I know NC's are on this weekend, but so is OFSAA (Ontario high school championships).
I was looking up old race videos and I found this from 1991, when Kevin Sullivan ran 3:46 as a grade 11 student, winning by about 80 m in what was essentially a time trial.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewCqkbl3Lxo
I know Greg Anderson's 3000 is up as well, but are there other great OFSAA races from years past you'd recommend?
Hood? Bunston? Consiglio?
That video is ridiculous. A great example of talent vs every body else. Makes me wonder why the rest of us even bother.
I wish there was video of Lobsinger in the 1500m, Moore in the 800m, Sametz in the 1500m, Settle in the 800mm, and on and on and on.
Settle went to my highschool, and pretty sure I worked on a deal with Lobsinger 20 years later. I too wish I could see that era on film.
Best performance of the meet. Grade 9 girl runs 2:09
http://www.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?event_id=3659&do=videos&video_id=70709
By the way that was a 4 seconds under the old ofssa record which stood for 19 years. Look out for her in the years to come. 65/64 in that race alone wire-wire.
gotta give the girl in second some props for staying with the leader for 650 or so - she came to race, even if she blew up.