If they have no life why are you taking your time to write a paragraph telling these high school kids they have no life…
If they have no life why are you taking your time to write a paragraph telling these high school kids they have no life…
Belen 1-7 sweep and Marcelo lead this team as an 8th grader!!!!
what!!!!!!!!
And I thought Rocco Culpepper leading Niwot was insane
Bolles has some guys that do well in college
Hicks Ftw!!!!
Marcelo lead the team at NXN
Without Marcelo, Belen probably would not have made NXN
They also had a second eighth grader in addition to Marcelo running under Rheinhardt Harrison's old state 8th grade 3k xc record. The record was 9:44, I think, and Marcelo ran 9:30 to crush it and then a second guy from Belen Jesuit ran 9:42 in his division of the middle school state finals. In addition, they had about 4-6 other 8th graders in the 10:10-10:25 range, so they have the nucleus of a future NXN contender three to four years from now.
Belen is a dominant group on this … and it doesn’t even include Marcelo
3200
Mantecon - 9:27
Cruz - 9:50
They're fast, I'm faster.
You must not be from Miami. Belen has always been like this. Always. Mantecon is breaking records of Magoulas, who was just as talented at this age. They’ve always been this deep, they simply struggle post-season.
No one has named a single runner in the past 20 years that did anything in college….. because they don’t exist.
I know one runner from Belen over 20 years ago who scored for their university at NCAA xc championships……. that would be 1 over 20 years ago……. disproportionately low continued success compared to their team success over the past 20 years
Marcelo - 9:17 in the 3200
Cruz - 4:37 in the 1600
Jesus. Was that a dual meet?
Dang. I managed only one sub 5 mile (440y track) as a junior over 40 ago. These four guys are, or will be faster than I ran in HS before they become HS freshmen.
full results
That 9:17 is likely a National middle school record right? Is he normal age for his grade? That often ends up being “a thing” with these records.
Young Prods wrote:
Marcelo Mantecon - 4:43
Armando Cruz - 4:51
Now, as freshmen:
Mantecon - 8:55 3200
Cruz - 9:44 3200
I despise with every fiber of my body this type of letsrun post that seems to be the lifeblood of letsrun. No time is EVER good enough. If you run sub 5 in middle school there is no high five…you get “well, what is he gonna do in highschool”. Put in any time you want, for any age, any grade level, and there is no joy here. Just, yeah well, it wont mean anything next year. Or it wont matter in an Olympic final. Even gold medals at the olympics are met with negativity—-it was a slow final, it turned into a 400m race. Shame on you negative trolling living with your parents single judging from the sideline failures of life. Props to all you middle schoolers breaking 5, highschoolers breaking 4:20 and college athletes breaking 4. Love it while it happens. Take the victory. Live in the moment. And ignore letsrun. Do not come here to feel good. Do not come here for encouragement. Do not come here for validation. You are doing great!
1:49.84 - 800m Freshmen National Record - Cooper Lutkenhaus (check this kick out!!)
Emma Coburn to miss Olympic Trials after breaking ankle in Suzhou
Jakob on Oly 1500- “Walk in the park if I don’t get injured or sick”
VALBY has graduated (w/ honors) from Florida, will she go to grad school??
Men who run twice a day and the women who love/put up with them