[tylerkelly]

tylerkelly on October 2, 2004 at 2:10 am #9857

I propse to create an 8×200!

I just remembered that last year at a meet between my highschool and another (our “rival” even though we all partied together, hung out, and were all really good friends with each other). Anyway, my school had a bad day for injuries and their school was gonna win no matter what the outcome of the last event was (4×400 in the setup there), but no one really wanted to run that far. So instead we ran an 8×200. And let me tell you, it was the funnest and funniest thing ever. Since most high schools don’t have an 8 deep varsity sprint team (at least where I’m from) we pulled in some of our distant runners. Ever see a 3200 runner try to run a 200 sprint? Its funny stuff. Anyway, the point is that the new event 8×200 is far superior to the 4×400, and should replace it immediately. whose with me?

[markk]

markk on October 3, 2004 at 4:43 am #33705

iv gottta agree we did that last year in my high school for fun at a meet and it was awsome it was hilarious, since my school wasnt very big we had to use jumpers distcance and 1 jav thrower

i dunno if itll ever repolace 4×4 but if u havnt done one of these for fun you have to try it

[cocca]

cocca on October 13, 2004 at 2:39 am #33706

HAHA yeaa thats awesome.

[ws100]

ws100 on October 13, 2004 at 3:56 am #33707

We had 4X200 as an invent at some invitationals back in high school.

[800prince]

800prince on October 15, 2004 at 12:09 am #33708

are you kidding me, the 4×4 is the glamour event in High School track. I considered myself lucky to be on the team. The last event of the meet, everybody’s watching, it’s pure adrenaline. I could always push harder in the 4×4 than in the open. i would drop like 50s but could only do like 53 open. I would seriously sprint the entire thing. Some people say its not possible but I did it. (I can only run like a high 23 200) I would hand off and collapse in the infield. I always wish i could have anchored so I could get carried off the field. But instead I had to try to stand up and watch the race.

[fraek]

fraek on October 15, 2004 at 5:59 am #33709

[i]Originally posted by 800prince[/i]
are you kidding me, the 4×4 is the glamour event in High School track. I considered myself lucky to be on the team. The last event of the meet, everybody’s watching, it’s pure adrenaline. I could always push harder in the 4×4 than in the open. i would drop like 50s but could only do like 53 open. I would seriously sprint the entire thing. Some people say its not possible but I did it. (I can only run like a high 23 200) I would hand off and collapse in the infield. I always wish i could have anchored so I could get carried off the field. But instead I had to try to stand up and watch the race.

Wow, thats pretty serious. At our track meet it’s usually really cold at the end and the coach has to look around and find 4 people who haven’t left. If we even run it at all.

And being carried off the field, i dont think that has every crossed my mind after i anchor the team.

[800prince]

800prince on October 16, 2004 at 10:24 pm #33710

We took all our dual triangle meets really seriously. WE didn’t lose a meet my Jr/Sr seasons. A lott of those meets came down to the 4×4. I felt like the meet was on my shoulders.