PETER CALLAHAN!!!!

I'm from chicago, he ran in the same sectional I was in, he has an older brother named kit.

the brothers were originally just soccer players and they did track in the spring just for fun.

that kid is insanely talented,who knew it would come from north short country day.

Anyone know if he is running the 1600 at Nike Nationals or just the 800?

They run the mile at NON, not the 1,600m, but either way he's only running the 800m as of now. Callahan is completely untapped as a middle-distance runner. It'll be interesting to see how he progresses at Princeton next year.

What's the program like at Princeton?

I maybe naive but I haven't ever heard too much about them.

Ehhhhhh wrote:

What's the program like at Princeton?

I maybe naive but I haven't ever heard too much about them.

Definitely not known for their 800 prowess. They've had some decent success with 1500 guys and despite their recruiting restrictions have some big-time talent at the 1500 distance.

Looking at their roster they have (or had):

Michael Maag '09: 4:00.XX mile indoors, 13:41 5K. Will use his final year of eligibility at Oregon next year

Hudson Andrews '11: CA state mile champ from '07, some sort of training-unrelated back injury

Trevor VanAckaren '12: Went from a 4:18 1600 guy in high school to a 3:46 1500 guy his freshman year

Mark Amirault '11: Perennially injured since his junior year of high school, still managed to run about 3:50 off of about 20 mpw

Kyle Soloff '11: 3:50 guy

Ben White '10: Ran 1:51 two years ago but seemed to be heavier this year

Jordan Sawadogo '11: 1:52 coming back from injury

They also have an assistant coach who can run 1:49 or so.

I wonder how he will adapt to piling on the mileage.

Or will they follow Vern's model that got him there and continue with the "Full Athletic Development" model.

I'll be curious to see.

He moves from 9th to 3rd in last 200m of NON 800m today. His unofficial split at 600m was 1:27.1 making his last 200m in 24.4. Too bad he was not closer to Andrews and Beach.

WHY DOES HE NOT DISTRIBUTE ALL THE ENERGY TO THE FIRST 600?!!

Let's not forget that Peter Callahan ran a 4:05 mile, again, doing only 25-35 mpw. This kid has the potential to be one of the US milers of all time -- especially with that insane closing speed; he can compete internationally with that kind of kick. Any news on how he's doing at Princeton?

BUMP

Peter has been dominating (slow) races the past few weeks. Wish we could see him in a fast field. With that kick of his no telling what he could run. Hopefully he runs at HEPS. Any idea if he will get a shot to run any fast times rest of the indoor season?

Any links to those races he's been dominating?

I agree that he's one of the biggest talents we've had in a while. Definitely the most raw talent I've seen. His kick in the 800 and 1600 last may was incredible and that was after a low 1:53 split on the 4x800 that was largely unnoticed just because he wasn't at the front of the race.

Easily the biggest raw talent I've seen, and I've seen some good guys. Will he be great? I don't know, but as a relatively untrained runner, he has shown the tools to be the superfast American miler with a kick that we've been waiting for, if he can develop his endurance. You know, like Lagat, but white. (just to fan the flames)

Finnerty and Fleet and all those guys got all the attention last year, but in my opinion Callahan has just as much, if not more, potential. He just didn't attract attention because he was sitting and kicking and running just fast enough to win in small school races.

So he's run 4:01 indoors and 1:48. Pretty nice. There's a faster sophomore on his team - Dinkins. Throw Cabral, Amirault, Hollomon and others into the mix and it seems they've got the makings of a pretty solid DMR.

indeed!

they have the chance to be top competitors for DMR/4x8/4xmile in nation.

Key princeton guys for DMR/4x8/4xmile

MILERS w/PRs

4:01 | Callahan

4:01 | Amirault

4:00 | Cabral

4:01 | VanAckeren

4:05 | Soloff

800m w/PRs

1:48 | Dinkins

1:48 | Callahan

1:51 | Sawadogo

1:53 | VanAckeren

400m w/PRs

46.47 | Hollimon

46.82 | Eddy

their 4 x 800m with sawadago, callahan and dinkens didn't even win heps did they?

well when

dinkins is coming off a 1:48

and callahan is coming off a 1:22 1000m on a bum ankle

and they had a leg run 1:54

i dont blame them for losing by a sec.

i would take princeton's top 4 800 guys fresh over columbia's top 4 800 guys fresh anyday. there is no argument.

Ok, lets assume fresh and healthy:

Princeton PR's has Dinkins 1:48.28, Callahan 1:48.66, and Sawdago 1:51.68 with an unknown anchor

Columbia has Moriarty 1:47.24, Stewart 1:49.93 and Isaacson 1:50.76

this puts Columbia up by 0.69 with Princeton's anchor going up against Kyle Merber.

All healthy, all fresh and my $ is on Columbia

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Ok, lets assume fresh and healthy:

Princeton PR's has Dinkins 1:48.28, Callahan 1:48.66, and Sawadago 1:51.68 with an unknown anchor

Columbia has Moriarty 1:47.24, Stewart 1:49.93 and Isaacson 1:50.76

this puts Columbia up by 0.69 with Princeton's anchor going up against Kyle Merber.

All healthy, all fresh and my $ is on Columbia

Those times for Princeton are all done indoor this winter, according to Direct Athletics the fastest Moriarty has done indoors is 1:50.60 in 2009, Stewart 1:50.28, Isaacson 1:53.16. So if you compare actual indoor PRs Columbia would trail by 334.04 -328.68= 5.36secs.

So based on the facts the Tigers would have the advantage, since they could put up a 1:53 anchor and Merber (unfortunately unable to run) would have to run 1:47, way better than his PR.

well at heps princeton lined up with dinkins, callahan and sawadago - all doubling back - columbia lined up with moriarty, stewart and issakson all doubling back. princeton had soloff run 1:54 and Columbia had a fr run - not sure what he split around 53 or 54 - and Columbia beat Princeton. So enough said.

The point was that your analysis was filled with bogus data for Columbia and you used it to project a head-to-head race with everyone healthy and fresh. You were wrong, enough said.