Lukas Verzbicas runs a 3:59.71 mile at the 2011 adidas Grand Prix

[MrMikBean]

mines a 6:39...........

[Tysen11]

anyone know what the song is?

[FlippOut44]

@F6SuperTornado08 I was at the race when he ran a 13:53, it was incredible.

[EnJayPrayka]

I was on the cross country team with lukas in high school!!!!! :)

[Chaselabonne]

@crush40fan101 my goal this year is to break 4:25, but im not the biggest fan of high mileage...lol. also my coach has this thing where he doesn't let freshman get over 60 miles per week soo thats nice for me cause im not used to the high mileage yet ( the freshman mile record is 4:28 )

[Chaselabonne]

my name is Chase La Bonne and i ran a 4:37:56 as an 8th grader; same with a great competitor who was a hair behind me named Zach Snyder. We both hope to be as good as Lukas and i was wondering if there was anything i could do to help me get better besides practice ? like work on my breathing or strides etc. Feedback would be soooo great! thanks

[soggysausage]

@Chaselabonne being born in Luthainia would probably help a bit

[crush40fan101]

@Chaselabonne

I saw your times and you're pretty fast for a frosh. I would focus on speedwork and getting in lots of good miles in. If you want to be as fast as Lukas, try to run faster than a 4:20 this year as a goal. Good luck.

[1994WasAGoodYear]

verzbicas has been training on a pro schedule since he was young. while he is very talented, i don't believe he'll be noticed on the professional level. also very full of himself and egotistical

[NoshRunner]

@1994WasAGoodYear how won't he be noticed, he's breaking records all the time?! Plus why is he egotistical?

[GODSKIDD7]

incredible in the rain

[skateandtennis]

@yrug4y444 it's basically the same thing...

[MrButtloaf]

Oshier would have had it. Jantzen went out and lead at a pace he couldn't hold. Verzbicas is a 2miler and Jantzen is an 800/1600 guy. He should have sat and kicked and i know for a fact that Jantzen could out gut anybody on that line. It would have been a kick finish and Jantzen's the only one who could do it. Gedyon too but Oshier was the one to beat Verzbicas but that early lead cost him the race and he dies.. he was nervous and he made a bad move.

[TheSchmitzrunner]

@MrButtloaf he was sick too.

[imjtblanton]

Too bad Oshier had a bad finish. He could have broken 4 as well and could have possibly beaten Verzbikas. He ran 4:00 for a 1600m at state finals. Guess he just couldn't quite finish that last lap. Still an amazing race!

[chilipepper2015]

Verzbicas quit running for Oregon. He quit while the team was still trying to get to nationals. He is going to focus on triathlons now at the University of Colorado.

[electricman531]

@drone713 he already crossed the line by the time the video ended...

[metaltronic]

Overage quitter.

[smoken3rd52]

Lukas Verzbicas representing Illinois!! yeah!!!

[Stalumin123]

I actually ran against him at Sectionals last year. Im a scrub to him of course tho, the high school he went to was 20 minutes from mine.

[acdchomey123]

@Stalumin123 did you go to andrews or stagg

[Stalumin123]

@acdchomey123 No. Shepard.

[drone713]

You stopped recording 1 second before the fifth high schooler ever to run sub 4 was about to cross the line. You're an idiot.

[MrRydog96]

The filming was opposite the start it was his last 200m in 26 seconds

[darkelf743]

it was 3:34 on his third lap..

i know lukas can break 4-min, but i doubt his last lap was an impossible 26 seconds

[Pangolinist]

@darkelf743 They went through 1200m in 3:01, his last lap was 58 n some change lol

[anUHkins]

I think Mudd could've easily done it if he would've planned his infamous kick better. he ran a 4:03 at state after running a 1:49 800, and went on to be part of the state champion 4x4 team. was fcking crazy state meet.

[yrug4y444]

I've added a video edited with the new YouTube options that seems to be more stable and brighter.

Check it out at this YouTube URL:

/watch?v=HcsCLWN7FFU

[IIGIOIDILIYII]

does anyone else hear music?



[BeWiL0991]

@AppleTechMan1

Very likely you'll have 4:15 at best, especially if you're new at all. You're young (frosh/soph years are the last "young" years of running), so have still yet to find your groove, and most early runners have a jump in improvement, so 15s alone would be spectacular. I'd tell you to watch out for the infamous "sophomore slump", but you seem motivated enough so keep it up! 4:30 as a freshman is awesome and I bet you'll have huge improvement before you graduate.

[xee00]

i was hoping austin mudd would knock him off.

[LPitcherDawg27]

my legs hurt just watching this



[AcuraX97]

Verzbicas has a good future ahead of him.

[g4pilot27]

@AppleTechMan1 thats unlikely...

[Skullbladeproduction]

He's an ass wipe

[darkworldb13]

@Skullbladeproduction hey asshole, lets see you run a sub 4 minute mile

[heresjohnnnyy1]

@AppleTechMan1 no offense but i doubt it

[Lencho93]

where is german fernadez. what is he doing now?



[scallstar805]

@Lencho93 Lol google him. He's still being a BEAST

[vicoNSXC]

@scallstar805 PEDs...

[TheRunningLife]

@AppleTechMan1 i dont know if youll be ableto improve that much in 1 season

[theseus2010]

Thanks for the video.

I was just able to upload my video of the same race - not perfect either - I was concentrating on my son Billy O so sometimes the leaders are not shown, and the finish unfortunately blurred, but for anyone who wants another view, it's posted. Search Dream Mile 2011 or theseus2010 videos.

[taylorzachary5]

Dang. I can't even imagine how fast he will be in the future, especially considering that this was on a wet track in the cold. However, I will be interested to see if he retains this trend of rampant record-smashing in college and beyond.

[dean2663]

The announcer said that sub 4 was out the window due to weather. lol!!

[dowhatyoufear]

Hey, at least you got the video. It is the only one I could find. As for the critics. He did what only 4 High School boys have ever done. The result is what matters.

[TheRunningSource]

Lukas's splits weren't actually too bad it was the pacer that got the 57 second first quarter, Lukas had about a 60.2 first quarter and then a 61.9 second quater then his last half mile was somewhere around 1:57 low! As I said not that bad of splits if you actually take the weather and the bad pacing of the rabbit into account. I still do think he could've ran around a 3:56 at least with perfect conditions.

[travisfodormusic]

Cheserek. I ran with him in the summer. He's going to be the next big guy at Rio 2016

[bjropel]

not hatin on lukas but those splits were kinda wak if he evened them out he coulda gone at least 2-4 seconds faster

[wesisagisback]

@bjropel false

[bjropel]

@wesisagisback wat makes u say faulse?? (not piss off or anything just wondering y u think this)

[56Database]

god damn man, not like you were in a hurricane.. 

[balho2010]

DAMN! this Lukas is fast. i was doing repeat 300s at a 5min/mile pace n it was tiring..!

[mattchuma]

could have been possible sub 3:55 if it wasn't for terrible weather.

[both958]

my favorite part about this race is that 1st and 3rd place are both going to Oregon next year.

[garrettpkyxc]

next prefontaine

[cicirunner]

@midrangemonroe watch it on flotrack.org then.

[SARSVLOG]

I run track in Arizona, this would have been good weather. Haha.

[yrug4y444]

lol sorry about the shakiness, it was really cold and i was actually shivering while recording this

[Averagebum2]

@yrug4y444 Hahah...I thought you were using a tripod and the camera was not rotating smoothly on it. That happened to me. I film much better without the tripod. Brrrrrr!!!

[ToFinishFirst]

he wouldve been 3:56 in good weather

[cgsportsfreak902]

2nd place finisher is the best, go Austin Mudd

[Pangolinist]

That rabbit did a terrible job lol. still a great race though.

[cicirunner]

@Pangolinist 57 and 64.....That is terrible.

[v3x3d22]

CRAZY!

[fourisorange]

It's already better than NBC's coverage over the last two weeks, and I'm busy writing this instead of watching the video... on mute.

[flashmanwade]

man dis nigga lukas too fast!!! ahaha swag!! wer my nigga omar! :(

[REDHAWKrunner]

I can't even focus for a second. The camera is all over the place.

[lewickerman]

...Why would you stop recording before he, let alone the field, finishes?

[1c00lkid720]

nice but it cuts out right before his finish :/

[swedishbasteve]

Thanks for uploading this video!!!