watchout wrote:They say he might be a miler because he doesn't have the speed to compete in the 200/400 at the collegiate (or above) level.
His best event right now is the 800, hands down. 1:49.91 is better than 47.79. I would agree that his 400 time is better than his 1600 PR (4:10.23), though. But looking towards his future, he isn't going to rub a 45.low in the 400 and so he isn't really going to be a factor in that race at the next level. However, with a little work he could be very good at the 800 and possibly 1500.
FYI, some of the other 800m runners over the past few years that actually ran the 400 often as well:
Jonathan Johnson 47.15 / 1:48.21
Jacob Hernandez 47.45 / 1:48.48
Tommy Brinn 47.83 / 1:49.27
Trent Riter 48.14 / 1:49.30
Wanliss O'Neal 47.33 / 1:49.62
Karjuan Williams - 47.14 / 1:49.97
James Gilreath - 46.62 / 1:49.98
Derrick Daigre 48.71 / 1:50.05
Aaron Stockstell 47.67 / 1:50.18
Michael Quercia 47.86 / 1:50.27
Terrance Livingston 47.70 / 1:50.32
Kyle Thompson 48.04 / 1:50.54
Lamarr Davis 47.46 / 1:50.58
Curtis Beach 47.96 / 1:50.75
Joseph Abbott 48.11 / 1:50.78
William Stovall 47.97 / 1:50.78
That's four that often ran both events and went sub-1:51 but didn't go sub-48 in the 400, and all but one of them were under 48.16... that is 12/16 that did. And I know of several others that split sub-48 (often a low 47) that also ran sub 1:51.
Running under 48 is very good, but it usually takes that kind of speed to run near 1:50 or better.
It appears he has run almost no open 400s...the only one listed on his milesplit profile is the one from his state meet. I'd assume he had to run the 400 at the state qualifying meets in order to run it at the state meet. However, I have no idea how they do things there, so I could be wrong. Anyway, I bet he could run faster than 47.79 with a couple mores tries at it.
He also won the state cross-country meet his junior and senior years, and he has a 15:10 PR. He has some serious range, and could obviously go a fair site faster than 9:28. I'd be shocked if he couldn't go 9:05 or better, probably sub-9:00.