After running an age group record of 1:53 in the semi's( with a 52.8 opening lap) no one knew what to expect in the finals from Brandon Miller. Brandon Miller decided to make history, by coming back in 54.82, after an opening lap of 56.41
Is this kid the future? Is he done? Did this make you believe?
Please, discuss
I think he will be a very good collegian. Maybe even professional. Anytime I see a young kid running this fast, even the fastest ever for their age, I get nervous they're about to hit a ceiling. He looks young, but developed. No doubt he will improve but who knows by how much. For his sake I hope he has a coach who is very conservative with him through his high school career.
Negative split, wow
He's good kid, I'm on the edge too, wondering how long he can keep this going, but I'm confident in his coaches and his ability. Not sure he understood the question, but in an interview last year, he said he only runs 4 miles a week.
Interview;
That negative split with presumably no comp obviously shows that 1:51 is not his current ceiling. I would think that 1:49 is currently possible at the very least.
52.8/60.xx in the semis plus 56.41/54.8. Maybe drafting he could run 54 mid to high and 55.
He is massive. Already as developed as most 17/18 year olds runners.
I wouldn't say NO competition, the other kids tried to get out with him for the first lap( 200 was about a 26?). Once he hit the bell lap he exploded and just started digging, driving his arms through 600m in 1:21-1:22. He's surely capable of 1:49 if given better comp, no rush though, he already has the WR.
Puberty treats everyone differently.
Here's him just 2 years ago, he looked like he'd never grow
http://www.usatf.tv/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=45365&do=videos&video_id=123268
MIchael Granville.
God, what a talent.
He could give Semenya a run for his/her money!
Daddy? wrote:
MIchael Granville.
In terms of record setting I believe he'll follow suit. However, I don't think we'll see the same "burnout" MG had. Brandon is an 8/15 guy while Michael was a 4/8 guy; Michael's dad also over trained him while I don't think that's the case for Brandon. However, I'm not sure how running from such a young age
( started when he was 3) will end up affecting him. I think he's more of an Alan Webb if anything.
Wow-he had perfect form way as a 12 year old-no wasted motion and a great stride that ate up track without over striding. Yeah he's likely to run 1:49 as a high school freshman if he stays on the right track.
Definitely age cheating
Apparently he has a brother in college. He's an excellent 800m runner
Naysayer wrote:
He is massive. Already as developed as most 17/18 year olds runners.
Just found some photos - seriously developed for 14. Just hard to know how much more there is in him at that age. I've seen boys who were fully grown by 13 not improve any more after 14/15.
Definitely not a good sign in terms of improvement but who knows.
14 year olds should look young and very undeveloped to see big gains in time. Definitely an outlier performance but most young fast kids never do anything professionally.
2 years ago I ran against him in a 1500 and lost by over 200m. He ran like 4:20 at age 12.
NICE FAN PERSON wrote:
Definitely not a good sign in terms of improvement but who knows.
14 year olds should look young and very undeveloped to see big gains in time. Definitely an outlier performance but most young fast kids never do anything professionally.
Inaccurate and/or misleading.
First, he looks totally normal. I saw him 2 years ago when he dusted the 800 and 1500 fields at nationals. He was every bit a normal 12 yo. Small if anything.
Second, most 14 yo's are adolescents. If he had not matured substantially by this point he would be still running 2:00+. His apparent biological age is normal in every respect, imo.
This is largely unchartered territory. I'm pretty sure no pre-adolescent 14-yo's have ever run near as fast so to cite his appearance is idiotic.
Third, almost EVERY RUNNER does NOTHING professionally. The chances of a kid doing "something", however,are far greater if he/she was fast as a youth. Period.
Generally speaking, the kids who develop later tend to be better as adults. They get more of the pre-pubescent growth and development before puberty kicks in. In my area, the very early developers I can think of are a 16yo 400/800 (1), formerly top 15yo 100/200 runner (2), national best 100/200 runner for 16yos (3). (1) has improved 1.5 seconds over 400 from 13-16, (2) has barely improved at all from 13-15, and (3) ran 21.7 for 200 when 13, and now at 16 can't break 22. Another holds the National 15yo record (U16) for 100 and 200, and now at 18 can barely run those times.
Those are age spans (13-16) when normal developing boys improve massively. Those kids had that massive improvement at 10-13.
As I say though, who knows. If he's already at 1.50 level, then even if he's like a 17yo in terms of development, normal 17yos still improve a few seconds over 800. And he only needs to improve a few seconds to make it to the Olympics.
As you say speeder, he's certainly got a better chance of making it than someone who wasn't very good when younger.