Tony Parrilla

The 4th guy at Florida was Dedric Jones I think.

I was on a Mason team that beat them at the Mobil meet indoors and had the top time going into NC's.

But I had to sit out the final because we messed up our substitution. With our sub, we took third behing Michigan State and Florida.

My relay teammates went on to run 1:45, 1:45 and 1:46 individually to my 1:49.

You had to remind me of my missed chance at glory!

By the way, the first time I saw Parilla run he went 45. in the open 400.

And yes, Kenah made the Sydney team. I must have been thinking about Holman.

Holman made the '92 team, so he's not a "never" either.

Hey Bud wrote:

Wheating has his whole career ahead of him. I don't think Parrilla ran any faster than the 1:43.97 but did make the 96 Olympic Team as well.

I don't think Wheating has run any faster than the 1:45 he ran two years ago either.

But still, where was the hype when Parilla ran 1:43 AND had his whole career ahead of him? At the time there was no indication that he would never run faster. So why wasn't he the next great whi...

Nevermind, I think I just answered my own question.

Did he take anti-PEDs? Formatting probably hosed, but never came close to that 1:43.97 again.

800 Metres 1996 1:49.99 Atlanta, GA 28/07/1996

1995 1:44.95 Zürich 16/08/1995

1994 1:46.62 Nice 18/07/1994

1993 1:45.55 Monaco 07/08/1993

1992 1:43.97 New Orleans, LA 24/06/1992

1991 1:45.34 Baton Rouge, LA 18/05/1991

Wheating just ran 3:51, in case you didn't know. He's shown amazing potential in 2 events, while Parrilla just had the 800, and when that faltered, so did he.

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In case you guys are unaware,

3:43 is the world record in the mile

and 1:41 is the world record in the 800 meters......

Yes, most milers are in their mid to late 20's but Wheating is still a good 8 seconds off the world record.....

Remember when Webb ran 3:53 in high school?

This is not a knock on Wheating. Heck, he'll probably run 3:32 this summer and do very well in Europe.

and Parrilla didn't get any faster after that 92 race....He was a stud.

Pics?? The real question is is he as hot as Wheating??

Great vid, but does anyone know who in this field ended up with the fastest PR at the end of the day? Only one in the field to go on and make an Olympic final.

I believe it was 92 at Dogwood (searay) and in the SMR TN was behind by a few seconds going into the 800. I believe The Hall, Florida, and someone else was in front. Tony got the baton well back and proceeded to split 1:43 flat to climb back up and win the race. I remember looking at my coach and saying, "did that just happen?". I saved that split on my watch for months.

I also got to watch Todd run his 27:31 on that track. He split 1:29 for the last 600 in that race.

Anyone who doubts Wheating's ability to run 1:43 this season isn't paying attention.

With those specs and that kick, gives a new meaning to "speed goggles"

I don't know the details but there are a lot guys with 1 outlier performance. He was in the right race, was feeling it and got a great time. I am guessing he then struggled with injuries and never quite hit the same racing situation.It was easy back then to imagine Parrilla running sub 1:42 (they guy had 45sec speed). Didn't happen. I can go down the list of guys that looked like they were on the edge of stardom after a break through race who then never did anything more. Wheating still needs to jump a level (or two) in performance (to be a sub 1:44 guy, sub 3:50) and a lot of guys don't make that jump

keepitup wrote:

Did he take anti-PEDs? Formatting probably hosed, but never came close to that 1:43.97 again.

800 Metres 1996 1:49.99 Atlanta, GA 28/07/1996

1995 1:44.95 Zürich 16/08/1995

1994 1:46.62 Nice 18/07/1994

1993 1:45.55 Monaco 07/08/1993

1992 1:43.97 New Orleans, LA 24/06/1992

1991 1:45.34 Baton Rouge, LA 18/05/1991

I was sitting just past the line in NOLA for the '92 trials and the closing 300 of Jose Parrilla is an image I recall almost 20 years later. Impressive. Thanks to YouTube I can see it and it is still impressive.

For the poster that wanted a Wikipedia entry, look up Jose Parrilla and you will find a stub of sorts. Same guy.

Did Parrilla run a 3:51 mile? I think not. Therefore Wheating > Parrilla.

Let this thread not degrade into "back in my day...we trained harder" crap. Old timers, Wheating is better.

146?? weak.

vid link? I found one on youtube but it's from 93.

You for yeah wrote:

Anyone who doubts Wheating's ability to run 1:43 this season isn't paying attention.

I agree with this, but it looks like he's only going to have one more shot at it this summer.

Regardless of if he gets it or not, certainly agree that it is in him now.

Parilla had very short legs. If you saw him on the street you would never know

he also ran 45 400m several times

1:43>1:451:43>3:51And yeah he was closer to 1:44 than 1:43 but wheating was closer to 3:52.And finally 3:51 is not an insane time. It is about the same as Ulrey's 3:35 from last year.

Here we go again wrote:

Did Parrilla run a 3:51 mile? I think not. Therefore Wheating > Parrilla.

Let this thread not degrade into "back in my day...we trained harder" crap. Old timers, Wheating is better.