Bryce Love-Record setting 11 year old

[RQ]

http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/story/1590391.html

Love, who is 5 feet 6 and weighs 130 pounds, started running track seriously two years ago. Last summer, he finished second in the national age-group 400-meter finals

[Powell]

5-6 isn't your typical 11-year old, is it.

[gm]

50.75 in the finals

[bobubjj]

:shock: That is impressive!

[RQ]

50.75 in the finals

400 Meter Dash Midget Boys
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Nat'l Youth: N 52.90 7/22/2007 Xavier Jones, Durham, NC
JO Meet: J 53.06 7/28/1991 W. Obea Moore, Los Angeles, C
Name Year Team Finals
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Finals
1 Love, Bryce 16 Carolina Elit 50.75N
2 Gorsche, Joe 08-40-Track Iowa 54.44
3 Lucas, Paul 10-48-Az Do Righ 55.93
4 Smith, Ivy 25-Houston Heat 56.55
5 Abernathy, Micah 03 45 Titans 56.82
6 Wilcox, Chris Speed City Track 56.91
7 Killpatrick, Sean 25-Texas Storm T 58.10
8 Brown, Rickey 06-09 Mobile Par 59.45

[OBUTRACKSTER]

We could have our own version of Kirani James coming up :lol:
Lets hope he keeps up the great work! I wish I woulda started running at an earlier age! This kids 11 and has already ran a faster open time than me! ops: :shock:

[lonewolf]

50.75 :shock: I am (nearly ) speechless. He is a big kid for 11 years but still...he has got to be the furtherest outlier from outliers.

[bad hammy]

Takes just a tick or two off of the old age-11 record of 54.21. :shock:

http://dominique.100free.com/

[guruof track]

He is actually 12, not that it makes that much difference. His birthday is July 8th. 5'6 for a 6th grader is still well inside the norm.

[lonewolf]

Takes just a tick or two off of the old age-11 record of 54.21. :shock:

http://dominique.100free.com/

This is an interesting and humbling list. I have to go back to age 14-15 in every event for my PBs to still be better than this list. ops:
At least, I am still better than all the girls/women except in the HJ where I have to back up to age 16. ops: ops:
Has the human race evolved that much in a half century? :?

[fourjz]

50.75 in the finals

400 Meter Dash Midget Boys
================================================== ==============
Nat'l Youth: N 52.90 7/22/2007 Xavier Jones, Durham, NC
JO Meet: J 53.06 7/28/1991 W. Obea Moore, Los Angeles, C
Name Year Team Finals
================================================== ==============
Finals
1 Love, Bryce 16 Carolina Elit 50.75N
2 Gorsche, Joe 08-40-Track Iowa 54.44
3 Lucas, Paul 10-48-Az Do Righ 55.93
4 Smith, Ivy 25-Houston Heat 56.55
5 Abernathy, Micah 03 45 Titans 56.82
6 Wilcox, Chris Speed City Track 56.91
7 Killpatrick, Sean 25-Texas Storm T 58.10
8 Brown, Rickey 06-09 Mobile Par 59.45

Anybody that breaks Obea Moore's record along with Xavier Jones can't be all bad. :shock: :shock:

[RQ]

Last year's result

400 Meter Dash Midget Boys
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Nat'l Youth: N 52.90 7/22/2007 Xavier Jones, Grensboro Blazers
JO Meet: J 53.06 7/28/1991 W. Obea Moore, Los Angeles, CA
Name Year Team Prelims Finals
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Finals
1 Antwoine Hardy Willis Camden,Moore 56.22 55.18
2 J Bryce Love 13 Carolina Elit,Wa 57.25 55.31
3 Chu Oguejiofor Valley United 58.04 56.28
4 Paul Lucas Do Right TC 57.35 56.80
5 Jamal Frazier 13 Carolina Eagl,Ra 58.49 57.98
6 Ivy Smith Houston Heat Tra,Ho 58.50 58.08
7 Robert Williams 13 Carolina Alls,Fu 58.12 1:01.67
8 Joel Latson Texas Storm Trac 58.35 1:09.29

Knocks off 4.56 off last year's time.

[bad hammy]

Knocks off 4.56 off last year's time.

Obviously juiced . . .

:P

[bad hammy]

http://dominique.100free.com/

This is an interesting and humbling list.

Note that the list only includes marks from 43 countries. The guy who maintains it apparently has issues with age verification in much of the world. Even IAAF-ratified world junior records from Africans are off the list.

[bad hammy]

This is an interesting and humbling list. I have to go back to age 14-15 in every event for my PBs to still be better than this list. ops:

Could be worse - it is back to age 13 for me.