My God, 46.30/1:47.04 for a 16 year old sophmore!?! That is outstanding. Prodigy is an apt term.Cooper Lutkenhaus, the 800m prodigy out of Texas, won the Texas 6A 800m title in 1:47.04.
That's the fastest high school time in the country, and Cooper is just a sophomore!
Additionally he ran the 400m at the Texas State Championships 2 hours later, and came in 2nd.
His time was 46.30; that's the 11th fastest time in the country.
So an incredible one day 400m-800m double!
And he's a 16 year old sophomore.
Dierenfield was injured for much of the Spring, but will be attending Tennessee in the Fall.Ryan Dierenfield ran a 6.68 indoor 60 meters on December 15th at the Spokane Open. That seems to be a good time for this time of the year.
Makenna's 800m time is the 2nd fastest in the country this year.More from the California State Championships:
The twin sisters, Makenna and Morgan Herbst are both State Champions!
Makenna won the 800m in a great time of 2:02.28. 2nd place was a full 5 seconds behind in 2:07.33!!
Then about 30 minutes later, Morgan won the 300m hurdles in a meet record time of 39.64. She is only the 3rd high school girl ever to run under 40 seconds.
What a fantastic duo!!