This Will NEVER Happen Again - Newbury Park High School

We knew they were fast, but then they somehow took it to yet another level of speed...
Huge shout out to Chris Putman for giving our on-site team extra footage.
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[@TotalRunningProductions]

Was this the greatest high school race in history?

[@timmytheinventor4746]

Maybe not the greatest high school race in history, but definitely the greatest U.S. HS XC race in history.

[@alejandrotorres712]

Easily

[@lanagorgeous9485]

These guys are so dominant in America, I'd love to see them do u20 international cross country or track. I remember u20 2018 when Cooper Teare ran u20 and got experience running against the likes of Jacob Kiplimo, Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Selemon Barega. Cooper talked about how great that international experience was.

[@JCJeffrey]

Greatest Race, Greatest Team! I don't see how it would be possible to pull this off with a different high school any where else in the country.

[@jplazasprint]

Absolutely

[@18dvasquez]

Y'all really need to give the 6th and 7th runners some credit. The whole team ran under 15:00. THE WHOLE TEAM! The 6th and 7th runners, Hector Martinez and Dev Doshi, are an integral part of the Newbury Park legacy!

[@jeffreycarman2185]

Totally, not only did they all go under 15, they demolished 15, by more than 3 seconds a kilometer. This team is unbelievable.

[@larrysupersport]

Seriously, I was just thinking where was 5 6 and 7?

[@RobertJWaid]

Newbury Park's team has ONLY two seniors!

[@nom6758]

Theyre 6th and 7th place, why would I give them even a 1/10th of the respect as I do for the actual WINNERS. Theyre not an integral part lol theyre the backup of the backup.

[@sub2910k]

Yes they did amazing. But it does not compare to having 3 guys faster than Ritzenhein which deserves 99% of the focus here.

[@paulhess5087]

Colin Sahlman looks like he almost ran himself into a coma after the race, like nothing mattered and he was somewhere else. That takes such guts. I remember the rare times i got into that space, it's scary the level of pain it takes to get there.

[@LeeFred78]

I know what you mean. In my younger days in the Army, I ran a lot of road races. A couple of times I ran so hard, that when I finished, I wanted to throw up.

[@abeats1099]

same.

[@sinking1902]

I remember going to that dark place maybe 4 or 5 times in my life…I was shit at cross country but went to collapse a few times…Headaches, nauseus, diarrhoea and unable to eat for about 12 hrs even after sleeping.

[@tyleryoung8994]

couldn’t of said that better

[@hidden2098]

I’ve been there one time, last Saturday when I dropped my 5k time from 18:16 to 17:33, I felt nothing for the last 800 meters of the race, and then as soon as I crossed the finish alone my body completely gave out. I couldn’t walk without help for a solid 10 minutes after that and had to be dragged away from the finish line so that people didn’t trip over me while they were coming in.

[@vivadrags]

Insane how Leo, Lex, and Aaron are still juniors 🤯 Cannot wait to see them in track next year!

[@vivadrags]

not to mention all 7 of the Newbury Park guys going under 15! (and 71 going under 15 in total in the race)

[@Juve_Uke]

They all might break the 14 minute barrier next year on the course next year too

[@jeffreycarman2185]

They should have an amazing team again next year: not only does Newbury Park return 5 of their top 7 from this race (so they have PRs under 15 minutes in the 5k) they also return two more runners who have run 16:01 or better for 3 miles.

[@georgelawson5055]

It’s cross country not track

[@TheLegacy222]

@@georgelawson5055 no shit Sherlock 😂

[@alejandrotorres712]

Great vid, and NP is on a whole other level compared to any cross country team in high school history. Just would like to point out 2 things: 1. According to the live splits I saw, they actually went 4:29/4:30 at the mile and 9:41 at 2.1 miles so Colin’s last mile was a 4:22. 2. Shoutout to Hector Martinez and Dev Doshi, NP’s 6th and 7th men who ran 14:52 and 14:59, respectively. Yes, you read that right: Newbury Park’s ENTIRE VARSITY TEAM can run a SUB 15 5k

[@jacobfisher2508]

The 2 mile split was 2.1 miles

[@ericschroeder8932]

(head explodes trying to comprehend all 7 under 15:00)

[@ed_gaa6289]

@@ericschroeder8932 and their 7th man who ran 14:59 as a sophomore I believe

[@ryderlehman575]

@@ed_gaa6289 He is a sophomore, Dev Doshi is an absolute beast

[@ericschroeder8932]

@@ed_gaa6289 that is such incredible depth, and amazing talent. Wow...

[@dcnole]

I'm sure the national record will be broken, but it's very hard to imagine how another team will ever do what this Newbury Park team has done. It seems impossible.

[@sammyb1661]

Next year they could have a shot

[@alexb5312]

Yeah their top five returners for next year averaged 14:27

[@dcnole]

@@sammyb1661 Good point. Should have added "other than Newbury Park themselves besting this next year."

[@jckmohr5912]

Imagine going to Newberry. Running a 15:00 5k and not making the varsity team.

[@sarazam7396]

They could legitimately have runners going to top D1 teams for college that never made the varsity team.

[@timmytheinventor4746]

You could tell they went for it here. They usually ease away from their opponents, but they made an intimidating move here to go for the team win. And they were all drained of energy at the end. And for three of them, they were rewarded with a time faster than Ritz' HS record. Damn.

[@abone2pick]

Also the fourth guy from a different school but also went under the previous record.

[@chrisegger4367]

Ritz, King Ches and Drew Hunter would destroy this course...just saying...when 73 guys break 15...enough said.

[@bendover2743]

Gotta give credit to Riley Hough, he was less than 0.2 seconds from taking Ritzenheim’s state record and held his own against Newbury Park coming 5th in 14:10.56

[@TomP-148]

Could you imagine saying that your HIGH SCHOOL's team's average time is 14:14..

[@jakerussell135]

true tho, like my high school's average for the top 5 is like 20:18

[@diazatake6462]

@@jakerussell135 ur team is garbage 💀

[@jakerussell135]

@@diazatake6462 its not garbage, its just a small school. only 700 people enrolled in the school, and only 9 boys on the team at the peak of this season, everyone was automatically on varsity, even tho some of them could barely run under 30 minutes

[@diazatake6462]

@@jakerussell135 ah gotchu

[@iode9999]

Imagine being a sub 15 5k guy but you're still on jv💀

[@lanagorgeous9485]

These guys are so dominant in America, I'd love to see them do u20 international cross country or track. I remember u20 2018 when Cooper Teare ran u20 and got experience running against the likes of Jacob Kiplimo, Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Selemon Barega. Cooper talked about how great that international experience was.

[@mdfield1]

I knew this race would be epic but Newbury Park, as a team, SHATTERED my expectations!!!! Simply MIND BOGGLING!!!

[@jerryduffin1358]

Another thing to mention that I dont think has been done before is that the entire Newbury team 1-7 dipped under 15:00, with Hector Martinez running 14:52, and Dev Doshi running 14:59.

[@rxonmymind8362]

Slackers.....🤣

[@timmytheinventor4746]

Insane. 14:14 only got fourth on the team. Like WHAT?!

[@TotalRunningProductions]

Mind blowing

[@johnedwards2051]

@@TotalRunningProductions 60 went under 15

[@midwestnagyfa]

Forgot to mention that Riley Hough was that person with the second fastest course time 39 seconds behind Ritzenheim's. He ran it last year beating out Hobbs Kessler

[@khalidibrahim5064]

Colin looked so dazed right after the race. Imagine what was going on in his head in the moment.

[@christopherbellore3511]

I also noticed Colin's responses after the race. 🏁 Concerning his mind, will, and emotions; his WHOLE soul?... he left it ALL on the TRACK! Congratulations to all who succeeded.

[@gumby511]

Confusion and that 1 second from standing and blacking out. There was nothing going through his mind at that moment. He had no idea where he was or what he had just did that last 15 minutes.

[@christopherbellore3511]

@@gumby511 agreed.

[@performancebasedheatingair8006]

@@gumby511 Yeah that kid pushed his body to the very limit. rubber legs and he looks completely out of it.....

[@oldmanbanksia]

As an outsider from the US it's been interesting to watch your vids on the performances of the runners from Newbury Park. Having been involved in X-country and distance running for over 50 years I have been impressed by the determination shown by these young guys - not often seen with runners of this age. Also the willingness to "suffer" and "putting it all out there" during each race has been laudable. I can't say that I have been too impressed with the depth & quality of the senior distance runners that the US has produced over recent years - and (from where I sit abroad) it seems not that it's not from a lack of talent but rather that much of the talent goes across to higher paying and higher profile sports (triathlon, for example). I just hope that these exceptionally talented lads go on with X-country & distance running and one day represent the US proudly on the world stage.

[@maskless_zorro]

Proud to say that I was right there along the barriers in the finish chute to watch this. I had the opportunity to meet Mr. Sahlman. He was one proud father.

[@thisopinionwillexpire]

Newbury Park had all 7 under 15:00. Five are returning next year. Let that sink in.

[@thomasschmiedicke2361]

Watching this in person was crazy. The amount of athletes coming in below 15 minutes was staggering and really humbling to me. So many spectators also all running around to different parts of the course to see this team. And nobody could belive the time when they came through the finish. Crazy stuff.

[@ricardo_valadez]

The guy who won our Texas 5a state race placed 70 sumn, running 15:03 a whole minute slower than Colin. That's how fast these guys are

[@zaydxn2735]

yeah walker went out fast, trying to catch up to the lead pack but they were just too fast

[@jasonley4809]

its really difficult to compare times on different courses

[@ricardo_valadez]

@@jasonley4809 he ran 15:03 at this race with collin, so we aren't comparing times on different courses. I believe walkers st johns pr is 14:40 sumn at the short texas state course

[@lolabaker8197]

I ran and watched the boys race. Absolutely insane race. My dad counted 71 boys who ran sub 15. Our team had a bunch of pr’s, the weather was a bit drowsy but still great for racing. He’s not lying when they said they were flying down that last 200 meters. Their average time is absolutely insane.

[@joshchugg521]

Incredible you were able to put this up so fast. Great video as always. I had some teammates competing down in Alabama and it was fun to see something on the race so quickly.

[@hungryhunter8761]

imagine getting a 14:44 and coming in nearly 50th place

[@anthonyjulianelle6695]

Really amazing. I would like to see the Newbury Park runners race Gavin Sherry and a few others who were not at Running Lane; at Foot Locker. Too bad it's not happening. Still, what a race!

[@aaronjenkins6048]

I've raced against Zane Bergen, it's really cool to see him place fourth in the country. Needless to say, I did not win those races

[@buddermaster1166]

Missouri state record also set at this meet. 14:38 from Andrew hauser of Rock bridge

[@franks151]

And he's only a sophomore.

[@uw8850]

Awesome performance by these youngsters. Great video. Love your work.

[@anthonystrazzo1896]

Been following running since 1963. This was just beyond anything I have seen.

[@Sal_lazaro]

I was loosing my mind when Nico young broke the Woodbridge classic record. This is making me lose my sense of reality

[@ronhall1731]

Thankyou to 2 familes for giving. Their sons a gift. A life time of running to help them stay healthy. May we thank our heavenly father for you and your fsmiles and a road trip on the highroad..

[@Cembadyx]

Absolutely insane to watch live, this team I would argue is the greatest high school sports team in history

[@anthonyjulianelle6695]

Not as great as the 1961 New Trier Illinois Boys Swim Team. Consider the following for a 1961 Sports Illustrated article: New Trier not only has the best high school swimming team in America, it has the best high school swimming team in history. It is so good, in fact, that there are currently only three college teams in the entire country-the Olympic-seasoned squads from Indiana, Southern California and Michigan-capable of beating the high schoolers in a dual meet. Five New Trier seniors have posted times that would have placed them either first or second in last year's national collegiate championships. Newbury Park was incredible but they would not been anywhere near to winning NCAA D1 in cross country. At the biggest swim meet of the year of 1961, the AAU's; New Trier came in third; while competing against all the best college teams. Additionally, of the 9 events swum back then, New Trier swimmers set National high school records in 4 or 5 of them.

[@Cembadyx]

@@anthonyjulianelle6695 Well im not comparing the teams to college level; strictly how they compare to the highschool level

[@wii2schmoove876]

Truly incredible! Though I must congratulate the team from my home state of Iowa. Sioux City North is one of the best teams I've seen. Their lead runner ran a 15:08 which is 17 seconds short of the Iowa High school record

[@gdubbya804]

Unbelievably great individual and team performance. They were flying!

[@haidermalik2571]

My boy Dev Doshi is the 🐐

[@user-ps7jf5nj2m]

These young men give me hope for the future, great running gentlemen!

[@uprightape100]

I hope NP enters some 5,000s on track......they got multiple kids capable of sub 13:40. Maybe sub 13:30. Dayum.

[@benfried7100]

This course is 6 seconds slower than a track, now I bet the newbury kids could improve but an equivalent performance on a track would be 6 seconds faster than their times here

[@10ktube]

I'm amazed how fast endurance sports have gotten in the last couple of years. Back in high school for me, which was 20+ years ago, we were a solid team and our state times were in the mid 15's on I'd say tough XC style cores, hills, varying terrain, and usually brisk/cold weather. But to spectate, people would usually be able to get from mile split to mile split if they were in good shape. Now, with people running 4:26 miles, you better have your running game on point if you want to see more than one split! Great vid and great race.

[@aaronhassay5663]

I remember Thousand Oaks and Mission Bay high school had a great teams 1990s

[@Kewbix]

I just watched this and it was absolutely insane!!

[@heypauly2002]

Pretty effing impressive! I'm proud to say I grew up in thousand oaks, I'm a contemporary of the Go-Go's. Hopefully these kids will go on to greater things!!

[@richardthegingerbo909]

You got the beat!

[@ronestrada9714]

I am so curious about their training regimen. I would love to see a video on these incredible athletes. Congratulations boys!

[@jaypow_]

iv watched this a couple of times, outstanding !

[@ccbgaming6994]

The greatest HS XC race i've seen yet

[@ChristianPTracy]

Amazing guys. Congratulations!

[@matthewprete4380]

Imagine running 14:44 and being 5th man and running 14:59 and being last man on varsity 😭

[@Chasery]

And lex & leo are only Juniors🤯WTF how much faster can they get? If they all run an all out 5k on the track they can all easily qualify for the olympics (I'm talking about 2024 since qualifiers arent for a year or 2)

[@vivadrags]

I wonder if they could get Galen Rupp’s 5000m high school record of 13:37.

[@Chasery]

@@vivadrags i believe they could. I just can't believe they did this on grass as well. Think about Leo & Lex having 1 more XC season and 2 more track seasons at this time. They could break many HS records and each of them on any given day could go 1 or 2 in the record books

[@vivadrags]

@@Chasery Yep, I believe they have a strong chance of breaking 3000m, 3200m, 2 mile, and/or the 5000m in 2022 or 2023 if they attempt to in fast conditions like this race!

[@chrisw5483]

Absolutely amazing running from all of the team

[@hershey2581]

Should have mentioned that one of the runners to run the same course as Dathan in HS was Grant fisher, who had an absolutely prolific high school career. Wild

[@rxonmymind8362]

Coach: "Hector Martinez & Dev Doshi an extra mile run for both of you. DON'T give me that SIIIIGH! UP! UP! Get going! " 😂 Well done to that entire team. Young guns and still growing. Amazing.

[@dylancampbell3531]

imagine running faster than the previous world record, and coming in 4th. Insane.

[@mmrmv5859]

This whole race was just complete insanity! Like 71 high school runners under 15?!! Are you kidding me!!!!

[@shutch3849]

Amazing stuff! Amazing athletes!

[@bargethaddee6542]

Was waiting for this

[@zaydxn2735]

Young family is crazy… both that twins breaking the previous HS 5k record and Nico Young who is in college broke the U20 5k record. Records being broken by the family

[@scottnunya2441]

Cudo's to the team...outstanding effort and the time's? Wow! I will say this though...in all my time running CC in HS (in MI no less), I never, ever ran on a course as flat as that. Always the dreaded hills!!!

[@jeffreycarman2185]

Perhaps the most impressive thing about this is to compare Newbury’s runners times from last track season. They had 7 runners under 15 mins for the 5k. Which makes this team 7 of the top 9 runners in their school’s very impressive history. Their 7th guy (Dev Doshi) ran 14:59 which is 4:47 per 1600 which matches his 3200 track PR. Leo ran 8:55 for the 3200 last track season, which translates to an 8:58 two mile. This means Leo also matched his track 3200 PR as his cross country first two mile split from this 5k. Lex and Colin weren’t that far off their 3200 track PRs either with that split (they both have 8:43 3200 PRs which translate to 8:46 for two miles). Hector Martinez was also very close to matching his impressive 9:23 3200 time from last year with his 14:52 (this pace over 3200 meters is 9:30). Aaron Sahlman (who ran a phenomenal 14:14) doesn’t have a 3200 PR listed.

[@johntowers6024]

Add Aaron Cantu to the mix. He is just coming back from injury and ran 15:29 in the Silver Race. He was one of their top 7 at the beginning of the year but has been injured all season and just starting racing again.

[@arizjones]

Wow. I ran against the powerhouse Lompoc team of the early 1970, and so I know what this means. Back then cross country was 2 mile, and then just changed over to 3 mile while i was in school. Great to see this. When a program has several good runners at the same time, they push each other to great things. Their biggest competition is against each other.

[@aricreza9607]

at this point I'm not even mad we lost to them at 2019 NXN, jfc these guys are slaying

[@aliciayu6346]

haha ur from GO?

[@aricreza9607]

@@aliciayu6346 :) (pain)

[@aliciayu6346]

@@aricreza9607 my cuz ran there, he graduated in 2017

[@aricreza9607]

@@aliciayu6346 YO W8 Alvin??

[@aliciayu6346]

@@aricreza9607 yahhh

[@brandonbandstra226]

Thank you so much for this video

[@zachm.3165]

Insane we might never see this type of talent on a whole team again

[@jacksonfowler4442]

Honestly Im so sad I didnt get to go run this year because of sickness I would have loved to race against The Newbury Park guys even if it was for only 100 meters

[@aaronhassay5663]

What kind of sickness

[@jacksonfowler4442]

@@aaronhassay5663 At first we were thinking Mono but we believe its a respritory infection

[@fyfaen2010]

Just can't wrap my head around what I just saw!

[@ericschroeder8932]

This has to be the most dominant High School team, ever, in any sport. Thoughts?

[@QueenGlory13]

It definitely could be. Check out this HS basketball team though [kzbin.info/www/bejne/epWnpI2nmsyYb5o]. It had something like 3 or 4 future NBA players. I don't know anything about basketball or how teams compare, but I bet they would contend for best team in any sport.

[@colincorcoran9505]

Agreed, and I’m surprised nobody else is talking about this. NP just developed the 3 fastest hs xc runners of all time in a single year. Not to mention they have now won 3 consecutive national titles and will almost certainly grab a 4th next year. Haven’t seen any examples yet of a hs team this dominant over a single season.

[@anthonyjulianelle6695]

New Trier High School in Illinois,1961 Boys Swim Team have them beat. They set 4 or 5 national high school records of the 9 events swum back then. After crushing at States, they entered, what was back then the biggest swim meet of the year; the AAU's. This high school team came in third, beating all the college teams except for three, (Michigan, USC, and Indiana). I don't think that Newbury Park would have come in fourth at the NCAA's this year.

[@ericschroeder8932]

@@anthonyjulianelle6695 impressive. Five athletes on that team were amazing, for sure. Two things to consider: 1. AAU is age group based, meaning HS athletes that are U18 (no older than 18) can compete as well as collegiate athletes. 2. There was an NCAA championship in 1961. I consider these two teams "co-champions" for greatest HS team.

[@shawnwattles5556]

Tough to compare. These guys definitely take the XC all-time crown. In other sports: The Delasalle (CA) Football team won 151 games straight in the 1990's and 2000's. Different kind of domination and different sport, but definitely in the short list of greatest HS teams in any sport. Chino Hills (CA) basketball 2015-16 season (Ball Brothers) should probably be on there too.

[@ryanpalmer8804]

I coached for 25 years, two national champions in the mile, by far, this is the most incredible accomplishment I've seen pretty historic

[@kkbrowny2548]

I honestly think this track season Colin can break 8:40 in the 2 mile, 4:00 in the mile and 14:00 in the 5k

[@FranklynAlvarez]

my prediction: he can hit one of these, just depending on which he focuses on: 8:25 3200, 3:59 mile, and 13:35 for the 5k. The Youngs will be right behind him, maybe even pass him by then, and I think Aaron will be a little off.

[@logankeaton3811]

@@FranklynAlvarez 8:25?

[@FranklynAlvarez]

@@logankeaton3811 current record is 8:26, I think if he focuses on it he can do it. He's improved vastly since outdoor, he will most likely only continue to do so

[@colin8217]

@@bxg5 absolutely not

[@moiseomri]

Colin ended the season with 1:48, 3:56 & 8:33 (3200). Great season!

[@Bob-ts2tu]

Superb performances, what else can u say

[@leoswartzburg2837]

Newbury Park is in my league and it was insane watching them run in league finals

[@anitamatoba4450]

Great job guys!! Way to represent NPHS!!!! GO PANTHERS!!!

[@nickdudle3385]

As someone who was present at this meet, it was insane

[@teacherhomieg]

Insane two mile split for those boys coming in under 9:00 and not cracking on the third and final mile. The course seems rather flat but still: Very impressive.

[@eimisavageofficial9196]

Never stop breaking records ..keep it up Newberry

[@hansbraun2726]

Extraordinary is the only way to describe this. That race was incredible. However, Id love to see the Newberry park team run the State Championship course in Brooklyn Michigan. That's where the former record was set by Ritz'. Hough, the fifth place finisher at this event ran a time of 14:10 and at the Michigan State championship race(Brooklyn, Mi) he ran around 14:49(I think) a year earlier and became the 2nd fastest time on that course ever.( Hough ran that race slower this year because he was all alone, the previous year he was pushed the whole way) I'll bet the entire Newberry Park team would be over 14:25 maybe 14:30 on that course. That gives some perspective to how incredible Ritz's record was.

[@uncleian0549]

This is another thing I saw I the results. This is something that another high school team will not achieve I believe for a very long time. Having all of there top 7 go under 15:00 in the same race in a 5k. That is just on another level.

[@LanceWinslow]

I see these guys out running on the trails I run on, they practice at the speed most cars drive in the neighborhood

[@phantom0456]

I remember running cross country back in high school... pushing yourself like crazy and then sprinting at the end, running so fast your legs felt like they weren’t even there and your torso was floating... but I think my best times weren’t ever better than high 15’s for the 5k... granted, I’m not really built for running, and I did the best I could, but these times are INSANE for a 5k. These are some very gifted young individuals.

[@flutetubamorg]

I count myself lucky I got to see it in person. Those guys looked like they were doing the final kick of a 400 the entire race. Boggles the mind!

[@kennethhernandez4414]

I remember racing this course and it is definitely a pr course bc the 1st kilometer is a straight flat wide stretch. They probably went out sub 2:10 their first 800m

[@MinthZe]

yeah, the john hunt opening chute is built to be fast and support these big races, super wide, slight down hill with plenty of space to get a position before it tapers off.

[@dabossnic5550]

“May genuinely never happen again”… until next year when they are seniors 💀

[@richardtarter5184]

😉👍

[@simonjakefrances6433]

These kids are next level crazy amazing

[@briangarrigan5610]

What a team and what heart!

[@bullfrogger1208]

I bet there are state champions all over the country who couldn't make this team. Must be great coaches, not just in training, but keeping them motivated and grounded.

[@mattheidt4268]

It would have been interesting to hear how they approached this, how they trained, etc.

[@michaeleasley7476]

Excellent achievement!! The only thing that I’ve noticed with all of Newberry Park success in cross country is that they don’t run races that have hills of any significance cross Country is supposed to be different than Track! Long Hills, steep hills, steep down hills, gullies and, uneven terrain!! That course in Alabama was a 1 mile course run three times on flat terrain! I would also say that 90% of their training and races are in 70 degree weather and dry surfaces!! There’s a couple of courses in the state of Maryland that I doubt they would’ve broken 16 minutes!! Does that course have five significant hills end muddy passes through the woods, the temperature for the championship race What is been in the 40s or 50s!! These boys are fast and have a great coach! And therefore by 1 mile relay in Track what is very impressive!

[@Havre_Chithra]

Congrats to these young men

[@benm9901]

Lex, leo, and Aaron are coming back next year too .. they're definitely going sub 14:00! Also Zane is a beast! Representing for CO gang 💪 and insane performance by the top 15!! Anddd 71 people sub 15:00... I bet that's the most ever in a race to go that fast

[@desmondyap5391]

Newbury park sets the bar higher rn. We are indeed in a new era of racing.

[@jesussolis6840]

I think they had two more runners under 15min as well. Amazing team

[@sneakysnorlaxgaming3337]

I was there and I had trouble running across the course to watch them. Their last mile was 4:20 😐

[@williamolsen1089]

I was there for this, it was crazy.

[@maxscriptguru]

Cool to see you doing high school cross country. So many memories back from back in the late 1980's and early 1990's... I will live on those memories for the rest of my life.

[@hazmanelias]

truly an amazing race

[@boblynch7348]

Awesome!!!

[@lanagorgeous9485]

That is also an amazingly fast course with 65 runners under 15 mins. How is that even possible. That is almost as crazy as the record!!!!!

[@thomasschmiedicke2361]

Ran it today. Some people have been saying its short, but I don't think it is. My watch got it at 3.12 both times i ran it, for my run the day before and during the race. I think it has something to do with the dirt that its on. It almost feels like a track with the amount of energy you get back. It's also crazy flat, but I think that is obvious tho.

[@alexb5312]

@Thomas Schmiedicke I agree, I don’t think there was anything crazy special about the course length/topography, I think there was just absolutely insane competition

[@thomasschmiedicke2361]

@@alexb5312 competition definitely played a huge part in it for sure. the environment was also crazy. the pace/video car was hyping up the crowd the whole time and the course was lined 1-5 people deep for the middle area of the course.

[@CTBamaFan]

@@thomasschmiedicke2361 I think the hill in Mile 3 can make or break some but if you run it well, you have the nice downhill to the finish. The rollers, wide course and turns certainly contributes the the speed. Plus the weather was perfect. We love our new facility here is Huntsville and have been fortunate enough to have numerous other races, high school and college. Recently hosted the NCAA Division I South Regional. 8K for the Men, 5K for the Women. Garmin/Running Lane raised the bar and having thousands of family/fans/runners moving around made it an incredible event.

[@mike990]

Comparing this to Ritzenhein's run is pointless. Only same course comparisons mean anything in XC and sometimes not even then

[@wolfpack9958]

NPHS class of 85' here. Great job guys, GoPanthers!!

[@dean2663]

What are they feeding these kids? Unbelievable!

[@willsessions2474]

This was epic and all, but can I get at least one more shot of the guy in the Gator trying to pump up the crowd? On the serious side though, that young man that won had a look in his eyes that said, "I left everything out there."

[@marcsmith6638]

Insane 16 mins is awesome almost breaking 14 min is legendary

[@craigroesch5994]

Amazing 🤩

[@petergriego6398]

Incredible! 🎤 drop