iyfkfh wrote:
Ritz’s HS times were 4:05.9 (1600m), 8:41.1 (3200) and 13:44.7 (5000m).
Colin already ran 4:03.5 (1600m) and 8:43.4 (3200m) as a junior. So already faster than Ritz at 1600m and only 2s slower than Ritz at 3200m. Colin improved since last spring, so I believe that he is already better than Ritz was in HS.
It is painful to watch these milesplit no names and others without a clue talk about Ritz and compare him to Newbury Park runners.
Rits ran his 4:05.9/8:41.1 as a junior. He ran World XC as a senior, proceeded to nearly tie his junior year marks, run 13:44.1, .1 off Lindgren's then ~35 year old record but Webb with his 3:53 mile and 3:37-38s at USATF stole the show.
I like Newbury Park and support them but they have super shoes as well as each other to train with. Dathan was iconic, NP a great team. Dathan had Jason Hartman as a frosh-soph by chance only. NP has transfers.
It's a different regime and a different era. Might be hard for youngins to understand. Ritz was like the second coming of Pre and Lindgren.