There was a big thread on him in 2011. Some good stuff.
http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=4234593
28:32 is quite good for a HSer.
There was a big thread on him in 2011. Some good stuff.
http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=4234593
28:32 is quite good for a HSer.
Some cool photos of the race have surfaced:
http://www.runningentertainment.com/runningshots23.html
Any preps capable of coming close... or will it last another 39 years?
history lezzon wrote:
Some cool photos of the race have surfaced:
http://www.runningentertainment.com/runningshots23.htmlAny preps capable of coming close... or will it last another 39 years?
So few high schoolers run 10000 AND it is a excellent record so it will probably last along time.
Which do you think goes first Chapa's 39 year record or Jim Ryun's 49 year high school record?
Both will probably be broken by immigrants or children of immigrants from Kenya who become USA citizens.
douglas burke wrote:
history lezzon wrote:Some cool photos of the race have surfaced:
http://www.runningentertainment.com/runningshots23.htmlAny preps capable of coming close... or will it last another 39 years?
So few high schoolers run 10000 AND it is a excellent record so it will probably last along time.
Which do you think goes first Chapa's 39 year record or Jim Ryun's 49 year high school record?
Both will probably be broken by immigrants or children of immigrants from Kenya who become USA citizens.
Ummm ever heard of Alan Webb?
Sileshi Sihine and Tirunesh Dibaba's son will break the record easy. Does anyone know why he took his father's first name instead of his last name? You'd be crazy not to think he will be a genetic freak. Rojo, why didn't this receive more press? A child produced by two athletes of the greatest distance runners of all time is unheard of.
Nathan Sileshi wrote:
Sileshi Sihine and Tirunesh Dibaba's son will break the record easy. Does anyone know why he took his father's first name instead of his last name? You'd be crazy not to think he will be a genetic freak. Rojo, why didn't this receive more press? A child produced by two athletes of the greatest distance runners of all time is unheard of.
That is how they do it name wise in Ethiopia, Sileshi Sihine's father's name would be Sihine, Tirunesh Dibaba's father's name would be Dibaba, Meseret Defar's fathers first name would be Defar. Ethiopians have 3 names, example Tirunesh Dibaba's full name is Tirunesh Dibaba Kenenei and Meseret Defar's full name is Meseret Defar Tola, they use their fathers name for the media, Kenenei would be T and E and G Dibaba's grandfathers first name, Tola would be Meseret Defar's grandfather's first name.
Nathan Sileshi wrote:
Sileshi Sihine and Tirunesh Dibaba's son will break the record easy. Does anyone know why he took his father's first name instead of his last name? You'd be crazy not to think he will be a genetic freak. Rojo, why didn't this receive more press? A child produced by two athletes of the greatest distance runners of all time is unheard of.
In other words... it will be another 21 years before Chapa's gets a scare ;-)
"Both will probably be broken by immigrants or children of immigrants from Kenya who become USA citizens."
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You mean Jim Ryun's "High School Only Race" mile record??? - 3:59.0????
(is that even right?)
Yes, Chapa's record will easily go down by some Kenyan or Ethiopian transplant. If you thought King Ches was fast in HS - there's an army of hungry dudes coming who will easily own it. But what is the HS Record for the 10,000 in a US HS only race? Tom Hunt???? Seldom run, so.....
Past wrote:
"Both will probably be broken by immigrants or children of immigrants from Kenya who become USA citizens."
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You mean Jim Ryun's "High School Only Race" mile record??? - 3:59.0????
(is that even right?)
Yes, Chapa's record will easily go down by some Kenyan or Ethiopian transplant. If you thought King Ches was fast in HS - there's an army of hungry dudes coming who will easily own it. But what is the HS Record for the 10,000 in a US HS only race? Tom Hunt???? Seldom run, so.....
OOPs, I meant Ryun's American junior record in the 800, Ryun also has the American junior records at 1500, mile and 2 mile
All of Ryun's American junior records are 49 years old.
Nathan Sileshi wrote:
You'd be crazy not to think he will be a genetic freak.
Not crazy, just not ignorant of how genetics works.
I'm proud to say that I was there, that day, in '76, in the rain.
My good friend Ed Mendoza won the race.
Eddie told me, later, that one of the things that motivated him, to win, was the Drake announcer, Jim Duncan, talking about "high schooler Rudy Chapa", all through the race!
Interesting.
Nathan, Nathan, Nathan.You need to read up on basic concepts like regression toward the mean.
yyzee wrote:
Nathan Sileshi wrote:You'd be crazy not to think he will be a genetic freak.
Not crazy, just not ignorant of how genetics works.
It was the World Junior record until around 1990. I recall Galen Rupp taking a shot at it his senior year and running around 29:10.
It probably won't be broken because high school coaches today don't let their top kids run 10,000 meter track races.
Mark Johnson of Wisconsin. I always wondered where he ran 28:25 which was the Wisconsin school record that lasted 30 plus years at a top distance program.
Great photos! Rudy was soooo smooth.
Spaceball Ricochet wrote:
I'm proud to say that I was there, that day, in '76, in the rain.
My good friend Ed Mendoza won the race.
Eddie told me, later, that one of the things that motivated him, to win, was the Drake announcer, Jim Duncan, talking about "high schooler Rudy Chapa", all through the race!
Interesting.
Yes, avoiding losing to a high schooler, would/should motivate those collegians/open runners!!!
BTW, really nice pictures!
Rudy was probably the most impressive runner I have ever seen. Back in 1978 there was no doubt that he was the next truly great American runner, not Al Salazar or Billy McChesney. He was so fluid and smooth--you really didn't see a limit on him. Then injuries.