vivalara wrote:
Why were the times so slow? Tactical race, or terrible/windy conditions?
Because everyone that could run faster was in Seattle or Boston.
vivalara wrote:
Why were the times so slow? Tactical race, or terrible/windy conditions?
Because everyone that could run faster was in Seattle or Boston.
Interesting, thanks. I mean it's hard not to dislike his choices being being a runner and all. Dad who is a 5 time iron man would probably disagree with me. Thought German Fern. was the 2 mile holder for some reason...but yeah just insane to give up a 8:30 2 mile talent...
runnerdnerd wrote:
MaMiler wrote:Who is LV?
Lukas Verzbicas
US national HS record holder in the 2 mile and hs sub 4 miler (senior year in 2011).
Also did triathlons and duathlons during high school.
Went to Oregon to run. Quit mid XC season his freshman year, said he wanted to focus on triathlon.
The following summer suffered major injuries in a bicycle accident, suffering broken vertebra, punctured lung, and broken collarbone. It was feared he could never run again. But, he has since been able to return to training, but hasn't quite been able to reach his previous level, although he has climbed back up to being ranked in the top 20 Americans in the triathlon again.
Some people hate on him for quitting running to focus on triathlons, because they feel he was disingenuous for going to Oregon and then quitting in the middle of his first season.
Others applaud him for coming back from a severe injury to compete at the national level again.
Others applaud him for running sub 4 in high school.
Others hate on him for quitting running in general, arguing he would be more successful in running than in cycling.
Others applaud him for running for USA, despite being able to run for Lithuania if he wanted (he would have a much easier time making an Olympic team for Lithuania).
What is his history? wrote:
Has he had big drops in his times?
I saw that he ran 4:22 indoors for the mile. So I'd say so. Looking at his athletic.net profile you can definitely see improvement.
Rhode Island being such a small state I got to see him run multiple times throughout the last year, and it's truly amazing. Kid's got GUTS. Indoor state meet, 1500m with one lap to go he challenges Jack Salisbury (4:04 miler) and DJ Principe (14:3x 5k) and the crowd went nuts, he's not afraid to get out hard and run with the big guys... Saw him run a 1:55 winning by a solid margin, and then another meet a 3:54 1500. Can't wait to see how he performs in the future
habs wrote:
Age?? wrote:Are the two digits following the name the competitors age?
No, it's the graduation year. So "19" means he intends to graduate in 2019; i.e. he is a freshman.
Who cares about graduation year?
Age is all that matters. Eligibility for World Juniors or Youths is not calculated based on graduation year.
What is year of birth? 2000? 2001?
Karma Police wrote:
habs wrote:No, it's the graduation year. So "19" means he intends to graduate in 2019; i.e. he is a freshman.
Who cares about graduation year?
Age is all that matters. Eligibility for World Juniors or Youths is not calculated based on graduation year.
What is year of birth? 2000? 2001?
Has to be 2001. In 2014 and 2015 he competed in the 13-14 USATF Cross Country Junior Nationals. He already has or will be turning 15 this year.
future talent wrote:
Karma Police wrote:Who cares about graduation year?
Age is all that matters. Eligibility for World Juniors or Youths is not calculated based on graduation year.
What is year of birth? 2000? 2001?
Has to be 2001. In 2014 and 2015 he competed in the 13-14 USATF Cross Country Junior Nationals. He already has or will be turning 15 this year.
Thank you.
Next confusion is this - it is currently the school holidays. Does freshman mean just finished freshman year and going into soph year? Whilst I don't care, this will help me understand the usual ages for those years.
So it's a 4.13 mile, which is about a 3.56 1500, at U16. That's slick.
Austin Tamagno ran 4:09 for the 1600 as a freshmen as well.