Florida Relays Invitational Mile Should Be Phenomonal

 
It's pretty rare to enter a high school boys race wondering if someone could possibly break 4:10 for the mile. Going into the Florida Relays this weekend, the buzz is more like how MANY could possibly go under 4:10 for the mile!

The four day event starts on Wednesday, but it is 3:30pm on Saturday afternoon that high school running fans everywhere are waiting for. Not that the other events are going to be anything less than exhilarating, but a chance to see as many as four guys go under 4:10 is pretty amazing.

 
Here's a look at the entries as we see them seeded:

NameSchoolKnown 1600 PRComment
Bobby CurtisSt. Xavier Louis, KY4:11.0*Footlocker Nationals Qualifier in CC
Rolf SteierBerkley Prep4:12.5*4:23 indoors at Millrose Games
Sam VazquezFlagler Palm Coast4:14.31Great battle with Hassen at Bolles Bulldog
Steven HassenOcala Vanguard4:14.32Great battle with Vazquez at Bolles Bulldog
Sean BurrisRockledge4:18Ran that 4:18 by himself this year
Alex StewartSatellite4:20Ditto, 4:20 all alone at Gateway Invitational
Tyrone BellRidgeview4:22.94Ryan Ripley says Tyrone will take it all! Rip dawg knows all.
Ryan RipleyBelleview4:20.70He ran a 4:27 at Bob Hayes but he\'s in better shape than that
Andrew MartinGulliver Prep4:23.53Ready for great things this year, already a 1:55 800.
Herbie ThieleChiles4:23**4:05.27 1500m last week at Snow Bird
Brandon SaltmarshBishop Moore??1:54 4x800m Split PR
Jeremy MillerJohn I. Leonard4:23.72Ran that 4:23.72 last weekend at Westminister.
Robert CooperColumbia??1:55.54 800m PR
Omar OsbourneUpperroom Christian4:25.69Ran a 4:25.69 at Westminister.
Jaime CalzadaMiami Jackson??15:46 3 Mile PR.
CJ BryantCitrus4:279th Last Year at State 2A for 1600.
Steve DibariMartin County4:284:28.44 at Bob Hayes
Jonathan DanielsElbert County4:32I think he's in over his head. This Georgian is an identical twin from around Athens. He was fourth at the GA state meet last year in 1600 but to my digging through reuslts hasn\'t broken 4:30.
Devin KoonCarol City4:33.574:38 last weekend at Westminister, 4:33 at Dade County Youth Fair. 10:06 3200 PR.
Patrick TroyBuchholz??Great sophomore prospect but probably not the calibur of this race yet. 16:16 at cc regionals, 17:41 5K at GAXC.

* = Time roughly converted from mile time.
** = Time roughly converted from 1500m time.