How Did This Kid Win? He Goes From Last To First With 54 Second Last Lap To Win 1,600m State Title
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Published 2023-05-30
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All Comments (21)
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bro did a 3 lap warm up💀
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54 seconds is many high schooler’s PR in the 400m for him to do that in the 1600m is insane
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I was racing in the 2A final right before this and saw the kick while laying on the ground half dead… couldn’t believe what I was seeing! Insane racing from Aden.
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One of the most confident runs I have ever seen. He knew what he had to do , and he believed in himself.
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Aden Bandukwala, the state XC champ, 3rd in state in the 3200. Part of the top 4x8 team last year and still only a junior. My son is one of the coaches at HCHS.
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Astonishing! at the end of the third lap he looked like he was looking for the exit tunnel, then, Oh My...
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This brought me back 20 years. Our regional meet back in HS had 30 runners for the 1600, and I barely qualified. I was scheduled to get 29th based on my time. I remember practicing 600m repeats like mad for 2 weeks prior to the race. On race day I was dead last and with 600 to go, I just gave it everything and was passing people like crazy. Didn't win, but I placed 12th and got a PR by 14 seconds.
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Unreal. Not only did he close that massive gap, he won comfortably!
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Props to the announcer. He knew all their names, schools, and years and kept everyone updated appropriately throughout. Takes a lot of preparation to be that good.
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what a race by the leader, 4 63 second splits, impressive to keep his pace that well
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I had to watch this twice. He was last for most of the race. Unbelievable!
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He used the strategy that everyone else has tried but failed at. The "I know, I'll just hang in the back of the pack and then pour it on in the last lap" strategy doesn't usually work. This kid lived the dream of track athletes everywhere.
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Great race to watch, but my hat is off to the kid who took it out hard and ended up third. "Sit and kick" is sometimes the way to win, but the way to be great is gun-to-tape. The Prefontaine Award goes to the 3rd-placer
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He ran tactical
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That was an incredible time. Faster than I was as a sub junior in Australia when I was his age and won national title in 4.17. That boy is destined for great things
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Much respect to third place. Splits from him were very nice and really tested the field.
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Congratulations Aden, that was the coolest finish to a race I have ever seen!
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Can we just appreciate Marcellus running a nearly perfectly paced race? He may not have had anything left for a kick but the dude almost perfectly hit 63's from start to finish for a 4:12 finish. That's pretty rad from a pacing pov. Gonna have to work on that back end strength so those dudes can't run ya down in the future though.
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Glad milesplit picked it up. Bandukwala won state for cross country and has only gotten better
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Great patience and discipline to not panic the first three laps when he was trailing by so much. I knew what was going to happen from the video title, but still couldn't believe it was possible when he was that far behind the leader on the last lap. Incredible speed!
