Michael Abeyta ran the state's No. 2 ranked 800m tis weekend at the Fred Loya Inv.
To run the 800m, you have to be fast and strong. Many have begun to consider it a sprint event, but it also takes endurance and the ability to embrace pain and fatigue to do it well.
Many of the top boys half milers have good speed, but what doesn't get factored into things as much is how strong they are along with how fast they are.
For example, Victor Zuniga, Michael Abeyta, Jackson Walker, Fernando Morales, Owen Likins, Roger Rivera, Ethan Hammer, Jacob Ye, and Ryan Schoppe, Nick Majerus, Cole Lindhorst help drive that fact home. These runners have all run 1:55 and under this season and have dropped sub 4:20 1600m races. Most of them have also run 9:35 and under in the 3200m this season.
Some of guys on this list aren't of course aren't half milers, rather they're distance runners. All of the above were major factors in the state cross country championships.But, the fact is with their strength, they can s...