New Balance Nationals Underway! by Walt Murphy, How Fast will Verzbicas run the 2 mile? note by Larry Eder

The NB Nationals start tonight, Thursday, June 17, in Greensboro, North Carolina. The New Balance Nationals will host some of the best high school athletes in the U.S. In the boy’s
two mile, there are ten qualifiers who have broken nine minutes. The battle, which could be, like last weekend at the adidas Grand Prix, be between Lukas Verzbicas and the Rosa brothers, could challenge the 3,200 meter record of German Fernandez (8:34.3) or the two mile record of Jeff Nelson (8:36.7). Last weekend, Verzbicas stayed behind the early pace and took off just after 1200 meters, to win in 4:04.38!

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Lukas Verzbicas, winning adidas Jim Ryun Mile, photo by PhotoRun.net.

Verzbicas told RBR last week, in an interview, that he wants to break the two mile record real bad. And Lukas Verzbicas has the tools and training to run 8:32-8:36. He is a talent! Good luck to all at the New Balance Nationals this weekend! And a special thanks to the National Scholastic Federation and New Balance, for, respectively, managing and sponsoring the meet.

The New Balance Nationals, the premier post-season meet for U.S. preps,
got underway today and will continue through Saturday. Tonight’s
featured events are the girls and boys 5000-meters, beginning at
8pm(ET).

Flotrack is providing live streaming video of all the action. (See below)

Host Site
http://www.nationalscholastic.org/outdoornats

Schedule
http://www.nationalscholastic.org/outdoornats/schedule/

Live Streaming Video
(Free registration required)
http://www.flotrack.org/videos/coverage/view/237134/live

Pre-Meet Articles
http://www.nationalscholastic.org/outdoornats/archives/35

Dyestat Coverage
http://rise.espn.go.com/track-and-xc/us/2010-outdoor/2010-NBN-Boys-Preview.aspx

Milesplit Coverage
http://nc.milesplit.us/meets/56825

Armory Coverage
www.armorytrack.com

Author

Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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