Fifteen year old Max Burgin ran 1:47:50 at the British Milers Club Sport City in Manchester, England on May 12, just eight days before his sixteenth birthday! Max’s 1:47.50 is a 15 year old world record. Here’s the following update from Peter J. Thompson.
Here’s a quick final stretch of the race, courtesy of our friends at Vinco:
Peter John Thompson reported to @runblogrun that Max Burgin ran 1:49.42 just one month after his fifteenth birthday in 2017!
Thanks to Peter Thompson here’s the yearly progression for Max Burgin over 800 meters and cross country.
Max Burgin – Progression at 800m
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2018
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1:47.50
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at age 15, 8 days before 16th birthday
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2017
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1:49.42
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at age 15, one month after 15th birthday
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2016
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1:53.1
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at age 14
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2015
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2:02.44
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at age 13, 3 days after his 13th birthday
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2014
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2:14.42
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at age 12
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Good to see that Max Burgin runs cross country and the England Athletics Park Runs – http://vinco.elasticbeanstalk.
Max Burgin’s Progression at 5Km Park Runs and Cross Country Championships
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5Km Park Run
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Northern
X-C
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English Schools
X-C
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English National
X-C (Club)
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2018
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16:58
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39
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–
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70*
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2017
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17:36
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26
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189*
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65*
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2016
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17:20
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33
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35*
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68*
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2015
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19:11
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7
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157*
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27*
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* The English Schools and English National Championships are offset by one year – so for the two-year age bands for each organization, one year an athlete is at the top of their age group for the Schools and the bottom for the National and the next year vice versa. This strategy means that the athlete is encouraged in their development not trying every two years to physically and psychologically deal with being at the bottom of their age group.
