Reed Brown breaks 4!

Actually it is the least painful way to do it.

pain zone wrote:

3:02 with 400 to go! Is that not the hardest way to do it? It has to hurt.

Ohyeah wrote:

Actually it is the least painful way to do it.

pain zone wrote:

3:02 with 400 to go! Is that not the hardest way to do it? It has to hurt.

Might be less painful, but it certainly isn't the easiest. Impressive last 400m.

rail expert wrote:

It's probably worth mentioning it was run on a HS track with no rail so it wouldn't count for USATF qualifying purposes most likely. Not that he cares, but there was no rail.

They did have cones around the entire track.

Pretty amazing that a sub 4 high school miler is not a state champion in the event, having lost to a kid who was doubling back in the 1600. High school distance running is at a great level right now.

cwarcarblue11 wrote:

3:59.30 at St. Louie festival of miles!

Damn it I was watching the finals and didn't realize the race was last night :(

cwarcarblue11 wrote:

Could really have 5 this year. 4:00 guys Teare, Worley, and Principe all next week at Brooks PR. Clinger has an outside shot too this weekend at Adidas Dream Mile.

Shout out to my Utah peeps!

Btw Clinger has no shot at breaking 4.

Watch from 14:30 and you will see where that last lap came from:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsl1xeVHvlYAlso note who comes in 9th!

Stiffyback wrote:

Ohyeah wrote:

Actually it is the least painful way to do it.

Might be less painful, but it certainly isn't the easiest. Impressive last 400m.

likewise with austin hindman

Awesome. 5 of the top 10 were set in the last 2ish years. This is a good trend. Some would suspect shenanigans, but it was just a matter of time.

shout out bro wrote:

cwarcarblue11 wrote:

Could really have 5 this year. 4:00 guys Teare, Worley, and Principe all next week at Brooks PR. Clinger has an outside shot too this weekend at Adidas Dream Mile.

Shout out to my Utah peeps!

Btw Clinger has no shot at breaking 4.

Definitely not. A 4:02 for 1600 run solo, dodging lapped runners is a very poor predictive factor.

Half of the total 10 sub 4 hs milers have done it in the past two years now.

Apparently five of the top ten were in the last two years. I can't believe no one has pointed that out yet.

Oh, and let me just say that 5 of the last 10 HS sub-4's have been in the last two years. Sure wish someone else had posted this first.

The dude CRUSHED it last night with that final-lap overdrive. I tip my 10 gallon hat to the Texas stud!

Stage 4 clinger wrote:

shout out bro wrote:

Shout out to my Utah peeps!

Btw Clinger has no shot at breaking 4.

Definitely not. A 4:02 for 1600 run solo, dodging lapped runners is a very poor predictive factor.

Actually it's a great predictive factor. Even with a running start he's 3 seconds off pace. That's 20m at 4:00 pace.

Utah runners so silly.

If Teare, Worley, and Principe are all doing Brooks PR then that will be a good opportunity if the rabbit can take them through 1k (maybe 2:29-2:31). They can all close fast too so if they need a 56-57 last lap, they can do it. Principe came so close at Pre and Indoor, Worley double at state was amazing, and Teare has been on fire.

I'm more worried about Clinger. Mainly because the weather at the Dream Mile is always a toss up, and who will be there to push him when the rabbit drops off?

Are there any other guys this year who have a shot at sub4? 5 in one year would be amazing.

rail expert wrote:

It's probably worth mentioning it was run on a HS track with no rail so it wouldn't count for USATF qualifying purposes most likely. Not that he cares, but there was no rail.

3:59 (equivalent to a 3:42 1500) wouldn't even get you into USA's anyways so it wouldn't matter either way.

pain zone wrote:

3:02 with 400 to go! Is that not the hardest way to do it? It has to hurt.

Uh going through in 2:55 with 400 to go would be way more painful.

Also I think Worley could drop a 3:56 in the right race. Destroyed the field at the Texas relays with a 56 last lap there in 4 flat. He's beaten Reed Brown more than once this year, and Cooper Teare also beat him at indoor nationals/solo'd a 4:00.1 at Mt. Sac and a 4:01 in like 90 degree weather. Principe I think could also hit like 3:57 in a race where the winner doesn't run 3:51 like at Pre haha. Clinger could do it too if the weather is good. Reed Brown is a beast, but honestly I think Worley is the best hs miler right now with that 1:48 speed.