The Youngs had a bad race.No more. No less. Runners have bad races.
Two examples of bad races then rebounding:
1. Fast Horse of Ventura ran 16:30 at the Clovis Invitational ( he looked spent like the Youngs did today). He then ran 15:08 at the California state meet on the same course he 16:30 on earlier in the year.
2. Lomeli of Clovis ran 17:28 at Clovis Invitational and then 21:52 at state after passing the 2.1 mile mark in 12:00. Today she was Clovis #2.
Runners have bad days. It’s how you rebound that matters.