Michigan's true freshman Trent McFarland - a 4:15 miler in HS - wins Big 10 1500

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2 months ago 05/12/2024 10:35pm EDT

In HS, the guy ran 4:13.96 for 1600 (so 4:15.49 equivalent in mile) and now a year later he's the Big 10 mile champ.

Yes, Adam Spencer wasn't in the 1500 and yes McFarland was best known as an 800 guy in HS (1:50.68 pb and 9:14 for 3200) but it's impressive development nonetheless.

1 Trent McFarland FR-1 Michigan 3:43.59 10
2 Nick Foster SR-4 Michigan 3:43.64 8
3 Luke Perelli JR-3 Michigan State 3:44.96 6
4 Eli Hoeft SR-4 Minnesota 3:45.12 5
5 Owen Huard JR-3 Michigan State 3:45.15 4
6 Will O'Brien SR-4 Illinois 3:45.83 3
7 Henry Johnson JR-3 Michigan 3:46.61 2
8 Martin Segurola SO-2 Indiana 3:48.11 1
9 Evan Dorenkamp SR-4 Penn State 3:48.39 -
10 Ryan Watson FR-1 Penn State 3:49.64 -
11 Kevin Haas JR-3 Penn State 3:51.02 -
12 Alex Dediu SR-4 Ohio State 4:01.42

2 months ago 05/12/2024 10:38pm EDT

re: rojo

As wow as fast in high school as fast in college as never would of expected fast guy to run fast time as wow

2 months ago 05/12/2024 10:41pm EDT

re: TheAssMan.

2 months ago 05/12/2024 10:45pm EDT

re: rojo

rojo wrote:
In HS, the guy ran 4:13.96 for 1600 (so 4:15.49 equivalent in mile) and now a year later he's the Big 10 mile champ.
Yes, Adam Spencer wasn't in the 1500 and yes McFarland was best known as an 800 guy in HS (1:50.68 pb and 9:14 for 3200) but it's impressive development nonetheless.
1 Trent McFarland FR-1 Michigan 3:43.59 10
2 Nick Foster SR-4 Michigan 3:43.64 8
3 Luke Perelli JR-3 Michigan State 3:44.96 6
4 Eli Hoeft SR-4 Minnesota 3:45.12 5
5 Owen Huard JR-3 Michigan State 3:45.15 4
6 Will O'Brien SR-4 Illinois 3:45.83 3
7 Henry Johnson JR-3 Michigan 3:46.61 2
8 Martin Segurola SO-2 Indiana 3:48.11 1
9 Evan Dorenkamp SR-4 Penn State 3:48.39 -
10 Ryan Watson FR-1 Penn State 3:49.64 -
11 Kevin Haas JR-3 Penn State 3:51.02 -
12 Alex Dediu SR-4 Ohio State 4:01.42

I'm from Michigan, he was a clear big talent in high school. He was super undertrained. Was a basketball player so this is his first full year running. He also ran about 15:15 in cross country. Very impressive talent.

2 months ago 05/12/2024 10:57pm EDT

re: rojo

Sully knows what he’s doing.

2 months ago 05/14/2024 12:00pm EDT

re: Er...

sully is a pretty bad coach otherwise though. michigan routinely gets the best in state talent every year and lights it on fire. 99% of em dont pan out or maybe by their last season as 6th years run a mediocre 8:48 steeple (fake, cop-out event unless you're elite) and celebrate. sully should be gone.

2 months ago 05/14/2024 12:07pm EDT

re: rojo

Must've been the super shoes

2 months ago 05/14/2024 12:08pm EDT

re: oozmascareteam

20 pts for UM in the 1500m says you're wrong.

2 months ago 05/14/2024 12:37pm EDT

re: rojo

His HS coach ran for Kevin Hanson in HS.
The Hanson Coaching Tree has many branches. Not only in Michigan but throughout the country.

2 months ago 05/14/2024 12:39pm EDT

re: kssjdjajJ

Untrained 15:15 xc / 1:50 is a fairer HS profile.

2 months ago 05/15/2024 11:05am EDT

re: rojo

I had also heard Trent was a baseball player in hs. He definitely had a great first year of running only training. Congrats to him. I am excited to see what the future holds.

As for Sully, I think he has a way to train and it seems to work for a lot of kids. I respect that he sticks with kids and isn't out there scouring the portal for 23-year old replacements. He's faithful to a fault. Kids get injured. School can be tough (esp UM).

I mean look at Tom Brady and Nick Foster. They did well. Some of the others guys struggled but my understanding was there a few injuries this season. Miles Brown has struggled with consistency but he's also coming back from a serious leg injury. Camden Law has a good year as a freshman, as did Nathan Lopez before he was injured. The sophomore class has improved as well.

2 months ago 05/15/2024 11:59am EDT

re: rojo

Looking at these 1500 results; you wonder if Wisconsin had any runners there ?

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