Heck this group could shoot for 4 guys under 4:00. It's only early April and 4:11 to 4:00 in June not impossible if you have training partners like this!
Not saying they will do it, but that's convo and hope I would be having with my teammates.
My goodness. What is the coach doing at Niwot that every other coach in the country is doing wrong? There are amazing high school coaches out there who have only had one kid that fast in their entire career!
Incredible genetics, outstanding parental involvement, world class running community, 5000+ ft above sea level for altitude training, great team culture…
Yeah reminder that the newbury park kids weren’t some absolutely insane genetic anomaly, and we’ll keep seeing this kinda thing. Ritzenhein 4:11 freshman lol these kids are monsters, and the top 2 are probably close to 4:01 shape right now, in April.
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Heck this group could shoot for 4 guys under 4:00. It's only early April and 4:11 to 4:00 in June not impossible if you have training partners like this!
Not saying they will do it, but that's convo and hope I would be having with my teammates.
Obviously also some great relay potential.
The first two for sure but not sure on the other two. I could see Ritz Jr going 4:04.xx for 1600, but sub-4:00 is probably a bridge too far.
Yeah reminder that the newbury park kids weren’t some absolutely insane genetic anomaly
It is odd to remind us of this when we have no idea what that even means, and whether it is true or not, so then the reminder of something we can neither quite understand nor verify strikes me as not quite apt.
Are they like an IMG where the kids come from everywhere or are they all just in the same school district.
Not really but...
Colorado has open enrollment so kids that live in different feeder can go to Niwot "if" there is room at the school. principals will typically let a good athlete in. My kiddo got into a school out of feeder because my wife worked at it so he got preferential treatment.
are kids coming from around the country to go to Niwot? I doubt it. IMG starting center (bball)is from Colorado (Creek).
Wow. This is from AI so may not be entirely accurate, but it seems to check out.
Niwot quartet's combined time of 16:32.40 is the second-fastest collective time by four runners in a single race that is just short of the indoor mile relay record set by Newbury Park (CA) in 2021.
Team Combined Time Event Achievement Newbury Park 16:29.29 2021 Running Lane First team with 4 under 4:10 in one race. Niwot (CO) 16:32.40 2026 Oregon Relays Fastest time in a single race (not relay) Oregon Distance 16:54.80 2025 NB Nationals Current Outdoor 4xMile Relay Record
Yeah reminder that the newbury park kids weren’t some absolutely insane genetic anomaly, and we’ll keep seeing this kinda thing. Ritzenhein 4:11 freshman lol these kids are monsters, and the top 2 are probably close to 4:01 shape right now, in April.
Two of these four are the kids of famous distance runners. It's not exactly a random sampling from America's talent pool.
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Yeah reminder that the newbury park kids weren’t some absolutely insane genetic anomaly, and we’ll keep seeing this kinda thing. Ritzenhein 4:11 freshman lol these kids are monsters, and the top 2 are probably close to 4:01 shape right now, in April.
Two of these four are the kids of famous distance runners. It's not exactly a random sampling from America's talent pool.
Three if you include Robbie’s mom, who was a top ten FL person in her day. Not sure who his dad is or who Quinn’s parents are.
is Northfield 5A? Race between Hassan, Sullivan, Culpepper and Adams at State is going to be insane if so