Washington's Sam Tanner (Freshman) just ran a 2:21.78 at the UW Indoor Preview. That's flying... That converts to a 3:52 full mile. Can he break 3:50 indoors this year?
Washington's Sam Tanner (Freshman) just ran a 2:21.78 at the UW Indoor Preview. That's flying... That converts to a 3:52 full mile. Can he break 3:50 indoors this year?
Jayordon wrote:
That converts to a 3:52 full mile.
No it doesn't. It converts to 4:02.50 indoors per the IAAF tables.
Zante wrote:
Jayordon wrote:
That converts to a 3:52 full mile.
No it doesn't. It converts to 4:02.50 indoors per the IAAF tables.
I did my math wrong. It actually converts to a 3:58.88. I'm using the IAAF tables, but I used the USTFCCCA tables.
Jayordon wrote:
Zante wrote:
No it doesn't. It converts to 4:02.50 indoors per the IAAF tables.
I did my math wrong. It actually converts to a 3:58.88. I'm using the IAAF tables, but I used the USTFCCCA tables.
But it's still indicative that he can ran under 3:55 this season. Which again, for a freshman, is incredible.
He ran a 3:58 mile last year in January then went on to run 3:38 in the 1500m. Should be able to run 3:56 then 3:36 this year
FWIW, he is 19, a year older than most freshmen.
Jayordon wrote:
Washington's Sam Tanner (Freshman) just ran a 2:21.78 at the UW Indoor Preview. That's flying... That converts to a 3:52 full mile. Can he break 3:50 indoors this year?
It most certainly does not. Do you even run?
A minor detail wrote:
FWIW, he is 19, a year older than most freshmen.
How old will most freshman be at the end of the year?
ThreadKiller wrote:
How old will most freshman be at the end of the year?
Most true freshmen are 18 at the start of the year, and 19, or almost 19, at the end of the year. Tanner was born on August 24th, so he was 19 when he showed up on campus. He will be almost 20 at the end of the year. Age-wise, he's a red shirt freshman.
About half the US states use a 9/01 birthday as the cutoff for kindergarten. With his birthday, he'd be either one of the youngest or one of the oldest in his class. As it turned out, he's one of the oldest.
A minor detail wrote:
FWIW, he is 19, a year older than most freshmen.
Assuming his late-August birthday is correct, he is a year older than an extremely small portion of freshmen (i.e. All freshmen born around August/September one calendar year later than him).
https://nces.ed.gov/programs/statereform/tab5_3.aspTheoretically, if he started K-12 in Arkansas, Hawaii, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, or Tennessee, nearly nearly 8% of his grade would have been older than him all along.
There should be a sticky of Kindergarten starting dates and ages permanently posted to these forums. This statement is only mildly inaccurate, but the number of people who are ignorant enough think it's normal to be 18 through your entire freshman year of college is staggering. That should occur for only ~25-30% of the population. Conversely, ~30% of the freshman population will also turn 19 before their first Winter Break even starts.
Somehow, this is brought up in almost EVERY single thread when someone sees that a Freshman is 19. Newsflash, by the time Outdoor Track Season starts, over HALF of all freshmen should have turned 19. By the time Outdoor Track Season ends, the vast majority of all freshmen will have turned 19.
You are right, my wording was careless. Tanner's not a year older than all other freshman, but he is older than most other freshman. As I said, age-wise, he's a red-shirt freshman.
So here's my real question: If Tanner was a sophomore, would we be as impressed by his times? Would this thread be titled "Sophomore Sam Francis..."? I think not, but I could be wrong.