Verzbicas running strong at NIN. Courtesy of www.photorun.net
He might be done with his track season for a while, but Lincoln-Way Central H.S. freshman Lukas Verzbicas (photo courtesy of www.photorun.net) is not done racing. Verzbicas is entered in the Shamrock Shuffle 8k this coming Sunday, a race where he placed eleventh last year in 25:31 as an eighth grader. Verzbicas set the distance running world on fire this indoor track season, winning the two-mile at Nike Indoor Nationals in 8:57.44, while shattering the U.S. high school indoor 5,000m record in 14:18.42.
While he isn’t the favorite to win the Shuffle, Verzbicas certainly has shown the talent to make a run at a top three finish. He is significantly faster than he was last year, and if he can chop off about ten seconds a mile he should finish in the top five. However, running a specific time might be thrown out the window, as snow and sleet is expected Saturday evening to Sunday morning in Chicago.
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Joe // March.29.2009 at 6:12 PM |
Lukas decided to drop out the night before. Good move! The weather was terrible. Everyone probably ran 30 seconds to a minute slower because of the wind, snow, ice, etc….