This is garbage that Solinsky is ranked 9th on the all-time highschool list:
http://www.letsrun.com/2010/week-1213.php
Who'd he beat? Nobody that's who, one of the all time weakest Footlocker fields ever, just compare to the field the next year.
And the guys before Footlocker shouldn't even be ranked, Prefontaine, Virgin, Lindgren, etc.
Revionist?
Worse is that they declared Ryan Hall as having the "American born marathon record"
Greatest XC highschool runners, track not a factor.
1. Ritz (2x Footlocker champ, bronze at World Jr. XC)
2. Eric Hulst (gold at 1976 World Jr. XC)
3. Rick Kimball (gold at 1974 World Jr. XC)
4. Tom Hunt (silver at 1976 World Jr. XC)
4. Jeff Nelson (4th at World Jr. XC)
5. Lukas V. (2x Footlocker champ)
6. Eric Reynolds.
7. Goucher.
8. Matt Withrow.
9. Torres.
10. Reuben Reina.
No rankings for anyone without a national championship or World XC results.
Mr. Obvious wrote:
Worse is that they declared Ryan Hall as having the "American born marathon record"
If Ryan doesn't own the record, who does?
Weak Sauce wrote:
This is garbage that Solinsky is ranked 9th on the all-time highschool list:
http://www.letsrun.com/2010/week-1213.phpWho'd he beat? Nobody that's who, one of the all time weakest Footlocker fields ever, just compare to the field the next year.
And the guys before Footlocker shouldn't even be ranked, Prefontaine, Virgin, Lindgren, etc.
He rocked everyone though. One of the fastest times ever on that course. Did well as a junior.
Yeah, 9th sounds reasonable.
Weak Sauce wrote:
And the guys before Footlocker shouldn't even be ranked, Prefontaine, Virgin, Lindgren, etc.
It would not make much sense to make a list of the best HS runners EVER and not consider all runners.
Eric Hulst above Lindgren and Virgin? Hulst couldn't carry their dirty gym shorts.
Is JK 'quirky'? No, proof he's out of his mind.
That's a good list if you were born in 1994 and consider yourself an expert on the sport. Only ttc would put Withrow on a list like that. Thanks for a good laugh, son.
Envious wrote:
Mr. Obvious wrote:Worse is that they declared Ryan Hall as having the "American born marathon record"
If Ryan doesn't own the record, who does?
There is no record for American born. There is only an American marathon record. Khalid holds that.
Mr. Obvious wrote:
There is no record for American born.
Sure there is. There are records for everything, it's just a matter of which people or governing bodies recognize those records, and how significant they are.