First off: I remain in like with Bijan Robinson. Giants should always draft best available talent and he’s it at 25. Unless he isn’t….
Moving on.
Track. It is a highly complex conversation to have, because you are, in essence, talking about individual achievement that can vary from run to run, and is always measured by your PR, but held in live competition, so whatever you do that day is what you do. Yesterday my last born ran 10.84 in the 75m hurdles. That obliterates the school record (though it doesn’t count because it was hand timed) and would’ve been good enough for #2 nationally in that event and distance last year. It’s half a second better than the kid he’ll be pushing as a freshman next year. Better than that, he found his confidence in the moment. He found his mojo, and didn’t even run a perfect race. He has a lot of areas to improve on, and that is going to mean he is going to continue to drop as he ages up. This is ideal. His brother is stalled right now, which in of itself is a HUGE accomplishment. He is coming off a broken leg and is still setting PRs–though they are only slightly number than his peak last year. He’s going to get better and better and better over the year and he’s going to be a top talent in the state by next year. Presently, he’s top 20. He will be top 10 by the end of the year if he gets his mind back to where it needs to be.
Today he’s running the 300m, and friday he’s off to Cali for the huge Arcadia/Nike open and that is going to be a show. He’s going to shine. They both are.