Ratifying high school records

Since most states allow students to be 19 an compete in athletics (for example, the rule in California is essentially just that athletes can't be 20), it would appear that Cheserek is eligible.

Why would him being 19 put a question mark over anything? Some kids start school later than others. If he was a white american, people wouldn't be bringing this up.

someone had to do it wrote:

Why would him being 19 put a question mark over anything? Some kids start school later than others. If he was a white american, people wouldn't be bringing this up.

That's why he's ASKING. He doesn't KNOW. He's CLARIFYING.

someone had to do it wrote:

Why would him being 19 put a question mark over anything? Some kids start school later than others. If he was a white american, people wouldn't be bringing this up.

Complete bullshit. People ask about the age stuff all the time about runners of all backgrounds and colors.

someone had to do it wrote:

Why would him being 19 put a question mark over anything? Some kids start school later than others. If he was a white american, people wouldn't be bringing this up.

Just asking because I remember running a race at Fork Union Military Academy in Virginia(an independent school), and I remember seeing their outdoor track record board and there were two Kenyans on it from the 1980's who ran something like 3:55 for the mile(may have been Kip and Charles Cheruiyot but I can't recall). I was just wondering why you never see these kids on the list of sub-4 high school students. I assume from the response it may have had something to do with the age being above 19.

tjmiler wrote:

someone had to do it wrote:

Why would him being 19 put a question mark over anything? Some kids start school later than others. If he was a white american, people wouldn't be bringing this up.

Just asking because I remember running a race at Fork Union Military Academy in Virginia(an independent school), and I remember seeing their outdoor track record board and there were two Kenyans on it from the 1980's who ran something like 3:55 for the mile(may have been Kip and Charles Cheruiyot but I can't recall). I was just wondering why you never see these kids on the list of sub-4 high school students. I assume from the response it may have had something to do with the age being above 19.

Fork Union has post-graduates, that's probably why.

t94bell wrote:

That's why he's ASKING. He doesn't KNOW. He's CLARIFYING.

chill out dude

take your caps lock off

What's the high school national record for the 800m and who owns it????

Yes, they would, or at least they should be. Many collegiate runners don't turn 20 until their 3rd year at college (including myself). It's ridiculous to think someone should be allowed to set records in high school when he or she is 2 or sometimes 3 years older than his/her competition.

If I didn't you wouldn't taken heed to it.

someone had to do it wrote:

t94bell wrote:

That's why he's ASKING. He doesn't KNOW. He's CLARIFYING.

chill out dude

take your caps lock off

college guy.... wrote:

Yes, they would, or at least they should be. Many collegiate runners don't turn 20 until their 3rd year at college (including myself). It's ridiculous to think someone should be allowed to set records in high school when he or she is 2 or sometimes 3 years older than his/her competition.

wtf are you talking about?

Most people turn 20 their sophomore year of college, not their junior year

And people shouldn't be able to set high school records if they're 2-3 years older than other high schoolers?

So an 18 year old should be ineligible then because they compete against 15 and 16 year olds?

fail logic is fail

5th year collegians are eligible for collegiate records. People don't bitch about that. It is the same principle.

Who cares if someone is 19. Not everyone starts school at the same age. Some start earlier, some start later. And age =/= training age. Someone who started running at 15 and is 19 by the end of high school has 4 years of training in them compared to someone who started when they were 12 and is 18 by the end of high school and has 6 years of training in them.

if your age 20 you can theoretically be setting world records (remember Noah Ngeny and Daniel Komen), what were they doing at age 18? yeah they were good but not at the top of the world. Statistically its not that frequent that you see 18 year olds setting world records, I can't think of any at the moment. Your max attainable performance is a function of your training and your age.

For anyone looking for an actual rule, I believe the national rule on age is that an athlete can't turn 19 before August 1st of their senior year.

With this in mind, you should never have a 20 year old competing in high school athletics.

However, the rule is still lenient enough that someone who started school "on time", yet is held back (which is relatively common even for the early grades, k-2), will still have time for 4 years of eligibility.