I Cannot Believe What I Just Saw...

[@reuben5012]

when I saw Hunter Jones running at the portage invite, it looked like he was just sprinting the whole race, he's crazy fast, dude also also ran a crazy split at the crystal lake team marathon

[@elidicerbo]

I was at the Crystal lake team marathon! It was sure fun to watch, especially him!

[@1saacmeyers]

that course was fast so it just shows how much potential he has

[@winstonp6204]

I know dude I was there too!

[@bigO1207]

I ran an 18:21 as a freshman this year but he was already coming back up the back hill when I was going down the second time😭

[@reuben5012]

@@bigO1207 that's funny, I think I ran the exact same time but in the d2 race

[@jordancunningham9514]

was there to watch this. Dudes were through 1000 in 240. Newbury better be ready at nationals, these dudes are LEGIT! Also, i think these kids are running faster because of Newbury and what they did a year ago. So much fun to see! Keep it up guys!

[@edwardedward8454]

I participated in the frosh soph at this race and they first 1k was all downhill and the rest of it is building that back up which is why the rest of the k's were slower

[@drewcash1785]

lex and leo are gonna go 1,2 at whatever national meet they decide to run at.

[@jordancunningham9514]

@Drew Cash they should, but I'm telling ya, these Midwest dudes are the real deal.

[@hedleykerr3564]

Agreed 100%!

[@bruhapss]

@@drewcash1785 yeah, but they’ll have to fight for it depending on who they’re racing

[@evanstenke8770]

As someone who lives in Indiana and has run on LaVern-Gibson several times, running sub 16:00 is crazy on that course, let alone 14:20

[@TheMacqman9]

Yeah it’s not a fast course at all. This is an unbelievable time.

[@michaelbuell5052]

The fact someone ran a 14:27 on a course built on top of an old land fill with countless swichback hills is beyond insane.

[@benjaminducheny2237]

14:22, even better

[@yoshitweet]

In Massachusetts the D1 A Boys XC Championship two people broke the previous course record of 14:47 by running 14:38 by Samuel Burgess and 14:43 by Paul Bergeron. Sam was very briefly in the top 10 performances in the nation

[@figbootbottom6511]

I was in that race 🤓

[@yoshitweet]

@@figbootbottom6511 I wasn’t as I graduated last year (Joshua Lancaster from Wachusett) but I’ve been keeping an eye on the season and holy

[@Asolariot]

I was there too lol! Was really incredible watching that

[@jakerussell135]

Massachusetts cross country is really heating up, we have 14:38, 14:43, 14:47 as the PRs of the top 3 guys in the state. I would have been at that race if I was in division 1, but nah I'm here with 19:10 in div 3B lmfao

[@RobertJWaid]

My XC coach use to say distance running was 90% mental. Before Roger Bannister broke the four-minute barrier, it was deemed physically impossible. After, it was broken frequently. When Newbury Park XC coach Sean Bronsan kept saying 4:20 was not fast for high school, people though he was crazy. When Newbury Park showed that 4:20 was not fast, and 4:00 was doable, all of a sudden he was correct.

[@mango5509]

I run at a school in Indiana, and I’ve watched Kole Mathison, the 6th best runner in the nation, completely dominate every meet by a large margin, including the state meet. 4 guys beat him in the Midwest regionals alone, with the entire top 5 beating the course record. Crazy.

[@ItsCyclonic]

Connor Ackley is a huge talk in Ohio and is extremely underrated anywhere else. Seriously let’s all take the time to admire him for having a 27 SECOND PR IN THE 14 MINUTE RANGE, WHICH IS ABSURDLY GIGANTIC!!!!!! *Edit-I heard he had a 14:45 before, which means he only had a 16 second pr. However, that is still a huge difference.

[@Burgking0213]

Ohio 🥱

[@drewelric118]

@@Burgking0213 🤔

[@doloreschansey9556]

Yes it is. That is a difficult task to achieve, and what a talent!

[@ethaninsell8899]

Only in Ohio

[@natebontz3085]

I’ve raced against the guy when I ran in high school and he’s seriously just built different because he does it so effortlessly

[@rotorwash4731]

HSE CC Dad is a real one. There’s no video of a lot of the Indiana state meets he covers. Love him fr

[@benjaminducheny2237]

Same

[@nicolasdomise]

idk what other people think but it would be pretty cool to see a youtube video from TRP that explores some of where last year HS seniors have gone to college and how they are doing. I know that's a lot of work but we do expect a lot out of this channel and you have never let us down. Hope this idea can get a bit of backing, or enough to create this content. Cheers for this one and the rest!

[@quiet_lurker9573]

As someone from Michigan who has competed against Hunter Jones, (I say “compete” but I was like 2 minutes slower than him), Im not surprised by this time at all. He was easily running sub-16 as a freshman and has now won the Division 3 XC Michigan state meet all four years of high school.

[@KurtFlechtner]

WOW! I ran high school in 1978 and feel pretty good about my mid 16 minute 5k and 4:30 mile, these kids are really smoking it!

[@andrewklinedinst727]

Not at a big national meet but for the division 1 state qualifier in ma, sam burgess ran 14:38 and paul Bergeron a junior ran 14:43

[@kylemontgomery6772]

As someone in that midwest race I can say it was the craziest race I've been in. I swear I was dead last 400m in and I finished in 15:43

[@viporoonie7940]

Holy shit

[@Mylc03]

I mean....damn!

[@muffins735]

I have also run that course for an Indiana State meet, and it was my favorite course that I have ever run. Also, congrats man!

[@Lcxruns]

Holy shit congrats man Me chilling with a 17:35 😂🥲

[@ricfl4r]

na fr craziest race i've ever ran in

[@haydenhastings6739]

Midwest is a goated XC region. And that meet at LaVern was so much fun to watch!

[@winstonp6204]

YES!!!! Bro I’m so glad you got around the Hunter Jones. I know him personally so it’s so fun seeing him on this channel. I’m super fucking proud of how he’s doing because I’ve known him since early middle school. I knew he was gonna make it big. Go Hunter!

[@benjaminducheny2237]

Go Hunter! So awsome to finally see him on here, it's been a long time coming.

[@Mainline-the-endorphin-vein]

A key part of the reason why we are seeing more sub 4 minute miles, is that competition has gone national and is no longer just regional. It used to be you would hear about competitors in just your state or region. Now, with information and video's on training and meet results so readily available, people are realizing others are doing it, driving that competitive drive and motivation.

[@remyxedfern5008]

Very awesome to see hunter perform so well on a national stage, Michigan’s poster boy is really asserting how good he is!

[@HSECCDAD]

Glad I could help with the video! If you want to watch the full midwest NXR it's on our channel - www.youtube.com/@HSECCDAD Thanks for the shoutout!

[@jackrallison2041]

I was in person to watch the Midwest NXR, and it was amazing seeing all these guys challenge each other and to see them make high school XC history! It really gives me motivation and encouragement as a freshman in high school XC/track, that I can run on that level too.

[@mbgrocott7115]

It's more amazing with X-C because there is less change in technology than there is with track. Grass is grass, leaves are leaves and hills are hills. The change is in the athletes and their training, their attitude.

[@Matquez]

Tyrone Gorze running 14:51 on that awful nxr northwest course is crazy, gotta watch that guy

[@bramhartsuff1903]

Dude I was at this meet cheering on my friend and teammate from Chelsea MI Connell Alford (Possum nuggets jersey and Kenyan flag shorts) and could not believe my eyes when I saw those guys come across. 4 under 14:30! Crazy.

[@keeganm34]

Connell and the rest of Michigan went off! Hats off to your team you guys did great at states

[@bendover2743]

Connell Alford goes crazy at XC

[@jackrallison2041]

He was fast!

[@mikemowett7401]

Does Connell Alford also race bicycles at the Lexus Velodrome? I believe I’ve heard his name mentioned there.

[@wavelength0123]

Noah Breker set the Minnesota high school record with his 14:51, the top 3 Heartland finish was crazy to watch

[@jakerussell135]

suggestion: Samuel burgess from Framingham, Massachusetts. He ran 14:38 in the 5k, breaking the course record by 9 seconds, breaking the state record in high school 5k (as far as I'm aware), and is currently ranked #10 in the country

[@andrewklinedinst727]

Just commented the same thing, lmao

[@calebdeane8497]

People sleep on ma running, and new England in general kipyego and aidan cox have been killing it all season to

[@andrewklinedinst727]

The junior Paul Bergeron is going to break Sam burgesses record next season.

[@andrewklinedinst727]

And the season after that his teamate Jack graffeo will break it.

[@andrewklinedinst727]

@@calebdeane8497 I think people are also sleeping on Aidan Ross who I think will have a breakout race at nationals

[@jasonpaulsonrealtorontheru4745]

Shoes obviously have improved over the years but they don’t make the athlete! Everybody thought you could jump higher if you had a pair of Jordan’s back in the day. These kids are working harder and coaches are more informed on training and recovery. These kids are simply putting in the work to run faster!

[@Burgking0213]

Bro I’m on the same XC team as benne! It’s kinda funny seeing him in your video lol. Ottawa Hills high school 💪

[@harrylitz2827]

I live in huntsville. run for huntsville high. and practice 3-4 times a week at john hunt. they have taken every type of measuring device you can think of out there to try and prove it’s not a full 5k. only to find out… it’s actually a 5k.

[@willsessions2474]

I wonder how many times I've seen that guy waving the crowd on from the atv?

[@bigd7804]

Rocky Hanson is so slept on, he ran a 3:59 1600m as a Junior last year and a 14:20 on a xc course this year.

[@jacobhansenkettlebell]

Word. Search Rocky Hansen running. He and Hunter are together next year at Wake Forest

[@andrewchatterton8594]

I’ve ran this course (Huntsville runninglane) a bunch and it is exactly a 5k, but from the middle of the course and it is a wide path most people stick to the inside on. So I usually get 3.07 to 3.10, so they likely did run a little less then an actually 5k

[@SiFuJasper]

Training for sub-4 is different. My coach trained us as a team, always doing workouts together, so my fastest mile was only 4:34 and fastest 5k was only 15:22. Had I been coached at an elite level, those times would have been lower. Today, coaches are able to access more elite training programs and assign specialized assistant coaches to help the elite athletes while maintaining team camaraderie. This is more influential than shoes as the cause of so many fast times. Great to see it!

[@the_moist]

A kid on my team had similar times to these last year and i trained with him. As he was doing 8 repeat 400s for his 3200 pace, the rest of the group took turns pacing him... because we were training for the 800...

[@dylandixon4058]

Im curious. Im the opposite of you. My 5k pr is 16:50 but my 1600 is 4:29. Were you better at the longer races?

[@SiFuJasper]

@@dylandixon4058 I raced the 800m once and ran a 2:01. I got injured senior year, so my mile time was only the 3rd race. Would have improved a little, but probably not under 4:20. But to better answer your question, during the winter and summer, I raced 4-6 10k road races to build my strength at pace. Wasn’t very fast (35:25 best), but it helped in cross country. Never raced the 5k on the track. Something about the open fields in Wisconsin that made me run faster. 👍

[@tittytrav55]

My PB in the half marathon is 1:08:24 which is 5:13/mile but my fastest 5k is 15:43 which equates to 5:08/mile hypothetically I should be able to run faster for shorter distances given my stamina on long races but that has never been the case. It's odd how different people run and the speeds they can achieve.

[@TomP-148]

I remember thinking my 15:55 was fast back in 2009. This is awesome and crazy for the sport. Hopefully they don't burn out early.

[@Asolariot]

What about Sam Burgess's and Paul Bergeron's sub 15 in the Massachusetts State Qualifying meet a few days ago? Sam got 14:38 and I believe Paul got somewhere in the 14:40 range

[@jamiehosier]

ah yes, paul got 14:43.8

[@Asolariot]

Insane!

[@Asolariot]

Yeah, Paul just took the Title today from Sam at Fort Devens. 15:02 to 15:09

[@TriDaddy]

Nike Heartland was 28 degrees - Freezing. Jackson Heidesch's preformance is amazing!

[@jackrallison2041]

Same with the Midwest

[@stuccoman99ws10]

in other words, 4:20 is not that fast, it's just not

[@roustabout4fun]

Impressed by all the training and effort to make these times happen...impressive for sure. Maybe even the matrix is possible within time.

[@jamesthatcher4528]

As someone who has ran against tyrone gorze at state I am definitely rooting for him at nxn

[@DBcycling1]

Shoutout to Connell Alford who’s also a national champion cyclist

[@hershey2581]

Been waiting for the hunter Jones vid 🔥

[@ufomichaelcody2037]

I ran cross country and track-and-field and I won my district championship individually and was runner up in the regionals and finished top 12 in both state track and cross country meets for the state of Florida. I was an individual qualifier for the state meet in the 3 mile cross country and in the 2 mile for track.. I could run 9 minutes and 52 seconds in the 2 mile race. I could also run 15:37 in the 3 mile. Nike claims that you can reduce your time and improve your personal best by 3% to 4%. Especially with the carbon fiber plate and the zoom X technology. I have those shoes and it makes a big difference. In addition there is a placebo effect when you're wearing those shoes. So not only can you physically feel it when you run but psychologically it also gives you a placebo effect boost knowing that you should be faster. So what is a double or exponential increase in lowering your times both psychological and physical with the new shoes and technology. If I were to reduce my 2 mile time by 4%. I could drop another 30 seconds off my time. And maybe even drop another 45 seconds off my 3 mile. That's only if I had those shoes back in the 1990s. I used to wear breath right around my nose because used to open up the nasal passage Wider helping me breathe better. Just wearing The nasal breathe right strip made me feel like a run faster . And I did. I couldn't imagine if I wore the vapormax fly 2 next percent . Honestly I can feel a huge difference in running in those shoes compared to anything else I've ever had. Nothing comes close to that. I have never felt an experience like that with the carbon plate. I constantly feel this energy driving my knees forward every time I plant my feet on the ground. Feeling that and then having Nike tell me I will beat my best time. Would certainly be a huge confidence boost. And I think I would drop my personal best drastically. Never has Nike ever come out and say that this shoe can reduce your personal times by 4%. All of my friends in track and cross country would have most definitely bought that shoe if it was available in the 1990s. I have never seen times like these before.. Something has fundamentally changed or the sport has evolved into a next level athlete. I love you channel thank you for letting me share. Crazy Just going by the percentages Nike claims... Big difference...

[@TonyBologna805]

As someone who lives in Portland, I lold when you said “if the weather and good and course is dry”. It’s just never the case

[@emilnelson1890]

This is so true, I remember the last time NXN was here it was pouring the whole time

[@EndurancePerformanceOptimized]

I'm going to be the first to share this phrase, really it's a performance paradigm. One that I expand upon in my upcoming book. Training does not give you ability, it reveals it. This is a really important concept for people to understand because I get the impression most observers believe training methods, shoes, and nutrition contribute the "greatest gains" in record breaking performances. While they do make a contribution, the largest factor bar none is the genetic ability of the individual. J Basmajian (Muscles Alive) attributed roughly 80% of a person's adaptation of a training stimulus to genetics. Despite Eliud Kipchoge's much admired proclamation that "No Human is Limited" we absolutely have limits and so does Eliud. The task of the athlete is to discover what they are.

[@JunkWaxHero]

Check out Ruth White out of Orono High School, Maine. She just won the New England Championship by a whopping 42 seconds, the largest gap in 30 years. And she’s only a junior.

[@christianmartinez5691]

I remember Riley hough was undefeated and broke ritizinhein course record went to nationals and got smoked by Newbury Park big 3

[@alyssa7974]

Crazy. My mile takes literally 9min and that already feels exhausting. Wow.

[@jacobfaughtrunningproducti974]

I'm from Ohio, coming into the season I had a 17:30 PR and my goal was to go under 17 and then run in this Midwest regional race, I ended up getting hurt and sick at the start of the season and opening my first 3 races at 19:08 , 18:43, and 19:15, I ended up with a 17:43 near the end of the season. Really sad now that I wasn't able to compete in this legendary race.

[@jackrallison2041]

Sorry about your season but you will have next year to compete as well I assume

[@jacobfaughtrunningproducti974]

@@jackrallison2041 yeah, I'm a junior this year. I want to go under 5 and under 11 in track this year and then maybe I'll get in the 16s next year for XC.

[@jackrallison2041]

That’s definitely plausible, hope it goes well!

[@TheTurtlebot]

Great to see new kids taking a huge step forward in times, but newbury is definitely leading the charge and another beast of a team entirely

[@kaismithley6173]

Mt. Sac is a 2.93 mile course

[@tatewilker6323]

I’ve gotten to race against Noah brecker before, he is so fast. I’m the first 5k of the season he won a course record with a 14:57 on a hilly course, insane runner

[@williamfisk4841]

Can you do a video on the different shoes and records broken in them over the years?

[@keithv3767]

These young guys are tearing it up.

[@loganr8277]

Rocky Hanson needs some more love he's a crazy good runner

[@dylandixon4058]

Hes the most slept on runner ive ever seen. I dont understand how you can sleep on somebody that is ranked #2 in the nation only behind a time run on a track and not a xc course

[@diegoramos3115]

@@dylandixon4058 The course he ran 14:20 at was 155 meters short. My coach measured it the day of (ASICS invitational in GA)

[@jacobhansenkettlebell]

@@diegoramos3115 Did your coach measure it two more times to get a weighted average? Did he protest with the event organizers to have the even decertified?

[@cakej1]

We will see an incredible amount of sub 4 miles this coming track season.

[@_e5598]

The kids are coaching themselves w YT now. Throwing out the old school coaches and chasing records based on modern science. The sport has changed A LOT in the last decade.

[@atomiceman1239]

In Va we had 4 kids break 15 and 2 of them under 14:45

[@ellohoffman8552]

As someone who has run with Kole before, that’s not how his last name is pronounced.

[@donahue2508]

i lived in carmel but didnt get the chance to run with him because i ran in the private school division and then moved away before highschool, but my friend competes against him

[@hairypotter3147]

I was at the same race as Tyrone gorze.seeing it in person is just another level of crazy you never really get true perspective till you see them whizz by you while they look like they are jogging!!

[@insanity0854]

Simeon birnbaum just ran 14:25

[@bruhapss]

Leo and Lex are going sub 4, 1000 percent. Aaron Sahlman, too.

[@Alberts_Stuff]

I'd like to know which of these kids are middle distance and long distance runners if possible

[@patula6169]

in high school races dont usually go over 5k

[@Alberts_Stuff]

@@patula6169 Ah ok, thanks.

[@rolandleslie2564]

Rocky gonna break 4

[@jerryduffin1358]

Keep in mind that the nxr northwest course is much slower than the other regional courses this weekend. Had it been on a similarly fast course, we would have had at least another 5 or 6 athletes go under 15

[@noahhartner7066]

Midwest is not known as a fast course either, most years only like 1-2 go sub-15 there

[@brainless4231]

actually the midwest course is slow too

[@emilnelson1890]

The fact that Tyrone ran under 15 is insane. The course was two laps around the course, each lap had a smallish hill, a steep, long hill, and a 200m stretch of loose sand on a beach. Amazing

[@jackrallison2041]

The Lavern Gibson course isn’t fast by any means and it snowed about an inch and half before then melted so the conditions were less than ideal too

[@alexanderwhite7194]

I just want to know what team won in the midwest regional meet.I know you explained how it had such a stacked feild of runers but what team won?

[@brainless4231]

hinsdale central from illinois theyre rlly good

[@brainless4231]

tho they lost state champs by one point to the same team that got second in this race

[@interstatehighwayfan_645]

I raced against Hunter Granted I was in the very back but it was still cool

[@tianl98765]

shoes and training devices (gps watches / heart rate monitors / all the software analyzing tools / stryd / so on) have definitely contributed to the faster times.

[@psyso-cleanedits8953]

Imagine running sub 14:30 and getting 4th

[@jackrallison2041]

Or even running sub 14:50 and getting fifth

[@dagda16]

It’s the shoes. That’s the only difference.

[@cantu4]

i still think lex and leo have the top 2 spots on lock. not to meat right them or anything but i think it’s unfair to count them out

[@jackrallison2041]

I don’t know these guys have been training just as intense as Leo and Lex have if not more, so it’s not a for sure thing just yet

[@dfassafdfdsafdsa]

I'd argue such a large influx of impressive times may also come down to the pandemic. The very long time of pure base training done by XC athletes due to the pandemic was probably very immense. I know if a pandemic swept the world in the same way it did back in 2020 closing schools, events, etc., I'd be training my butt off purely with base. The timing of the pandemic naturally favored runners who are now seniors in high school as well. Also, I've decided not to run my sub 10 min. 5k race times I could easily do with 0.1 percent of my power, in order to spare all the other athletes.

[@DylpiqkleSTier]

I’m sorry but I cannot use times as a way to say who is fast. So many factors go into cross country.

[@sammysmith7]

I LOVE TOMMY RICE!

[@al3xforman]

I've raced against hunter jones and benne anderson multiple times and they are just insane

[@stephenherring]

I always wonder how accurate these courses are and how they were measured.

[@Ironrav]

Records are meaningless if you're basing them on different courses, weather conditions, etc. That's just a fact in cross country.

[@jasonweeks3028]

I was just at the mass divisional championship and a kid ran a 14:35

[@joshuanelson9462]

give a shout out to Patrick Koon Junior out of Leon HS ran a 14:56 on the state course.

[@kylep1479]

I’ve seen Connor Ackley run several times and it’s just incredible to watch

[@samschwarting]

Hunter is the goat! I get to train with him during the summer.

[@elevatedone4972]

Jesuit, LA swept our state meet with 15 points

[@IntoTheSkyy]

I wonder also how much of it has to do with what Jakob Ingebrigtsen accomplished at a similar age. Like Colin said at the end of the vid "These people are doing it, why can't I do it?"

[@sinking1902]

So I’m going to say what people are thinking but are afraid to say…Before Jakob…white kids didn’t believe it was possible to compete at that level…He has inspired a new level of performance across the nation.

[@jarviss.tv.4895]

Agreed

[@MigoNBS]

What about devan kipyego 😢

[@shokuluv]

i had the pleasure of spending 5 days with Hunter Jones, and he is actually the coolest guy alive.

[@EdwardVarner]

You give kids literally nothing to do for years. These are the 80 or so who trained. It’s amazing what they can do!

[@mkdesu]

How do these athletes get faster and faster? Genetics? Training since a young age? Location?

[@gerrybuckley9484]

Just a quick question: Could you tell me how good is Nico Young?

[@Andrew-nk2qp]

Sub to HSE CC Dad for the amazing video he provided!

[@aroldibrahimcanapi6364]

Yow a japanese high schooler did a 13 22 5k. Would be great if you take a look at that

[@jamiehosier]

Source?

[@aroldibrahimcanapi5579]

@@jamiehosier An extra-large high school record was set in the 27 men's 5000m groups at the 300th Nippon Sports University Long Distance Competition. Daisho Yoshioka, a third-year student at Nagano Sakucho Sei High School, clocked 13 minutes 22.99 seconds. Last year, Keita Sato (Rakunan High School, Kyoto, now Koma University) broke the high school record of 13:31.19 by about 8 seconds. He is second in the U20 Japan history behind Sato (13:22.91) and the first high school student to break the 13:30 mark.

[@aroldibrahimcanapi5579]

You can search it in japan running news that I saw in twitter

[@z1onuno]

I wish I started sooner

[@ethinchandler1750]

I got to run in the same team as hunter at benzie, dudes insane

[@Bogo0112]

Very impressive.

[@planck10-43]

All cross country and track races need to be recertified.. something does not make sense.

[@kyleosborne9605]

Let’s go Michigan 😤

[@teatowel11]

Maybe covid meant that there was less competition for the time and attention of the athletes. Gyms were closed, lots of team sports were not happening etc.

[@Jacksonmarshall1234]

YESSIR HUNTER JONES RAN AT ONE OF MY MEETS

[@markmasaka546]

I LIVE HERE!!!

[@severesevero2813]

JACKSON HEIDESCH

[@bigbonk9755]

I got to run with Hunter Jones in a random 5k in Michigan lmao

[@justinmiller450]

Connor Ackley destroyed us every week😂

[@MultiCgp]

Whats their training?

[@brendanjeans4423]

Everyone sleeping on Sam Burgess

[@jamiehosier]

ong he's almost top 10 in the state, ran a breakout race on saturday, and finished in 14:38 with a massachusetts state record

[@brendanjeans4423]

@@jamiehosier faster than some kids in this vid, but sadly MA kids don’t get the respect they deserve