Sam Affolder greatest triple ever at nationals?

TrackGuy17 wrote:

Noah Affolder had quite the performance at New Balance Nationals Indoor this past weekend.

no he didn't.

Sam did.

Sam looked unbeatable this weekend. He will certainly break 4 this year and be in an NCAA final next year. We need a Grant Fisher replacement and we just found one.

they only even won the relays because their high school has all transfer student recruits. all of them should be banned from high school (and probably NCAA ) competition

Kids can transfer or they wouldn’t be allowed to run. I am glad to see so many studs transfer there because that somewhat limits their national impact because some won’t even get to compete on such a deep team. I do t understand your point about the NCAA.

Is the op tinman self promoting his athletes anonymously?

Odd stuff wrote:

Is the op tinman self promoting his athletes anonymously?

*Athletes training with his philosophy

The only people who should be mentioned are Sam, the Loudon Valley High School team), and the team coaches (Mr. & Mrs. Hunter) for their stelasr achievements. They had great prrformances/success thid weekend @ NB Indoor Nationals!

(They earned it.)

Webb went out in 2:14 in that 1600m race, and closed in 1:52 for 4:06. That is what a soon to be 3:53 miler can do, while tripling in 3 hrs.

The naysayers hopefully saw the light this weekend. He is the top high schooler this year. His form looks great and his interview were good also.

Next Fisher wrote:

Affolder looks to be the next Grant Fisher.

Those would be pretty big shoes to fill. It would be great for the sport to have more Grant Fishers.

Best of luck to Sam Affolder.

Lightning bolt wrote:

gahagand wrote:

Matt Rizzo has currently run 2:59 and 1:50 this weekend, and I'd be shocked if he doesn't follow up today in the 800. If he runs 1:51 or faster, that is easily a comparable triple.

Shocked you must be, then, since Matt Rizzo did not run an individual race. His brother, Alex, finished 8th in the 800 in 1:53.91.

I can't disagree with you about Verzbicas. Don't know any others you vaguely referred to, however, so unless one or more are named, only Verzbicas's weekend extravaganza is in that lofty stratosphere of all-time off-the-charts greatness. Affolder's weekend was spectacular, but just not GOAT.

I am indeed. I'm not privy to their reasoning but I'd imagine he must have been worried about injury after running two events. He was entered in the open 800 originally but did not start. As far as other triples, unfortunately it's pretty rare for an elite athlete to triple at all, and so many of those results are hidden in relays that it's pretty much impossible to find them all. If you include girls and outdoor nationals, I'd point you to Ryen Frazier, but I just simply don't pay enough attention to remember any other great triples.

TrackGuy17 wrote:

Noah Affolder had quite the performance at New Balance Nationals Indoor this past weekend. For those of you who don't know here's what went down.

4:06 split in a record-setting DMR championship(9:54)

4:06 split in a record-setting 4xMile Championship(17:01)

1:51 split in a 4x800 Championship(3rd win)(7:40)

Where do you guys think he should be ranked on MileSplit 50 and do you guys think this is an all-time great high school performance​?

Those jungle boys sure know how to throw a party on the track. What a weekend!!