New 500m HS Record?

That is a very fast time for hs. That is sub 50 pace. A good potential 800 runner.

there isnt much controversy ... dude cut in multiple times.

Pretty clear he didn't run 500m. He was WAY inside for a long time. What were the officials watching?

He may still be accepted as the winner of that meet but there is no way this should be considered a national record. He didn't run it legally...not even close!

This might be a time when the higher ups break away from their antiquated practices and use the film and webcast to realize that this would be a tarnished record.

Fabulous run though.

Should be a record, I don't see any huge issues.

Also, those are the rules right?

someone should email the meet directors, he pretty much ran in Livingston's lane the whole time and cut in early...should not be counted.

Wasn't there something about Pietro Menneas 19.72 WUG '79 Mexico city WR.

My old brain says something about admitting he may have run inside his lane or photos of him running inside the lane.

Looks like it was called a fair race and I doubt there is a photo review rule. Maybe the games committee will not submit it for record status. When you are staffing a meet having manpower to put certified HS officials on the flag detail is rare below statechamps level.

By Christopher Hunt / January 24, 2011

The 500 meter national record record set by Najee Glass of St. Peter’s Prep (N.J.) will not count, according to the a committee that keeps such records. Glass was clocked at 1:02.22 Saturday at the New Balance Glass. He was not disqualified, despite a protest filed by Christopher Columbus coach Michael Pearson, who claimed that Glass had run outside of his assigned lane.

Video later revealed that Glass did, in fact, run out of his lane, although the video, including the Armory’s webcast of the competition, is not reviewable for the purposes of a protest. It was, however, used by the record committee.

“The 1:02.22 by Najee Glass will not be recognized by T&FN (Track and Field News) as a HS record nor will the mark be carried on any of our lists,” said Jack Shepard, who keeps the official all-time best lists for high school performances. “Since the video Indicated Najee ran inside his lane on the curves on more than one occasion during the first lap, we are negating the mark as a record. And since he ran inside is lane, he did not run the full 500-meter distance, so the mark will not be carried on the 500m list. It is certainly an unfortunate occurrence and we hope that Najee will have some other opportunities to go after this record.”

Strymar Livingston of Columbus, who finished second in the race in a New York State record time of 1:02.88, will now move up to second all-time on the national list.