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

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?

Lon Myers had world and American records from the 100 yard dash to the mile in the 19th century. He probably had the greatest range in the history of track and field.

Cas Loxsom. 20.9 200m in practice (hand timed running start but still)

Also has gone 2:19 for 1k. Could run sub 9 in a 3200m no doubt.

Clayton Murphy or Donovan Brazier. Johnny gray in his prime also. Obviously 800m runners have the best shot at this.

This is really a silly question because it's full of hidden and deceptive logical fallacies.

I'm not doing the work for free tonight however.

Nick symmonds has enough range to run the two mile and enough speed for the 400 but 200 & 100 might be tough but I think he could pull it off in the right state

hsslowness wrote:

Nick symmonds has enough range to run the two mile and enough speed for the 400 but 200 & 100 might be tough but I think he could pull it off in the right state

If you want this strict interpretation he might win a classification state final in a rural area of a low pop state. I can't see him even winning the large school championship of a small state(unless he specifically trained for it).

I bet Juha Vaatainen in his prime could; early in his career he was a sprinter and a hurdler, then he won the Euro champs 5k and 10k in 1971.

Assuming by running events you also mean hurdles, Evan Jager could do it. Unless you are talking about an extremely competitive state meet (like Michigan division 1) then he would easily do it.

Didn't jim Thorpe do that. Only at the college level instead?

Cazz wrote:

Cas Loxsom. 20.9 200m in practice (hand timed running start but still)

Also has gone 2:19 for 1k. Could run sub 9 in a 3200m no doubt.

After reading this thread, this seems like the best answer. That kind of 200 speed is what is needed and you would have to hope for a weaker 100 field. I think he could go 21 low which would win my state. Also how much of a running start did Cas get for that 200? did he run 220m and come to a near full sprint at the 200 start or was it more like a few meters, this makes a big difference.

Also someone like El G could probably do it as well, they would just have to do sprint training and maintain enough endurance training to run sub 9, but for a guy like El G running 67 second laps is a Sunday stroll if it's only for 3200, even if not in top form. Also, he wouldn't have to gap the kids, he could just play off the leader and out kick him in the last 50 meters.

My state of PA in 2016

100=10.79

200=21.41

400=46.82

800=1:51.09

1600=4:10.17

3200=9:09.34

This seems to be pretty standard for a competitive state meet, this is also the large school division, although the 3200 has been closer to 9:00 in some recent years.