What about Omar Kaddurah? Dude ran like a 4 flat mile in high school, I think went to Georgetown and never heard from again. He was bragging about going to the Olympics. Here's a thread on him
https://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=10984432&page=1
I mean, there's me. I obviously wont say who I am, but I ran sub 4:10 in the 1600 back in the mid 2010's. Went to a power 5 school and got injured, rain one 800 at 1:59 without having run in a month. Tried for 2 years to get back but for some reason could never get in a week of training without getting injured. Gave up junior year.
High School runner in Australia
1500 3:45
3k 8:06
5k 14:15
Hasn't done a track race since he was 18 and is now 22.
Brilliant junior
I am sorry about that for you. I wasn't ever very good. But I had a similar experience. Ended up switching to trails and did pretty well for a while. Then the same thing happened. Just sort of blew up and now I am a turtle. So while I have no idea how amazing it would be to run as fast as you -- I understand the loss.
Didn't Sarah Baxter never run again after high school because her last high school race was the first and only time she ever lost, and it traumatized her?
Phil McGee died of a drug overdose in Philly inside of a McDonalds. He McOverdosed.
There’s a long list of runners with Power 5 worthy PRs out of HS from powerhouse HS programs that just decide to hang it up after HS because the fun of the sport was ruined for them.
Of those who seemed to genuinely want to continue the sport and inexplicably couldn’t do the tasks necessary to be a college student and continue their careers, I think of the Long Beach Poly national record 4x8 relay from 2011. I don’t think any of those guys ran in college, including the ~1:47 leg.
Another name that pops into my head is Luke Gavigan of NY, who was 1:52/4:07/9:10 in HS and committed to Penn State but to my knowledge couldn’t ever become academically eligible and for some reason let that stop him from pursuing his athletic goals. I don’t think he ever ran a competitive race again after HS.
I never knew mcardle didn’t run in college arguably the best runner ever from Nassau county
There are probably a ton who either didn't have the grades or had kids/got married in HS.
I know one Indiana HS state champ who I believe had a kid in HS and didnt go to college.
Alan
High School: teammate 1:56/4:19 quit track joined Marines
College: 6'11" hj'er out of high school practiced preseason with us, then quit, forfeited a full ride, enrolled at a DII to play basketball as a bench warmer. Was off their team that next spring, then went NAIA to try to hoop there.
Had a 47.75 second 400 guy that walked on as a true freshmen but didn't stay. His major was challenging and he said he couldn't commit the time. Awesome guy
Arcadia alums:
Estevan De La Rosa
Philip Rocha (I think he might have had a season or 2 his freshman year of college)
Googled Liz Mueller running in college Below is what I got. She was on here twice
Her best high school time in the 800 meters was an Olympic Trial-caliber 2 minutes, 5.54 seconds. While at Central Connecticut State, she was the only collegiate harrier to beat Providence College All-American and future Olympian Amy Rudolph. But Mueller was dogged by shin splints. Nov 14, 2022
She won footlocker. I f I recall she ran sprints and hurdles in track and ran low milage.
Rodney Giles - 1983 Northern High School, MD
1:48
47.x
21.15
3:50 (junior)
2 x MD state XC champ
thats all folks….. Had insane potential, but just didn’t run after frosh year at Pitt
This does not technically count but LV only ran 1 XC/track race after HS. If we count his triathlon legs then he ran afterwards.
According to Brosnan, 4:20 is not fast, so there has to be many faster than your dickhead team mate.
123 please kill me wrote:
This does not technically count but LV only ran 1 XC/track race after HS. If we count his triathlon legs then he ran afterwards.
He did run some non-college-related races in 2013
McArdle would never be considered the best runner ever from Nassau.....not even close!
4:20 is slow wrote:
According to Brosnan, 4:20 is not fast, so there has to be many faster than your dickhead team mate.
He said the year was 2000. Wasn’t it considered fast back then?
Druggy wrote:
Phil McGee died of a drug overdose in Philly inside of a McDonalds. He McOverdosed.
Thoughts and prayers go out to his family
#prayersup
