Lukas tried going for the 2 mile record last year, what will he go for this year? I believe he has a shot at the following (in order of likelihood):
Indoor 5,000 (already has it)
Indoor mile
Indoor 2 mile
Outdoor 10,000
Outdoor 5,000
Outdoor 2 mile
I think he will take at least one of these, but not all.
definitely the indoor mile, he'll probably get it on saturday at boston indoor games. and i think the indoor 2 mile is definitely within reach, not sure about outdoor tho. after nationals then it might be a bit easier to decide if he can do the 5k outdoors but as of now not sure
Excluding the outdoor 10k and indoor 5k, which are almost never run in HS, I think he has a slim but non-negligable chance at getting one of these records. If I had to bet money I would bet on zero. There just isn't enough evidence to show he is as good as Webb, Rupp, or German on the track.
German was a year ahead in school, so Lukas is basically a year ahead of him at this point (age wise), so I don't think it's completely unreasonable for him to take the 2 mile record, assuming he is somewhat close in talent.
The 5,000 and indoor mile I'd say are most likely. Every race would have to go perfect for him to get more records than those.
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Indoor 2 mile
8:40.0i Gerry Lindgren (Rogers, Spokane, Washington) 1964
No way Lukas touches that record. NO ONE has broken it in 46 years.
Not Ryun, not Pre, not Virgin, not Salazar, not Hulst, not Nelson, not Chapa, not Webb, not Ritz, not Rupp.
I think this record is stronger than the outdoor record.
He went for the outdoor two mile last year. I'm pretty sure he'll go for that again. I think that and a sub 4 mile are LVs goals. Don't know about indoor.
he can probably get the soft high school marathon record of 2:23
just because a record is old that means its unbreakable? I would say that lindgren's run was better than german's BUT his record is not harder. I think it was a better run because indoor tracks were nothing back then, but now they are amazing.
Clearing the bs up wrote:
Indoor 2 mile
8:40.0i Gerry Lindgren (Rogers, Spokane, Washington) 1964
No way Lukas touches that record. NO ONE has broken it in 46 years.
Not Ryun, not Pre, not Virgin, not Salazar, not Hulst, not Nelson, not Chapa, not Webb, not Ritz, not Rupp.
I think this record is stronger than the outdoor record.
None of them. Doesn't mean he isn't good - Dathan Ritzenhein didn't break any national high school records either.