People come up to me and they tell me how much it’s inspired them and that means so much.
“When I produce the content, it motivates other people to try and do what I’m doing. On what it’s like being a high school star in the social media era, where performances are under a bigger microscope and open to more criticism: They went like 4:17, which is faster than I need to go for the record. So when everyone was still together at a mile and I was dropping off, I had to take a couple of breaths and think, ‘I’m falling off the back but it’s not because I’m dying but if I keep on going with them, I don’t want to dig myself down into a deeper hole.’ They were going really fast. “I knew it would be pretty darn fast but I thought there would be more people in that 13:30-13:40 range. “The times kept on getting faster and the effort kept on feeling easier, where I knew with the training progressing in the same way, I’d be ready by now.” What told him in training that this was possible: He called his shot and publicly announced he was going after Burns’ record in the leadup to Friday night’s race. Young has raced sparingly this outdoor season but took a big step forward with a 13:44.83 at the Bryan Clay Invitational on April 14. He didn’t have the best start to the year after finishing the 2022 cross-country season injured and then finishing third in the 5000m at New Balance Nationals Indoor in 14:00.64.
– This should not come as much of a surprise after Young ran 13:43.95 last year. He broke Galen Rupp’s record of 13:37.91, which had stood since 2004. – The previous high school record of 13:37.30 was set just three weeks ago by Connor Burns at Sound Running’s Track Fest.
road 5K champion Abdihamid Nur won the race in a personal best of 13:05.17 and locked up his World Championship qualifying standard.
It’s not every day that the 18th place finisher in a race steals the headlines but Newbury Park High School senior (CA) Lex Young highlighted the first night of the LA Grand Prix by breaking the U.S. Lex Young went 13:34.96 last night in Los Angeles Embedded content Galen Rupp’s high school 5000m record (13:37.91) stood for 18 years, 9 months, 6 daysĬonnor Burns’ high school 5000m record (13:37.30) stood for 20 days.
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