- 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.
I'm rooting for you German.
Keep the quiet confidence, and thankful approach. You are a great role model for the sport and am glad you decided to run at my alma mater where I had the opportunity to run as well. I wish I had a dime for every time I circled the track in the background. Take care, and thanks again for choosing Oklahoma State.
Regards,
Mike
Seeing as how I have the mental capacity of a puppy, I know my type.
By the way, just so you know, if you're punctuating a quote within a sentece the punctuation should be within the quotation marks. Otherwise, punctuate the sentence as a whole. From grammarbook.com:
Put a punctuation mark within closing quotation marks when the punctuation applies to the quotation itself and outside when it applies to the whole sentence.
Let's just hope the 4th grade students you're teaching become smarter than you, me, and Mr. Fernandez.
"Hope he stays healthy....he has to turn pro."
What the fuq is this. You cannot fix a run-on sentence by adding four dots in a row. Try "I hope he stays healthy. He has to turn pro."
"He's picked the right school"
Any reason for the contraction? He already picked the school. It's passed tense. Try " He picked the right school."
"he seems like he has the mental capacity of a kitten!!!!
Do you get paid by how many times you use the word "he"?
Try "he seems to have the mental capacity of a kitten."
Thus, if you choose to make a written remark about someone's mental capacity, it would be best to make sure you do not have the writing skills of a 4th grader.
Hope he stays healthy....he has to turn pro soon. He's picked the right school in OSU scholastically because he seems like he has the mental capacity of a kitten!!!!
You spelled Frisbee wrong!!
hell yes
GERMAN IS DA REAL DEAL - PHRISBEE
Is that all you guys can do is bash a kid who has been proving his running ability over and over again?
When are you guys going to accept the fact that German is pretty legit?
There are dozens of ethiopians and kenyans that can own you any day.