that’s why im against going pro straight out of high school

@@massimopicca ik dude same these dudes fr don’t know how hard we have it

@@supremeandrewsnoke419 I’m sure they do considering pros have it just as hard, if not harder lmao

@@adamabushanab2602 yeah but I’m going pro like from high school so it’s harder for me cuz I’m younger

@@supremeandrewsnoke419 if ur going pro straight outta high schools it’s cuz ur good enough to compete with them, it’s a mental thing that you gotta break through to get urself to understand that u can handle the pressure

In an interview Jakob said he hasn’t started track training yet so he said he now knows he can run 13:02 whenever he likes. He also said his brothers told him that he shouldn’t have kicked and jogged in after knowing he got the World standard. But Jakob said he likes winning too much. So I think it was a decent effort from him, but also probably had the capabilities of running 10 seconds quicker. Which is insane to say he hasn’t started track training

@@Trackstaa_ Jacob has run 12:48 ,,# year !!!!!!!his 13:02 here with a 54 last lap is phenomenal when you realise the young man is shaking off the winter's ❄️ , slog,,, this is mearly warm up for the Norwegian ,1500 m champion,,, INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!!!!

@@simonedwards5564 I know he has. Sorry I don’t quite understand what you’re saying

@@Trackstaa_ He is just saying that the kid is fast.

well said really nice indeed

who faster BAumann?

@@robinbauer1975 yes, he was faster

He looked great! There's obviously much more to come from him.

ah germany shouldn't of caused the holocaust and maybe theyd get more recognition.

@@Striderexe seriously ?!

Yep

I want nico young to make it to Paris Olympics

Mate, I know this is being pedantic BUT... "Professional" is NOT a category of runner. They are simply "Open Grade" runners. Everyone becomes an Open Grade runner once they pass the age group categories, whether they get paid or not. It is the NCAA that has exclusions and require that all runners in NCAA events were NCAA registered. ie Going to College/University. If it were strictly enforced, NCAA athletes have to be between ages 18-24 but somehow some older ones do slip in. I'm not sure under which provision. That is why NCAA (College/University) is NOT the top grade athletic group and USA athletes, in particular, get very confused when they realise there is a higher grade. The Olympics are used as the prime example of the major, Open Grade events. NCAA runners get shocked to realise there are often faster/stronger athletes who compete in Open Grade events. College athletes can compete in Open Grade events but Open grade runners are excluded from "College only" events. It's as simple as that. If they are running in the same race, then it is obviously an Open race. Cheers.

@@johnwilson5743 You definitely know a lot about our sport, my friend. I don't want to argue with you in any way. I respect your knowledge. Thanks for sharing. One slight correction: Because my birthday is in late November, I did indeed train with my NCAA team at AGE 17. I was barely 18 when I ran at my first indoor College competition. Had I been a XC athlete also, I would have competed at AGE 17.

@@Visionary0001 Congratulations on your entry at age 17. Well done. Obviously NCAA allows exceptions. You can check their own rules re age requirements and it is stated as 18-24 but no one is going to be pedantic about slightly younger or older athletes. But the ages are to stop Colleges from recruiting a heap of 30 year old, Olympic quality athletes, just so they can win Collegiate competitions. That's why USA Colleges are the only ones in the world that offer Sports scholorships. In other Countries, College/University is for academic study, not to play sports. I'm not saying it's entirely bad. It's often good for sports like swimming and re Track, the sprinters. But as middle/long distance runners don't hit their peaks until late 20's, early 30's, it destroys 98% of those athletes. It burns them out with their requirement to "peak" for Crosscountry, Road, Indoor track and Outdoor track. Plus, over-races them by requiring them to race in two or three events per meeting. Ok for sprinters but 5000k runners?? It burns them out over a 4 year Degree course. This is the reason the Athletic federations of most countries advise against their runners accepting Sports scholorships to USA Colleges. I know of around 20 of our New Zealand runners who accepted and only one continued running after College age. (Nick Willis) Note: he didn't hit his peak times until AFTER he had left the college system. Anyway, I hope you continue with your Track career. Good luck mate. Cheers.

@@johnwilson5743 I quite running when I was 23 years old, after two years of college track/cross country. (My college was a 2 year college only). I basically took the next 19 years off until I started running again in my mid-40's. I wish I had kept at it.

Must be really fulfilling to finish ahead of King Ches.

without carbon plated shoes to boot. lol

Good to see cheez back to racing he had some injuries I believe ...I got to watch him while he was in highschool in jersey kid was crazy lol in cross

They were only pacing the race for the first 3k

I thought that😬😬😬

The guy runs 13:04 and that's the only mention he gets here? No wonder Rono's CR lasted 44 years.

Sure not