Official NON High School Boys Dream Mile Thread - Race at 4:29pm eastern

Birnbaum is for real! After seeing his race against the pros on Friday night and this one, he could become the best American miler ever. Our 1500 squad for LA28 could be unreal!

And he really likes "the guy with the thighs" ha ha

Birnbaum really is just better than the rest. This has gotta be the greatest week for a high schooler ever.

Breathright™ strips are elite these days

Commentator was a bit of a gimp. Burnbow had twin peaks in his pocket.

Maybe he could have, but with the way he looked and how far he hung back I think he may have been a little fatigued. It seems like allowing him to run 3:06 through 3/4 and still be in it made it easier for him to rally and repeat one more time what he’s been doing all spring. Leo should have gone from further out IMO.

NOW the rain stops and the sun comes out. Why couldn't that have happened in time for the boys championships mile?

Reminds me of Deno

To add, I love that this kid did so much successful racing during the week. What a great simulation of running rounds at a major championship. Birnbaum already has that strength while still developing. Let's hope that Schumacher can turn him into a world beater!

He did look fatigued. It was an opportunity for Leo to win, but Leo didn't look fantastic either. Sometimes the rain takes it our of everyone. And all of them looked a bit more nervous than usual on the start.

Birnbaum is interesting. Smartly coached. Some limitations imposed by the South Dakota winters in terms of training, imposing less readiness for indoor, probably making for a later peak in the year, and leaving a lot on the table for increased training as a collegiate. Feels like there is lots of room for him to get better.

freaks of ANAEROBIC ability? Get these guys out of here!

Such a shame we couldn’t see him run anything other than 1500s. His XC performances and the comparison with Lex indicate he could have run a pretty crazy 5k/two miles. I don’t even think he’s a miler, somewhere between two miles - 5k is probably his perfect distance, just like his brothers. Stat gangsta says that he was totally capable of breaking the two miles record of 7:29 if he’s in the same 5000m shape as Lex while having 3:39 speed.

But yeah props to Birnbaum, he actually raced everyone and beat everyone this outdoor season, and even if I don’t really like him, props to Burns because he raced a lot at all distances and was never afraid.

And their season probably isn’t even over considering Burns wants to race in Europe and Birnbaum said he wants to race at USA’s.

What are you talking about? Leo looked great. Didn't you see his last 100? Leo was flying. He just got beat by a guy with an even better kick.

Leo has looked even better in his best 1500s than he did today (as has Birnbaum in other races). These are all really terrific athletes.

I almost wonder if the failure at NXN going out hard has made him a bit more conservative for the near term.

Burns goes home far more devastated than Leo IMO. His interviews talking about how he and Simeon are the clear best two HS milers and incessant trash talk is dumb. Glad Leo beat him

Leo looked happy enough after the race. good sportsmanship going up to birnbaum with a smile after being shushed 😂

burns has been pretty inconsistent in the mile, but i think most of us agree he's a future 5k star. I think he's made it clear he's more trying to build hype rather than dog on his competition. dude is marketing himself pretty well and makes some amusing tiktoks. not a bad thing to have a little beef. this is better than 4:12 milers or whatever at OREGON talking crap to centro on instagram lol.

First time I watched Simeon race, at last year's Brooks PR meet when he broke 4 minutes as a junior, I wondered if he's the second coming of Jim Ryun.

Long, lean build. Long legs that gobble up the track. And, of course, that terrific kick.

Nothing Simeon's done since then suggests otherwise.

It’s funny because now when Simeon loses in college he’s going to be clowned on. Why do these kids not realize the incessant trash talk just leads to worst things for them in the future.