[quote]Never Say Always wrote:
When I came into my HS (sophomore), my brother had the 2-mile school record of 9:55. He set it his junior year off no off-season training, skipped his senior year to party and smoke drugs instead.
I worked my tail off year-round and by my junior year I had improved my 2- mile from 13:10 to 10:24, still 29 seconds off my brother's record. I ran 9:53 my senior year in a breakthrough effort. But by that time my best friend, who I essentially coached, had lowered it to 9:23.
This sounds like the most honest post on this thread.
Not all schools invest in an official track records board. The little school I coached at had rows of event records printed from the copier and taped to the gym wall. When they repainted the gym,out went the records.
I could not convince the AD and administration to invest in a records board. So I kept them myself. I researched the history of our school track program and created an "All Time" list of the Top 10 performances in each event. Not everyone can set a record, but most talented and committed athletes can make the list.
Then I made our team shirts into walking billboards with the school records printed on the back. Another way of gigging the school board.
I no longer coach...actually, I coach the coaches...but we now have a record board on order.