State champs triples 800,1600,3200

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Jason Coleman, Watonga Oklahoma won the 800,1600,3200 and 4x8 State championships in both 2002 and 2003.

its not nearly the same, but a buddy of mine (Nick Mockeridge) had the most impressive triple I\'ve ever seen. Running for Albion College against the mighty D3 Calvin, he ran 30:56 on Friday night, then 9:22 and 15:03 on Sat. Not D1 stuff, but it was amazing to see.

Bumbalough.

In Texas you can only double if you run distance, you can't tripple. But with the talent in 5A every year in Texas I don't think it would be possible.

Maybey 4A, 3A, 2A or 1A though.

Leo Manzano could have pulled it off in 4A a few years ago if they allowed you to tripple.

heathyrunner wrote:

Zoe Nelson 2004-05

Nolan Real Bird (Billings Skyview), Jamie Larson (Opheim) and Brooke Andrus (Big Fork) also pulled it off the same year. I think we'd see it more often, but last year was the first time they allowed athletes to compete in all three at state. Real Bird most likely would have tripled again this year, but he pulled a hammy running the 4X400 at divisionals.

Catherine White repeated her triple in the Virginia AA state meet again this year. That makes 3 years in a row this triple has been accomplished, twice by Catherine. I think Bowman only did it once, I think she doubled as a junior. I believe Ms. White's times were 2:13; 4:55, and 11:05. Not sure about the 3200. She basically ran away with all three races. Any other impressive triples this spring?

Julia Lucas had the most impressive single day performance for a girl that I know of. I can't remember all of the times but she anchored the winning 4x800 in about 2:18. She won the 1600 in 5:06. She won the open 800 in 2:15 and then ran 10:46 in the 3200 like 25 minutes later. The whole workout took like six hours.

John Wright, KY AAA, 1974

I think Nick Symmonns (sp) won all the events in the 800/1600/3200 triple Idaho his sr. year of high school.

pyrah - 4:03, 1:51, (20 min), 9:07

Jessie Gordon of Plainview HS in Oklahoma ran a triple in 1999. Briana McLeod from Jemks HS, in Oklahoma as well, repeated the feat in 2001.

In MAssachusetts, you can't even double at the State Class or All-State meet. In ANY event - even 100, 200.

One running event, one relay, one field, or 2 fields, or two relays and a field.

Jason Pyrah - Missouri State Meet in 1987 ran one of the best High School triples ever......this was all on 1 day.

800 - 1:51.25

1600 - 4:03.54

3200 - 9:07.48

I have a hard time believing there are only but a few american high schoolers who have done a one day triple like this before.

brooke dinsdale won the 800/1500/3000 last year at the iowa state meet while her twin sister blaire got second in all three (and won the 400 hurdles).

this year, blaire won the 400/400 hurdles/800 while brooke won the 1500/3000 and got second in the 800 (to blaire). they also won the 4x400.

Sarah Cocco did it this year in the 5A (Large School) championships. Anchored the 4x800 in 2:06 for the win on Friday am, went after sub 4:50 (state record) and missed at 4:51 Friday pm. Won the 800 in 2:07 Saturday am then ran to the win in the 3200 at 11:02 in the afternoon. All of those times at over mile high in altitude.

Glenn

Forgot to say that was Colorado where Cocco pulled off the 3 individual title and anchored the 4 x 8.

Nobody from Texas Has wrote:

Because in their infinite wisdom the UIL controling body of hs athletcis, who also counts double points for sprint relays, won't let them run more than 2 events 800 or over.

Actually, it's 400 meters and up. You can still run a relay, but you can't do a 400/800/1600 triple.

I remember that Wyo meet in 1991. McCreery was impressive the year before too, running 4:16 in the 1600 and 1:51 in the 800 as a junior. Casper is windy and around 5,500 ft. in elevation too.

Do you know what happened to Jim? His teammate, Ryan Bolton, turned out to be a helluva good triathlete, but I never heard what happened to Jim.