Tristian Merchant out of Anchorage Alaska recently ran a 14:45 on Alaskan soil which is believed to be the fastest time ever on Alaskan soil by a high schooler. Trevor Dunbar and Levi Thomet both out of Kodiak have run similar times in high school at meets in other states. Now it is chilly this time of year in Alaska so I don’t know what he would run at other meets with warmer temps but it is something to ponder. Alaska could be looking at its next homegrown sub 4 miler.
Fastest kid in America an Alaskan??
14:45 is fast, and probably is the fastest ever for an Alaskan kid but it is not the fastest HS 5k in the US this year. (14:30 by Parker Wolfe, CO)
....Tristan Merchant hasn't broken 4:21 in the 1600, 4:24 in the Mile, or 2:00 in the 800 yet so I would objectively say he has a very large leap in speed to go sub 4 within the next year.
14:45 is the real deal though.
I looked through the race on athletic.net the other day. Every runner (except like 3 people) had a PR there. I don’t think the course is massively short, but maybe like 50 meters short
To be honest, if the course is only 50 meters short, then it is closer to being correct than most courses are. Nearly every course I have ever wheeled has come up 100 or more meters short.
Pretty sure hes broken 2 in the 8, I watched the state meet...
My bad, that is not true but I believe he broke it in a tt this spring
Merchant of Alaska wrote:
Now it is chilly this time of year in Alaska so I don’t know what he would run at other meets with warmer temps but it is something to ponder.
Its cool a kid ran fast. But lets not pretend that highs in the 60s is terrible weather for distance running. In fact, its pretty much perfect...
Am I living in the twilight zone? The Boston Marathon weather was terrible!
Is there a rule against attaching a helium balloon to yourself while running a road race?
How rare is it to run a sub 5 minute mile AND bench press 225?
Move over Mark Coogan, Rojo and John Kellogg share their 3 favorite mile workouts
Mark Coogan says that if you could only do 3 workouts as a 1500m runner you should do these
Matt Choi was drinking beer halfway through the Boston Marathon