The part about you TrkNFld is about subjects earlier in the thread about development.
I don’t see a reason to redshirt him for being weak in likely one event area and only decent in 3 others. I assume with his frame and 400m time a 4:40 1500m wouldn’t be hard to obtain and I would like to keep that 4:40 1500 intact as much as possible by not adding weight because of upper body deficiencies.
There is no reason to redshirt him in my opinion. He’d likely be point scorer in Decathlon and LJ in most DI conferences. He’s not going to get better without competition and multis need to travel distances to make meets and stay overnight longer periods of time. I’d save the redshirt for injury reasons.
Francisco:
Then I would definitely make you a multi if you can hurdle in sub 16 and vault 4m with those speeds and distances you listed earlier. Your decathlon score potential is higher than any one of your specialties.