Section, State, and National Championship coach talks Sundown Track Series, development of his athletes, philosophy of life, and more in this interview.
Edited highlight photos by Harold Smith from the Feb. 13, 2021 Sundown Track Series Meet #1 at Queen Creek (AZ) High School.
The first of three Sundown Series meets took place last weekend in Queen Creek, Arizona.
The Sundown Track Series produced some fast times and exciting races Saturday night in Queen Creek, Arizona.
Samantha, a junior at Newbury Park (CA) High School running unattached, placed second in the girls mile at the Sundown Track Series Meet #1, running 4:55.27 for the mile with a 5:53.43 split for 1600. Watch the race: https://az.milesplit.com/videos/458879/high-school-girls-mile-finals
Sophomore at Basalt HS, running unattached, used a 71.74 final lap to pull away to win the mile run in 4:54.24 at the Sundown Track Series Meet #1 on a very windy track Saturday at Queen Creek (AZ) High. Check out her race: https://az.milesplit.com/videos/458879/high-school-girls-mile-finals
Sahlman, a junior at Newbury Park (CA) High School running unattached, used a 60-second final lap to overcome Texas star Judson Greer to win the mens mile at the Sundown Track Series Meet #1, running 4:09.86 for the mile with a 4:08.61 split for 1600. Greer, who led the second half of the race, crossed in 4:11.74. Watch the race: https://az.milesplit.com/videos/458894/high-school-mens-mile-finals-4
At the first installment of the Sundown Track Series, some fast times went down in Arizona
Watch all eight races from Saturday's distance-only meet.
Watch the replay of 2021 Sundown Meet #1 - Sundown Meet #1 from Feb 13, 2021 on Milesplit
This weekend we will have two indoor meets and one outdoor meet on the calendar.
The first Sundown Track Series meet in Arizona will be chalk-full of high performance athletes ready to run fast times