lane 8 wrote:
Fastnbulbous wrote:I know in 3A Thomas Pollard ran an impressive 8:50.43
Very impressive but still inferior to the all time IA record. The great Jim Eicken of Davenport Central in 1975 ran 8:52 for 2 miles.
That translates to a 8:48.9 3200m, still the IA HS record holder.
Not so. Mr. Eicken ran 8:55.9 for two miles, which converted to 8:52.xx.
He acknowledged the breaking of his record in the post on Pollard's performance.
lane 8 wrote:
Very impressive but still inferior to the all time IA record. The great Jim Eicken of Davenport Central in 1975 ran 8:52 for 2 miles.
That translates to a 8:48.9 3200m, still the IA HS record holder.
No, Jim Eicken's record was 8:55.9 for 2 miles. I remember it well because it was on our board at my high school right next to our school record (which was only 9:24). I saw it every day for four years and fantasized about running that fast (no didn't come close).
8:50.43 is now the official state 3200 record.
Sorry, didn't see the latest post. So yeah, I thought his 8:55 was for 2 mile too, but according to this...
http://www.iahsaa.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2014Track-Field_STATBOOK1.pdf
...he ran 8:58.8 for 2 mile, converting to 8:55.7.
Two Mile Run: 8:58.8 (8:55.7), Jim Eicken, Davenport, Central, 1974
Fastnbulbous wrote:
Sorry, didn't see the latest post. So yeah, I thought his 8:55 was for 2 mile too, but according to this...
http://www.iahsaa.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2014Track-Field_STATBOOK1.pdf...he ran 8:58.8 for 2 mile, converting to 8:55.7.
Two Mile Run: 8:58.8 (8:55.7), Jim Eicken, Davenport, Central, 1974
That link actually clears things up a little (which have already been mentioned):
Looks like Eicken ran 8:58.8 for two miles at the state meet.
And the converted 3200 record, all time, not at the state meet, had been from another meet where he ran something that converted to 8:52.0 for 3200. So with his 8:50, Pollard ran faster than all records for 3200 in Iowa, both state meet and all meets.
What's especially exciting about Pollard is he's only a junior. Here's the junior year season best times in 3200 of some other notable runners:
8:54.64 - Chris Derrick '07
8:59.92 (2 mi) - Chris Solinsky '02
9:00.63 - Dathan Ritzenhein, '00
9:20.38 (indoor) - Matt Centrowitz '06
Lucas Verzbicas and German Fernandez didn't seem to run it junior year, nor Galen Rupp, who did run 8:58.11 his sophomore year in '02.
theydidthemath wrote:
I went back to 2006, earlier than that and I got error messages from the archives.
The 4A winner and his time:
2006 - Devin Allbaugh 9:21.32
2007 - Stephen Dak 9:07.34
2008 - Devin Allbaugh 9:20.88
2009 - Omet Kak 9:14.64
2010 - Andrew Swanson 9:20.58
2011 - Kevin Lewis 9:05.25
2012 - Cole Decker 9:17.65
2013 - Josh Evans 9:13.34
2014 - Josh Evans 9:00.97
3 out of 9 over 9:20, average 9:13.55
Let me continue the list for you and clean it up a bit by showing the top time from other classes if not 4A.
2-MILE
1968 - Lynn Lee 9:42.4 (first year competed)
1969 - Steve Nordenson 9:41.9
1970 - Rich Twedt 9:37.5
1971 - Mark Johnson 9:37.9
1972 - Leo Meade 9:41.2
1973 - Mark Johnson 9:13.9
1974 - Jim Eicken 8:58.8
1975 - Jim Eicken 9:10.0
1976 - Randy Jackson 9:00.2h
1977 - Ken Buessing 9:26.1h
First year of metric
1978 - Charlie Mosbrucker 9:30.43 (3A/2A faster 9:20.10/9:25.48)
1979 - Curt Spears 9:28.80 (3A 9:07.06)
1980 - Geoff Griffiths 9:22.88 (3A same)
1981 - Jeff Jacobs 9:10.34
1982 - Justin Garcia 9:29.53 (3A 9:27.84)
1983 - Michael Lee 9:25.60
1984 - Steve Hunter 9:30.98 (3A 9:27.26)
1985 - Mike Holms 9:20.78
1986 - Tony Proctor 9:32.72 (2A/1a faster 9:26.44/9:18.22)
1987 - Darrin Rippey 9:23.73
1988 - Jeff Short 9:24.78
1989 - Doug Koon 9:23.30 (2A 9:20.42)
1990 - Pete Simon 9:30.77 (2A/3A faster 9:28.56/9:27.17)
1991 - Jonathan Estabrook 9:33.40 (ran for ISU) (3A-9:31.70)
1992 - Roba Bati 9:30.88
1993 - Roba Bati 9:25.02
1994 - Rob Brock 9:22.10
1995 - Rob Brock 9:17.90
1996 - Rob Brock 9:19.08
1997 - Rob Brock 9:09.17 - 4x-CHAMP
1998 - Shaun Allen 9:35.29
1999 - Grant Shadden 9:26.61
2000 - Trent Graham 9:13.87
2001 - Ben Glaser 9:26.70
2002 - Dan Taylor 9:19.48
2003 - Kiel Uhl 9:26.32
2004 - Kiel Uhl 9:24.42
2005 - Kiel Uhl 9:13.20 (later an All-American @ Iowa State)
2006 - Devin Allbaugh 9:21.32
2007 - Stephen Dak 9:07.34
2008 - Devin Allbaugh 9:20.88
2009 - Omet Kak 9:14.64
2010 - Andrew Swanson 9:20.58 (Brogan Austin now @Drake was close @9:21.42)
2011 - Kevin Lewis 9:05.25 (Johnny Fuller now @Notre Dame was 9:16.90)
2012 - Cole Decker 9:17.65
2013 - Josh Evans 9:13.34
2014 - Josh Evans 9:00.97 (Pollard - 8:50.43)
Thanks for that list! Where did you get the info? Do you have more results from '89? I think my younger teammate Jason Meyer was maybe 2nd that year, broke our school record.
you forgot
8:44.9 Eric Hulst 1975
sorry that is his two mile time don't know what it would convert to.
what happened to this kid? hasn't done sh1t at ISU.
Best Iowa runner of all time but peaked in high school much like many other elite high schoolers.
Another era bygone wrote:
In the mid-70s times were very fast.
Jim Eichen (Davenport Central?) ran 8:55/56 indoor 2 mile back in 1975. Mark Johnson (Fort Dodge '73) ran about a 9:03 and Randy Jackson (Iowa City '76) 9:00, with Jon Mathiason (Fort Madison '76) going 9:02 in the same state meet race. So you can knock off 3.5 sec or so off those times for comparative 3200s.
Mathiason's teamate Ed Delashmutt (also '76) won the state mile and then won all the national post season invitaitonals, with a high school PR of 4:05.
In the same era David Korir (Cedar Rapids Washington '75) ran a 1:50.6--or so--in the 880. He went on to run 1:46 or maybe even 1:45s for ISU. Randy Wilson wasn't a high school star(he ran mid-1:50s at some small town, ca '74 or '75) star but ran 1:45 at Oklahoma, and maybe even dipped into 1:44s at some point.
Back in those days they could triple at meets but had to chose between mile and 2 mile, couldn't do both.
Have no idea how or why I remember these things.
Ed Delashmutt 's HS PB was 4:07.
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