jjsj wrote:
anyone wrote:AlSal has proven he can develop talent. Not just Rupp, but the work he's done with Hasay, Rowbury and others.
Hasay's development in terms of strength, speed and form has been a beauty to behold.
Salazar has not done anything that significant to any of his runners except Rupp (and that took him a decade).
Rowbury is back to running the times she was already running before Salazar. Hasay has always been a strength runner and her 5k PR is still not quite there.
I have no dog in this fight and am not really a fan of Rupp, but I always feel I have to point out stupid when I see it.
Rupp broke the U.S. high school record for 3000 m with a time of 8:03.67.
In the spring of 2004, Rupp won his 5000 heat against college runners at the Stanford Cardinal Invitational with a time of 13:55.32, fourth-best in U.S. prep history.
He went on to break the Oregon state records for 1500 m (3:45.3) and the mile (4:01.8), the latter mark being the eighth-best in American high school history at the time.
On July 3, 2004 in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium, he broke Gerry Lindgren’s 40-year old U.S. high school record for 5000 m by almost seven seconds, running 13:37.91 for the distance.
He finished his high school career with a 10,000 m race in 29:09.56 in Brasschaat, Belgium, fourth-fastest ever for an American high schooler.
So he was actually great TEN YEARS AGO and it did not "(take) him a decade".
4:01.8y, 5:18.5 2k HSR, 8:03 3k HSR, 13:37 HSR
I would say those are pretty good marks, considering that three of the four were HSRs and he was not best at the mile.