Sophomore Larry Edwards ran 8:56.41 over the weekend. Discuss!!

Josh is an extremely good athlete and a great runner but it must be annoying to be one of his older brothers (Gary and Billy) who are both great runner but neither have ever broke 9 even tho one did break 15 his senior year of high school. Josh could break 15 now as a sophomore, 2 year younger than his brother

So he’s supposed to dick around for all of HS training so that he can be good in college? 9:30s kids do not make it onto the rosters of national powerhouse programs and subsequently do not receive the high caliber and superior training that those programs offer. Also, 50 mi a week in high school is nothing compared to the 80-90 a week he will be doing in college with way more intensity. I’m sure people with your ideology said the same thing about Drew Hunter in HS, but I do not think he is worrying about anyone in his class who was a 9:30s runner at the moment.

Only reason sophomore class is stacked is cause I’m in it.

Seyta wrote:

37 year old sophomore wrote:

Is he a 15 year old sophomore like most kids, or is he an 18 year old sophomore like LV, or a 21 year old sophomore like ches?

A standard high school student will turn 16 during their sophomore year.

Taking into consideration a kindergarten cutoff birthday of either August or September, as mandated by the vast majority of states, ~75% of high schoolers will have turned 16 before their sophomore years are over.

Some moron always thinks that it's normal for a high schooler to be 17 during their entire senior year (i.e. German Fernandez), but that is statistically not the case.

There are a lot of kids that turn 18 in July, August, Sept, Oct and Nov. Not a majority but a lot. But that isn't really what people are asking.

Most kids are 15 at this time of their sophomore year. It is a minority that have turned 16 because they were born in late Nov, Dec, Jan or February. But what people are really asking isn't if he is 15.5 years old or 16.1. It is more is he 16.5+. There are a lot of kids at the upper edges (i.e. parents decided not to start them on on time but held them back) these days .

We are about a good time but it is really only notable because of the kid being a sophomore. A junior/Senior running an 8:56 is also a good time but we have a couple dozen who do it every year these days.

Maton and Slagowski broke 4 in HS when they should have been freshmen in college. Where are they today?

Porterhouse wrote:

8:56 is amazing for a sophomore, or anyone really.

We're not impressed anymore by smokin' times?

There have been many years in recent high school history where NO ONE of any age even broke 9:00 for 2 miles. So a sophomore doing it is awesome.

No year in the last 20.

It is an awesome time for a sophomore.

8:56 is amazing for a sophomore, or anyone really.

Yeah, live in the moment.

dadsfadsfdasfdsafdas wrote:

There are a lot of kids that turn 18 in July, August, Sept, Oct and Nov. Not a majority but a lot. But that isn't really what people are asking.

I guess it depends where you live, but I only knew a couple people who were still 17 when they started college.

At least 80% of my class was 16 at the end of Sophomore year. Most were 16 by February.

I just want to say that any kid who breaks the tape 12.5 seconds behind the leader is extraordinary.

Don't be premature with your facts. The qualifying time is now 7:54 with 2 more weeks to qualify. Young's time will probably be about 25th in NCAA this year.

Q time is now 7:51.0 with 2 weeks to go.

wang chung wrote:

What a phenomenal time for someone his age. And it's early and it's indoors. I'm going to love watching how he evolves over the next couple of years.

I don't know why some people's immediate reaction is to compare him to Nico (the HS GOAT).....this kid is only a sophomore. Nobody even knew who Nico was 2 years ago. Or to bring up stats about NCAA athletes.....again, this kid is only a sophomore in high school. How can you possibly predict how he will develop between now and when he is in the NCAA? You can't.

Larry Edwards has a bright future. Will be fun to watch.

"How can you possibly predict how he will develop between now and when he is in the NCAA? You can't."

"Larry Edwards has a bright future."

To be fair it was the AAA state meet where he lost to a senior... as a freshman.

Anyone else worried that this is driving track and XC down the same path as soccer, football and most HS sports. The idea of putting 6th graders in track club seems a bit excessive.

The idea is going to be that if you want to run HS XC or track that you better start early and soon we will have 5-6 year olds running 20 miles a week.

I love that kids are pushing the boundaries but this will only hurt the sport of running over the long term.

Maybe, but kids in East Africa run a lot more easy miles young and a lot more hard miles in their mid to late teens and they dominate.

My point was about the larger impact on the sport.... It seems like a way to discourage involvement from high school kids. Less kids running in HS means less runners to help support the sport.

I'm sure the kid will be fine but the fact that you have multiple sophs running under 9 min says something.