- 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.
“What's the deal with the consistent misspelling of the word "ridiculous"??! Damn, kids, open a dictionary from time to time. Quit picking your noses during English class. (And while you're at it, place a comma after "guy," for cryin' out loud.”
i understand german's the man and all and 3:42 is pretty swift but plenty of people have run better this season and not gotten any hype
He didn't just run a 3:42.
He's a true freshman who won a Big 12 1500 meters.
Do some of you get it or do you just like complaining about what you can't do?
800m - 1:47.42
1500m - 3:41.85
German is a better runner
“I mean he made chris gowell, a 1:46/3:42 guy look rediculous”
"that's ghetto!"
hahaa
“Hey Mikel, did you happen to ever run into Fernando Cabada?”
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Oh and think either mark or Ryan must have put the hottie tag on this one. :)”
“weak and slow finals are two different things victor, Pac 10 is so much deeper, it was just tactical
Jenny B may be one of our best hopes for a medal at the world champs....”
And I just thought it was funny what he said about jenny cuz he made it sound like flanagan or goucher or many others don't exist. And in my opinion jenny isn't on sara and shalane's level yet.
Oh and think either mark or Ryan must have put the hottie tag on this one. :)
i don't have any problems with this anywhere else, only at flotrack.
Jenny B may be one of our best hopes for a medal at the world champs....
:)
“thazt was the weakest final i've ever seen”
The announcer had everyone in the crowd pissed! It was funny, at one point during the womens steeple he said that jenny b was America's greatest distance runner of any kind and that she was our best hope for medals at the world champs!
“thazt was the weakest final i've ever seen”
The announcer had everyone in the crowd pissed! It was funny, at one point during the womens steeple he said that jenny b was America's greatest distance runner of any kind and that she was our best hope for medals at the world champs!