Thursday night, the Jim Schmuck Patriot Classic at Parkway South was on fire with underclassmen in the Boys' 3200 meter run. Parkway West senior Wade Patten led the way with a 9:09.07 personal best, a MO #8 overall and #7 in Class 5 mark which broke a 55-year old school record, and Parkway Central sophomore Lucas Amador came across second in 9:11.67, the #2 time in Class 4 now. Both boys provided significant fireworks with Patten even negative-splitting the race (4:36.2/4:32.8), but we are here to highlight the third place finisher: Parkway Central freshman Blake Nagus.
(Results from trxctiming.com)
After finishing 40th at this fall's Class 4 State Cross Country meet in a personal best of 16:57.30, Nagus has taken a massive leap forward this spring, breaking 10:00 in the 3200 all five times he has ran it so far and even chipping in two 4:29 marks. That mark makes him the #8 freshman in state history, the clear #1 freshman so far this season, and #21 overall in the state. Probably even more notably, he is the twelfth fastest freshman in the country.
Photo: Chris Auckley
Nagus has provided a lethal 1-2 punch in the distance events for the Colts this spring and seems to have the makings of a superstar. Keep an eye on the duo of Amador and Nagus over the next few weeks and, unfortunately for everyone else in Class 4, over the next two plus years.
Thursday night, the Jim Schmuck Patriot Classic at Parkway South was on fire with underclassmen in the Boys' 3200 meter run. Parkway West senior Wade Patten led the way with a 9:09.07 personal best, a MO #8 overall and #7 in Class 5 mark which broke a 55-year old school record, and Parkway Central sophomore Lucas Amador came across second in 9:11.67, the #2 time in Class 4 now. Both boys provided significant fireworks with Patten even negative-splitting the race (4:36.2/4:32.8), but we are here to highlight the third place finisher: Parkway Central freshman Blake Nagus.
(Results from trxctiming.com)
After finishing 40th at this fall's Class 4 State Cross Country meet in a personal best of 16:57.30, Nagus has taken a massive leap forward this spring, breaking 10:00 in the 3200 all five times he has ran it so far and even chipping in two 4:29 marks. That mark makes him the #8 freshman in state history, the clear #1 freshman so far this season, and #21 overall in the state. Probably even more notably, he is the twelfth fastest freshman in the country.
