2023: Best incoming freshman boys talent?

Morse ran a 9:53 3200.

Have not seen anything on L Drevlow this spring

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9:38 and 9:56 3200 8th grader here

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Georgia Middle School State Championships 2023 - Final Results

MileSplits official Final Results formatted results for the 2023 Georgia Middle School State Championships, hosted by SMART Athletics in Lilburn GA.

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Coeur D’Alene ID has a freshman Wyatt Carr coming in, who ran a 9:15 3k during indoor season.

Blaine HS in MN
David Meberg - 17:46 5k
Israel Sulungaine - 18:27 5k

East Ridge MN
Matthew Carlsen - 17:50
Gavin Mestery - 17:44 during 2021 XC

This is stupid. Eight graders who run fast times almost always burn out and get injured.

You might be right with the second part, but it isn't stupid. For fans of the sport it is interesting to follow up and comers. Interesting as they develop, interesting if they burn out, interesting if they make it. Just move along if not your type of thread.

It's hard to generalize. There are various possibilities. Someone running fast in the 8th grade may continue to develop and eventually go on to be a good collegiate runner or in an exceptional case run professionally. Another might develop to a point and then find himself getting injured and never reaching his potential. Another might do well early in his high school career and then lose interest and move on to other activities. Another might perform well in the 8th grade but then level off physically within a few years and never reach an elite level. Simply looking at 8th grade times doesn't tell us where the athletes might be in a few years.

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Rosemount also has another one….

Channing Goodwin - 5:05 1600

Hopkins also has another 8th grader - Carter Hering (4:59). Could be Landon’s brother. That makes it 3 stud 8th graders

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Stillwater Middle School Dual Meet 2023 - Results (Raw)

MileSplits official Results raw results for the 2023 Stillwater Middle School Dual Meet, hosted by Stillwater High School in Stillwater MN.

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Josiah Bliss - 5:09 1600

Reeves is definitely the biggest prospect. Also worth mentioning:

Lincoln Heath - Calvary Baptist - 4:37/10:09/17:19

Grant Childress - 4:33/17:21

Lakeville North MN
T Kimmel - 4:55 1600
Penney - 4:59 1600
Engels - 5:06 1600
Bueno - 18:39 5k
Lopez - 5:21 1600 / 19:21 5k / 9:26 2400 XC
McEntee - 5:28 / 9:45 2400 XC

Not sure if these 2 will be doing XC or not
Brown - 2:11 800
Juffer - 2:13 800

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Lakeville North High School Results at Kasson-Mantorville Jr. High Elite Meet

MileSplits official Lakeville North High School results for the 2023 Kasson-Mantorville Jr. High Elite Meet, hosted by Kasson-Mantorville High School in Kasson MN.

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A group of 8th graders helps their team do well when they are seniors

Newbury Park’s 2023 class was really good when they were in 8th grade. As seniors, they helped the team win NXN

It can happen quicker than that. Three (or four) of them helped them win RL when they were juniors. Arguably, the same three (or four) probably would have helped them win the national championship in 2020 when they were Sophomores (had it been held)

Brooks PR Middle School Mile entrants with grade and mile PR:

Marcelo Mantecon
8
4:27
Grayson Duane
8
4:30
Oliver Horton
8
4:30
Ryan Sykes
8
4:32
Henry Herb
8
4:33
Ayden Taylor
8
4:35
Quenton Lanese
6
4:35
Adrian Cantu
8
4:37
Wyatt Carr
8
4:37
Samuel Baker
8
4:37
Patrick Noonan
8
4:38
Tyler Mogavero
8
4:41
Michael Scarince
8
4:42
Ryan Duffy
8
4:48
Ben Olds
7
5:04
Quinn Walter
7
5:14

Jack Koon (FL) - 4:52 1600.
Probably Patrick Koon’s brother