Andres Arroyo - Solo's 9:01 3200 Today to Win by 55 Seconds - Two Days After 1:47

kid has now run 49.09, 1:47.7, 4:04, 9:01.

Not to mention the 800 he won by 5 seconds, 1600 he won by 21 seconds, and 3200 he won by 55. I can't wait to see this kid pushed

Wow! I want to see him in a quality 3200. Definitely under 8:50. The only 1:47 800 runner that could do that in high school I can recall was Alan Webb.

I love this run he's on but now I'm worried that he's running too many big efforts. He'll have a tough time maintaining this pace into the championship season of June.

obviously more of a mid distance type, but man, that's some impressive range. I agree he could be sub 8:50 when pushed. 9:01 in a virtual time trial is sick. I have unofficial splits of via flrunners.com

63.9

67.6 (2:11.5)

68.1

70.2 (4:29.8) (2:18.3)

71.4

68.6 (6:49.8) (2:20.0)

69.2

62.0 (2:11.2)

9:01.04

62 shows he had something left in the tank, probably just faded in the middle because of the fact that he had zero people to chase down.

Did the guy eat rice and beans before the race instead of after it?

Those splits make it seem like some kind of ladder workout. Beast!

Fyi, he ran the 9:01 with about a 20 mph head wind on the back stretch.

The kid needs some competition, he ran 4:04, 1:47, and 9:01 in races where he had no competition. Be like Verzbicas in HS and get in some pro races. Maybe he could do the 800m at the Pre classic like Elijah Greer did in HS or do the "B" mile at the Pre classic?

JLoyak wrote:

Fyi, he ran the 9:01 with about a 20 mph head wind on the back stretch.

yeah, don't we all?

9:01 with a 20mph head wind? Damn.

I like the fact that he is doing all this way down in the southeast - leaving all of us wondering what he's capable of with legit competition.

There was a long thread on high-schoolers who have gone sub-9 and sub-1:50. I believe it's still only the four mentioned by the end of the thread: Webb, Spivey, Engels and Cheserek.

Of these, Webb would be the only 1:47.xx/sub-8:50. Until Arroyo does it.

www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=3696932

Why should he waste effort on something only stats nerds will know about, when he could easily focus on the 800, run 1:45 and own the national prep record? 800 is obviously the kid's best event, by far.

4 seconds from 45

10 seconds from 3:53

21+ seconds from sub 8:40

less than 2 seconds from 1:45

The whole reason the US prep 800 record sucks is they're never allowed to focus on 800. The sprinters have to multi-event 400's and the best dr's are pushed into the mile by sub-4 fanatics.

Well we'll get to see him take another shot next week. He's doing the 3200 at the Winter Park meet in Orlando. Hopefully his legs will be more rested and he takes a crack at it. After this though I agree he should focus on the 800

My buddy saw him at Five Guys tonight slamming down burgers like nobody's business.

WILL SOMEBODY PLEASE GIVE THIS BOY SOME COMPETITION? IMAGINE WHAT HE COULD RUN IF HE GOT PUSHED

I watched Andres run 1:47.7 .. Splits:

26.mid

26.high - 53.low

25.high - 1:18.mid

29.low - 1:47.7 so he kinda died off the last 200, but who can blame him? 1:18 thru 600 is flying. If he is with a fast group with 150 or so to go I think he run 1:46.low .

It was amazing to watch. Congrats to him.

1:47 speed with 15:00 endurance. Wow.

Are there any other fast runners on his team?

Bad Wigins wrote:

Why should he waste effort on something only stats nerds will know about, when he could easily focus on the 800, run 1:45 and own the national prep record? 800 is obviously the kid's best event, by far.

4 seconds from 45

10 seconds from 3:53

21+ seconds from sub 8:40

less than 2 seconds from 1:45

The whole reason the US prep 800 record sucks is they're never allowed to focus on 800. The sprinters have to multi-event 400's and the best dr's are pushed into the mile by sub-4 fanatics.

While i agree the 800 is probably his main event, listing his prs and hte difference between them and the NR makes no sense. His mile 2mile (or 1600/3200?) prs are jokes. He's obviously much better at both, and hasn't taken as serious an attempt as he did in the 800. Also what is 8:40? That's not even close to the HS record. Doing what you did above only makes sense if all the efforts are considered equal to eachother, which they aren't.

come on florida wrote:

WILL SOMEBODY PLEASE GIVE THIS BOY SOME COMPETITION? IMAGINE WHAT HE COULD RUN IF HE GOT PUSHED

That's right. Every state has a high schooler who can run 1:47.