Brooks PR 2 Mile: Nate Mountain 8:42.16

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bearcatRun1998 wrote:

Nate Mountain: 8:42.16 1st place Brooks PR. Ran with him in high school. Pretty sure this is the fastest at brooks PR 2 mile in a few years. Thoughts on what he can do in college?

Also, his training has been almost no intervals, just hills, fartleks, and tempos. He’s headed to UVA next year

Vin Lannana is trying to get back into the mix. He's been recruiting some interesting prospects. This upcoming class has a slew of mid/distance runners. Among them are Margot Appleton, 10:07 2-mile, Sophie Atkinson, 4:41 mile, 10:09 3200, Mia Barnett, 4:39 mile, 9:52 3200, Jackson Braddock, 4:06 1600, 8:48 3200, Andrew Jones, 9:01 3200, Colin Peattie, 8:56 3200, Justin Wachtel, 4:08 mile, 9:02 3200, and Nate Mountain, 4:02 mile, 8:42 2-mile. And there are others. I'd be hard pressed to think of other schools that have assembled a stronger group of mid/distance runners than UVa.

blue 7 wrote:

bearcatRun1998 wrote:

Nate Mountain: 8:42.16 1st place Brooks PR. Ran with him in high school. Pretty sure this is the fastest at brooks PR 2 mile in a few years. Thoughts on what he can do in college?

Also, his training has been almost no intervals, just hills, fartleks, and tempos. He’s headed to UVA next year

Vin Lannana is trying to get back into the mix. He's been recruiting some interesting prospects. This upcoming class has a slew of mid/distance runners. Among them are Margot Appleton, 10:07 2-mile, Sophie Atkinson, 4:41 mile, 10:09 3200, Mia Barnett, 4:39 mile, 9:52 3200, Jackson Braddock, 4:06 1600, 8:48 3200, Andrew Jones, 9:01 3200, Colin Peattie, 8:56 3200, Justin Wachtel, 4:08 mile, 9:02 3200, and Nate Mountain, 4:02 mile, 8:42 2-mile. And there are others. I'd be hard pressed to think of other schools that have assembled a stronger group of mid/distance runners than UVa.

Mountain was signed before he had his breakout senior season. 4:02 and 8:42 were not foreseen at the time of the signing.

Someonewhoknows wrote:

blue 7 wrote:

Vin Lannana is trying to get back into the mix. He's been recruiting some interesting prospects. This upcoming class has a slew of mid/distance runners. Among them are Margot Appleton, 10:07 2-mile, Sophie Atkinson, 4:41 mile, 10:09 3200, Mia Barnett, 4:39 mile, 9:52 3200, Jackson Braddock, 4:06 1600, 8:48 3200, Andrew Jones, 9:01 3200, Colin Peattie, 8:56 3200, Justin Wachtel, 4:08 mile, 9:02 3200, and Nate Mountain, 4:02 mile, 8:42 2-mile. And there are others. I'd be hard pressed to think of other schools that have assembled a stronger group of mid/distance runners than UVa.

Mountain was signed before he had his breakout senior season. 4:02 and 8:42 were not foreseen at the time of the signing.

Most athletes are recruited in their junior year and then officially commit during the early signing period. While Mountain had a breakout season in his senior year his potential was noticed earlier as was the potential of the other recruits.

blue 7 wrote:

bearcatRun1998 wrote:

Nate Mountain: 8:42.16 1st place Brooks PR. Ran with him in high school. Pretty sure this is the fastest at brooks PR 2 mile in a few years. Thoughts on what he can do in college?

Also, his training has been almost no intervals, just hills, fartleks, and tempos. He’s headed to UVA next year

Vin Lannana is trying to get back into the mix. He's been recruiting some interesting prospects. This upcoming class has a slew of mid/distance runners. Among them are Margot Appleton, 10:07 2-mile, Sophie Atkinson, 4:41 mile, 10:09 3200, Mia Barnett, 4:39 mile, 9:52 3200, Jackson Braddock, 4:06 1600, 8:48 3200, Andrew Jones, 9:01 3200, Colin Peattie, 8:56 3200, Justin Wachtel, 4:08 mile, 9:02 3200, and Nate Mountain, 4:02 mile, 8:42 2-mile. And there are others. I'd be hard pressed to think of other schools that have assembled a stronger group of mid/distance runners than UVa.

This comes on the heels of Michaela Meyer 1:58 for fourth at the Trials. Three months ago her PR was 2:03!

blue 7 wrote:

Someonewhoknows wrote:

Mountain was signed before he had his breakout senior season. 4:02 and 8:42 were not foreseen at the time of the signing.

Most athletes are recruited in their junior year and then officially commit during the early signing period. While Mountain had a breakout season in his senior year his potential was noticed earlier as was the potential of the other recruits.

Since you are slow, I will post it again - "Mountain was signed before he had his breakout senior season. 4:02 and 8:42 were not foreseen at the time of the signing."

Your say-nothing comment does not change or add to what I said.

UVA is definitely a school to keep an eye on. I feel like they could be battling Notre Dame for ACC's on cross in a year or two if a few of these recruits really pans out. They probably will knowing Vin.

Someonewhoknows wrote:

Mountain was signed before he had his breakout senior season. 4:02 and 8:42 were not foreseen at the time of the signing.

Whether it was your intent or not, what you wrote could be perceived as "he could have done better than Virginia."

Virginia has a fine distance program. I believe that they were 4th of 15 in the ACC meet. With a good recruiting class coming in, the Cavaliers will be stronger contenders over the next few years.

More importantly, Virginia is one of the finest academic institutions in the country. Of the schools that were in the top 30 at this year's NCAA XC championship, Notre Dame, Stanford, Duke, Villanova, and Georgetown, are on the same level as Virginia from an academic standpoint. Of the public universities, service academies excepted, Virginia is on par with Michigan, Georgia Tech, UCLA, and Berkeley.

Virginia was a great choice for Mountain.