by Cooper Lutkenhaus, sixteen, has made the history of the United States at the American outdoor athletics championships on Sunday, August 3.
And all that was needed was to compose tactics of old colleges.
Lutkenhaus, who frequents the Northwest High School in Justin, Texas, made a miraculous return during the 800 -meter final in Eugene, Oregon, to become the youngest American to qualify for the world athletics championships. The Rising Junior high school was in seventh place with 200 meters before spending the finalist with his time of 1:42:27.
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“I always had a natural place with 200 (meters) to do,” Lutkenhaus told journalists after the race. “From college, it is sort of where I really pushed.
The time of Lutkenhaus broke the previous U18 world record, which was established by Timothy Kitum from Kenya at the London 2012 Olympic Games, of 1.1 seconds.
Donovan Brazier, a 28 -year -old man of Grand Rapids, Michigan, won the race with a better personal time of 1:42:16.
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“I saw someone coming and I said to myself:” Dang, it could be the high school “,” said Brazier to journalists after the race. Phenomenal of this child. I am happy to be 28 years old and maybe I still have a few years, I hope that I will not have to face him in his peak because this guy is definitely quite special. “”
Lutkenhaus’s time not only exceeds the best for a youth runner, but he is also one of the fastest of an American man in history. His time ranks fourth faster for all time by an American man and the 18th faster in the world.
The previous record for the youngest American athletics was established in 2013 by Mary Cain, who ran at 17 years and 3 months. Lutkenhaus will break the record by the youngest American man in the world, who is held by Erriyon Knighton, who ran at 18 and 5 months in 2023.
The time of Lutkenhaus was so impressive that he would have been the American record before August 10, 2024. Bryce Hoppel fixed the brand at 1: 41.67 after finishing fourth at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. There is only three times better than the time of Lutkenhaus from August 3 in American history.
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Lutkenhaus now targets the world championships in Tokyo in September, where he will be joined by Brazier and Hoppel. The high school will certainly make the headlines on the most brilliant scene in the world.
This article originally appeared on USA Today: Cooper Lutkenhaus, 16, makes American history in 800m
