Hi,
im middle distance runner, and jsut wanted to know what sort of times people in the usa do for 16 year old boys.
Where would times lk 1.56, 3.58 and low 8.40's for 3000m get you ranked in the Usa if you are 16 and what are you classed as high school. I am jsut starting college.
Thanks
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Maybe like #3 in the nation. All the rumors you hear about Americans being horrible runners are true. #1 and #2 are also here on greencards.
US runners usually turn 16 in their sophomore (second) year of high school. Those times in most states would make you a top runner in your grade, but not in the more competitive/populous states like California, Texas, Oregon, New York, etc.
your times would make you close to number one in the country in high school, also in some colleges you could be the top runner too.
citius5000 wrote:
your times would make you close to number one in the country in high school, also in some colleges you could be the top runner too.
huh? 1:56 got you about 10th place at the new jersey state meet this year. 3:58 would have gotten you a bit higher, same with the 8:40. but certainly nowhere near #1 in the country.
your 3K time is very approximately equivalent to a 9:10 to 9:15 3200, which would have gotten you somewhere from 3rd to 6th place at california state meet last year, which is very good for a sophmore (the grade you would be in).
Cool, just wanted to know for future when i may well be racing the usa guys. Have run for my country a few times, im a much better xc runner, this year was only when i started putting effort into track season. How much do the guys at my age train over in the states - i only train 3 times a week at the moment and will eventually be a long distance runner. I have run low 15 mins for 5km is that any gd over the states??? Is their a website i can look at with usa's best sophmore runners results. GB youth's are very very good at the moment so the dissapointment at world champs will be put behind us at london 2012. Do you younger runners recognise any of the top runners at distance events from Uk. I must say i know of galen rupp and this guy seems bloody amazin, but he trains lk 100 miles a week or so. If many people run that mileage surely they cud be as gd as him!!!
Uk 16 year old runner wrote:
C I must say i know of galen rupp and this guy seems bloody amazin, but he trains lk 100 miles a week or so. If many people run that mileage surely they cud be as gd as him!!!
no, there are many 100 miler guys in this nation who come nowhere near as being good as him.
Well im on like 12 miles a week at the moment in track season just ending. Im pretty sure most the runners over here are not hitting over 60 miles a week at age of 1 - thats probs where we are going wrong. Wats the guy like, seen some pictures seems to have loads of press!???
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sophomore's better than 9:15? not many...
1. cali state 32 champ. mike cybulski from royal(9:02)
2. matt tebo 9:05
3. craig forys from nj(9:07)
4. matt Centrowicz from MD (9:14)
5. bobby Moldovan 9:14
6. O'Donoghue-McDonald, Max (9:15)
7. tom gruenwald from FM, NY ??sub 9:20??
not much... a couple frosh better than you, but who cares? still a top tier runner.
12 miles a week? Troll
Do american sophomores train loads in general. We in the UK have a 16 year old whoes ran 8.28 for 3k and 15 year old whoes ran 1.52, and 3.52 for 800m and 1500m
My coach wud rather me progrress through the junior ranks rather then doing 50 miles a week and winning national titles by a minute over xc but burning out. More room for progression me thinks!!!!
i bet you are from the us, you are a slow runner from wyoming who has never even broken 20 for the 5k
Ha Ha, you would get top 10 maybe at my old elementary school, silly Brit
No im a shit runner who came 10th at the texas state tiddlywinks champs
Be serious guys, you would be one of the top sophomores over here possibly top 10