Usain Bolt, a 21-year-old Jamaican running in only his fifth competitive 100m (how is that possible?) set a world record of 9.72 last night at the New York Grand Prix meet, but that might not be the most remarkable story of the weekend.
German Fernandez of Riverbank H.S. pulled off the greatest H.S. distance double ever, running 4:00.29 for 1600m and then coming back two hours later to run 8:34.29 for 3200m. Fernandez time in the 3200 is a national H.S record, although it is a shade slower than the conversion of Jeff Nelson's legendary 8:37 2-Mile time from 1979.
Either way, the performance defies belief. Fernandez ran splits of 4:18.7 / 4:15.5... He passed 3000m in 8:03-8:04. And he led the whole race, while having to pass lapped runners. The runner in second ran 8:58 and finished almost half a lap behind!
Watch 3200
The girls distance events were also pretty special, with Christine Babcock running a national record 4:33.82 in the 1600 to win by a straightaway, and Jordan Hasay and Laurynne Chetelat running 9:52.13 and 9:52.51, respectively in the 3200.
California State Meet Results
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Even though the video is slow to load, thats some opf the best HS commentary outside of Noah Jampol and Jon Waldron at the MA state meet i've ever heard.
Jon, get the girls 4x800 on video please... I think it'll be a pretty deep battle.
Hey, I can't believe that double. It inspired me to make a lens about German. You can see it here:
http://www.squidoo.com/german_fernandez
It's got a biography, polls, and a place to debate just how good his performance was. I hope you'll check it out and tell me what you think!
that is CRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAZZZZZZZZZZZYYYYYYY!
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