Vivien Henz, a 17 year old kid from Luxembourg, just ran a 1500m in 3:38.89, faster than Salhman's 3:39.06. He's committed to Harvard for next fall, wonder what he'll be able to do at World u20s and in xc.
Ferenc Kovacs of Woodberry Forest (VA) ran 14:08 and 3:39 (1500) this season. Listed as a sophomore although he just turned 18. From Hungary, the kid isn't being discussed at all on the American circuit.
I've run against him before... lost soundly of course (with a host of bodies between us). He's a beast. He ran a 14:08 5000m on the track this spring if my memory serves me right. Didn't know he was 18 though - that's pretty crazy and makes me feel better about losing to him by a minute - he's older than I am - despite the fact that I just graduated.
Cool stuff to see someone I ""know"" mentioned on the message boards here.
I wouldn't call him a mid-tier recruit. He won his NXN regional his senior year. As for getting lucky, isn't that just good recruiting? Half the job for college coaches is to recruit talent and Harvard seems to be doing a pretty good job of that lately. Call it luck if you want but whatever you want to call it, they're doing a good job.
Ferenc Kovacs of Woodberry Forest (VA) ran 14:08 and 3:39 (1500) this season. Listed as a sophomore although he just turned 18. From Hungary, the kid isn't being discussed at all on the American circuit.
Very impressive. He is 8 months younger than Colin, but 2 months older than Henz.
He will not be as old as Cade was during his senior year however,
Definitely a reach to say that Coach Gibby is getting "lucky" with recruits like Acer Iverson, Graham Blanks, and Matthew Pereira as XC all-americans under his tutelage. Harvard will forever benefit from kids going because of the name brand, but don't conflate that with coaching ability.
Flatt turned 19 at the end of his senior year. If Kovacs turned 18 end of his sophomore year he'll turn 20 just after graduating HS (provided he still is enrolled in the US school system) which would make him almost a year older than flatt, and illegible for HS record consideration. Flatt was barely legal. Is this 3:39 even gonna go into the US record list? Either way it's a really good time. Good for him, it's awesome he gets to compete and participate in us hs competition. Wonder what he will do next year....
Definitely a reach to say that Coach Gibby is getting "lucky" with recruits like Acer Iverson, Graham Blanks, and Matthew Pereira as XC all-americans under his tutelage. Harvard will forever benefit from kids going because of the name brand, but don't conflate that with coaching ability.
The luck is when a 9:13 recruit runs 13:27 in the 5k when you aren't even coaching him.
Ferenc Kovacs of Woodberry Forest (VA) ran 14:08 and 3:39 (1500) this season. Listed as a sophomore although he just turned 18. From Hungary, the kid isn't being discussed at all on the American circuit.
Very impressive. He is 8 months younger than Colin, but 2 months older than Henz.
He will not be as old as Cade was during his senior year however,
Look to him to break the HS record next year.
He’s a foreign exchange student so he won’t be in America next season.
Of course Luxembourg population is very small (0.6 million).
Interestingly however, their #1 runner this year has run 3:34.33, which is faster than the top American (3:34.81).
They also have a faster HS kid than the U
3:59.1 ranks you 8th in the country, which is not that surprising due to population size.
Super good on top end…
Let’s not pretend like Teare’s 3:34.81 is the best USA 1500/mile performance of the year. You have Hocker’s 3:50.97 mile at Pre and the indoor 3:50.17 from Teare and Hocker’s 3:50.3. It’s a down year compounded by Hocker’s ill-timed injury, but to say that 3:34.33 is the fastest is using a technicality.