How many Newbury Park alumni will make the Olympics for distance track?
Over/under 1.5?
How many Newbury Park alumni will make the Olympics for distance track?
Over/under 1.5?
Any year?
1 seems fair. Olympic teams are small and competitive.
I would take the under. Can you direct me to what book you found this line at so I can bet everything I own?
.5 would be the line.
So far, zero.
Have any even qualified for the NCAA track meet in which 24 guys make it?
9 time AA Coach wrote:
Have any even qualified for the NCAA track meet in which 24 guys make it?
One got 9th at the Olympic Trials in the 5000m at 18 years old. It's a good start.
CaNP1 wrote:
9 time AA Coach wrote:
Have any even qualified for the NCAA track meet in which 24 guys make it?
One got 9th at the Olympic Trials in the 5000m at 18 years old. It's a good start.
Highest finish by an 18 year old in a distance event since Jim Ryun correct?
Under!
They will have peaked in high school and won't even be close to making a US world championships team or US Olympic team. 🤔
AIIez wrote:
Any year?
1 seems fair. Olympic teams are small and competitive.
Go look at the all time HS 3k/2mile/5k list and it is 50/50 if they become Olympians with a couple yet to be determined. We will have to see if the current crew keeps improving or if they stagnate.
Making Olympic teams is hard...
Film Rep wrote:
Under!
They will have peaked in high school and won't even be close to making a US world championships team or US Olympic team. 🤔
Newbury Park runners are set up in High School for college success. They are truly a revolutionary program right now.
Ad Hocker Teare List wrote:
CaNP1 wrote:
One got 9th at the Olympic Trials in the 5000m at 18 years old. It's a good start.
Highest finish by an 18 year old in a distance event since Jim Ryun correct?
At Olympic trials or at USA nationals?
Webb got 5th in HS.
Liquori was the youngest finalist ever in the 1500 for a while but I think he was 19
CaNP1 wrote:
Film Rep wrote:
Under!
They will have peaked in high school and won't even be close to making a US world championships team or US Olympic team. 🤔
Newbury Park runners are set up in High School for college success. They are truly a revolutionary program right now.
We all know how Nico is doing, but I haven’t heard how the other alum are running in college. Anyone have insight into who is running in college from the past three years and how they are doing?
How are they set up for success? Not knocking them, just curious what they are doing that other quality high school programs might not be to set them up for college success.
tqco smell wrote:
CaNP1 wrote:
Newbury Park runners are set up in High School for college success. They are truly a revolutionary program right now.
We all know how Nico is doing, but I haven’t heard how the other alum are running in college. Anyone have insight into who is running in college from the past three years and how they are doing?
How are they set up for success? Not knocking them, just curious what they are doing that other quality high school programs might not be to set them up for college success.
Jace Aschbrenner made varsity for CU last season. Not sure how he has progressed this year.
tqco smell wrote:
CaNP1 wrote:
Newbury Park runners are set up in High School for college success. They are truly a revolutionary program right now.
We all know how Nico is doing, but I haven’t heard how the other alum are running in college. Anyone have insight into who is running in college from the past three years and how they are doing?
How are they set up for success? Not knocking them, just curious what they are doing that other quality high school programs might not be to set them up for college success.
They also have a few other girls run well at the DII level this fall.
CaNP1 wrote:
tqco smell wrote:
We all know how Nico is doing, but I haven’t heard how the other alum are running in college. Anyone have insight into who is running in college from the past three years and how they are doing?
How are they set up for success? Not knocking them, just curious what they are doing that other quality high school programs might not be to set them up for college success.
They also have a few other girls run well at the DII level this fall.
Tried to find other boys and it looks like Nicholas Goldstein is buried toward the back of the freshmen at Furman and can’t find any results from Christian Simone. Did he run track for NP? Any other alum?
But not one has even made it to the NCAA meet. But somehow we are supposed to believe that one or more will make and Olympic team.
CaNP1 wrote:
tqco smell wrote:
We all know how Nico is doing, but I haven’t heard how the other alum are running in college. Anyone have insight into who is running in college from the past three years and how they are doing?
How are they set up for success? Not knocking them, just curious what they are doing that other quality high school programs might not be to set them up for college success.
They also have a few other girls run well at the DII level this fall.
OK, so what's a few? I found four girls that were on Newbury the past couple years running in college.
Gretchen Slattum is at Western Colorado (D2).
High School PR in '19 for 5k was 18:31 and in her 2nd year at WC, she just PR'd at the Chili Pepper invite with a 18:16. Her previous best in college was 19:42.
Hailey Golmon is at Cal Poly (D1).
High School PR in '19 for 5k was 17:57 and in her 2nd year at Cal Poly, she just ran 22:31 for 6k at the Dellinger invite (roughly 18:35 5k conversion).
Archana Mohandas is at MIT (D3).
High School PR in '19 for 5k was 18:09 and in her freshman year (MIT didn't run in '20), she ran 26:16 for 6k at the Williams Purple Valley Invite (roughly 21:40 5k conversion).
Fiona Hawkins is at Adams St (D2).
High School PR in '19 (school team didn't run 5k in '20 due to pandemic) for 5k was 17:58 and in her Freshman year she ran 21:04 for 6k at Paul Short (roughly 17:25 for 5k)
I'd classify Hawkins as running well, although not exceptional. I would guess her high school PR for 5k would have been lower if they had a full, normal cross season in '20 at Newbury. The others don't look to be such great examples of being set up for college success. Maybe it's just a few anomalies and the next wave will crush it in college. Fingers crossed!
Panthers vs. the field wrote:
How many Newbury Park alumni will make the Olympics for distance track?
Over/under 1.5?
What's the timeline on this? If it's the 2024 Olympics, 1.5 would be a ridiculous line. Take the under on 0.5.