After a few standout performaces as an underclassmen in high school, German came to prominence in his senior year when he broke Marc Davis' course record by 14 seconds at the 2007 CIF Cross Country State… + See More +
After a few standout performaces as an underclassmen in high school, German came to prominence in his senior year when he broke Marc Davis' course record by 14 seconds at the 2007 CIF Cross Country State… + See More
- See Less - After a few standout performaces as an underclassmen in high school, German came to prominence in his senior year when he broke Marc Davis' course record by 14 seconds at the 2007 CIF Cross Country State meet. He then won the Foot Locker West Regional and placed third at the finals. A few months later he won US Junior Nationals in Corss Country and earned a trip to the World XC Champs where he lead Team USA with a 25th place finish. At the end of 2009, German was named to the ESPN Rise All-Decade Team as one of the best 7 HS XC runners from 2000-2009. In track, he really turned heads with two amazing performances. At the CIF State Meet, German ran 4:00.29 to break Ryan Hall's meet record and then came back 3 hours later to win the 3,200m in a blistering 8:34.23. This is widely considered the best HS distance double of all time. A few weeks later he broke Jeff Nelson's HS Two Mile record at the Nike Outdoor Championships, winning in 8:34.40. He also borke Galen Rupp's 3,000m HSR running an en-route 7:59.82.
As a freshman at Oklahoma State, German won the Big 12 Cross Country title, but a mid-race injury left him a disappointing DNF. He came back strong in indoor track by breaking the World Indoor Junior mile record twice, with 3:55.02 being his fastest. That time is also an NCAA record. He skipped the NCAA Championships to focus on the World Cross Country Championships after he defended his US Junior Cross Country title. At Junior Worlds, he lead Team USA with an 11th place finish. During outdoor track, German won his first NCAA title, winning the 1,500m in 3:39.00. At the USA Championships, German broke Chris Derrick's weeks old US Junior 5,000m record when he placed 5th in the nation with a 13:25.46. He was a finalist for the first ever Bowerman Award for his stellar freshman year on the track.
During his sophomore season, German struggled with injury, but still helped his team win Big 12, Mid-West Regional, and NCAA National team titles.
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LI MILER July 26 at 8:16am
. said: “He is not close to sub 8:30”
RU retarted he ran an 8:36 aftr a 4:00mile, imagine his fresh. mad stupid u shouldnt even be in this website.
His true potential lies within the 10k. Or at least thats me two cents. With that kind of mental strength and stride efficiency, the sky is the limit for German. Sounds a lot like Galen Rupp to me, only better. Alberto better have room for another protege.
in our first year we went to league finals we are hoping better things for next year. Congrats Visael you are the best and to Nimo who went to city semifinals. Good Luck in CSUN Anayeli !!
German is the best in long distance (cross country and the two miles)> German brake another record. You are incredible. My sister Elvi
Good Luck in College!!!!!!!!!!!
loves you!!! You r a good role model to my siste Roci. She wants to be as faster as you.
someone below actually said he is not close to sub 8:30? for real? how about running a 4 min 1600m BEFORE the 32 and proceeding to break the national federation record for the 3200. any sane human should be able to understand running a fresh 3200m or two mile for that matter and he has a legit shot at breaking the 8:30 barrier. especially considering how he's carved his 32 times down this season WITHOUT running them FRESH. logic much?
Fosho, I'm interested in what kind of drugs distance runners gain so much ground with. Sprinters and strength events yes. But cross-country runners and miler/two milers. I'm not really sold on that idea over the long term. This guys been ringing all the bells for the last two years. Would have been longer but he was injured prior to that. He's a high school student and waiters at Applebee's. I'm seeing a hard working, goal oriented kid who's been pulling the wagon for his team with 3-4 events per meet. Much like Kauren Tarver and Annie St Geme, they aren't shy about doing way more than anyone expects of them. There aren't any short cuts to German's accomplishments. Just hard work.
let's see a german fernandez track workout! And while I would love to see him in the Pre 2 mile, I would say that the mile would be a better fit for his situation. He is on the cusp of sub 4 and there will be people to run with there, just like "that guy" wrote. Also, there will be other people around 8:50 at NON, just not in his category, but he obviously does not need people to run with judging by his solo efforts at state. If anyone can solo a 3200 on fresh legs under 8:30 while in high school, German can.
I think it makes more sense for him to run the mile at Pre. If he does the two mile he'd be just as alone as he was for this meet but that would be because he'd be 15 seconds behind everyone else. His time for the mile would at least be in the vicinity of the pro's at Pre.
Is everyone aware of the astounding high school times being run across the country? Check out Dyestat.com and Milesplit.com. The California meet is just the tip of the iceberg, this year we are going to ROCK the World Junior Championships, TRACK IS BACK!!! And you can see it all on Flotrack.com...
There would be special significance to breaking the 4 minute barrier at the Prefontaine meet, it would be historic and he would gain national attention. I am quite honestly a little afraid of what he might do to the 2 mile record if he were to run it fresh...I'm still trying to get my mind around the double.
I'd rather see German run the 2mile than mile at Pre. Yes, only a few high schooler's have run sub-4:00 for the mile, but he has a shot at being the FIRST to go sub-8:30 for the 2mile...how amazing could that be?
I would rather see German stay in the two mile at the Pre Classic, rather than switch into the mile. He could definitely run well in both, but he definitely has a better shot at a national two mile record than the mile record. I could see why he would want to do each of them but I would rather see him race the duece.
trackfanatic your so right this dude is for real... what about a potential match-up between fernandez, puskedra, and derrick at NON? 3200 could be SICK!!!!!!!!
B 1600 H01 (*Fernandez 4:00) 1600 
“He is not close to sub 8:30”
Good Luck in College!!!!!!!!!!!
loves you!!! You r a good role model to my siste Roci. She wants to be as faster as you.