Cole Sprout 14:38 5K in CO at Liberty Bell

Which one was he, Zack or Cody?

Didn’t he move to Utah?

That would be Easton Allred.

Short course?

Seems right wrote:

Short course?

I’ve heard it’s short too. But nonetheless, crazy impressive time for a course at 6,000 ft altitude.

To put in it perspective, he ran 15:25 at Liberty Bell as a sophomore, then 14:48 at Desert Twilight.

Makes one think how fast he’ll run this year.

It’s probably the largest XC meet in CO and has been going for quite some time so I would assume if it was short we would have heard from a coach or two. It is all road and a slight net downhill though.

Looked into it a bit more, old CR was Kevin Williams 14:51. Williams was a 8:51 2-miler in HS, pretty good runner.

Old CO record was Goucher at 14:44. Ran in Pueblo so slightly lower elevation but not much lower.

Littleton is at 5,350 feet, not 6,000. It's at about the same elevation as CU Boulder.

Also, pro runner/CSU all-American Jerrell Mock (13:52, 28:11 PBs) ran a 14:25 in Fort Collins this summer.

That said, 14:38 for a high schooler is crazy fast!

Well I was talking about HS 5K records. I am sure Goucher, Ritz, et al have split faster during a 8k but thats a different level. Pros have also definitely split faster at the BB.

Cre wrote:

Well I was talking about HS 5K records. I am sure Goucher, Ritz, et al have split faster during a 8k but thats a different level. Pros have also definitely split faster at the BB.

Gotcha, and forgot that Goucher had run so fast as a high school runner, as good as he was then.

Not sure about those splits, I think low 24 or high 23 is about fast as they got at the Buffalo Ranch. Sub 29 at the Bolder Boulder is really rare.

Considering that his 2-mile converts to sub-14:00 for 5K and he is endurance-based, seems about right.

Coyote Montane wrote:

Cre wrote:

Well I was talking about HS 5K records. I am sure Goucher, Ritz, et al have split faster during a 8k but thats a different level. Pros have also definitely split faster at the BB.

Gotcha, and forgot that Goucher had run so fast as a high school runner, as good as he was then.

Not sure about those splits, I think low 24 or high 23 is about fast as they got at the Buffalo Ranch. Sub 29 at the Bolder Boulder is really rare.

Yeah, definitely would've happened rarely, but I'm sure it's happened, particularly with respect to the BB. That last 5K is very quick, I bet a lot of pros have split under 14:38 for the final 5K, and obviously the all-time performances and CR would've split it. For the 8K, if the CU guys ran a quicker 8K at altitude, it would happen more often. Course record appears to be 24:07, so a bit off. They used to run NCAA Mountain Regionals in FoCo. David McNeill ran 29:18 in 2008, which is 14:39 pace. Gotta think he did it at some split.

But now we're pretty far afield! My bad.

meanwhile... Thomas Boyden in Utahran a 14:04 (2.95) at the Utah Murray Invitational... also at altitude... and beat Stetson Moss by 32 seconds. Destroyed the record by 40 seconds.

asdfvsdaf wrote:

meanwhile... Thomas Boyden in Utahran a 14:04 (2.95) at the Utah Murray Invitational... also at altitude... and beat Stetson Moss by 32 seconds. Destroyed the record by 40 seconds.

Wow!

Yeah keep an eye out for Boyden. Totally flying under the radar like Hocker a year ago.

I ran the Liberty Bell course 2 times today (old man hobby jogger volunteer) and I rode the course five times today as a lead cyclist (plus I’ve been cyclist at Liberty Bell five years). I can attest that the course isn’t short. I rode as a lead cyclist with Cole during the race. He barely was breathing hard and flying around the course way ahead of everyone. If anything he made me work hard to stay ahead of him. With some competition, he would have run a lot faster on this 5K course.

Way ahead?

Well junior Parker Wolfe was just over 10 behind you two.

Equally impressive given he's a Junior and also beat old course record. Not to mention currently #2 5k in nation.

Yeah. When did the gap form? Wolfe had an amazing race. Could be one of the best juniors in the country.

Ohlson’s 15:23 at 7500ft is also pretty great.

I had a friend at the Murray Invite and he said Boyden looked super comfortable. I've raced that kid and seen some of his workouts, and tbh I think he'll give Sprout a good race if he decides to go to NXN (he went to footlocker last year)