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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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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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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Unreal. Not only did he close that massive gap, he won comfortably!
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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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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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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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I had to watch this twice. He was last for most of the race. Unbelievable!
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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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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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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 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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What was his spilts 65-65-66-54? Pretty crazy.
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Bro thought he was running a 5k then heard the bell and was like oh shit better hurry up
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Glad milesplit picked it up. Bandukwala won state for cross country and has only gotten better
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He was sandbagging it, clearly outclassed all of them.
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Congratulations Aden, that was the coolest finish to a race I have ever seen!
