yogibear wrote:
So Haney's time converts to a 4:01.2?
no. 4:02.6
yogibear wrote:
So Haney's time converts to a 4:01.2?
no. 4:02.6
RPMs wrote:
Dwl wrote:Track & Field News won't recognize Haney's performance, as it is after the track season.
Not true. That seasonal rule is only for collegians. But Haney is just outside TFN's overall HS top ten 1500m list anyway. Next year should take care of that.
So is Haney still considered a junior? If so, he must be one of the fastest of all time. I know Ryun ran faster, but anyone else?
As previously posted, he does appear to be number 2 for HS junior class for 1500m. That's for 1500m races and official 1500m splits in mile races, but not including mile conversions.
yogibear wrote:
So Haney's time converts to a 4:01.2?
No, converts to 4:02.5 for a mile, and 4:01.1 for a 1600m.
thread title fixer wrote:
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A 1:56.95 800 is only 3:39.3 pace for 1500. Looks like he went out slow, then finished with a 3:36.
It's 3:53.9 pace for 1600, so much faster than 3:39. But he did just about even-split.
where is the video
Brilliant, I picked this perfectly though I hoped that we might at least stay on the side of plausibility and see the Kenyan men run around 3.40
World Youths is a flawed concept and a farce - as if World Juniors wasn't bad enough...
fantastic run by the Americans, as other have been alluding to you can take the east african times with a grain of salt. They may be the correct age but you never know. The ridiculous positive splits in both the 800m and the 1500m show that they may be young and clearly inexperienced racers (but I guess that doesn't matter much if you can bang off a 3:36 by yourself....the same time LAGAT ran in Paris DL off a deep field).
Haney seems like the real deal, 3:44 (#11 A-T!) as a Junior is just ridiculous. Keep an eye on this one. IIRC Mac Fleet ran that fast when he was a senior. Without injury troubles....who knows?
Equinox2100 wrote:
fantastic run by the Americans, as other have been alluding to you can take the east african times with a grain of salt. They may be the correct age but you never know. The ridiculous positive splits in both the 800m and the 1500m show that they may be young and clearly inexperienced racers (but I guess that doesn't matter much if you can bang off a 3:36 by yourself....the same time LAGAT ran in Paris DL off a deep field).
Haney seems like the real deal, 3:44 (#11 A-T!) as a Junior is just ridiculous. Keep an eye on this one. IIRC Mac Fleet ran that fast when he was a senior. Without injury troubles....who knows?
So Webb can run 3:53 in highschool, but a Kenyan can't?
juuhh wrote:
So Webb can run 3:53 in highschool, but a Kenyan can't?
They certainly can and most definitely have, but there have just been too many proven cases of age cheating to really fully believe that their WJC performances are always legit, in the same way that - as we have again found out - you always have to take sprint performances with a grain of salt as well. It's a travesty but that's the way it is.
jdjdjdj wrote:
Karma Police wrote:About 14.
17 years in the US equates to about 22-25 in Kenya.
Man you can feel the jealousy and hate in here
I love the Kenyans, how they run, train, live the running lifestyle. They just lie about their age at junior meets.
Yet ANOTHER example that leading is often good.
A youth goes out in 1:56... but at the USATF prelims, we have 3:34-35 guys going home because they're scared to lead & outpace a 3:50 jog.