Sean Burrell

[jazzcyclist]

Why do people insist on making such a big deal about copper's age?

I think it's self-evident to most folks on this board that comparing the performance of a 15-year-old boy to that of a 17-year-old boy is ridiculous since the improvement/maturity curve for teenage boys is usually very steep. If age is irrelevant, why not just compare all these kids to Wade Van Niekerk and Usain Bolt?

[jazzcyclist]

Cooper 9th grade times for comparison.

100m 10.36
200m 20.46
400m 45.23

Grade is irrelevant IMO, it's age that matters. We'll know more at the end of the summer. Then we can compare Burrell's age 15 times to those of others before him, including Cooper. Anyone who was paying attention knows that I was on this raving about Cooper after the AAU Junior Olympics last year, so he deserves all the praise he gets as far as I'm concerned.

[cajun5150]

He's not from Louisiana. Major issue.

And your point is...........we talking about fast........didnt know it was limited to the great state of Louisiana.


We will see what he does at AAU Junior Olympics.

[cajun5150]

Grade is irrelevant IMO, it's age that matters. We'll know more at the end of the summer. Then we can compare Burrell's age 15 times to those of others before him, including Cooper. Anyone who was paying attention knows that I was on this raving about Cooper after the AAU Junior Olympics last year, so he deserves all the praise he gets as far as I'm concerned.

That is why I posted the age class world records.........I agree the Cooper kid is a stud period!!



http://age-records.125mb.com

[cajun5150]

The boy has potential......

http://www.dyestat.com/gprofile.php?...ideo_id=185631

[aaronk]

Cooper will be just past his 19th birthday (by 2 months?) when he graduates.
There have been several HS'ers (elites) who were much further into their 19's when they graduated!
(Matthew Maton, for one?)

The only REAL outlier of recent times has been Weini Kelati---and it was ruled she wasn't eligible for Class Records her last year or 2 of HS!!

[jazzcyclist]

The boy has potential......

http://www.dyestat.com/gprofile.php?...ideo_id=185631

Good find aaronk. Here's what I posted about Burrell at the time:

https://trackandfieldnews.com/discus...=1#post2581701

Also, here's something else from Dyestat if you want to make an apples-to-apples comparison:

http://parser.dyestat.com/search.jsp?athID=343097

I don't see Burrell matching Cooper in the 100, since he's more of a 200/400/800 type of athlete while Cooper is a 100/200/400 athlete. However, as you can see, he's already passed Cooper in the 400 (46.29 vs 46.44), with three months to go in the season.

[jazzcyclist]

Today he ran 45.88 and 20.77 at the district championships.

[cajun5150]

Today he ran 45.88 and 20.77 at the district championships.

Whoa that is fast #5 and #2 in the country!!

[cajun5150]

That 14.61 110mH is fastest in state this year as well! Impressive very........