Texas produces a high school prodigy, Craig Lutz.

I think the Hauser twins ran about 9:02 as sophmores, too. Also, in race right before ... Chelsey Sveinsson, also a sophmore, ran a 10:12.

Uh, why "condolences to Boulder, Portland, and Madison"??

Also keep in mind that the 2 mile was on a Friday after that Sunday 10k, so he didn't have a great deal of time to recover from the 30:46 for the 9:03 2-miler.

It was a 3200m, which translates to a 9:07 2 mile.

Because Austin Tx is the new distance running capitol of the USA!

because it's part of the normal "texas is the greatest" attitude that is so pervasive in austin when something goes right for them. they feel the need to announce it to the world and put it on bumperstickers and flash that gay little hand sign everytime that it happens. when things don't go right, it's always someone else's fault. typical blowhards.

Clearly you are not ready for the distance running revolution centered in Austin, Tx. Maybe some day you will be.

texas blows wrote:

because it's part of the normal "texas is the greatest" attitude that is so pervasive in austin when something goes right for them. they feel the need to announce it to the world and put it on bumperstickers and flash that gay little hand sign everytime that it happens. when things don't go right, it's always someone else's fault. typical blowhards.

You don't have to tell us how much it must suck to live in Shreveport. We already know.

Team USA Austin Texas wrote:

Uh, why "condolences to Boulder, Portland, and Madison"??

That was a joke. Austin got trashed on here last week for not being a running town. Those other towns are often labeled the best mid-size town in America. Sure, it gets hot here in the summer, but Austin has some positive qualities. Of course, being located in Texas is definitely not one of them.

and Craig's 30:46 was on a very HILLY course.

Not flat, that Austin, no, no.

He's not the first.

Brian Sullivan

Then Scott Macpherson

Then Colby

Then CJ Brown/sorta

Then Lutz

etc. etc...

He's not first for what? The 10k time or txrelays time?

And Texas will ruin him long before he ever gets a shot at a medal.

why would you think that just because he lives in Texas, that would mean that hes going to burn out. Give the boy a chance, just because he runs a good time in his sophomore year doesnt mean that hes peaking. Did you ever think that maybe his coach knows what he is doing.

I can't wait to see whats in store the next two years. We have so much talent in the sophomores this year that it's unreal. Jim and Joe Rosa, Elias Gedyon, Zach Wills, Craig Lutz, and many more are already doing big things. The record books will be rewritten in the next few years.

true dat, go TEXAS

I live in Texas and know of Craig Lutz. Young LutZ would often zip pass my son in the last 300 meters of a race during summer track days. I think what's more interesting about young Craig is that he is pretty low mileage to producing such monster times. Craig Lutz is the real deal and he will only get better!

metric man. wrote:

It was a 3200m, which translates to a 9:07 2 mile.

9:07? He could hang with the leaders today for ~2 miles. Watch out africans, here we come!

Actually, the Capital 10k is a really fast course, not "Really Hilly." It's one of the fastest in Texas.