WHAT IS YOUR HIGHSCHOOL MILE PROGRESSION?

9th 4:40

10th 4:41 (mostly ran the 800 m)

11th 4:22.55

12th hurt

1st college season 4:18

9th 5:18 (split from XC, didn't run track)

10th 5:04 (split from XC, didn't run track)

11th 4:40

12th 4:32

NCAA

Frosh 4:29 (4:11 1500)

Senior 4:25

Was a 5K & 10K guy

9th grade- 4:15.71, just outkicking last year's NCAA outdoor 1500 champ Leonel Manzano

10th- 4:13.42

11th- 4:08.87, but was in the same District and lost to Magness and Stanley when they ran 4:01 and 4:03 respectively.

12th- 4:09.60

9th - 5:47

10th - 5:00

11th - Expelled

9th - 5:42

10th - 5:26

11th - ? (may have run 5:08)

12th - 4:28

9th-11th: didn't run the mile

12th: 4:27. my one and only mile race in HS

9th: 5:58

10th: 5:35

11th: 5:18

12th 5:07

Freshman: 4:42

Sophomore: 4:28

Junior: 4:27

Senior: 4:25

This is great. About 98% of people on the thread were 4:10-4:20 milers in HS. I am smelling the noxious odor of cow dung and it is wafting from this thread....

1500m prog:

Frosh: 4:07

Soph: 3:55

Jun: 3:50

Sen: still to come.......

Is this MJ????---i know its you sucka

4:55

4:44

4:31

4:30

amused wrote:

This is great. About 98% of people on the thread were 4:10-4:20 milers in HS. I am smelling the noxious odor of cow dung and it is wafting from this thread....

I don't think people are BS'ing. Here's what I think happened: the first couple of posters had impressive mile PRs. After that standard was established, everyone who didn't break 4:40 for the mile in High School was too embarassed to post. Obviously, there are a lot more 4:50 milers around than there are 4:20 miles. But only the faster ones are posting.

7th grade 9:27 (5' 1" 125 lbs)

8th grade (started PE running when PE involved PHYSICAL Ed.) 8:36 down to 6:12

9th grade 5:29

10th 5:09

11th 4:52

12th 4:40 (5' 9" 125 lbs)

(all of these were on yards tracks = 1 full mile)

College, 4:09 1500, then was convinced I was not a college athlete! lol.

I do not think that most of these are unrealistic, particularly with guys. GUys mature physically over the course of high school. Big growth spurts, more testosterone, etc.

I figure a 5:00 freshie is about 4:35 on general progession, A 4:50 is a sub 4;30 generally, and if you are running 4:45 as a freshmen( particualrly if this is your first year of real running) then you are hauling %#$ and could easily be in the 4:15- 4;20 range.

Of course you are going to have your boys that hit puberty on their 3rd birthday and were shaving in Kindergarten, and their progression won't be as great, but a kid who is a late bloomer can easily go from 4:50 - 4:20 by graduation.

As for me:

9th 5:06

10th 4:50 did not break 5 until last race of season.

11th 4:50

12th 4:33

College 4:20 - what a great number eh. ran it my senior year.

9- 5:02

10- 4:50

11- injured, hobbled out a 5:12

12- not going to race this year

9th- 5:36

10th- 5:21

11th- 4:57

12th(as of xc tt)- 4:43

9th 6:35

10th 6:00

11th 4:54

12th 4:31

didnt start running XC until my junior year and i ran track as a sprinter before that.

Freshman: cross-5:35, track-4:37

Sophomore: 4:28

Junior: 4:34

Senior: 4:27

Didn't race the mile fresh very much during my last two years. Two mile progression went 10:29, 9:55, 9:38, 9:32.

Alan