4:08.43 PR in HS his junior year. Health issues held him back his senior year. Now at Colorado. 3:59.57 two weeks ago at the Husky Classic. 3:55.99 today at the Ken Shannon Invitational. Now with a better PR than Gary Martin and Colin Sahlman. Didn't see that coming
4:08.43 PR in HS his junior year. Health issues held him back his senior year. Now at Colorado. 3:59.57 two weeks ago at the Husky Classic. 3:55.99 today at the Ken Shannon Invitational. Now with a better PR than Gary Martin and Colin Sahlman. Didn't see that coming
Very cool
good for him. I saw Martin in ACC mile today did not look good.. completely falling out the back at 4:05.
I imagine he will be shown to be already or soon to be 20 by the recent history of freshman phenoms.
What is his birth date? He definitely seems physically more mature than many freshman, but he is without doubt a talent. 3:55.9 sets a new CU indoor record. Saw him win the B race at Nuttycombe in the fall and you could tell he was going to be a beast.
4:08.43 PR in HS his junior year. Health issues held him back his senior year. Now at Colorado. 3:59.57 two weeks ago at the Husky Classic. 3:55.99 today at the Ken Shannon Invitational. Now with a better PR than Gary Martin and Colin Sahlman. Didn't see that coming
I imagine he will be shown to be already or soon to be 20 by the recent history of freshman phenoms.
What is his birth date? He definitely seems physically more mature than many freshman, but he is without doubt a talent. 3:55.9 sets a new CU indoor record. Saw him win the B race at Nuttycombe in the fall and you could tell he was going to be a beast.
While I like the post I just wanna add that the fixation on age give or take a couple of months here always makes me wonder.
In my opinion a year give or take is not that important in the long term. You simply cannot predict development on looks or if someone is born in October 2003 or March 2004 etc.
Definitely a great run. With 1.08 conversion we get a 3:38,50 from someone very young. Might of course be possible he never runs faster but might also be he runs 3:30 in summer. He seems to be in a very good spot 💪🏽
Wasn't hating, just commenting about how quickly people get on to worrying about age for Freshmen. It seems to be forgotten once the first year is over, but is a big deal during certain portions of a career. Great time weather he is 18, 19 or 20.
Martin is fine. He has a 3:56, some excellent dmr legs, and his acc prelim was fine. Just not used to rounds. This new 3:55 world is brutal, freshman runs 3:56 and qualifies for nothing.
Good job by Givens, even he may not be a q when the bu results are posted.
CU alum Lalo Herrera with 3:52 at bu today, he wants his record back.
This is the kid that trained sometimes with the Newbury Park team in the summers right? I thought I saw a video of him up at Big Bear training with NBP.
This is the kid that trained sometimes with the Newbury Park team in the summers right? I thought I saw a video of him up at Big Bear training with NBP.
Yes, he trained a little with them over the summer, and ran many of the same races as the schools are close. He was a junior when Leo, Lex and Aaron when sophopmores, and he was at the same level at the time. The 3 NP guys all had a mile PR with one second his 4:08.43, and when Aaron set his 800m PR that year, Givens was in the same race and beat him 1:53.01 to 1:54.83. Givens also ran 8:53 for 3200m that year, so his track PRs were just as good, but he was a year older. His senior year was difficult, so he kind of fell off the radar. Now he is back to the point were it would fun to see them in the same race again.
Being older than most in his class was no factor when he was unhealthy. 3:55 at 19 is quick. German ran it at 18, but not too many Americans have been faster at 19.