Re: Jake Leingang to NDSU
That's huge news. HUGE.
For non-tracksters: Jake holds the HS state records for fastest ever 1600m and 3200m... by quite a bit.
His fastest 5000m last year was 13:43. The 25-year-old NDSU school record (held by national champion Doug Hanson) is 14:12.
Re: Jake Leingang to NDSU
Great to have him back running in the state and even better at NDSU.
Re: Jake Leingang to NDSU
Where was he? Oregon?
Edit: just re-read the OP and saw it was Oregon.
Re: Jake Leingang to NDSU
This is great news! Welcome home Jake!
Re: Jake Leingang to NDSU
Jake's 5,000 meter PR (13:43.04) was good for 5th place in the PAC - 12 Conference Championship outdoor meet last spring.
The winner of the 5,000 meter run in the Summit Outdoor Conference meet in 2016 was SDSU's Joel Reichow with a time of 14:36.94.
If those 2 conference 5,000 meter finals had been on the same track that day, Leingang would have nearly lapped the Summit champion !!
Re: Jake Leingang to NDSU
Cool...where is he from? With a name like that, I would guess Bismarck/Mandan?
Re: Jake Leingang to NDSU
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Tony Almeida
Cool...where is he from? With a name like that, I would guess Bismarck/Mandan?
Bismarck... Leingang sounds more Morton County than Burleigh to me though, but times change. :)
Here's a cool story about Jake: http://bismarcktribune.com/sports/lo...a4bcf887a.html
Re: Jake Leingang to NDSU
I admit I know nothing about Track and Field but this guy looks to be pretty darn good. I mean if he's from Oregon he has to be fast. They only recruit the fastest people on the planet. And an in state guy even better!
Re: Jake Leingang to NDSU
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tony
Your right, when I was in high school, there were a ton of Laingangs in Mandan....but that's neither here nor there...
Wow 125 pound tailback....how tall is he, with that weight he can't be too tall...but then again, can't be too short I guess if your a long distance runner with times like that, can you?
Anywho, glad he came home and is a Bison!