaining about how there’s no fans. It’s pretty much only this board that cares about Flatt - the idea that the broader track world thinks he’s this huge star is silly- but still, a few hundred more people following races is never a bad thing. But just because someone hypes themselves doesn’t mean the rest of us have to go along with it. We can have some perspective.
If Flatt is still acting like this in a few years it will be annoying and immature but he’s young and I don’t mind a young athlete making big claims and going for it and running under pressure.
The NCAA recently took advantage of the 9 lane track and ran 9 in their final a few weeks ago. USATF, which has never been to be known to be on the cutting edge of innovation, only has the final as scheduled for 8. Cade Flatt is 9th. Put him in the final.
Either that. Or let him run an exhibition 5 minutes before it. I'll pay $2,000 to a pro to take him through 600.
Please do something creative.
Or should we wait until after the final and have Sowinski rabbit him like 2 hours later?
I think it's time to consider bringing 10-12 to the final for Nationals, Worlds and Olympics. They do it in the Diamond League. The "slower" seeded finalists (lanes 1, 8, and maybe 2,7) can have two in the lane.
Granville turned 19 his sophomore year in college. this dude will turn 20 his freshman year. Get some perspective
Granville was 18y and 3m old when he ran 146.45.
Flatt was 18y and 11m old when he ran 1:46.51.
If accurate, that's a substantial difference and you'd have to call Cade an outlier age wise. There are few HS seniors that old. Granville was completely typical age. Still, I'm not saying Cade is so old his performance shouldn't count, just that he is, in fact, older than the vast majority.
Cade Flatt has left Oregon as a millionaire, and you clowns are arguing how old he is.
You don't understand how sponsorships, contracts, us champs racing, paid ads, or NIL deals work.
This kid has 7k IG followers, less than any of the Youngs, or Colin Sahlman. He has SOS Hydration in his bio. A google search reveals that is worth a hat and temp tattoo, a free variety pack, and a private discount club.
He is going to college now, so no pro contract.
So unless you paid him, or he won the powerball, his parents literally lost money for the experience.