Blazing fast last laps at the CA state 1600

state championships are forever a 4:01 mile isn't. Cortes will forever be on the list of a double state champion! Tampagno will forever be remembered for dodging the competition. there is no guarantee that he would have won and that is fact. He should have competed and made his mark but he chose the easy way out. As a fan of track and field that is disappointing. Would have loved to see if he could have pulled it out but he wasn't there. smgh

perfectly said! CORTES is a true champion.

Oregon produces a truckload of sub 4 milers ever year. I find it very hard to believe that anyone would think that a 4:01 high school miler with his xc credentials is going to go to Oregon with that talent, where you have multiple guys few heard of in high school running sub 3:40 in a given year, even beating Cheserek last summer, and not running sub 3:40 himself in the next few years. I would think that would include a 3:56 mile and better but with fewer opportunities there than 1500m, the 1500m coming at peaking time, I'd think that he'll easily break 3:40 at Oregon (probably not next year, though), and maybe even get down to 3:36-37 by the time he graduates.

post-season wrote wrote:

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It is long past your bedtime little boy.

Shut up and go crawl back in your hole.

U jealous, bruh????? wrote:

Have you ever been part of a winning team???? In what reality do upperclassmen at the top distance program in the country put targets on talented incoming freshman and want them to fail????

That's what they did to Jeff Nelson, and Lucas Verzbikas.

Yes,

Cortes's 2X CA State Champion > Tamango 4:01

Pedophile alert wrote:

post-season wrote wrote:

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It is long past your bedtime little boy.

Shut up and go crawl back in your hole.

Ah, you are up from your 12-hour nap.

Lol you mad??

Cortes accomplishments

blargh wrote:

I'm saying programs like Arcadia 10'-14' and Great Oak currently overwork their runners with the present in mind. Yes they win a lot in high school and they have a successful program, but that many miles on the tires doesn't translate well to collegiate and pro. Im certain that in the last 12 calendar months, Cortes has done more mileage than Tamagno, and even Drew Hunter. There's no other way to explain how other previously nobodies in their program make it to state in track.

It's basically a matter of opinion on the coach's part. He either loads them up on mileage (80-90+ weeks in the summer) and guarantees success at the hs level, or keeps them lower and emphasizes quality over quantity without as much hs success but more room to grow in the future.

You must mean like Arcadia of 08'-12'.

Arcadia runs far less mileage than when Jim O'Brien coached. Has far less coaching for that matter too. And Great Oak does not overwork their runners but, they do work HARD to be successful.

Cortes may run more mileage than Tomagno does, but NOT that much more. Both great runners in my opinion. Don't know about Hunter.