I recently met someone who claimed that when he was in 8th grade (13 yrs. old) he ran 1:56 for 800. That kind of time at that age seems barely believable, but not impossible. It seems like that kind of feat would stand out so...Can anyone verify that about 8 yrs. ago they saw some 13 yr. old kid from Walla Walla, Washington running ridiculously fast?
I don\'t think that a 13 year old from walla walla ran 1:56. I am from washington...I am 23 right now, pretty in tune with things, and am pretty sure it\'s a falsity. Scott Johnson from Sammamish ran 1:57ish as a freshman, and I think that holds to be the frosh record.
SE Washington DC?
People run fast down there for lots of reasons:)
I am from Walla Walla, Washington and was running for one of the two middle schools 7 years ago. There were a couple of guys around 5:00-5:10 in the 1600 during those years, and recently one around 4:50. If he ran 10 to 15 years ago, there was two national hs class runners who may have been that fast that young. However, it is a small town, like 30,000, and I would have run with this guy in high school if it was 8 years ago. I can say with 99% certainty that this is a lie. E-mail me his name, and I can tell you for sure.