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Mary Cain broke her own HS indoor mile record today!
Cheserek 8:39 two mile ain't bad
Cain 4;28 mile
For Cheserek, his times won't count towards the "record book" this track season because he is 19, right?
It depends when he turned 19. I could be wrong, but I think if you turn 19 after December 31st you are still eligible to set high school records. If his 19th birthday was in 2012 he would be ineligible for high school competition entirely. I'm 99% sure this is the rule in California, but I am less confident about the rule nationwide (NFHS). Feel free to correct any of my errors if you are more knowledgeable than I am.
cheserek turned 19 less than a month ago. so he is eligible to set records. however, in my opinion, i don't think it's fair for him to set records because he is not an american citizen- he moved here as a sophomore!
The high school record books do not differentiate between citizens and non-citizens. You might disagree with it, but that doesn't change the process. I'm not sure if Lukas Verzbicas was a citizen either when he set the indoor 5k record (he may have had dual citizenship, but for some reason I think he didn't yet), and I'm pretty sure that he was also 19 when he graduated.
The California rule on age is that the athlete does not turn 19 before June 15th BEFORE their senior year. Basically, it is set up to prevent anyone competing when they are 20 years old. So if Cheserek turned 19 less than a month ago, then technically he could be six months older and still be eligible (if he went to school in California).
The NFHS requires that the student is eligible to compete based on their state's rules. But note that the NFHS only tracks records set in NFHS sanctioned competition.
Track and Field News, which keeps the "official" records, just requires that the athlete attends a US high school (including those not in the NFHS) and the marks can be set in pretty much any meet. There is no requirement for citizenship.
Cheserek's "official" age is 19. However, this is different from his actual age as that is unknown (likely to be in the 21-22 range). Foreigners are notorious for lying about their ages, which is why they get away with so many records.
I'm confused. For the Men's 600m, Erik Sowinski ran 1:15.61, which is considered AR. But Johnny Gray is American and has a world record 1:12.81, then how is Sowinki's 1:15.61 American record?????
@ 9:17
Grays record was outdoors.
"which is why they get away with so many records."
How many records are held by foreigners?
2M (out) - Verzbicas
400G (out) - Sanya Richards
3K-2M-5K (in) - Cheserek
That's it. I don't think anyone has questioned Verzbicas' or Richards' age when they set their records, either (also, I think both Verzbicas and Richards are now US citizens). And I find it hilarious to think that "foreigners" are flooding the US high school system with overage athletes just to set records.
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