Will Nico Young's younger brothers surpass him? They are faster than he was in 9th grade

I dont get why people on these board love putting teenagers down so much. Its honestly sad. To answer the original question though, no the havent burned out. They both just commited to Stanford and are 4 months out from breaking the Glendover and Woodward park course records this xc season and 9 months out from breaking the national 5k and 3200m records on the track.

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2 years ago 05/17/2020 1:08pm CDT re: johnfromSJ
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He'd be about the first to go to Mike Smith at NAU and altitude and not improve. Odds are he'll be running 13:20s next year and 13:10s at least while at NAU.
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2 years ago 05/17/2020 1:28pm CDT re: zxczxcv
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You need a new odds maker . NAU has had 2 guys in history go sub 13:20 so the odds are not in favor of Young doing it.
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2 years ago 05/17/2020 2:06pm CDT re: USA USA
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USA USA wrote:
You need a new odds maker . NAU has had 2 guys in history go sub 13:20 so the odds are not in favor of Young doing it.
You are correct, but the odds of any collegiate running sub 13:20 are not likely...no matter the coach or program. How many American's have ever ran under 13:20 while in college? Vaughn, Rupp, Jenkins, Derrick, Chapa, Day? Am I missing anyone?
If Nico stays healthy and hungry he'll have a chance, but it's more likely he goes on and has a great NCAA career, but without cracking 13:20.

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Nice to be reminded of all this. Nico Young, who just turned 20 a few days ago, ran 13:24 in 2021 as a freshman and at 19 ran 13:11/3:37.75. NAU now has had at least five guys run under 13:17, Estrada (13:15.33), Day (13:16.95), Grijalva (13:13.14 at NCAA's in 2021), Young, and Nur (13:06). Lex and Leo Young have run 4:00/4:01, 7:57/8:39, 13:43.7, and gone 2-3 at xc nationals. While Nico had his senior year upended, between Lex and Leo, one or the other of the brothers has beaten his high school pr's at 800, mile, 5000m, and xc, and nearly his 3k record already as juniors at 17. They aren't yet the Ingebrigtsens by any stretch. But at their age they are all ahead of Filip and Henrik, and the 17 year old performances of the Youngs are comparable to the not quite 17 times of Jakob. Jakob's huge leap at 17 is tough to follow.

1500

Jakob 3:39.92 shortly before 17/3:31.18 at 17/3:30 at 18/3:28.68 at 19

Filip 3:55 at 18, 3:38.76 at 20

Henrik 3:50.63 at 17/3:44.53 at 18/3:38.61 at 19/3:35.43 at 21

Lex/Leo, ~3:42-43 at 17

Nico 3:37.75 at 19 (turned 20 a few months later)

3000

Jakob 8:00.01 just before 17th/7:27.05 two days before his 20th birthday

Filip 8:28.88 at 21/7:49.7 at 23, pr 7:34 at 28 (2021)

Henrik 8:17.96 at 17/8:08.69 at 18/7:58.15 at 19/7:42.19 at 22 (pr 7:36.85 at 28 in 2019)

Lex Young 7:57.06 around his 17th birthday

Leo Young 7:59.6c from 8:38 2M at 17

Nico Young 7:56.97 at 17 (18th year)/~7:45c (7:59 at Bozeman) at 19

5000

Jakob 13:35.84 just before 17th birthday/13:17 at 17 the next year/13:02 at 18/12:48 at 20

Filip 13:11.75 pr at 26 (13:30 at 25)

Henrik 14:19 at 22/13:27 at 24/13:15 at 28 listed as pr

Lex Young 13:43 at 17

Nico Young 13:24 at 18/13:11 at 19

Dang, this may be one of the worst aged posts in history. Nico ended up running 13:20s the next year, and 13:11 after that.

another question is if they will ever beat Nico at NCAAs

Well, it turns out that they were not, in fact, 4 months out from breaking the Glendoveer and Woodward park course records. They weren't 9 months out from breaking the national 3200 record either. However they DID break the 5k record, and their teammate Aaron DID break the Glendoveer course record. So overall, I'd rate my prediction a 1.5/4 (38%, F-)

So: did the twins surpass Nico? Hard to say honestly. Coming off of their junior years it almost seemed like a certainty, but their senior years were much rockier than was expected. Overall, I'd have to say that the Young family had very even high-school careers. Lex might've had the records, perhaps Leo had the speed, and maybe Nico had the best hardware, but overall I think all three of them left their own unique mark on high school running, all part of the legacy of the greatest high-school team this sport has ever seen.

Next thread: 'Did Colin Sahlman's younger brother surpass him?' I'm inclined to say no, but his NXN victory was very impressive.