Talem Franco ran a 3:42.15 PB to qualify 4th in heat 1.
With all these national qualifiers (6 in 10000, 4 in Steeple, 1 in 1500m, ? in 5000m)
What is the walk-in standard at BYU? 4 minute mile?
Talem Franco ran a 3:42.15 PB to qualify 4th in heat 1.
With all these national qualifiers (6 in 10000, 4 in Steeple, 1 in 1500m, ? in 5000m)
What is the walk-in standard at BYU? 4 minute mile?
They just punched in their 11th male distance athlete to NCAA's. 11 different men running in distance events at NCAA's.
sub 4:10 mile is all it would take
What is BYU freshman Kenneth Rooks birthdate?
He had a 4:11.4 mile PB and 9:20 PB for 3200m in HS last year. Now has run an 8:36.08 steeple.
Crazy improvement.
That would be an all time US U20 best (if he is still U20).
A lot of PBs by BYU athletes this weekend.
I'm bumping this $hit.
Two get through in the 5000. Let’s go baby!!!
A BYU guy made it in the triple jump also.
BYU men missed in the 400m by one spot and the javalin by 2 spots.
Fgfgfgf wrote:
What is BYU freshman Kenneth Rooks birthdate?
He had a 4:11.4 mile PB and 9:20 PB for 3200m in HS last year. Now has run an 8:36.08 steeple.
Crazy improvement.
That would be an all time US U20 best (if he is still U20).
A lot of PBs by BYU athletes this weekend.
October 21, 1999
Ronald Rooks wrote:
Fgfgfgf wrote:
What is BYU freshman Kenneth Rooks birthdate?
He had a 4:11.4 mile PB and 9:20 PB for 3200m in HS last year. Now has run an 8:36.08 steeple.
...
That would be an all time US U20 best (if he is still U20).
...
October 21, 1999
Ok, so he’s not U20 (but he’s not crazy old for a freshman). Great performance nonetheless.
...and it looks like 4:11.4 is indeed good enough to walk on at BYU. Then BYU immediately brings you to a completely new level.
800m
1:53.56 HS
1:50.90 FR (1 race)
1500m
3:52 HS (equiv)
3:44.44 FR (1 race)
Steeple
- HS (but 9:20 for 3200m)
8:36 FR ( 4 races. Progression: 8:59/8:46/8:47/8:36)
With his 800m speed and if his technique is good, he will be hard to beat in the last 500m.
...also pretty sure that he would be another sub 14 BYU guy if he had the chance to run the 5000m
It probably helps that most of the traditional western distance powers seem to be down this year.
Tttgggy wrote:
Ronald Rooks wrote:
October 21, 1999
Ok, so he’s not U20 (but he’s not crazy old for a freshman). Great performance nonetheless.
...and it looks like 4:11.4 is indeed good enough to walk on at BYU. Then BYU immediately brings you to a completely new level.
800m
1:53.56 HS
1:50.90 FR (1 race)
1500m
3:52 HS (equiv)
3:44.44 FR (1 race)
Steeple
- HS (but 9:20 for 3200m)
8:36 FR ( 4 races. Progression: 8:59/8:46/8:47/8:36)
With his 800m speed and if his technique is good, he will be hard to beat in the last 500m.
...also pretty sure that he would be another sub 14 BYU guy if he had the chance to run the 5000m
If i'm not mistaken October 21 1999 would make him under 20? He wouldn't turn 20 until October.
So U20..
He is not 20 yet but can't compete in the U20 category because you have to born 2000 or later.
nofacetimber wrote:
Tttgggy wrote:
Ok, so he’s not U20 (but he’s not crazy old for a freshman). Great performance nonetheless.
...and it looks like 4:11.4 is indeed good enough to walk on at BYU. Then BYU immediately brings you to a completely new level.
800m
1:53.56 HS
1:50.90 FR (1 race)
1500m
3:52 HS (equiv)
3:44.44 FR (1 race)
Steeple
- HS (but 9:20 for 3200m)
8:36 FR ( 4 races. Progression: 8:59/8:46/8:47/8:36)
With his 800m speed and if his technique is good, he will be hard to beat in the last 500m.
...also pretty sure that he would be another sub 14 BYU guy if he had the chance to run the 5000m
If i'm not mistaken October 21 1999 would make him under 20? He wouldn't turn 20 until October.
So U20..
I might be wrong about this but think that to be U20, you cannot turn 20 this year. So he is under the age of 20 but since he turns 20 this year, he is ineligible for U20 records.
Saladbar wrote:
It probably helps that most of the traditional western distance powers seem to be down this year.
Look at the results. BYU is a distance power.
No go 20 wrote:
He is not 20 yet but can't compete in the U20 category because you have to born 2000 or later.
Jayordon wrote:
I might be wrong about this but think that to be U20, you cannot turn 20 this year. So he is under the age of 20 but since he turns 20 this year, he is ineligible for U20 records.
Thanks for clarifying.
I competed in the same division that Kenneth did for a while and know some guys that talked to him a few times about his training in HS. Apparently he just did basketball over the winter without any track conditioning and ran like 35-40 miles a week with relatively poor coaching. He is just an absolute talent and he’ll do some pretty amazing things.
Ok, so he’s not U20 (but he’s not crazy old for a freshman). Great performance nonetheless.
...and it looks like 4:11.4 is indeed good enough to walk on at BYU. Then BYU immediately brings you to a completely new level.
800m
1:53.56 HS
1:50.90 FR (1 race)
1500m
3:52 HS (equiv)
3:44.44 FR (1 race)
Steeple
- HS (but 9:20 for 3200m)
8:36 FR ( 4 races. Progression: 8:59/8:46/8:47/8:36)
With his 800m speed and if his technique is good, he will be hard to beat in the last 500m.
...also pretty sure that he would be another sub 14 BYU guy if he had the chance to run the 5000m[/quote]
Why make statements that are precisely the opposite of what is true? You are incorrect. This is the fastest year ever for distance running in the NCAA and the top 10 schools and nearly all of the top individuals are in the West. The 10k qualifying time to get there was 40 seconds faster than it was 10 years ago.
‘Nuff Said wrote:
Saladbar wrote:
It probably helps that most of the traditional western distance powers seem to be down this year.
Look at the results. BYU is a distance power.
Point missed.
The other programs are not down. They are up. BYU is just the best track distance program ever.
BYU Monster wrote:
The other programs are not down. They are up. BYU is just the best track distance program ever.
Nice troll attempt but anyone looking at the 10000m results, for example, and not seeing multiple guys from Stanford, CU, Portland, UW, and especially Oregon up near the top would conclude that those schools are down right now compared to usual. BYU is a great program, but several of their guys would have been displaced most years.
And not a Duck fan at all, but BYU is about three laps behind Oregon when it comes to being the best track distance program ever, and is also arguably behind Arkansas, Washington State, Stanford, and Wisconsin.