Girl in KS did it as a sophomore in 4x400, 800, 1600, 3200 and won all. Then last year did 400, 800, 1600, and 3200 and won them all.
Girl in KS did it as a sophomore in 4x400, 800, 1600, 3200 and won all. Then last year did 400, 800, 1600, and 3200 and won them all.
Untested, of course
Hurdles400m wrote:
South Dakota has a four-event limit at their state meets and allow 7-8th graders to compete. So, a 7th grade girl could run a 4/8/16/32 at the state meet, but a senior boy who competed in the HJ/LJ/SP/PV would be considered too fragile to enter a 5th event, such as the DISC or 100m. Go figure.
This isn't only health/fragility, it's also to prevent 1 kid from scoring a gazillion points. But, 40 points can still win a state meet.
Only 4? wrote:
In the lower population states, stars can pull this stuff off, because they don't always need their A game for every event. Laura Roesler won North Dakota 100, 200, 400 and 800 (and xc) a couple times. Addy Wiley just did something similar at naia '23 indoor nationals.
He'll have to check schedule, maybe 4x8, or 4x4 makes more sense.
I recall reading that Roesler won 16 state titles in HS. She won xc all 4 years and 12 on the track. If I recall correctly, she won at least one title at every distance from 100m up through cross country (except the hurdle events) at least once.
I watched Nick Hartle of Centennial HS quadruple in Nevada's top classification in 2012:
400: 47.7
800: 1:52
1600: 4:18
3200: 9:25
The times might not be that impressive, but the meet was run in 2 days at moderate elevation (Carson City.) IIRC, the 3200 was at the end of the second day and many of the other competitors were doubling back from something else as well.
Best part was he was the only guy in the 400 without blocks. He won XC as well.
altitude_hermit wrote:
I watched Nick Hartle of Centennial HS quadruple in Nevada's top classification in 2012:
400: 47.7
800: 1:52
1600: 4:18
3200: 9:25The times might not be that impressive, but the meet was run in 2 days at moderate elevation (Carson City.) IIRC, the 3200 was at the end of the second day and many of the other competitors were doubling back from something else as well.
Best part was he was the only guy in the 400 without blocks. He won XC as well.
Two more to leap to mind, I think Andrew Rock won the 100, 200, 400, and LJ at the Wisconsin meet in 2000.
And Ayden Owens (now world-class decathlete) won the Pennsylvania meet all by himself for North Allegheny a few years back. He did 110h/200/400h/LJ (over two days, including prelims) and scored 38 points.
HillWornWilliamHorne wrote:
The answer is that it depends largely on the meet schedule. For example, in Oregon each classification is scheduled for a two-day back to back meet (1a-3a is thursday & friday, 4a-6a friday & saturday). This means that to quadruple would require competing in 2 events each day for 2 days most likely.
However, in Utah, the championships are different (1a-3a wednesday & friday, 4a-6a thursday & saturday). To quadruple you need to run 2 events on 2 days, but with a full day of recovery, making it easier.
In California, you would have to get through 3 rounds of qualifiers in all 4 events first (section prelims, section finals, masters, and then on to state). These rounds are held each weekend for 4 straight weeks, which means a quadruple 4 weeks in a row if you can actually manage to qualify each time. This is quite difficult.
Some events take more of a toll on your body than others, thus some quadruples are harder than others.
If you're asking about Simeon Birnbaum in particular, South Dakota is holding a 3 day championship, and their classifications only go up to 3a. I couldn't find the full schedule though, sometimes sprint qualifiers will be the only thursday competitions, and then meet really picks up with field events, distance, and more sprints friday & saturday.
I often hear about this gauntlet in CA, especially last year w/ Newbury Park. Makes the Fernandez 4:01/8:34 double more impressive as he had to get there,too.
In the northeast there is usually 1- a qualifying time, 2-region meet w/heats, 3-state meet w/divisions on school size w/heats, 4-meet of champions. Along w/getting a qualifying time, there is also the team's league meet and a county meet.
If a team does Penn Relays, you can finish season w/ 1-Penn, 2-league, 3-county, 4-region, 5-state, 6-meet of champions all packed into a 4-6 week period. It's not the same as CA, but this is what someone like a Martin, Tuohy, or Sherry faced before dealing w/national meets every year.