The Waterboy wrote:Double champ at footlocker
First to ever do the nike-footlocker double
NR in 2 mile, 3000m, and indoor 5000m.
5th high schooler to break 4
First to ever do the triple at indoor nats
Honesty i'm a bit torn. I want to see LV pushed in the mile like Webb was to see what he got.
I think Webb could have won the 800/mile/2mile at nats if he had done it indoors. Tripling when you're that good doesn't neccesarily add anything,. LV did not have a hard field in the 5k. I think Webb could have broken 8:30 in a similar attempt outdoors when he did his 3:53 (his coach thought he could do 8:25). He went 1:47, and i don't doubt in 3:53 shape off a lot of speed stuff that he could have gone the HSR in the 800 as well.
It's all a lot of would, coulda....Webb had the tools to hold 3 NR's outdoors. He only went after the mile though, and did so in grand fashion.
Now i'd probably put LV ahead of Rupp, but i'm not sure about GF. GF was only 17, a year younger than LV, and ran insane times unpressed. As an 18 year old, he went 3:55i/7:47i and 13:25 outdoors. We'll never have a fair comparison because GF was so young.