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Another American High Schooler Breaks the 4 Minute Mile!
Posted on 2/11/21 at 11:15 am
Posted on 2/11/21 at 11:15 am
This time indoors and set a new high school record. Whats unusual is his PR was 4:18 before this race which is a decent time but nothing to write home about. But he didn't race last spring because of lockdown so he basically hasn't raced in a year. He has privately time trialed a 4:08 last June.....and he has Nick Willis as his coach. Willis is one of the top world class milers having won silver in Beijing and Bronze in Rio de Janeiro.
Yesterday, while many of you were getting ready to watch Super Bowl LV, 17-year-old Hobbs Kessler, a senior at Skyline High School in Ann Arbor, Mich., made history, running 3:57.66 for the mile at the American Track League #3 meet in Fayetteville, Ark., to break Drew Hunter‘s five-year-old national high school indoor record of 3:57.81. Kessler joins Hunter and Alan Webb as the only US high schoolers to break 4:00 indoors, and ranks behind only American legends Webb (3:53.43) and Jim Ryun (3:55.3) on the all-time combined high school indoor/outdoor list.
Yesterday, while many of you were getting ready to watch Super Bowl LV, 17-year-old Hobbs Kessler, a senior at Skyline High School in Ann Arbor, Mich., made history, running 3:57.66 for the mile at the American Track League #3 meet in Fayetteville, Ark., to break Drew Hunter‘s five-year-old national high school indoor record of 3:57.81. Kessler joins Hunter and Alan Webb as the only US high schoolers to break 4:00 indoors, and ranks behind only American legends Webb (3:53.43) and Jim Ryun (3:55.3) on the all-time combined high school indoor/outdoor list.
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Posted on 2/11/21 at 11:16 am to Zappas Stache
Lucky frick gets Nick Willis as his coach 
Posted on 2/11/21 at 11:19 am to Zappas Stache
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3:57.66
Holy frick
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Ann Arbor, Mich
Go Blue!
Posted on 2/11/21 at 11:21 am to Zappas Stache
Middle of the pack for the OT but that's great for a HS kid, congrats to him
Posted on 2/11/21 at 11:21 am to Zappas Stache
That's my half mile time
Insane
Insane
Posted on 2/11/21 at 11:32 am to ClampClampington
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That's my half mile time
No joke! And that's with me absolutely pushing myself. Some things in life just aren't fair.
Posted on 2/11/21 at 11:35 am to QJenk
Let me guess, it was a boy?
When will the first "girl" do this? Or has that happened already?
For whatever reason, a human being running a mile that fast is crazy to me. That's one hell of a pace.
When will the first "girl" do this? Or has that happened already?
For whatever reason, a human being running a mile that fast is crazy to me. That's one hell of a pace.
Posted on 2/11/21 at 11:53 am to CocomoLSU
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When will the first "girl" do this? Or has that happened already?
Current women's WR is 4:12 which is damn fast but still a ways from sub 4. HS girls won't get there for a long, long time. Of course this assumes a girl is running, if it's a trans person then it may be broken tomorrow.
Posted on 2/11/21 at 5:02 pm to Zappas Stache
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and he has Nick Willis as his coach.
Willis is his training partner, not his coach. Ronnie is writing and administering their workouts.
Posted on 2/11/21 at 7:04 pm to Zappas Stache
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Whats unusual is his PR was 4:18 before this race which is a decent time but nothing to write home about.
Posted on 2/11/21 at 10:47 pm to FenrirTheBeard
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Willis is his training partner, not his coach.
Sure, call him a mentor then.
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FenrirTheBeard
4:18 won't get you any scholly offers. I realize it is fast in Louisiana but overall it's nothing great. Kids are fast as hell these days.
Posted on 2/12/21 at 12:47 am to FenrirTheBeard
For the average person 4:18 is fast as hell
For a well trained high school runner it’s really not that great compared to a lot of the times that get run these days.
And I’m saying this as someone that was never able to go that fast.
For a well trained high school runner it’s really not that great compared to a lot of the times that get run these days.
And I’m saying this as someone that was never able to go that fast.
Posted on 2/12/21 at 12:49 am to Zappas Stache
quote:eh I wouldn’t go that far. There’s a lot of smaller universities that would love to have a kid that fast. He may not get any major D1 offers at 4:18 but your ULMs and la techs of the world would probably throw a book plus some offer his way. And it would likely go up some from a d2/naia.
4:18 won't get you any scholly offers.
This post was edited on 2/12/21 at 12:50 am
Posted on 2/12/21 at 8:10 am to Pedro
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He may not get any major D1 offers at 4:18 but your ULMs and la techs of the world would probably throw a book plus some offer his way.
Yep. That time will absolutely get you some partial D1 scholarship offers at places like LA Tech, McNeese (if they already don't have a bunch of Irish guys taking up the distance scholarships), Lamar U, etc. Many of your Sunbelt, CUSA and Southland schools would offer something like books or meal ticket.
Posted on 2/12/21 at 8:30 am to Zappas Stache
I ran a 6:40 mile last week and felt like I transcended time and space. These guys are in another dimension.
Posted on 2/12/21 at 9:11 am to Zappas Stache
has he been tested?
Posted on 2/12/21 at 9:14 am to CocomoLSU
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Let me guess, it was a boy?
When will the first "girl" do this? Or has that happened already?
How do you go through life without being triggered constantly? A HS kid does an incredible feat and this is your first thought?
Posted on 2/12/21 at 9:39 am to NC17
quote:eh judging from the picture i saw online it looks like he was wearing normal track spikes (which definitely help but nothing like the shoes i think youre talking about) I think the kids just trained his arse off
Gotta be the shoes!
Posted on 2/12/21 at 9:47 am to FenrirTheBeard
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Whats unusual is his PR was 4:18 before this race which is a decent time but nothing to write home about.
he was 15 or 16 when he did 4:18.
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