B 2 Mile F2 (National Record***) 2008 Nike Outdoor Nationals

Finals                                                          
  1 Fernandez, German         08 Riverbank, CA          8:34.40S
  2 Puskedra, Luke            08 Ogden, UT              8:47.06O
  3 Lowe, Colby               08 Southlake, TX          8:47.07O
  4 Finnerty, Robert          08 Burnsville, MN         8:50.96F
  5 Williams, Kevin           08 Lakewood, CO           8:51.30F
  6 Darling, Maverick         08 Ovid, MI               8:57.80F
  7 Aprill, Bobby             08 Dexter, MI             8:59.50F
  8 Unterreiner, Miles        08 Gig Harbor, WA         9:02.48F
  9 Kaulbach, Max             08 Philadelphia, PA       9:06.44 
 10 Keveren, Sean             08 Brentwood, TN          9:06.59 
 11 Medrano, Francisco        08 Lafayette, IN          9:06.75 
 12 Hill, Ryan                08 Hickory, NC            9:07.36 
 13 Haile, Solomon            09 Silver Spring, MD      9:07.66 
 14 Abdalla, Mohamed          08 San Jose, CA           9:08.61 
 15 Smith, Douglas            09 Succasunna, NJ         9:11.48 
 16 Bazell, Graham            09 Columbia, MD           9:13.06 
 17 Lovelace, Luke            08 Chapin, SC             9:18.61 
 18 Krause, Elliot            08 Appleton, WI           9:19.00 
 19 Springer, Andrew          09 Westerly, RI           9:21.13 
 20 Nicolls, Bobby            09 Parker, CO             9:23.42 
 21 Bodary, Chris             08 Downingtown, PA        9:23.45 
 22 O'Donnell, MacLean        08 Oak Ridge, TN          9:25.15 
 23 Udland, Tyler             10 Short Hills, NJ        9:25.80 
 24 Lachowitzer, Kevin        08 Perham, MN             9:26.62 
 25 Bosshard, Joe             08 Crested Butte, CO      9:36.33 
 26 Hernandez, Francis        10 Windham, NH            9:41.53 
 -- DelBene, Colby            08 Patterson, NY              DNF 
 -- Beabout, Ryan             08 Wheeling, WV               DNS 
 -- Sheinbaum, Julian         08 Scarsdale, NY              DNS

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#81	Mark Rocks   February 26 at 3:36pm "He's gotta tighten the screws" reply
#80	Anonymous Coward   December 29, 2008 at 9:48pm wasn't he graduated at this point? how was he still qualified to break a high school record reply
#79	Anonymous Coward   December 29, 2008 at 9:15pm haha its miles Un-ta-rain-er. i run with the kid. reply
#78	Mason Dible   September 19, 2008 at 9:34am Wow... reply
#77	German!! Yeah Thats Ny Name   September 5, 2008 at 3:44am congrats fernandez i run for texas but im really happy that u killed colby he deserve it u schould saw him after he bit me in the mile chicken in the last 75!!! the best part is that u re a latino not like colby!!! u just showed everyone who re bosses reply
#76	Anonymous Coward   July 29, 2008 at 12:07pm if girma is here he gonna smoke fernandez thats ture reply
#75	Sneaky Winner   July 8, 2008 at 3:06pm HOLY CRAP, that was amazing reply
#74	Mexican   June 29, 2008 at 7:22pm im mexican and mark is saying german's name correctly! what do you know about? mexican names? GERMAN! reply
#73	Obe Won   June 24, 2008 at 8:20pm Jogging Guru, you do not no what the hell you are talking about. reply
#72	Evan Jager   June 24, 2008 at 6:03pm evan jager evan jager is where it's at. nice race fernandez ur very good...no i mean INCREDIBLY good. how'd u get so fast? lol. have a fun olympic career! reply
#71	Jogging Guru   June 23, 2008 at 8:15pm Can you pronounce Mr. Fernandez's name correctly, now that he broke the record? It's pronounced "erman" - like "german" without the 'g'. reply
#70	Harry   June 23, 2008 at 12:28pm yeah, chris derrick isn't that co(cky reply
#69	Anonymous Coward   June 23, 2008 at 12:27pm *brash, rude, (c)o(ky reply
#68	Harry   June 23, 2008 at 12:27pm I agree with derrick, but i don't think that was was the real chris derrick. he has too much class to be that y. reply
#67	Dave   June 23, 2008 at 9:35am lol dont piss yourself mark reply
#66	Hector   June 23, 2008 at 1:55am i live 5 mins away from german and i rced agaisnt him 3 times of course he beat me, but i am proud to say that i ranned against him. Hope to see him in the Olympics. Good Luck int he Futer German the Man Fernandez reply
#65	Chris Derrick   June 22, 2008 at 6:55pm Damm i wish i ran. I would have burned German!!! reply
#64	Ryan Freitas   June 22, 2008 at 12:02pm SJS SJS SJS SJS SJS SJS SJS SJS SJS SJS SJS SJS SJS SJS YEEE YEE YEE reply
#63	Anonymous Coward   June 22, 2008 at 11:50am Mark to replace Carol Lewis!!! He would do 10x better job. reply
#62	Kdub   June 22, 2008 at 2:56am Wait to go german! I ran against german in cross country his sopre year and he whooped even then... we've continued to follow his track/xc success and have waited for him to make this type of history. I can't wait to see what he'll do in the future. I feel honored to say I have ran with him. awesome commentary by the way.... reply
#61	Gibson   June 21, 2008 at 6:26pm Congrats to German, and thanks for the great video and commentary. It is great to see history made. What most of you do not get to see is that he is a great guy. I met him as a substitute teacher, and found him to be friendly, humble, and interesting - kind of rare these days. I hope we see more great things from him in the future - Go German! reply
#60	Jeff Dolan   June 21, 2008 at 5:02pm Mark's commentary is unbeatable. reply
#59	Stp   June 21, 2008 at 4:10pm He could lap many state champions... reply
#58	Jose   June 21, 2008 at 3:22pm dang!!! reply
#57	Piper2   June 21, 2008 at 3:08pm Congrats German! I wish Derrick was there, I wouldnt have doubted him winning. However, great commentating Mark! reply
#56	LD O   June 21, 2008 at 8:16am WOW!!! Great job German! What a fantastic race to watch! Colby and Luke, amazing races too! Way to go everyone! Great commentating flotrack! reply
#55	Anonymous   June 21, 2008 at 7:32am what makes this even crazier is that he ran 8:34.40 in a high school only race, i believe when nelson set the record of 8:36 he ran against professional at some Pepsi meet. Nonetheless, incredible race and who knows maybe he'll win a national championship as a freshman at Oklahoma State; with the amount of talent this man has, the sky is the limit for this outstanding individual. C. Derrick will still always be number one in my heart reply
#54	Fout Fan   June 21, 2008 at 3:06am Fout ran 8:55 a year ago. If healthy he could have been faster. Good luck to him and Chris Derrick on the start of their college careers. Congrats to Fernandez! Awesome time! reply
#53	Herman?   June 21, 2008 at 2:18am wtf, did i miss something?!? her-maan? reply
#52	Lol Fout   June 21, 2008 at 1:17am lol @ fout even being a competitor in the two mile...what has he ran like 8 55? reply
#51	Lance!   June 21, 2008 at 1:02am get some lance! reply
#50	Tommy   June 21, 2008 at 12:31am While the Kenyan's have run faster at the same age (albeit their ages are disputable) there is a reason this record stood for 29 years. This kid looks like Salazar running. Runs smooth, but looks like he's about to sit down in a big comfy chair. Awesome performance. And sorry, the announcing was second rate, although I don't announce for a living so it is what it is. reply
#49	George   June 21, 2008 at 12:25am without a doubt reply
#48	Harry   June 21, 2008 at 12:09am Chris Derrick would have won this in 8:30 reply
#47	Samdaman   June 20, 2008 at 11:30pm to Anonymous Coward i'm sorry to break ur heart man but the Kenyans and Ethiopians are at another level of distance. their top guys are about 30- 40 secs in 5k and about a min ahead of us in the 10k. Kenyans and Ethiopians have guys at German's age that run faster ex. kipchoge. Look at Bekele and haile!! when they were young they ran fast times. haile once ran a 10k in 28:03 at the age of 18!! however dont get me wrong german will be a great USA runner one day. he will indeed have a great career in the future and has a chance of being one of the best distance runners the us will ever have. reply
#46	Chase Wade   June 20, 2008 at 10:26pm That was just sick. Great job annoucing Mark. And congrats to Colby. He is the fastest Texas kid ever. reply
#45	Mjmchase   June 20, 2008 at 10:20pm I hope German has success in the future, but what did Jeff Nelson ever do after his hs record? He certainly never ran a great 5k. Unfortunately hs success does not guarantee future success. reply
#44	Dude800   June 20, 2008 at 10:20pm welllll then..........that was pretty much sick reply
#43	Amazing   June 20, 2008 at 10:20pm So smoooooooooooooooooooooth! reply
#42	Doper   June 20, 2008 at 10:17pm my skills were many today reply
#41	Tony   June 20, 2008 at 10:07pm All of you just imagine for a moment, what this race could have been like had Derrick and Fout been in it, instead of injured. Holy cow, US distance running's future looks amazingly bright right now. reply
#40	Anonymous Coward   June 20, 2008 at 10:01pm U.S. Jersey was ballsy reply
#39	Eli Acosta   June 20, 2008 at 9:49pm Very gutsy performance, especially because of the weather conditions (very windy? conditions can mess up the pace). Smart by not going out too hard (4:13ish-4:14ish). Very evenly paced ("slow" lap 65.7, fast {last} lap 63.06, average lap 64.49). Negative split miles of 4:19.5 and 4:14.9! German es el hombre! (German is the man!) reply
#38	Anonymous Coward   June 20, 2008 at 9:47pm thats a loaded field! reply
#37	Sam Donovan   June 20, 2008 at 9:46pm "he never looks tired" it's because of those 300 push ups he does each nigh according to his coach, haha reply
#36	Can't Agree More   June 20, 2008 at 9:35pm thank you for figuring out a way to stream it live and record your own feed. this was so much easier to listen to and did much better deafening the PA announcers screams. commentary was fantastic. thank you! reply
#35	Cara Hawkins   June 20, 2008 at 9:29pm Your play by play was so much better then the feed... reply
#34	Awsome   June 20, 2008 at 9:27pm That was without a doubt the best annoucing you have ever done Mark... Oh and tell Ryan he needs to Shave reply
#33	Jeremy Riley   June 20, 2008 at 9:24pm "This guy is a manimal man!" reply
#32	Germanator   June 20, 2008 at 9:23pm Hopefully he can break the 2 mile record!!! reply
#31	0   June 20, 2008 at 9:21pm Marks so excited it's great!! This race is awesome reply
#30	Prediction   June 20, 2008 at 9:09pm he is possibly the next pre, a very strong front runner reply
#29	Just Watch   June 20, 2008 at 9:08pm What is scary is how this kid came out of no where because of injury. USA kids are only getting faster every year. I wonder what else high school will bring us over the next few decades. reply
#28	Anonymous Coward   June 20, 2008 at 9:01pm This kid is gonna be a world beater...ethiopia and kenya be warned the U.S. is going to kick your a.s.s. reply
#27	Ha   June 20, 2008 at 8:44pm ha to all the people who lughed at fernandez saying he was going to get the record ha ha reply
#26	Jmadr0216   June 20, 2008 at 8:42pm god reply
#25	Balla   June 20, 2008 at 8:34pm Mark, You are the s**t! reply
#24	kevind   June 20, 2008 at 8:34pm Congrats to German. reply
#23	WAXC   June 20, 2008 at 8:31pm like superman lol reply
#22	Frank Locascio   June 20, 2008 at 8:29pm that was so sick. so glad i watched it with mark's commentary and not on the live broadcast, it made it that much better! i was screaming at my computer. ahhhh! reply
#21	Hahahahha   June 20, 2008 at 8:25pm Can you smell that. Coach Dave Smith at OSU just S H I T his pants reply
#20	Haha   June 20, 2008 at 8:24pm Can you smell that. Coach Dave Smith at OSU just his pants reply
#19	Ritz Fan   June 20, 2008 at 8:20pm This is a very good time... and not to discount this accomplishment... but when Ritz ran 8:44 he was truly alone in hot and humid conditions. After the first lap he had 10+ meters on the field. 2nd place was 8:58 in that race. Fernandez definitely had company today. Ritzenhein set the bar for the resurgence of high school running and success breeds success. To say that this race was the "most anticipated high school race in history" is a drastic overstatement and only so because of the coverage running currently gets on the internet with much thanks to the BIG 3 of the class of '01. In the fall of 2000 three American Olympians faced off in cross country. That was probably the best high school only race in history. Since then the accomplishments speak for themselves. American record in the mile. American born marathon record. Third in the world cross junior race. Olympians at 1500, 10,000, 2xMarathon. reply
#18	Its Gonna Happen   June 20, 2008 at 8:20pm German will go sub 13 in the 5k in a few years. All of yall just wait. reply
#17	Lol   June 20, 2008 at 8:16pm german finishes and no one else comes in for like 15 seconds awesome job german reply
#16	Aznrunner   June 20, 2008 at 8:12pm german makes running at 63ish look so easy and puskedra needed to def. get out of the way he could have just have rabbitted him reply
#15	The Dude   June 20, 2008 at 8:11pm nice reply
#14	Anonymous Coward   June 20, 2008 at 8:10pm haha "colby sporting a new do. looking pretty blonde i thinkkkk he bleached it" reply
#13	MichaelScott   June 20, 2008 at 8:05pm Eeeeeeeeeerman Feeeeeeeeeeerndanez reply
#12	Nice   June 20, 2008 at 8:03pm you gotta love mark's enthusiasm- so much better than tv reply
#11	Ooookayyy   June 20, 2008 at 8:00pm German is the man- and he finally took the shorts off and went with just half tights- how good can he get? reply
#10	Racefan   June 20, 2008 at 8:00pm PLEASE start showing the rest of the field so we could see some sort of perspective of how far ahead he is and IF there's a battle for 2nd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! reply
#9	Move!!!   June 20, 2008 at 7:59pm Luke P. Needed to get out of the way he only slowed the Pace down. German didn't need help and Luke you aren't that good. You are fast as crap but you aren't on his level. "Blue Collar Runner" means that you were nothing in high school and became something in College not that you just run from the front. reply
#8	Amazed   June 20, 2008 at 7:59pm so sick... reply
#7	John Davis   June 20, 2008 at 7:58pm wtf he keeps changing german's name... reply
#6	Dude   June 20, 2008 at 7:56pm dude reply
#5	SJS REPRESENT!!   June 20, 2008 at 7:52pm GERRMAN!!! REPRESENT THE SJS!! AND NORCAL!! AND CALIFORNIA! reply
#4	Anonymous Coward   June 20, 2008 at 7:50pm Incredible!!!!! reply
#3	Honkforcookies   June 20, 2008 at 7:49pm wooooooohooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! reply
#2	Yo Mama   June 20, 2008 at 7:49pm shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit! reply
#1	TrackFan   June 20, 2008 at 7:48pm AMAZING!!!!!!! reply