Colorado had it's state meet a week ago and we had at least two performances worth mentioning here:
It's already been mentioned a couple of times already, Tayvon Underwood of Mead High School almost pulled off the quadruple (100,200,400,800) in Colorado's second largest classification (4A), after 7 races in 3 days here's how he ended up:
100: 10.67 (2nd)
200: 20.93 (1st)
400: 45.36 (1st, #1 time nationally)
800: 1:51.97 (1st)
Emma Stutzman of Pomona High School ran 4:39.94 for the girls 1600 in 5A, which is currently sitting 3rd nationally, and she ran that time at 5,551 feet above sea level!
That is the most extraordinary range I have seen in 51 years in the sport. Is he running any post season meets?
Tayvon ran for the REAL Training club during indoor, last year they had a big presence at Nike Outdoor Nationals so you might see him there, he followed them to Arcadia this spring. Milesplit says he’s committed to Kansas State, so that’s where you can follow his career next year.
Why "not really"? Obea Moore's best times, all run as either a sophmore (95) or junior(96), 100 m: 10.54 (1996) 200 m: 20.77 (Norwalk 1996) 400 m: 45.14 (Santiago 1995) 800 m: 1:49.16 (Arcadia 1995)
So yeah, he had that range.
What? What are you talking about? I was saying that aside from obea moore, no one else on the guys side really had that sort of range.
Sorry, this arose from the original post:
>> Didn't Obea Moore have that kind of range? I mean, to try all 4 in one meet is pretty legendary, no doubt. But range-wise, I think there may be some others who have been national class from 100 to 800.
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There is only one real question, so I thought the "not really" response was related to that. But I can see that it can also have been related to the conjecture in the second part, so no worries.
But if that is the reference, as I also pointed out, Xai Ricks this year isn't that far off. As another poster noted in another thread:
>> At states, he ran the 4x100 (3rd leg, team placed 4th), 400 (2nd), 4x800 (1:49.5 anchor leg, 51.9 first lap), and the 4x400 about 30 mins later (46.94 FAT anchor leg).
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So he scored points on a California 4th place all divisions 4x100 and ran the fastest 800m time of the day (on a relay), along with a 46.05 and 46.94 400m all in one day. That isn't quite Obea Moore level, but to me that is showing similar range. At the end of NEXT year, we may say Moore was better in the 100m, slightly better in the 200 and 400m, but I think Ricks could end up significantly better in the 800m (top 3 all time). If that turns out to be the case, you will have people next year arguing which is the better set of marks. Again, I am not arguing it is equal/better, but it falls under my definition of "similar range". Others may have a different definition, and that's fine. There are no cash prizes for opinions on this message board, otherwise Jamin would be a multi-millionaire.
Well, maybe not. But he might earn a $5 Starbucks card.
Wilson Schmidt of Belgrade high school in Montana won the 800m state title as a FRESHMAN. He ran 1:51 to finish ahead of Weston Brown. Brown came back later and won the 1600 by 5 seconds in 4:10.
He missed the U.S. all time 800 freshman record by about 1/2 of a second, racing at altitude against a small field of Montana athletes. That time is truly insane. He also doubled to a 4:23 1600.
What? What are you talking about? I was saying that aside from obea moore, no one else on the guys side really had that sort of range.
Sorry, this arose from the original post:
>> Didn't Obea Moore have that kind of range? I mean, to try all 4 in one meet is pretty legendary, no doubt. But range-wise, I think there may be some others who have been national class from 100 to 800.
Gail Devers had that kind of range in HS. She started out as a 800m a runner and only rant that distance a few times as a Soph ... 2.08! She decided she was a sprinter. She was right. But what could have done if keep doing some more 800s?
Heres some of the more interesting ones i saw at the washington state meet earlier this weekend. Washington certainly isnt the fastest state, but especially as of recent there's been some good marks and times coming out of here. not comprehensive.
Jacob Andrews of Sehome (USC commit) completes the 2A sprint triple crown in 10.56, 21.21, and 46.89. His 4x100 also ran for first. His teammate Zack Munson (NAU commit) completed the distance triple crown in 1:54, 4:13, 9:07. Sehome won the boys 2A state championship, largely thanks to them.
Sophomore Owen Powell of Mercer Island ran 4:07 for the 3A 1600 win, in a loaded field of 17 under 4:20 and 12 under 4:15. You had to better 4:11 just to score, which would've won you the title in any other division.
Trentovay Smith of Yelm jumped 50 foot, 4.5 inches to set a state record and win the 3A title.
The javelin state record was also broken with 219-1 by Roderick Schenk. The previous record was set only last year by Dash Sirmon.
The 110 hurdle state record was broken by Andre Korbmacher who ran 13.74 into a -2.5 wind and took down his own state record after being injured for much of the season.
the girls 300 hurdles state record was broke with a 41.63 from Braelyn Baker at the small school state meet.
The national pole vault record holder Hana Moll jumped 14-7 to win the 3A vault title by more than 2 feet.
Jai-Cieonna Gero-Holt, a sophomore pentathlete, won the 4A 100 hurdles, javelin, and high jump, and placed second in the long jump. She ran 14.45, threw 139'3", jumped 5'10" and 18'11.25".
Junior Brayden Platt of Yelm won the boys shot in 61-10-00, putting him over 5 feet past the competition. His PR is still a 63'. He also got 2nd in the javelin with a 216' toss. This kid also runs an 11.09 100.
Those were some of the impressive results I took note of, I'm sure there's more though.
I love this thread as following HS can be very time consuming. I'm going to make this thread an annual affair so I've added "2023 edition" to the title.
Eli Gilmore of Tonganoxie High School in Kansas displayed some impressive range. He was the first boy in Kansas history to win gold in the 400/800/1600/3200.
Day 1 49.05 400 prelim 9:33.89 3200
Day 2 4:16.29 1600 48.40 400 final 1:53.95 800
The 400 and 1600 were PRs for Eli. His PRs in the 800 and 3200 are 1:53.29 and 9:21.07.
Didn't Obea Moore have that kind of range? I mean, to try all 4 in one meet is pretty legendary, no doubt. But range-wise, I think there may be some others who have been national class from 100 to 800.
i’m gonna be honest, not really. definitely not on the guys side, but there have been 1-2 girls to accomplish something similar.
For girls Laura roesler won the 100-800 4 years in a row. Got beat in the 100 her senior year.
The Rhode Island state meet isn't until this weekend, but I'll be curious to see what events Sophia Gorriaran (Moses Brown) ends up completing. At the recent Class Champions, she did the 800-1500-3k triple (dominating easily). Here's the state meet time table if she does that triple again, plus notes on relay scheduled times:
TOP TEN 1500m TIMES @ the OREGON STATE MEET (with 1600m conversions)
3:47.18 (4:03.92) Carter Cutting – Wilsonville (5A) 3:48.67 (4:05.52) Tyrone Gorze – Crater (5A) 3:49.34 (4:06.24) Will Heslam – Roosevelt (6A) 3:50.37 (4:07.35 ) Wes Shipsey – Central Catholic (6A) 3:52.17 (4:09.28) Kai Mitchell Reiss – Ida B. Wells (6A) 3:52.49 (4:09.62) Logan Law – Milwaukie (5A) 3:52.81 (4:09.97) Asher Danielson – Ida B. Wells (6A) 3:53.87 (4:11.11) Aaron Lakeman – Tualatin (6A) 3:54.11 (4:11.36) Noah Laughlin-Hall (5A) 3:54.23 (4:11.49) Josh Augustine – Jesuit (6A)
At the bell the 5A race was 2:51.9 for the leaders; the 6A race was 2:54.5.
Just for fun, here are the top ten times from the CA State
Meet (and, yes, I know that it doesn’t include the Newbury Park guys… and I
know that tactics play a role – but most of these guys ran their best time of
the season [or pretty close] here):
4:08.64 (season’s best)
4:08.82 (4:07.90)
4:08.84 (4:08.48)
4:08.94 (SB)
4:10.12 (SB)
4:10.28 (SB)
4:10.39 (4:10.28)
4:10.55 (SB)
4:13.37 (4:09.97)
4:14.18 (4:12.67)
CA’s population is approximately ten times that of Oregon.
It was a pretty good year for the distance boys in Oregon.
Maybe it’s just the shoes, but I heard that they have those same shoes in CA.
It's clear that Oregon's boy distance classes for 2023 and last year were incredibly strong compared to the norm. Very few non-seniors on that list suggests the next couple years won't be nearly as deep. This makes me wonder if we are seeing the end of the theorized "COVID bump" (next year, everyone in high school will have been in 8th grade or younger when the Pandemic hit). I can't speak for any other states (maybe California which will lose the Youngs and A. Sahlman) but I'm curios if the same trend is happening anywhere else.
At the Kansas 4A State Meet, Eli Gilmore became the first boy in Kansas HS history to sweep the 400, 800 1600 & 3200. He ran 48.4, 1:53.9, 4:16.3 and 9:33.8. He was the 4A State XC champ and this year, he knocked 56 seconds off his 3200, and 6 seconds off each of the 1600, 800, and 400. Two of his personal bests came this weekend at 4A State.
I don't know many XC state champs who can run 48.4; very impressive kid. He's headed to Pitt St (Kansas) in the Fall. He looks like he could develop into a very strong 8/15 guy.
Connecticut Class M State Championships - Joushua Mooney tied the 28yr old state record in the 110m Hurdles with a 13.90. Pretty fast time for a state not known for sprinting.
Came here to post the same thing. I was at the meet.
Bandukwala finished third in the 3200 earlier in the meet. So when I saw him off the back in dead last the first three laps of the 1600, I thought he was cooked from the earlier effort.
At the bell, the leader Mines had a 4 second gap on the field and a 7 second gap on Bandukwala. I was focusing on Mines when I heard the crowd go nuts and saw Bandukwala explode down the backstretch and pass the entire chase pack. Caught Mines with 100 to go and won convincingly.
What a fun race to watch. Hopefully there is a video soon.
<...> as soon as I saw the splits for the gun lap, I thought to myself "Okay, it's over for Aden Bandukwala" because the first guy was way out in front (4 seconds, like you said) and Aden Bandukwala was dead last. WOW, shocking to get the final result, LOL. That must've been amazing to watch it in person! We'll see when it shows up on Youtube...
MileSplit video is now up on YouTube. Amazing confidence and execution in one's kick to see this. Leader ran pretty even splits (64, 62, 63, 64), so didn't really die, it is just that 54 sec for a HS runner's last lap is incredible.
You have to see it to believe it. In 12th and last place going into the final lap of the 1,600m at the Illinois State Championships, Aden Bandukwala unleashe...
Just to be clear, Weston Brown, mentioned from Bozeman in the next post w/ 800/1600/3200 PRs, is a senior. The freshman is Wilson Bridges from Belgrade MT who has also run 1:51.