keith stapleton- best high school runner in psal history?

Gimme a break, not even close, your kidding I'm sure?

The list of better runners is way long. I'll start

1. Charles Marsala- New Dorp SI

Yes, he's the greatest. Matt Centrowitz would have found some excuse to use to avoid racing him.

collegiate has a few guys in NYC that are better than he is. and that is only from one team.

hed get his ass handed to him in the CHSAA

Stapleton\'s good but he\'s done nothing that quite matches Girma Segni\'s 13th at FLNE Regionals. Now that was sick.

kevin jermyn, the women's coach at duke, went to a PSAL school. he was pretty good in h.s.

Jimmy Jackson of Boys High and later Coach Jackson of Boys and Girls HS ran 4:09.x 40 years ago so a 4:20 miler pales against that.

Charlie Marsala as mentioned was pretty good 4:11 ish

Lots of good guys from 40 years ago are still on the top 10 lists>>

http://www.psal.org/psalsports/articles/psal_stories.aspx?storyID=4367

John Carlos kicked my skinny butt in dual meets.... he had some wheels(note the sly understatement here)

Kenneth Bantum (1956) Bill Jankunis (1976)

Bob Beamon (1968, Gold) Abel Kiviat (1912, Silver)

Ato Boldon (1992, 1996, 2 Bronze; 2000, Silver and Bronze) Vince Matthews (1968, 1972, Gold)

John Carlos (1968, Bronze) Reggie Pearman (1952)

Matt Centrowitz (1976, 1980) Meredith Rainey (1992 and 1996)

Diane Dixon (1984, Gold; 1988, Silver) Fred Samara (1976)

Marty Glickman (1936) Cheryl Toussaint (1972, Silver)

Meredith Gourdine (1952, Silver) Tom Farrell (1964, 1968, Bronze)

Mix of CHSAA & PSAL OLYMPIC RUNNERS.

You have got to be kidding me. I know it\'s not typical for the inner city kids to run distance, but I could have then and I still can take Keith any given day. You are ridiculous. I\'m not even close to all the talent we\'ve had there is the past ten years. Best right now yes. But all time. What!!! I am furious.

I ran 1:21 for 600m

1:56 Open

2:32 for the 1k

And 4:27 in my first mile winning easily.

The training in NYC and surrouding areas is not bad either. A 4:20 mile or faster was feasable but running relays and such kept me from the open mile. Honestly I had no desire to run the mile. I'm glad Keith took that step, but until he run's 4:14 indoor I don't want to hear a peep about him.

agree

Staten Island is hardly the inner city

Charlie Marsala ran 9 flat outdoors for 3200

maybe Stapleton's on par with Jermyn, but by the numbers can't touch Charlie, sorry

I agree with most of you. Let Keith enter and win the millrose HS mile as did Bradshaw and Jermyn. He also didn't qualify for footlocker nationals like Ramon from George Washington HS. He'll need to get under 4:10 for the mile under 2:26 for the 1000 and 9:00 for the 3200 to be considered. And remember the former PSAL greats didn't race on the new armory trampoline.

keith didn't get into the millrose mile. he ran at new balance and got fourth i think. He stayed in the pack too long and gotboxed.

I don't know anything about the psal, but I'd be pretty unimpressed if those times made him the best in the history of his high school alone.

i dont know this kid and im guessing he wont get down to 4:09 or whatever you all said the best time in the psal was but the season is far from over and maybe in outdoor hell run low 4:10s and low 9:00s

out of curiosity does anyone know where hes going to college?

As Far as honors won,a good way to rate All-time bests, member of the Clinton Indoor 4x220 relay(leg 3) that went 1:29.9 yds(1:29.40 Metres) in 1974

Brady Crain,Clinton US National Indoor(82?)and Outdoor (84) 200 champion and now Nationally ranked Masters runner.

I think he ran/runs a track program out of Chelsea Piers and coaches some international runners.

also Keith isn't even the best runner in his own school's history. Curtis has had many city champions and Olympian Abel Kiviat

Until he breaks 4:20 he can't even be considered a miler

He may not not have made the seeded section at the Hayes games in 70's

i was on keiths team in high school. that kid was funny. he was a really big dumb ass. he's really talented though.

Centrowitz for distance. For sure. I don't get your post? Centro ran a faster pace in the mile than that 1000m. He ran 4:02 and 8:56. Best of all he broke Pre's Oregon school record in the mile. 2x Olympian.How many state records do PSAL guys have? Centro 2(mile/15).

I'm so mad right now!!! wrote:

You have got to be kidding me. I know it's not typical for the inner city kids to run distance, but I could have then and I still can take Keith any given day. You are ridiculous. I'm not even close to all the talent we've had there is the past ten years. Best right now yes. But all time. What!!! I am furious.

I ran 1:21 for 600m

1:56 Open

2:32 for the 1k

And 4:27 in my first mile winning easily.

The training in NYC and surrouding areas is not bad either. A 4:20 mile or faster was feasable but running relays and such kept me from the open mile. Honestly I had no desire to run the mile. I'm glad Keith took that step, but until he run's 4:14 indoor I don't want to hear a peep about him.

jose zayas, ran a 4:13 in HS, his Pr is 4:01, he runs for Puma and wouldve run for the dominican olympic team in 2004 but their funds were stolen.