Drew Hunter breaks high school national record AGAIN (1 Viewer)

[Higgs]

http://www.letsrun.com/news/2016/02/358-25-drew-hunter-becomes-second-sub-400-high-schooler-mile-indoors-thanks-57-second-final-400/

Historic day in track and field today. Drew Hunter broke the high school national record for the indoor mile with an incredible time of 3:58. The old record was set by Alan Webb and had stood for 15 years. I met this kid at Foot Locker when he won the XC National Championship in the Fall and they don't come any better. Just a great kid and an amazing athlete. Almost went to the race today but didn't think he'd do it. He set the national record only a week ago for the 3,000 meters and thought he didn't have enough left for this record. Unbelievable. He's now clearly the greatest high school runner ever, and probably someone you'll hear a lot about very shortly.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Huge news

 

[Higgs]

Here's the video for those interested. It's a little anti-climactic because he's the only high schooler in the race and finishes 7th, but still cool to see his reaction and the post race victory lap doing selfies with the crowd.

http://www.usatf.tv/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=45365&do=videos&video_id=163257

 

[Eephus]

Very impressive achievement and a great start to his season. But distance events are meant to be run outside.

As for the GOAT title, Jim Ryun will be tough to top.

 

[Higgs]

Very impressive achievement and a great start to his season. But distance events are meant to be run outside.

As for the GOAT title, Jim Ryun will be tough to top.

I agree. Drew will set the outdoor mile record in a couple months. He wants to do it in under 3:50. This kid is an absolute freak of nature. He doesn't even breathe heavy after a race. His heart must be about twice the normal size or something. Watch him if you can. He's a generational talent.

 

[Eephus]

Very impressive achievement and a great start to his season. But distance events are meant to be run outside.

As for the GOAT title, Jim Ryun will be tough to top.

I agree. Drew will set the outdoor mile record in a couple months. He wants to do it in under 3:50.This kid is an absolute freak of nature. He doesn't even breathe heavy after a race. His heart must be about twice the normal size or something. Watch him if you can. He's a generational talent.

Looking forward to seeing him run. The sport needs a hero right now.

 

[SacramentoBob]

He came in like 7th place.

 

[Don't Noonan]

What college is he committed to?

 

[Higgs]

What college is he committed to?

Oregon

 

[Don't Noonan]

What college is he committed to?

Oregon

Thanks. Look forward to watching him in college

 

[grateful zed]

shouldnt this be in the jogging thread?

 

[SoBeDad]

Very impressive achievement and a great start to his season. But distance events are meant to be run outside.

As for the GOAT title, Jim Ryun will be tough to top.

I agree. Drew will set the outdoor mile record in a couple months. He wants to do it in under 3:50.This kid is an absolute freak of nature. He doesn't even breathe heavy after a race. His heart must be about twice the normal size or something. Watch him if you can. He's a generational talent.

Looking forward to seeing him run. The sport needs a hero right now.

The sport needs an American hero. Americans just aren't competitive anymore in anything over 400 meters. When I think of high-school track and field athletes, Jim Ryun and Houston McTear come to mind. ESPN called Ryun the greatest high school athlete of all time. McTear had a hand-timed 9.0s 100 yards in high-school. He later held the official word records at 60m and 60 yards, He had bad luck with the Olympics; he qualified for the 1976 Olympics but a hamstring injury prevented him from competing. The Soviets stopped him from competing in the 1980 Olympics.

 

[Eephus]

Kind of sad the next American superstar doesn't have a Wikipedia page

 

[Higgs]

Kind of sad the next American superstar doesn't have a Wikipedia page

No, that's the beauty of it. The kid just burst onto the scene. He just broke a record that had been broken once in the last 50 years. And he did it a week after shooting his load breaking the 3,000 record. And when you see him he looks and acts just like any high school senior. Totally unspoiled. He has no idea how great he is.

 

[AnonymousBob]

He came in like 7th place.

Yeah I'm confused. How does he come in seventh and set the record?

 

[Mr. Pickles]

Kind of sad the next American superstar doesn't have a Wikipedia page

Get to it.

 

[ConnSKINS26]

He came in like 7th place.

Yeah I'm confused. How does he come in seventh and set the record?

Because he's a high schooler and it was a high school record, and the guys who finished ahead of him weren't high schoolers.

 

[Higgs]

Washington Post article - https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/highschools/drew-hunter-becomes-second-high-schooler-to-break-4-minute-mile-indoors/2016/02/06/d6bc2494-cc7d-11e5-88ff-e2d1b4289c2f_story.html

He was also coming off a cold. His fastest split was his final lap. The old record holder, Alan Webb, was coached by Drew's parents and his one of his biggest supporters. He was racing against professionals and elite college runners.

Drew Hunter stood a few feet from the finish line Saturday and stared down the scoreboard, waiting to see whether he had made history. He was surrounded by professionals and accomplished collegians he had just run against, each more interested in Hunter’s fate than their own.

A few seconds seemed to drag on forever, the board refreshed, a 15-year record was erased and a mile-wide smile broke on the face of the Loudoun Valley senior at the Armory in New York City.

Hunter finished the one-mile race at the Armory Track Invitational in 3 minutes 58.25 seconds, eclipsing Alan Webb’s U.S. record by more than a second to become just the second American high schooler to break the four-minute barrier indoors.

“It’s amazing,” Hunter said Saturday night, a few hours after he entered the record books. “I’m kind of at a loss for words for how I feel because there are so many people out there who work their tails off. And I work mine off, too, but it just makes it surreal when you do meet your goals and do something that people didn’t think was possible.”

In the immediate aftermath of his accomplishment, Hunter spoke about his connection to Webb, who was coached by his parents when Webb was a freshman at South Lakes High in Reston.

“It’s really cool and really special to me because Alan is someone I’ve looked up to ever since I began running,” Hunter, 18, told reporters. “He’s someone that I can now call a friend and someone that means a lot to me. It’s not like the legends you hear about from a long time ago. It’s someone I actually know and have a connection with.”

Webb ran a 3:59.86 on the same track in 2001 to become the first American high schooler to break the four-minute barrier, and he has kept in close touch with the Hunters since.

“It’s an amazing moment for Drew and the sport. He can go faster,” Webb said via text message.

Hunter was seventh out of 10 finishers — led by Great Britain’s Chris O’Hare in 3:54.59 — but his race almost never got started. During the days leading up to the Armory meet, Hunter battled a cold and lost sleep to a recurring cough that left him staring at his ceiling. He awoke feeling better Friday morning, though, and only then did he decide he would make the trip.

Hunter began the last of his eight laps just as the race clock struck 3:30. The pace was fast, and the crowd — realizing what it was witnessing — grew thunderous as he came down the stretch. Hunter’s split time for his final lap was 28.232 seconds, his fastest of the race.

“I knew I was close to doing it, but I just used the crowd as adrenaline,” he said. “Someone in the crowd yelled ‘You’re not going to get it’ or ‘You’re close’ or something like that, and it made me pick up the pace just enough.

“The whole crowd, they were clapping, they were screaming. They were all in for me, which motivated me to just go.”

The record cemented his place as the best high school distance runner in America. A week ago, he became the first high schooler to break eight minutes in the 3,000 meters, and during the most recent cross-country season, the two-time All-Met Cross-Country Athlete of the Year won all eight of his races, including at the Foot Locker Nationals by the largest margin for a male champion since 2009 and the Third Battle Invitational, in which he ran the third-fastest 5K in U.S. prep history.

Hunter, who has committed to Oregon, has a few more indoor races left before he will attempt to tackle the faster outdoor times, including a 3:53.43 that Webb ran later his senior year that still stands as the fastest mile in U.S. school history.

“I’m never going to take it for granted,” Hunter said. “This is something I’ll cherish forever. . . . But this is just the beginning.”

 

[Pumpnick]

this stuff is insane

 

[Pumpnick]

imagine it was outdoor

 

[SoBeDad]

Kind of sad the next American superstar doesn't have a Wikipedia page

Get to it.

Is it possible to make $$$ creating personal wiki pages?

 

[Higgs]

imagine it was outdoor

Right? It's an insane time for a short track with all those runners. A lot has to go right. He was very fortunate to have some space most of the race, a fast pace, a great track... Can't wait to see him at Nationals next month at the same track.

 

[Eephus]

Kind of sad the next American superstar doesn't have a Wikipedia page

No, that's the beauty of it. The kid just burst onto the scene. He just broke a record that had been broken once in the last 50 years. And he did it a week after shooting his load breaking the 3,000 record. And when you see him he looks and acts just like any high school senior. Totally unspoiled. He has no idea how great he is.

Just think when he starts training with Salazar.

Too soon?

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

Is this werewolf?

 

[Hunterbeer]

Pretty neat for those of us in VA that the last two great HS runners are from here!

 

[Higgs]

Some more info from my son this morning:

Drew was sick the night before the race and was up all night coughing. Said he got 2 hours of sleep. His parents didn't want him to run, but Drew has never withdrawn from a race and wanted to keep that streak alive.

He wants to do 3:57 or 3:56 in one of his two remaining races.

He'll be at the Armory again in two weeks for the Millrose Games and then in March for Nationals.

 

[McGarnicle]

Nice set of calves on that kid.

 

[2Young2BBald]

Great thread!! This was a HUGE weekend for Indoor HS track as the the first HS Boy to get over 18' in the pole vault also occurred this weekend as well: https://www.milesplit.com/articles/174941-mondo-duplantis-breaks-pole-vault-national-high-school-record- Mind blowing!!

I am a big HS track Michigan has an incredibly robust indoor track schedule and my son, a senior, has been racing every week. Seeing kids throw down 400s in the 48s, sub 2-minute 800s and 1600 in the low 4s every week is incredible considering its the "off season".

For those that are into HS track, if you haven't got a MileSplit Premium account you are missing out. The rankings alone are worth the annual fee and these is so much more. The account covers XC too.

 

[koby925]

Won't happen but they should let him run NCAAs.

 

[Higgs]

Great thread!! This was a HUGE weekend for Indoor HS track as the the first HS Boy to get over 18' in the pole vault also occurred this weekend as well: https://www.milesplit.com/articles/174941-mondo-duplantis-breaks-pole-vault-national-high-school-record- Mind blowing!!

I am a big HS track Michigan has an incredibly robust indoor track schedule and my son, a senior, has been racing every week. Seeing kids throw down 400s in the 48s, sub 2-minute 800s and 1600 in the low 4s every week is incredible considering its the "off season".

For those that are into HS track, if you haven't got a MileSplit Premium account you are missing out. The rankings alone are worth the annual fee and these is so much more. The account covers XC too.

Good to have you here. It is pretty amazing what these high school kids are doing. And yes, MileSplit is worth every penny. So glad my son got into this sport.

 

[2Young2BBald]

Great thread!! This was a HUGE weekend for Indoor HS track as the the first HS Boy to get over 18' in the pole vault also occurred this weekend as well: https://www.milesplit.com/articles/174941-mondo-duplantis-breaks-pole-vault-national-high-school-record- Mind blowing!!

I am a big HS track Michigan has an incredibly robust indoor track schedule and my son, a senior, has been racing every week. Seeing kids throw down 400s in the 48s, sub 2-minute 800s and 1600 in the low 4s every week is incredible considering its the "off season".

For those that are into HS track, if you haven't got a MileSplit Premium account you are missing out. The rankings alone are worth the annual fee and these is so much more. The account covers XC too.

Good to have you here. It is pretty amazing what these high school kids are doing. And yes, MileSplit is worth every penny. So glad my son got into this sport.

What grade is your son in and what does he run? We have been on a handful recruiting visits and you can tell the coaches study up on their recruits MileSplit and Athletic.Net pages. Geeking out a bit more, my son ran an indoor 800 last year "against" Donovan Brazier last year: http://12thman.com/news/2016/1/16/TRACK_0116164627.aspxand ran XC States in the same race as Grant Fisher: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_Fisher I feel lucky to have seen both of these amazing runners in person.

 

[matuski]

Leave it to Higgs to link a track event with all white dudes.

 

[Higgs]

Great thread!! This was a HUGE weekend for Indoor HS track as the the first HS Boy to get over 18' in the pole vault also occurred this weekend as well: https://www.milesplit.com/articles/174941-mondo-duplantis-breaks-pole-vault-national-high-school-record- Mind blowing!!

I am a big HS track Michigan has an incredibly robust indoor track schedule and my son, a senior, has been racing every week. Seeing kids throw down 400s in the 48s, sub 2-minute 800s and 1600 in the low 4s every week is incredible considering its the "off season".

For those that are into HS track, if you haven't got a MileSplit Premium account you are missing out. The rankings alone are worth the annual fee and these is so much more. The account covers XC too.

Good to have you here. It is pretty amazing what these high school kids are doing. And yes, MileSplit is worth every penny. So glad my son got into this sport.

What grade is your son in and what does he run? We have been on a handful recruiting visits and you can tell the coaches study up on their recruits MileSplit and Athletic.Net pages. Geeking out a bit more, my son ran an indoor 800 last year "against" Donovan Brazier last year: http://12thman.com/news/2016/1/16/TRACK_0116164627.aspxand ran XC States in the same race as Grant Fisher: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_Fisher I feel lucky to have seen both of these amazing runners in person.

Sophmore - distance runner. His specialty is cross country. He runs the mile and 2 mile for track. Wish I saw Grant Fisher last year. Love that kid. We'll see him on Memorial Day weekend as we are planning to go to Oregon to check out the campus and see the Prefontaine Classic. Speaking of which have ever "Without Limits" with your son?

 

[The Big Donkey]

Leave it to Higgs to link a track event with all white dudes.

What means this?

 

[2Young2BBald]

Great thread!! This was a HUGE weekend for Indoor HS track as the the first HS Boy to get over 18' in the pole vault also occurred this weekend as well: https://www.milesplit.com/articles/174941-mondo-duplantis-breaks-pole-vault-national-high-school-record- Mind blowing!!

I am a big HS track Michigan has an incredibly robust indoor track schedule and my son, a senior, has been racing every week. Seeing kids throw down 400s in the 48s, sub 2-minute 800s and 1600 in the low 4s every week is incredible considering its the "off season".

For those that are into HS track, if you haven't got a MileSplit Premium account you are missing out. The rankings alone are worth the annual fee and these is so much more. The account covers XC too.

Good to have you here. It is pretty amazing what these high school kids are doing. And yes, MileSplit is worth every penny. So glad my son got into this sport.

What grade is your son in and what does he run? We have been on a handful recruiting visits and you can tell the coaches study up on their recruits MileSplit and Athletic.Net pages. Geeking out a bit more, my son ran an indoor 800 last year "against" Donovan Brazier last year: http://12thman.com/news/2016/1/16/TRACK_0116164627.aspxand ran XC States in the same race as Grant Fisher: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_Fisher I feel lucky to have seen both of these amazing runners in person.

Sophmore - distance runner. His specialty is cross country. He runs the mile and 2 mile for track. Wish I saw Grant Fisher last year. Love that kid. We'll see him on Memorial Day weekend as we are planning to go to Oregon to check out the campus and see the Prefontaine Classic. Speaking of which have ever "Without Limits" with your son?

We have not watched that. We have wanted to watch this and McFarland together and can't seem to find the time (hanging out with his friends and girlfriend seems to take precedence).

 

[Higgs]

Great thread!! This was a HUGE weekend for Indoor HS track as the the first HS Boy to get over 18' in the pole vault also occurred this weekend as well: https://www.milesplit.com/articles/174941-mondo-duplantis-breaks-pole-vault-national-high-school-record- Mind blowing!!

I am a big HS track Michigan has an incredibly robust indoor track schedule and my son, a senior, has been racing every week. Seeing kids throw down 400s in the 48s, sub 2-minute 800s and 1600 in the low 4s every week is incredible considering its the "off season".

For those that are into HS track, if you haven't got a MileSplit Premium account you are missing out. The rankings alone are worth the annual fee and these is so much more. The account covers XC too.

Good to have you here. It is pretty amazing what these high school kids are doing. And yes, MileSplit is worth every penny. So glad my son got into this sport.

What grade is your son in and what does he run? We have been on a handful recruiting visits and you can tell the coaches study up on their recruits MileSplit and Athletic.Net pages. Geeking out a bit more, my son ran an indoor 800 last year "against" Donovan Brazier last year: http://12thman.com/news/2016/1/16/TRACK_0116164627.aspxand ran XC States in the same race as Grant Fisher: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_Fisher I feel lucky to have seen both of these amazing runners in person.

Sophmore - distance runner. His specialty is cross country. He runs the mile and 2 mile for track. Wish I saw Grant Fisher last year. Love that kid. We'll see him on Memorial Day weekend as we are planning to go to Oregon to check out the campus and see the Prefontaine Classic. Speaking of which have ever "Without Limits" with your son?

We have not watched that. We have wanted to watch this and McFarland together and can't seem to find the time (hanging out with his friends and girlfriend seems to take precedence).

Watch it. Trust me - it's a great movie and you'll be talking about it for a long time. It's available on Amazon Instant Video.

 

[Tom Servo]

Leave it to Higgs to link a track event with all white dudes.

What means this?

It means matuski is playing the race card.

 

[Brony]

Leave it to Higgs to link a track event with all white dudes.

What means this?

It means matuski is playing the race card.

well the op started the thread talking about race. An indoor race. BWAA HA HA HA

 

[Dexter]

Great thread!! This was a HUGE weekend for Indoor HS track as the the first HS Boy to get over 18' in the pole vault also occurred this weekend as well: https://www.milesplit.com/articles/174941-mondo-duplantis-breaks-pole-vault-national-high-school-record- Mind blowing!!

I am a big HS track Michigan has an incredibly robust indoor track schedule and my son, a senior, has been racing every week. Seeing kids throw down 400s in the 48s, sub 2-minute 800s and 1600 in the low 4s every week is incredible considering its the "off season".

For those that are into HS track, if you haven't got a MileSplit Premium account you are missing out. The rankings alone are worth the annual fee and these is so much more. The account covers XC too.

All those events your kid is doing is preventing you from racing with us.

 

[eoMMan]

Is he African American?

 

[Higgs]

Is he African American?

Hey can you and matsuki please take this garbage to another thread or pm me? I had been talking with my son about this thread and almost gave him a link to it. Thanks.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Great thread!! This was a HUGE weekend for Indoor HS track as the the first HS Boy to get over 18' in the pole vault also occurred this weekend as well: https://www.milesplit.com/articles/174941-mondo-duplantis-breaks-pole-vault-national-high-school-record- Mind blowing!!

I am a big HS track Michigan has an incredibly robust indoor track schedule and my son, a senior, has been racing every week. Seeing kids throw down 400s in the 48s, sub 2-minute 800s and 1600 in the low 4s every week is incredible considering its the "off season".

For those that are into HS track, if you haven't got a MileSplit Premium account you are missing out. The rankings alone are worth the annual fee and these is so much more. The account covers XC too.

Good to have you here. It is pretty amazing what these high school kids are doing. And yes, MileSplit is worth every penny. So glad my son got into this sport.

What grade is your son in and what does he run? We have been on a handful recruiting visits and you can tell the coaches study up on their recruits MileSplit and Athletic.Net pages. Geeking out a bit more, my son ran an indoor 800 last year "against" Donovan Brazier last year: http://12thman.com/news/2016/1/16/TRACK_0116164627.aspxand ran XC States in the same race as Grant Fisher: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_Fisher I feel lucky to have seen both of these amazing runners in person.

Sophmore - distance runner. His specialty is cross country. He runs the mile and 2 mile for track. Wish I saw Grant Fisher last year. Love that kid. We'll see him on Memorial Day weekend as we are planning to go to Oregon to check out the campus and see the Prefontaine Classic. Speaking of which have ever "Without Limits" with your son?

We have not watched that. We have wanted to watch this and McFarland together and can't seem to find the time (hanging out with his friends and girlfriend seems to take precedence).

Watch it. Trust me - it's a great movie and you'll be talking about it for a long time. It's available on Amazon Instant Video.

Dude, McFarland USA is TERRIBLE.

 

[Ned]

Can't even wrap my mind around how fast that is for a high schooler.

 

[eoMMan]

Is he African American?

Hey can you and matsuki please take this garbage to another thread or pm me? I had been talking with my son about this thread and almost gave him a link to it. Thanks.

Huh? You're upset I asked if he was African American? Why would that bother you?

 

[Higgs]

Is he African American?

Hey can you and matsuki please take this garbage to another thread or pm me? I had been talking with my son about this thread and almost gave him a link to it. Thanks.

Huh? You're upset I asked if he was African American? Why would that bother you?

Why would you ask such a question?

 

[eoMMan]

Is he African American?

Hey can you and matsuki please take this garbage to another thread or pm me? I had been talking with my son about this thread and almost gave him a link to it. Thanks.

Huh? You're upset I asked if he was African American? Why would that bother you?

Why would you ask such a question?

Because I didn't see a picture in your article.

Now answer my question....why does this bother you?

 

[Tom Servo]

Is he African American?

Hey can you and matsuki please take this garbage to another thread or pm me? I had been talking with my son about this thread and almost gave him a link to it. Thanks.

Huh? You're upset I asked if he was African American? Why would that bother you?

Why would you ask such a question?

Because I didn't see a picture in your article.

Now answer my question....why does this bother you?

No, he's not. Now answer his.

 

[Higgs]

Is he African American?

Hey can you and matsuki please take this garbage to another thread or pm me? I had been talking with my son about this thread and almost gave him a link to it. Thanks.

Huh? You're upset I asked if he was African American? Why would that bother you?

Why would you ask such a question?

Because I didn't see a picture in your article.

Now answer my question....why does this bother you?

Long story. No need to hash it out here. I'll pm you about it. My guess is that you just got caught in the crossfire.

 

[NorvilleBarnes]

He came in like 7th place.

Yeah I'm confused. How does he come in seventh and set the record?

He set a High School record. Obviously six other faster runners are all high school drop outs.

 

[NorvilleBarnes]

imagine it was outdoor

OK, what's the weather?