3:54.52 - Pablo Solares at Boston

[Bruce Kritzler]

3:54 for Solares, Rice grad. Know he has broken 4 a couple of times, but think this is a 5 sec pr!

[KevinM]

Re: 3:54.52 - Pablo Solares at Boston

3:54 for Solares, Rice grad. Know he has broken 4 a couple of times, but think this is a 5 sec pr!

Bruce,

You're right -- Solares had a nice breakthrough last year, but this leap far outshines anything he's done before. He's now the 7th American all-time in the indoor mile.

[BCBaroo]

It says he's Mexican on the results page. Thus, making his standing among Americans void. Unless we're talking North Americans...


:lol:

[KevinM]

Thanks. Saw that he went to a Dallas HS and didn't look beyond that.

[Pego]

Does anybody know, if that is a Mexican record, or did Barrios run faster once upon a time?

[KevinM]

According to Pela's lists, the mark is faster than any Mexican has run, indoors or out (did Barrios ever even break 4:00?).

[Pego]

According to Pela's lists, the mark is faster than any Mexican has run, indoors or out (did Barrios ever even break 4:00?).

IIRC, he was a sub-3:40/13:10 runner. That should place him sub-4. How far, I don't know.

[eldrick]

wiki has nice stat listing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arturo_Barrios

he really was excellent in '89 setting pbs at all the standard distances - beautiful consistency

3'37.61 gives him 3'55.1 with standard conversion

[trackhead]

Does anybody know, if that is a Mexican record, or did Barrios run faster once upon a time?

It breaks the NR he set at Tyson last year, which was 3:58 and change.

[BCBaroo]

Thanks. Saw that he went to a Dallas HS and didn't look beyond that.

Where did he go to HS in Dallas? Just curious.

[gm]

Thanks. Saw that he went to a Dallas HS and didn't look beyond that.

Where did he go to HS in Dallas? Just curious.

Not Dallas, Richardson.

[Bruce Kritzler]

didn't Juan Martinez run 3:37 back in early 70's?

[gh]

He ran 3:58.4 in Modesto in '75 (says Tilastopaja; doesn't list any 1500 best)