<p>OHHHH the 4:58 is for a girl!!!
darn you got my hopes up lol</p>
<p>I sprint, so I doubt my times would do you any good. There is always a place for you to run in college, whether you want to make a sacrifice is up to you. I did not make the sacrifice to go D1, but there are some schools that let anyone who works hard on their team. Including D1 schools, they may not take them to all their meets, but it doesn't really matter.</p>
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<p>haha yea i didn't realize it was a girl. yea that is an impressive time.</p>
<p>any advice on getting faster at sprinting?
i do distance, but at the end of the race when you're supposed to sprint i always lag behind even though i was 30 feet in front of someone originally</p>
<p>^ Ah, the last leg. The joys of feeling like crap during the most crucial part of the race.</p>
<p>Use the last curve as a "slingshot" into the final straight (start accelerating at the last 5m of the curve, into the straight). Dying would feel better than the pain you'll feel on that straight, but at least you'll come closer to winning.</p>
<p>Don't forget to pace yourself. Notice how the top few are always running together? Running even 10m ahead of the pack would tire you much quicker. Save your energy for accelerating at the end.</p>
<p>I run the 1600m</p>
<p>Well for the 1600, you're gonna want to try to run as even splits as possible. If you're like most people, you'l run the first and last laps fastest. Usually, the 2nd lap falls into place too right after the first. However, the 3rd lap is where most people "let up" to prepare for a final kick. You don't want to do this. Use the 3rd lap to get ahead of other people, and hopefully far enough that they won't be able to catch up.</p>
<p>To help your kick at the end do workouts in practice gradually getting faster. The lest set should be the fastest. Thats what Jerimey Wariner does at least.</p>
<p>my friend Steven got recruited to Oberlin (I don't know what division it is) - he runs a 10:08 3200m and a 16:38 5k</p>
<p>^^^holy crap</p>
<p>haha flare12345neo, there a good group of 5-10 kids in high school that run under 9:00 for the 3200 and plenty more that run in the nine minute range. So 10:00 is a great time, but it still isn't elite.</p>
<p>tjan, don't lie, there is no school in the US that has 5-10 kids that run under 9 minutes in the 3200. The most I can think of is 2, maybe 3.</p>
<p>i think he means in all high schools across the country.</p>
<p>yeah a 9 minute 3200 is pretty sick</p>
<p>Any of you guys see Chris Derrick's 5k race? 13:55 for 5k. HOLY $!#@......</p>
<p>^ yea that was pretty amazing. he had no one pushing him either, he was basically out there running a time trial...</p>
<p>Some kid from a neighboring school has a 4:15 mile (he was slowing down in the final 100 also, because he had to save his energy for other events, this was County meet by the way) and he had a 1:52 split for his 800 (4x800 relay at Penn this year). He's only a junior too.</p>
<p>And then there's Doug Smith, Craig Foyrs, and other crazy NJ guys -_-</p>
<p>Pssh NJ has nothing on CA when it comes to running. The Hall brothers, the Mercado Twins, AJ Acosta, German Fernandez, Michael Cybulski, Jordan Hasay, Christine Babcock, the list goes on. Not to mention Jeff Nelson and his 8:36 3200 as a senior :o</p>
<p>Edit: I forget track! Bryshom Nellum (21 200m and 45 400m as a senior), Dominguez 3:12 4x4, Elias Gedyon (1:52 800m relay split as a FROSH), a girl from LB Poly who does a 54 400 as a freshman......</p>
<p>I could go on and on and on</p>