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Originally Posted by smosuup
Rockford is a distance running powerhouse...ever hear of Dathan Ritzenhein?
Dathan Ritzenhein
"Dathan Ritzenheim of Rockford, Michigan defended his title,
leading Alan Webb and Ryan Hall. The boy's team title
was won by the Western team. Dathan ran 14.35, with
20 seconds between him and Alan Webb, the largest
margin in FootLocker Xc history."
FYI - Alan Webb was the first HS in 20 or 30 years to run a sub 4 minute mile. Ran for U of M.
As a senior in high school he set the Michigan & National high school 5k record of 14:10 at state finals, second place was 15:05.
- watched him run that race...amazing. He just floated over the ground. He beat some kid from Novi that ended up running for MSU...can't remember his name (Tim Moore?) but in any other year he could've won the state title. |
I don't know if you're talking about Chris Toloff (ran for
MSU for a year) or Tim Moore (ran for Notre Dame). Moore won Footlocker Naionals the following year after Dathan. I "raced" Dathan a few time in HS and the closest I came to him was about 90 seconds in a 5k.
The 2 mile Dathan ran at the state finals was rediculous (8:4?)-looked like he was just sprinting for 8 laps.