Top 15 High Schoolers ALL TIME?

High School Running History

8 years ago 06/23/2015 12:45am EDT

Now that the High School season is over, I'd like to restart this thread. I think the other thread died, but it was started before the Brooks 2 Mile. I believe Fisher could have moved into the top 6 if he had run in the 8:30's and won at Brooks. HAVE AT IT

1. Jim Ryun

2. Gerry Lindgren

3. Alan Webb

4. Lukas Verzbicas

5. Dathan Ritzenhein

6. German Fernandez

7. Craig Virgin

8. Grant Fisher

9. Rudy Chapa

10. Steve Prefontaine

11. Galen Rupp

12. Jeff Nelson

13. Edward Cheserek

14. Eric Hulst

15. Rich Kimball

There were tough head to head's on this list like LV vs. Ritz and Fernandez vs. Virgin. Debate why i'm right or wrong.

8 years ago 06/23/2015 1:20am EDT

re: Let's Start This Again

1. Ryun

2. Lindgren

3. Webb

4. Ritzenhein

5. Verzbicas

6. Fernandez

7. Virgin

8. Fisher

9. Prefontaine

10. Chapa

11. Nelson

12. Hulst

13. Kimball

14. Cheserek

15. Rupp

8 years ago 06/23/2015 1:27am EDT

re: reader of the forums

Maybe some day'll make a list like this, but the first two lists posted are pretty damn solid.

I need to read up more on the (CA?) guys like Kimball and Hulst. I only know minimal amounts about them. Glad to see Chapa getting good rankings. I said it in the various other threads: 28:32 is nuts.

8 years ago 06/23/2015 3:06am EDT

re: GoldenMiles

Maybe I'd put Fernandez lower. I don't know if he should be that close to the top 5 God tier. Plus Verzbicas ran like 6 seconds faster for 2 miles and won more in xc and was sub 4. Which is a pretty large gap. But I also think Craig Virgin is a little bit overrated. Nelson is a bit underrated i think. He ran a time well ahead of his contemporaries which are all over the OP's list. He won 2 CA Track titles and an XC one, plus he still has the true Mt. SAC record. He also went sub 8:50 four times. So he could be higher.

As a californian, I kinda wish the kids these days were more savage. But it makes sense that they're choosing college and pro success instead. It seems like the common strategy in high school now is to get as much quality as possible without doing much mileage and see how much success can be squeezed out of it. I'll also bet that guys like Fisher have advanced strength and balance training and private coaching for that.

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