2024 hands down- 2025 kind of underperformed in track but there were definitely some break outs from that class (Berhan, Grant Miller, and Max Douglass being examples)
Ran at Golden west myself as well 😎 I didn't see that race as I left after the 1500m but that's a great time for him. Also worth mentioning that Giselle Fernandez ran a fat PR with a 2:14 800m there too. It was hot as hell during the 800m, I certainly did not have a fun time running it lmao
Golden West might be the biggest drop off in the history of drop off meets. That was a total train wreck yesterday. Very disorganized and I'm not sure why they picked the hottest parts of the day to try and run 800s and have the meet go until 10pm.
Ran at Golden west myself as well 😎 I didn't see that race as I left after the 1500m but that's a great time for him. Also worth mentioning that Giselle Fernandez ran a fat PR with a 2:14 800m there too. It was hot as hell during the 800m, I certainly did not have a fun time running it lmao
Golden West might be the biggest drop off in the history of drop off meets. That was a total train wreck yesterday. Very disorganized and I'm not sure why they picked the hottest parts of the day to try and run 800s and have the meet go until 10pm.
Seriously. Why the HELL did they think starting at 2:30 was a good idea?? I was already burnt out from my 10 minute warmup jog because it was 95+, and by the time I got back I couldn't even hit any drills because they decided to jump into the 800s despite being an hour behind schedule.
Not to mention I was waiting in a long ass line in the heat for like half an hour when they were already delayed
Golden West might be the biggest drop off in the history of drop off meets. That was a total train wreck yesterday. Very disorganized and I'm not sure why they picked the hottest parts of the day to try and run 800s and have the meet go until 10pm.
Seriously. Why the HELL did they think starting at 2:30 was a good idea?? I was already burnt out from my 10 minute warmup jog because it was 95+, and by the time I got back I couldn't even hit any drills because they decided to jump into the 800s despite being an hour behind schedule.
Not to mention I was waiting in a long ass line in the heat for like half an hour when they were already delayed
Oh man you reminded me how bad that check in process was. It was such a long night I almost forgot how disorganized and how long that line was. Is it really that hard to ask a name and check it off a list?
Evangeline Williams about to take over Barker’s legacy at Trabuco Hills. the freshman running 4:43 for 5th. so impressive. second fastest time for a freshman in the country. #8 all time.
Evangeline is a huge young talent... but rumor is that she's moving out of state. If so, Mira Costa and Santiago will battle it out for D1 title in the SS, but Trabuco still has a chance, but Buchanan will run away with the State Title... which they'd probably do anyways, since Trabuco lost Barker and Guillfoille and Santiago lost Blade and Buckley.
All of Mira Costa's scorers return to battle for SS title, and at State, Del Norte returns much of their young team. Buchanan is ridiculouslly deep... but not nearly as deep as J Serra will be again next year with at least 2 outstanding 8th grade 'recruits' coming in, and a couple transfers likely.
Hadn’t heard Evangeline was moving. She was so instrumental in them winning state with her last mile. It’s so hard to beat a program like Buchanan that has an active farm system and J Serra that gets top 8th graders from all over as well as transfers. Although I guess Trabuco and Santiago also benefited from transfers.
Ran at Golden west myself as well 😎 I didn't see that race as I left after the 1500m but that's a great time for him. Also worth mentioning that Giselle Fernandez ran a fat PR with a 2:14 800m there too. It was hot as hell during the 800m, I certainly did not have a fun time running it lmao
Golden West might be the biggest drop off in the history of drop off meets. That was a total train wreck yesterday. Very disorganized and I'm not sure why they picked the hottest parts of the day to try and run 800s and have the meet go until 10pm.
Which is funny, because it used to be a huge, huge deal. It was the premier norcal post-season meet. Jim Ryun ran a 4:04y/9:06y double back in the 60s, George Kersh ran a national HS 800m record in 83(?), and Calvin Harrison ran 20.57 there in 93, just to name a few meet accolades.
It's basically surviving off of name recognition at this point.
Golden West might be the biggest drop off in the history of drop off meets. That was a total train wreck yesterday. Very disorganized and I'm not sure why they picked the hottest parts of the day to try and run 800s and have the meet go until 10pm.
Which is funny, because it used to be a huge, huge deal. It was the premier norcal post-season meet. Jim Ryun ran a 4:04y/9:06y double back in the 60s, George Kersh ran a national HS 800m record in 83(?), and Calvin Harrison ran 20.57 there in 93, just to name a few meet accolades.
It's basically surviving off of name recognition at this point.
Actually it's just surviving as a middle of the road regular invitational at this point. I try to tell people that Olympians once competed at this meet back in the day and they are in shock because it's such a poorly run meet.
Golden West might be the biggest drop off in the history of drop off meets. That was a total train wreck yesterday. Very disorganized and I'm not sure why they picked the hottest parts of the day to try and run 800s and have the meet go until 10pm.
Which is funny, because it used to be a huge, huge deal. It was the premier norcal post-season meet. Jim Ryun ran a 4:04y/9:06y double back in the 60s, George Kersh ran a national HS 800m record in 83(?), and Calvin Harrison ran 20.57 there in 93, just to name a few meet accolades.
It's basically surviving off of name recognition at this point.
Damn dude. I didn't even know it's existed for that long. That's one hell of a fall off. I wonder what exactly caused it. I knew about Kersh running 1:46.58 there which is crazy. I was thinking to myself "there's no way that literal Olympian and NR holders raced at this random meet at this random norcal school"
Which is funny, because it used to be a huge, huge deal. It was the premier norcal post-season meet. Jim Ryun ran a 4:04y/9:06y double back in the 60s, George Kersh ran a national HS 800m record in 83(?), and Calvin Harrison ran 20.57 there in 93, just to name a few meet accolades.
It's basically surviving off of name recognition at this point.
Damn dude. I didn't even know it's existed for that long. That's one hell of a fall off. I wonder what exactly caused it. I knew about Kersh running 1:46.58 there which is crazy. I was thinking to myself "there's no way that literal Olympian and NR holders raced at this random meet at this random norcal school"
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