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Louisiana High School Track and Field Discussion
Posted on 4/15/25 at 11:17 am
Posted on 4/15/25 at 11:17 am
It seems like this year more than most there are some really fast times. My son is a sophomore this year so I am following more closely than usual.
A couple of fast times recorded below were early in the season.
1:51 800m
4:16 1600m
Not to count the kid from Parkview ran in Virginia a 8:49 3200m recently and
I believe he came out 9th. I would love to see him run against the record holder from Jesuit but I believe they are in different divisions.
Looking forward to the regionals and state.
A couple of fast times recorded below were early in the season.
1:51 800m
4:16 1600m
Not to count the kid from Parkview ran in Virginia a 8:49 3200m recently and
I believe he came out 9th. I would love to see him run against the record holder from Jesuit but I believe they are in different divisions.
Looking forward to the regionals and state.
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Posted on 4/15/25 at 11:21 am to CootKilla
Faster tracks, faster shoes, more knowledge of how to incorporate supplements. Kids are definitely faster, but I don't think they're so much faster than what we've seen in the past.
Posted on 4/15/25 at 11:27 am to CootKilla
Even pro runners have talked about how insane high school times are now. Tech is getting better, we aren't running kids into the ground anymore because the knowledge of training has improved a lot.
Posted on 4/15/25 at 11:28 am to GhostofJackson
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Faster tracks, faster shoes, more knowledge of how to incorporate supplements. Kids are definitely faster, but I don't think they're so much faster than what we've seen in the past.
on average kids are slower overall but the top kids are much faster in general than 10/20/30+ years ago
the advances in training and the tech to measure and adjust has made a huge difference
we were always really able to train acceleration portion but until recently it was really hard to measure and until recently we really couldn't train elasticity because we could not measure it to quantify it.
the old saying....what can be measured can be tracked and what can be tracked can be improved....that 100% rings true in track
This post was edited on 4/15/25 at 12:23 pm
Posted on 4/15/25 at 11:30 am to Ingeniero
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we aren't running kids into the ground anymore
Maybe, maybe not
Posted on 4/15/25 at 11:51 am to GhostofJackson
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Kids are definitely faster, but I don't think they're so much faster than what we've seen in the past.
I don't know man. The 3200 meter state record was from 1996 with a time of 9:08. Jesuit kid broke it last year with a time of 8:48. That's a lot faster!
Posted on 4/15/25 at 12:03 pm to CootKilla
it stood for alot of years
the jesuit kid is just a freak and doesn't mean all of a sudden 1000s of kids are going to break it
the jesuit kid is just a freak and doesn't mean all of a sudden 1000s of kids are going to break it
Posted on 4/15/25 at 12:24 pm to GhostofJackson
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Maybe, maybe not
with Tony Hollier making the "feed the cats" style programming so popular....it has gotten so much better
coaches are actually starting to understand energy system demands and that true speed training....requires rest. so gotten much better
Posted on 4/15/25 at 12:45 pm to CootKilla
Dang, what’re they running the 400m in?
Son ran that for a bit. Not sure he ever got under 50 seconds officially, he was a freshman and won district…I think that time was 52. Had better splits in the 4x400 for some reason.
Son ran that for a bit. Not sure he ever got under 50 seconds officially, he was a freshman and won district…I think that time was 52. Had better splits in the 4x400 for some reason.
Posted on 4/15/25 at 2:47 pm to Gaston
Most meets they are 49-50. Saw a few 48's
Posted on 4/15/25 at 3:40 pm to GhostofJackson
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but I don't think they're so much faster than what we've seen in the past.
I think 4 kids have already broken 4 in the mile indoors this year. Kid from DFW has gone 1:46.8 for 800 indoors this year.
This post was edited on 4/15/25 at 6:59 pm
Posted on 4/15/25 at 6:12 pm to Zappas Stache
There is gonna be a good meet tomorrow at catholic high. Unfortunately, I won't make it.
Posted on 4/15/25 at 6:39 pm to Zappas Stache
Right I meant if you took away the super shoes and fast tracks. LA had a kid run 8:40s in the 70s.
Posted on 4/15/25 at 7:03 pm to GhostofJackson
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if you took away the super shoes and fast tracks. LA had a kid run 8:40s in the 70s.
I'm more knowledgeable about Texas since I ran HS here and live here. It's not only the top few kids, but the depth of talent. I was a top 10 HS distance runner in Texas but if I ran my same times now, I wouldn't be top 10 in my region much less the state. Even if I subtracted time to account for shoes I wouldn't be top 10 in my region.
Posted on 4/16/25 at 11:36 am to Zappas Stache
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Kid from DFW has gone 1:46.8 for 800 indoors this year.
I believe that kid is only a sophomore.
Posted on 4/17/25 at 3:42 pm to Tubedog13
Top 6 went under 1:57 in the 800.
4:25 mile was disappointing. Catholic high meet
4:25 mile was disappointing. Catholic high meet
Posted on 4/17/25 at 9:47 pm to GhostofJackson
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Kids are definitely faster, but I don't think they're so much faster than what we've seen in the past.
I dunno. There was a time in late 70s and early 80s where there were some really fast times. Bobby Beck from Salmen ran mile times around 4:07. Keith Iovine ran 1600 m in 4:12 which may still be the record. Several
others were running 4:20s in 1600 / 9:20s in 3200.
It’s always intrigued me that for decades kids seemed slower especially in distances. It has been quite recently the times have caught and are now surpassing that peak 40+ years ago. Seems like it wouldn’t have taken this long.
Posted on 4/17/25 at 10:15 pm to lsu777
quote:feed the cats is a fricking joke of a training program. Tony hollier is a massive fricking douche bag to boot.
Tony Hollier making the "feed the cats" style programming so popular....it has gotten so much better
Posted on 4/17/25 at 10:51 pm to lsu777
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we were always really able to train acceleration portion but until recently it was really hard to measure and until recently we really couldn't train elasticity because we could not measure it to quantify it
99% of high schoolers still can't accelerate past 10 meters properly. 95% cannot properly accelerate past 3 steps at the angle and force off the ground required to accelerate at those angles.
Not really something that needs to be measured just continuously taught and reinforced via step patterns and drills. It's a long forboding process which is why it's easily given up on for other quicker fixes
Posted on 4/18/25 at 12:30 pm to CootKilla
Stephanie Harmon, LaGrange HS (96-00) was a shot put champion indoor and outdoor a couple of years.
Should be HOF, imo.
Should be HOF, imo.
This post was edited on 4/20/25 at 10:09 pm
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