Under the radar, but Cruz Culpepper ran his first race as a collegiate this weekend and broke 4, running 3:59.53.
Last year, after a couple attempts, he ran 4:00.1 at UW. I think he would have had a very good shot at sub-4 outdoors, but COVID hit. Glad to see him PR right away in college -- he could probably get into the 3:56-57 range outdoor this year as a freshman -- pretty fun to watch as someone who got into running right around the time his dad was winning 10,000s and marathons.
birdbeard wrote:
Under the radar, but Cruz Culpepper ran his first race as a collegiate this weekend and broke 4, running 3:59.53.
Last year, after a couple attempts, he ran 4:00.1 at UW. I think he would have had a very good shot at sub-4 outdoors, but COVID hit. Glad to see him PR right away in college -- he could probably get into the 3:56-57 range outdoor this year as a freshman -- pretty fun to watch as someone who got into running right around the time his dad was winning 10,000s and marathons.
Did Leo run?
birdbeard wrote:
Under the radar, but Cruz Culpepper ran his first race as a collegiate this weekend and broke 4, running 3:59.53.
Last year, after a couple attempts, he ran 4:00.1 at UW. I think he would have had a very good shot at sub-4 outdoors, but COVID hit. Glad to see him PR right away in college -- he could probably get into the 3:56-57 range outdoor this year as a freshman -- pretty fun to watch as someone who got into running right around the time his dad was winning 10,000s and marathons.
Doubt it, as collegians (collegian is the noun, collegiate is the adjective) don't race the mile outdoors, except in rare relays. I'm sure you mean the 1500m conversion of a 3:57 mile, which is 3:39.
red5 wrote:
birdbeard wrote:
Under the radar, but Cruz Culpepper ran his first race as a collegiate this weekend and broke 4, running 3:59.53.
Last year, after a couple attempts, he ran 4:00.1 at UW. I think he would have had a very good shot at sub-4 outdoors, but COVID hit. Glad to see him PR right away in college -- he could probably get into the 3:56-57 range outdoor this year as a freshman -- pretty fun to watch as someone who got into running right around the time his dad was winning 10,000s and marathons.
Did Leo run?
nah
Smoke weed, talk sh!t like Lane Kiffin wrote:
birdbeard wrote:
Under the radar, but Cruz Culpepper ran his first race as a collegiate this weekend and broke 4, running 3:59.53.
Last year, after a couple attempts, he ran 4:00.1 at UW. I think he would have had a very good shot at sub-4 outdoors, but COVID hit. Glad to see him PR right away in college -- he could probably get into the 3:56-57 range outdoor this year as a freshman -- pretty fun to watch as someone who got into running right around the time his dad was winning 10,000s and marathons.
Doubt it, as collegians (collegian is the noun, collegiate is the adjective) don't race the mile outdoors, except in rare relays. I'm sure you mean the 1500m conversion of a 3:57 mile, which is 3:39.
lol no he meant outdoors during his senior year of high school...
No, I meant he would be in the 3:56-57 range outdoors this year, whether that be 1500 conversion (so around 3:38-39) or otherwise.
Last year I do think he could've been in the 3:58-59 range outdoors, no reason not to think so given that 4:00.1 in February 2020.
Good for him and doesn't this make him part of the latest pair of father/son sub-4:00 milers?
zxcvxzcv wrote:
Good for him and doesn't this make him part of the latest pair of father/son sub-4:00 milers?
What about mother/son pairs? Any sub-4 milers with a mom faster than 4:31/4:05?
I got barked at when I pointed this out before, but a mile is a specific distance and adding "full" is not needed. No one is going to think you otherwise might have meant 1600 meters.
I would say that hes peaked and won't run any faster, its been a whole year since he ran 4:00 and now he barley breaks 4:00 with training under Andy. You would think he would have ran like 3:56 but Andy cant improve guys who are already super fast in hs, its just facts
Maybe more impressive is the context that he did this after the two high school coaching choices his parents made based primarily on their relationship to those coaches. Powell had to undo some of that damage, first.
Looks like he should have gone to Oregon... but guess they only take blue-chip talent.
Wow! Imagine how fast he'll be when he runs a partial mile!
zxcvxzcv wrote:
Good for him and doesn't this make him part of the latest pair of father/son sub-4:00 milers?
13th father-son sub-4 combo:
https://www.bringbackthemile.com/history/father_son_sub_4_combofast mama wrote:
What about mother/son pairs? Any sub-4 milers with a mom faster than 4:31/4:05?
You'll find some fast mother-son duos here:
https://www.bringbackthemile.com/history/fastest_married_couple_mile_pr_comboMr.Andy wrote:
I would say that hes peaked and won't run any faster, its been a whole year since he ran 4:00 and now he barley breaks 4:00 with training under Andy. You would think he would have ran like 3:56 but Andy cant improve guys who are already super fast in hs, its just facts
it was his first race as a collegiate, man. give him a break.
Only reason he fast is because his parents is fast.
bartholomew_maxwell wrote:
Only reason he fast is because his parents is fast.
We need biden to fix this inequality
WinnytheBish wrote:
Smoke weed, talk sh!t like Lane Kiffin wrote:
Doubt it, as collegians (collegian is the noun, collegiate is the adjective) don't race the mile outdoors, except in rare relays. I'm sure you mean the 1500m conversion of a 3:57 mile, which is 3:39.
lol no he meant outdoors during his senior year of high school...
LOL no he's in college now, Einstein.
https://gohuskies.com/sports/track-and-field/roster/cruz-culpepper/12107Even if he never improves another second in the mile or 800, he could still have a fairly successful college running career. 3:59 and 1:48 are very good times, and he will be a factor in the MPSF and Pac-12 in the coming years for sure.