If he's in his 3rd year of HS, but he intends to finish this year, do you call him a senior now, or still a junior?
If he's in his 3rd year of HS, but he intends to finish this year, do you call him a senior now, or still a junior?
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Personally, I call him a national champion. You can argue over pronunciation all you like.
The Real UncleB wrote:
Personally, I call him a national champion. You can argue over pronunciation all you like.
That's the thing though, look it up: the new sophomore mile record is now Verzbicas's 4:04- no longer Alan Webb's 4:06
His age is more in line with a HS senior, and was in line with most HS juniors last year. He has said he didn't like being called a sophomore because it was not fair to the other sophomores out there. Upon entering the US, his grade was determined for him and he was essentially a year older than everyone in his grade. To his credit, he has worked hard and will graduate on time for his age, or early by his supposed grade level.
I think of him as a HS senior.
People complained he was too old. So, the guy completes high school in three years (something most people here couldn't pull off if that's all they did) while competing as one of the best runners in the nation. Now, we want to quibble over how to rank his records? Who cares what the high school left-handed, male over 5'10" with long legs 1,600m blue track record is. He's fast.
The Real UncleB wrote:
People complained he was too old. So, the guy completes high school in three years (something most people here couldn't pull off if that's all they did) while competing as one of the best runners in the nation. Now, we want to quibble over how to rank his records? Who cares what the high school left-handed, male over 5'10" with long legs 1,600m blue track record is. He's fast.
To be honest I personally don't care too much about our high school records, I wish I could find the quote but I read in an article a while ago that after Alan Webb ran 3:53 some coach here said "so? 18 Kenyans his age have run faster" and I pretty much agree with that.
I care more about African records but then again I care more about the European Cross Country circuit and the Kenyan cross country championships and international marathons etc more than I care about High School Cross country and the millrose games and USA national champs etc.
However, when I made that comment I was just trying to speak for a lot of people here who complain about lack of US track coverage. Think: it's such a big deal on what the American Course records for Cross are (like Craig Virgins or the Van Cortlandt record). It's such a big deal for who wins Footlocker once or twice or doubles etc. Does this all matter ever in relation to the fast guys in the rest of the world? No, but still a lot of people love to hear about High School Records, so that's why I made the comment about what the official sophomore record is.
The Waterboy wrote:
That's the thing though, look it up: the new sophomore mile record is now Verzbicas's 4:04- no longer Alan Webb's 4:06
Hey moron, Jeff See broke Alan Webb's sophomore record. If you're going to spout garbage at least know something about the sport, ok champ?
doesn't anyone have a real answer?
I'd say senior, because that lines up with his age, and he's graduating. If he wanted to be a junior, he could, but he chose not to.
I'd say senior considering he is graduating this year and has been listed as a senior in multiple races and is in grade 12, just my .02
The Real UncleB wrote:
People complained he was too old. So, the guy completes high school in three years (something most people here couldn't pull off if that's all they did) while competing as one of the best runners in the nation. Now, we want to quibble over how to rank his records? Who cares what the high school left-handed, male over 5'10" with long legs 1,600m blue track record is. He's fast.
Yeah, because its not like its unfair that if he didnt graduate early, we could race when we were both seniors and he would be 19 1/2 and me only 17 3/4. An extra year to mature can help a lot.
He's graduating this year; therefore, he's a senior. I think this is actually pretty simple.