McGorty, Hunter and Lomong go 1:48

McGorty is a junior too. When was the last time a junior went 1:48.5?

Also, when was the last time a junior beat the high school sub-4 superstar? Oh yeah, Hunter last year. Good things in store for McGorty next year.

Elijah Greer, 1:47.68 2009

cwarcarblue11 wrote:

McGorty is a junior too. When was the last time a junior went 1:48.5?

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Andro McNitro wrote:

If you are McGorty you are super-stoked right now. You just won the best U.S. HS 800m ever.

He also beat the high school superstar and had the lead the whole race. Hunter went out strangely slow, and that probably cost him the race. I'm still so glad Mcgorty beat him though.

Next year he will break 4 and then get beat by a junior, predicting it now.

1995 California state meet:

1. Aaron Richburg (Logan) 1:48.40

2. Michael Granville (Bell Gardens) 1: 48.47

Third was "only" 1:52, although the top 6 were all under 1:53.

According to Track and Field News, five of the top ten performers all-time in the high school 800m did it in the past ten years, including Andres Arroyo and John Crossley in 2013 (1:47.79 and 1:48.01), Elijah Greer (1:47.68), the only junior on the list, and Brazier and Orange last year, 1:47s. With these four guys this year (Brandon McGorty, Andrew Hunter, Alexander Lomong, and Michael Slagowski) at least running 1:48.5-1:48.7 already in high school only races, this would be the deepest year of all if they all broke 1:48, which could happen if they got into college or pro races certainly.

Tkjordan wrote:

Andro McNitro wrote:

If you are McGorty you are super-stoked right now. You just won the best U.S. HS 800m ever.

He also beat the high school superstar and had the lead the whole race. Hunter went out strangely slow, and that probably cost him the race. I'm still so glad Mcgorty beat him though.

Hunter ran the smart race. It brought him within a hair's breadth of winning.

That said, that McGorty could run 51-57 promises a much faster 800 in the near future. New HS 800 record? It's a serious possibility.

Hunter went out strangely slow, and that probably cost him the race. I'm still so glad Mcgorty beat him though.

Hunter went out in 53. Ran 1:48. 53/55. Isn't the 2 second differential considered ideal for an 800?

jkjhiinihig wrote:

Hunter went out strangely slow, and that probably cost him the race. I'm still so glad Mcgorty beat him though.

Hunter went out in 53. Ran 1:48. 53/55. Isn't the 2 second differential considered ideal for an 800?

If that's what he ran. According to the vid on milestat, he was out in 51. Maybe that's wrong, though.

Link wrote:

jkjhiinihig wrote:

Hunter went out in 53. Ran 1:48. 53/55. Isn't the 2 second differential considered ideal for an 800?

If that's what he ran. According to the vid on milestat, he was out in 51. Maybe that's wrong, though.

http://va.milesplit.com/videos/137482

Ugh. I misread your post (I thought you were correcting me on McGorty's split), which I strongly agree with. Drew ran the perfect race - which, he probably had to do given that he's probably not capable of running 1:47 right now.

Yes it is almost if not ideal, very disciplined for any HS guy..

"Strangely slow?"

How many HS 800's go out in 53, where guys can finish nicely? Seriously?

Ideal for Hunter, 1:48.x is faster than I thought he could run. I though 1:50, as I think him more a miler/3K type. This is outstanding.

Up to this race, McGorty and Lomong had pr's of 1:51! They also both have 400m pr's of 50.x, Lomong's 400 pr actually from 2013 (and his 800m pr last year was only 1:57.96), and McGorty has apparently high jumped 6'5" as well. Hunter's 800m pr was 1:52.98 from last year and he ran 1:58 two years ago.

All of these guys have improved dramatically. McGorty still has a 1600m pr of 4:13 from this year and Lomong around 4:15, so they should drop those times a lot. How many milers could actually run a very fine 800m with some practice? Bring back the days of the 800m/1500m guys (admittedly there are a few now at the elite level with Kiprop, Souleiman, and Makhloufi, among others).

When will they run McGorty in the 400? Ran a 50 as a freshman. Obviously talented at the higher distances too but I think he could really throw down a good time.

I would presume all McGortys to be pretty athletic. Their father was a NJ star , Kevin, back in the early 1980's '83 I believe and was a great multi guy even in HS

HJ'ed 6'10

LJ'ed 23+

Hurdled 13.90

Javelin 204+

Pv'ed over 14 feet

Lenny Leonard wrote:

I was really hoping Lomong would have thrown down a fast 1600 by this point in the season, like 4:06 or faster.

Hunter is in 1:48-1:49 shape, but I'm picking the junior, McGorty, for the win.

Tooting my own horn here. But for those in VA, we knew this was going down.

McGorty has a real shot at being next on the sub-4 list, which will then be dominated by Virginia runners.

Brandon is actually going to run a 400 next week. Last week, the day after Penn Relays, he splits 1:52.1 and 48.2 in two relays.

Also, for the sake of accuracy, his splits were 52.5 followed by 56.0. The clock on the video was slightly off.

Lenny Leonard wrote:

McGorty has a real shot at being next on the sub-4 list, which will then be dominated by Virginia runners.

Not really. He's a great talent, don't get me wrong, but he's nothing extraordinary at the mile. Check out the Penn Relays Mile:

McGorty completely choked when the big boys made their moves. He had nothing. Great at 800 and 400 obviously, but his mile leaves a lot to be desired...

jjjjjjj wrote:

I'll just do you the service of saying who these guys are, since a claim about McGorty, Hunter, and Lomong sounds like Sean McGorty, Andrew Hunter, and Lopez Lomong:

Alexander Lomong (Fork Union)

Andrew Hunter (Loudoun Valley)

Brandon McGorty (Chantilly)

Yeah, nobody with a brain thought that.

jjjjjjj wrote:

I'll just do you the service of saying who these guys are, since a claim about McGorty, Hunter, and Lomong sounds like Sean McGorty, Andrew Hunter, and Lopez Lomong:

Alexander Lomong (Fork Union)

Andrew Hunter (Loudoun Valley)

Brandon McGorty (Chantilly)

"McGorty" - ok, I get it now, this is not the guy at Stanford.