Is there any adult athlete that could win all of the running events at a competitive high school state meet?

Hardloper wrote:

800 analyzer wrote:

Lol. Completely false. 12???

Sorry, completely true. You don't know much about athletics if you think they'd be even in the low 11's.

Hardloper - lr's least competent poster.

Different name but same poster wrote:

Rupp would not win the 400m in CA, TX, FL, IL, or NY on a typical year. He can't break 49 so I don't know how he would break 48.

It's more than just those states. It's more like the entire east coast and west coast plus Texas. You need to be running 46-47 to win in those states in a typical year.

well, Laura Roesler, an 800m runner at Oregon, won the state title in HS at least once for every running event from 100m up to cross country including the hurdle events... this I got from commentators at NCAA indoors last year, so if I'm incorrect blame them.

well what are we defining as a "competitive" state?

I don't think Texas, Florida or Caligornia should be in this discussion as its obvious they are far superior in depth and quality to every other state, and there are obviously more than 3 states that are competitive.

I think Indiana is a good benchmark for a competitive if not elite HS state meet.

The average winning times are

100m - 10.6-10.7

200m - 21.5ish

400m - 47.5-48.0

800m - 1:52-1:53

1600 - 4:07ish

3200 - 9-flat

I don't know about Rudisha in the 100 (think he could grab the 200 with his 400m capability) but everything else is a solid bit, obviously Rudys 3200 is up for speculation but given that hes a probable sub-4 miler or at least very close to it I think ~9:00 or better a fairly safe bet.

PS Hardloper is an incompetent poster.

Matt Scherer (20.89/45.19/1:46) would have been a good candidate about 2007 (3200 would be tough, but at least we know he would pace it perfectly :)

webfoot wrote:

Ashton Eaton would win every running event at the Oregon HS state meet except the 1500 and 3000.

I will guess there are 6 HS state meets (the least competitive states) where Eaton could win every running event.

and he would win every LJ and Hurdles and PV in the Entire country as well.

Humanly Possible? wrote:

They would probably have to be capable of something like 10.7-8 for the 100, all the way up to 9:10 or so for the 3200. Right now, Rupp would easily win everything from the 400 up, but could he (or anyone else) be trained to win all of the events on the same day?

Probably not. Olympic caliber 1500 guys could easily win everything except the 100, 200 & 400 (not looking at hurdles). The 400 would be close though. Olympic caliber sprinters could only take the 100, 200 & 400.

A great decathlete would probably win the most events. It's not likely he could take the 1600 and certainly not the 3200.

Probably Gebresilasie in his prime had the potential Morcelli and el Guerroi and of course Aouita all could did the task and i think that the 100s could be extremely dificult to do.

Chuck Norris did it once as a warm up to a marathon later that day.

The best answer for current U.S. runners is Brandon Johnson. 10.47 100m PB (granted, that was 2002), 1:43 800 and 3:53 1500. The 3200 might be too much for him, but I wouldn't be surprised if he could run 9:05. Worldwide, Rudisha or Aman would be candidates, or it might be some random 46.xx European with remarkable range.

Rudisha clearly wins the 400 and should win the 200.

I give him a good shot in the 100 having 45 speed.

He'd win the 1600 very likely.

He could have the fitness to hang on in the 3200.

The best 400 runners, like James or Merritt are not likely to win the 1600 and surely not the 3200.

They'd even struggle in the 800 in some cases.

It's a severe jump up from the 400, conditioning wise and experience wise.

A speedy 800 runner will be able to give more moving down in distance.

Kiprop would fair better at this than any 400 runner.

Obey Moore could win from the 100 thru 1500.

Being that most middle distance runners can't hurdle, it would have to be a decathlete capable of running 11.0 in the 100m and 10:00 in the 2 mile. I think Beach for sure and perhaps Eaton as well. Obviously it can't be a state with really fast sprinters or distance runners and it would have to be a state which stages their championship over 2 days.

Good call actually.

And I'm still shaking my head at the poster who said Rudisha couldn't break 12. Geez.

John Wesley Harding wrote:

The best answer for current U.S. runners is Brandon Johnson. 10.47 100m PB (granted, that was 2002), 1:43 800 and 3:53 1500. The 3200 might be too much for him, but I wouldn't be surprised if he could run 9:05. Worldwide, Rudisha or Aman would be candidates, or it might be some random 46.xx European with remarkable range.

+1

Johnson ran sub 11 in high school (by a large margin) and this year I think he's going to try for sub 4

Hardloper wrote:

Josh Hamilton's Addiction wrote:

Obv it depends on what state. There are probably some really weak state winning times out there. The best bet is Rudisha hands down.

He said a competitive state. Rudisha would not win the 100m and I think a 400 guy would be a better bet.

What 400 guy would have a shot in hell at the 3000/two-mile?

I think an 800 guy is a much better bet.

400H...MAYBE.

Hardloper wrote:

Yes wrote:

Also no 400 runner/400 hurdler would have a chance in the 2 mile.

They would win it in more states than an 800 guy would win the 100/200. If Michael Johnson was capable of the 3-mile tempo runs someone posted in a thread, he could definitely do it.

What?

Clyde Hart has written about his 44 and 45 guys doing three-miles tempos at around 6:00 pace and nearly dying.

Pretty impressive for long sprinters, but not going to do a 9:10 two-mile off that.

Hardloper wrote:

dsrunner wrote:

Few 400h hurdlers would survive the 3200m.

D Solomon or B Johnson would be my picks, assuming

US resident requirement.

A well conditioned speed-based 1:43 - 1:45 800 runner can do ... 10.7 or 10.8 from blocks over 100m.

No... they would not go much under 12.

Hardloper, I think that you are WAY underestimating the speed of a guy like Solomon.

watchout wrote:

I was thinking something (roughly) along the lines of:

100m = 10.65

200m = 21.5

400m = 48.3

800m = 1:52.5

1600m = 4:12

3200m = 9:06

110H = 14.4

300H = 38.7

That's cute that you go to the hundredths place for the 100.