Big 12 Meet (Mile CRs by Fernandez(=) and Barringer)

[KevinM]

Colorado's Jenny Barringer is quietly putting together arguably the best indoor season for an NCAA woman's distance runner ever. She just went 4:25.91 (mile) at the Big XII meet in a nice duel with Sally Kipyego (4:27.19 - also under the record). Men's mile (including German F) now on the track.

[KevinM]

Fernandez follows Barringer's CR with a 3:55.02!

[dunes runner]

German's time beats the record.

[BisonHurdler]

German's time beats the record.

Nope.

[dl]

Just doubled back to win the 3000 easily in 7:57.71. Just from looking at clock on streaming video, he has about 4:06 at 1500m. Believe I saw a split of 5:27 for 2K, so his last kilo was about 2:30. About 57 for the last 400. Looked smooth.

[EPelle]

Carrying a niggling injury as well. Didn't prevent him from rocking on.

[Cyril]

Carrying a niggling injury as well. Didn't prevent him from rocking on.

What was the injury?

The kid is phenomenal - and he is only 18 year and 4 mos?

Worlds should be very interesting....I just hope he stays healthy and injury free!

[Jim Rorick]

Tony Waldrop holds the indoor collegiate record with a hand-timed 3:55.0 back in 1974 (Jack-in-the-Box). Fernandez' time is intrinsically superior, but I'm wondering if it'll ever be submitted for record consideration and likely would be denied. Don Paige ran a faster 3:54.22 on an oversized (somehow 317y flashes into my memory) Astrodome track in 1980.
It's also the fastest time ever-run in an all-collegiate indoor race (Kevin Sullivan 3:55.33 @ 1995 NCAA) and a World Junior (indoor) record, breaking his own 3:56.50. 4th fastest U.S. Jr. race indoors/outdoors, trailing 2 Ryun races from 1966 and Webb's HSR.

[BCBaroo]

Tony Waldrop holds the indoor collegiate record with a hand-timed 3:55.0 back in 1974 (Jack-in-the-Box). Fernandez' time is intrinsically superior, but I'm wondering if it'll ever be submitted for record consideration and likely would be denied. Don Paige ran a faster 3:54.22 on an oversized (somehow 317y flashes into my memory) Astrodome track in 1980.
It's also the fastest time ever-run in an all-collegiate indoor race (Kevin Sullivan 3:55.33 @ 1995 NCAA) and a World Junior (indoor) record, breaking his own 3:56.50. 4th fastest U.S. Jr. race indoors/outdoors, trailing 2 Ryun races from 1966 and Webb's HSR.

Yeah, I'd say this Fernandez kid is...pretty good.

Let the over-expectations and hype BEGIN!!!

[ed gee]

Submitted to whom and for what?

Tony Waldrop holds the indoor collegiate record with a hand-timed 3:55.0 back in 1974 (Jack-in-the-Box). Fernandez' time is intrinsically superior, but I'm wondering if it'll ever be submitted for record consideration and likely would be denied. Don Paige ran a faster 3:54.22 on an oversized (somehow 317y flashes into my memory) Astrodome track in 1980.
It's also the fastest time ever-run in an all-collegiate indoor race (Kevin Sullivan 3:55.33 @ 1995 NCAA) and a World Junior (indoor) record, breaking his own 3:56.50. 4th fastest U.S. Jr. race indoors/outdoors, trailing 2 Ryun races from 1966 and Webb's HSR.

[tandfman]

Don Paige ran a faster 3:54.22 on an oversized (somehow 317y flashes into my memory) Astrodome track in 1980.

I believe the Astrodome track was 5 laps to the mile, or 352 yds.

[CodeFlash]

Both runs were pretty awesome to see...

Jennys Splits
36.08 (36.08),1:08.89 (32.81),1:41.76 (32.88),2:15.24 (33.48),2:48.90 (33.66),3:22.64 (33.75),3:55.22 (32.58),4:25.91 (30.70)

Germans Splits
30.81 (30.81),59.72 (28.91),1:28.70 (28.99),1:57.72 (29.02),2:27.27 (29.55),2:56.84 (29.58),3:26.15 (29.31),3:55.02 (28.88)

First split is 209m...

[EPelle]

A 10-second non-pressed victory in 3.55,02. Wow.

[EPelle]

Carrying a niggling injury as well. Didn't prevent him from rocking on.

What was the injury?

Undisclosed:
http://www.stillwater-newspress.com/osu ... 01735.html

[Cyril]

Carrying a niggling injury as well. Didn't prevent him from rocking on.

What was the injury?

Undisclosed:
http://www.stillwater-newspress.com/osu ... 01735.html

Unpressed 3:55, then doubling back, and only a frosh? really remarkable.

The injury thing is a bit of a concern, but it must not be much to perform like that.

Epelle- care to change your World's prediction? Top ten, or better, seems like a pretty safe bet now.