bill rodgers ran about a 4:25 mile and 9:38 2 mile in high school, got his 2 mile down to 8:58 by the end of college, started smoking quit running for years, he started running again with the goal of running 20 miles each day, entered a race and won, became the worlds best marathoner won boston and new york 4 times each, also won fukuoka, amsterdam, houston and many other marathons.
with his high school times, a lot of college coaches today would tell him to get lost if he asked for a tryout, like UCLA coach told steve scott, your too slow you would slow down the teams workouts.