Best high school class of all time?!

1976 had three HS records at 10000m, the first sub nine steeple and an indoor mile record on an 11 lap/mile track.

And as mentioned, Hulst and Hunt 1-2 at jr world cross country.

I'd have to say chemistry was the best high school class of all time

Don't you need stats on this year to determine where it ranks?

According to dyestat, there are 10 sub 4:10 milers (not counting other 1600 times) and 22 sub 9 3200m runners, and the season's not over. This year looks like it will rank among the best ever by the time it's done. And there are multiple guys with aspirations to sub 4 and low 8:40 or sub 8:40, so it will rank high on quality. The 800 already has a #6 but not as much depth.

1976 was an unbelievable class.

Eric Hulst 8:44

Tom Hunt 4:02.7 (Ind. on 11 lap track)

Rudy Chapa (8:45 & 28:44 10K as an 18 yr.old)

Alberto Salazar (2x US Jr. 5K Champ in hs)

Chapa even had a sub 9:00 teammate.

Then they weren't even the top freshman because of Henry Rono and Samsom @ Washington State.

2004 Most Depth Ever wrote:

Not the 2004 versions versus the 2001 versions of them. If we're going to go by post highschool then:

1. 2004, Galen Rupp with 10k silver trumps the big three of 2001 put together.

2. 1965, Ryun 1500m silver.

3. 2007, Centro Jr with bronze WC 1500m trumps big three of 2001 also.

4. etc, etc.

Get over your Ritz, Webb, and Hall.

What do you mean? If you go by "2001 versions" of them, then 3:53 trumps all of 2004. Ritz and Hall's times weren't bad either.

Apparently only Olympic/WC medals count for anything? What about US championships, national records, medals at other international events?

NE Coach wrote:

1976 was an unbelievable class.

Eric Hulst 8:44

Tom Hunt 4:02.7 (Ind. on 11 lap track)

Rudy Chapa (8:45 & 28:44 10K as an 18 yr.old)

Alberto Salazar (2x US Jr. 5K Champ in hs)

Chapa even had a sub 9:00 teammate.

Then they weren't even the top freshman because of Henry Rono and Samsom @ Washington State.

Didn't Chapa have two teammates under 9:00? I remember reading an article last summer about his team in high school and they had either 3 under 9:00 or 2 and then 1 just over. Ridiculous either way.

One of those teammates should be a rather familiar name: Carey Pinkowski. The other was Tim Keough.

Those two were class of '75 though, if we're being picky about it.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1089953/

Back to the class of '76: someone mentioned the first sub-9 steeple. That would be Jim Shields of Chaminade (NY) at 8:52.6, still number 2 on the all time list.

Jim Ryun's defeat of Peter Snell at the 1965 AAU championships was so vastly superior to any other high school performance that 1965 is clearly the answer.