I looked up the 9 jumpers and all attended college.
I looked up the 9 jumpers and all attended college.
Dennis Kimetto
how high? wrote:
One of my former classmates was a 6'2" HS basketball player who didn't do any other sport. After college, he decides to try the high jump and sets up a "practice area" in his backyard consisting of a few pieces of wood, some string, a tape measure, and a pile of old mattresses. A year or so later, he decides he is good enough to jump competitively and jumps 5'11" in an all-comers meet.
I was a distance runner who entered the high jump for fun at a meet right after I graduated and hurdled it at 5'6...I don't think a former basketball player who trains for a year should expect anything under 5'11 lol.
kartelite wrote:
how high? wrote:
One of my former classmates was a 6'2" HS basketball player who didn't do any other sport. After college, he decides to try the high jump and sets up a "practice area" in his backyard consisting of a few pieces of wood, some string, a tape measure, and a pile of old mattresses. A year or so later, he decides he is good enough to jump competitively and jumps 5'11" in an all-comers meet.
I was a distance runner who entered the high jump for fun at a meet right after I graduated and hurdled it at 5'6...I don't think a former basketball player who trains for a year should expect anything under 5'11 lol.
I don't think that was his PR, and I don't know how much he trained during that year (a few jumps a month? 1-2 hours of training every day?). Regardless, I wonder how much undiscovered talent we have in all of the events. If there was no sport besides track and participation was mandatory, would we be getting multiple sub 4 milers and sub 10 100 dudes each year?
how high? wrote:
I wonder how much undiscovered talent we have in all of the events. If there was no sport besides track and participation was mandatory, would we be getting multiple sub 4 milers and sub 10 100 dudes each year?
To clarify, I meant multiple sub 4 milers and sub 10 100 dudes each year at the high school level.
Michael Wardian.
4:34 in a mile but more of an ultramarathon/marathoner.
Did not run competitively until after college.
My father started running in his mid 20s and ended up running Mid 24s 8k and 2:25 marathon. I was always pretty impressed by that.
In the early 1970's there was a medical doctor who was watching a track meet on TV, told his wife he could do that, and I believe he became a national champion. His name was Delano Meriwether,I believe, and he made the cover of Sports Illustrated. Look up the story inthe SI vault, it is fascinating.
Jen Suhr. Took up vault after college. Been sorta, kinda, actually decent.
Who?
by the way, this guy definitely qualifies
I know of a 21 year old who took up running the 800m. 6 years later he ran 1:46.08 in2023 year and competed in at Budapest. Anything is possible.
A girl at my high school was a top XC runner who played golf in the spring. She ran 15:50 in the 5000 on the track in college.
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