Does Colin Sahlman break 4 Saturday Night?

Jonathan Commentor wrote:

And do Aaron and Lex beat Nico's 7:56.97?

Thanks for including a link to the meet and details so we have further discussion.

Ugh! wrote:

Jonathan Commentor wrote:

And do Aaron and Lex beat Nico's 7:56.97?

Thanks for including a link to the meet and details so we have further discussion.

It's so hard to find, I know

I'll give Colin a 4:00.80. I think it's crazy that everyone's talking about a potential sub 4 when most sub 13:40 5K guys (an estimate of his fitness in the XC season) aren't sub 4. But he looked good in his 4:05 and just fell off the pace a little bit. With better pacing he might be a bit closer but I'm not sure if sub 4 is really on his mind right now.

Hell No.

Honestly, doesn’t it seem like these kids should still be in a base-building phase? They raced XC into December.

John Wesley Harding wrote:

Honestly, doesn’t it seem like these kids should still be in a base-building phase?

Building base is slow.

Ugh! wrote:

Jonathan Commentor wrote:

And do Aaron and Lex beat Nico's 7:56.97?

Thanks for including a link to the meet and details so we have further discussion.

Time to start being a big boy.

John Wesley Harding wrote:

Honestly, doesn’t it seem like these kids should still be in a base-building phase? They raced XC into December.

They have been "base-building" for years. Nothing says "great base" for a high school runner better than being in 13:4x shape in December.

Jonathan Commentor wrote:

And do Aaron and Lex beat Nico's 7:56.97?

Is Aaron Sahlman definitely in the 3000m? Could be cool to just see him hang back and get dragged along for 13-14 laps. He seems like he was doing some of the pacing/dirty work this past fall.

He will not break 4. wrote:

I'll give Colin a 4:00.80. I think it's crazy that everyone's talking about a potential sub 4 when most sub 13:40 5K guys (an estimate of his fitness in the XC season) aren't sub 4. But he looked good in his 4:05 and just fell off the pace a little bit. With better pacing he might be a bit closer but I'm not sure if sub 4 is really on his mind right now.

Where did you get those numbers? I know plenty who have run sub 4 in the 13:40-13:50 range and well under it.

I said sub 13:40 5K guys (looking back on it, I meant 13:40-13:50), not 13:40-13:50 milers who run the 5K occasionally. And Colin definitely isn't a miler, at least right now he isn't.

I'd say 4:02.4 if he's in his 1500m form from last season. That extra 109m won't be pretty. But he's leveled up one since last.

How old is Colin and how old Lex/ Leo Young?

objectiveobserver wrote:

How old is Colin and how old Lex/ Leo Young?

17 for Colin , 16 for lex and Leo

Age to the page BOOM wrote:

objectiveobserver wrote:

How old is Colin and how old Lex/ Leo Young?

17 for Colin , 16 for lex and Leo

Who holds the U18 indoor 3000m record?

It’s not Hasty ( 8:13.93) because he was already in the U20 as a HS junior.

So it has to be slower than that.

Whatever it is now, Aaron or Young will have it by the end of the day.

Dude, where have you been? The record is held by Nico Young, Lex’s older brother. It’s 7:56.97.

payattention wrote:

Dude, where have you been? The record is held by Nico Young, Lex’s older brother. It’s 7:56.97.

No that was the U20 record (he lost it last week)

Unless you are starting the U18/U20 troll again..

Yes, UXX is determined by your age on Dec 31 of that year

3.:59 at 1500