In case you’re unfamiliar with the title Robin Lefebvre in Canadian observe and subject, it’s one to place in your radar for the following two Olympic cycles.
Over the weekend, the 18-year-old from Montreal surprised the sector in the highschool boys’ championship one-mile race on the New Steadiness Indoor Nationals in Boston, utilizing his deadly final-lap kick to interrupt the tape.
Lefebvre sat comfortably within the prime three with two laps to go earlier than surging to the entrance and unleashing a blazing 27-second remaining lap to tug away from his American opponents. He crossed the end line in 4:05.22, simply shy of his private greatest, and broke the signature New Steadiness Indoor Nationals tape.
This wasn’t Lefebvre’s solely race of the weekend. He was additionally the runner-up within the boys’ championship 800m, clocking a private greatest and a brand new Quebec U20 provincial report of 1:48.63. He was narrowly edged out by Cole Boone of Virginia, who took the win in 1:48.29.
Reflecting on his weekend, Lefebvre stored it modest on social media, calling the expertise “fairly cool.” That may be an understatement from the younger middle-distance expertise, who’s in his remaining yr of highschool at Collège Notre-Dame in Montreal.
The New Steadiness Indoor Nationals yearly carry collectively one of the best highschool athletes from throughout North America, showcasing their pace and talent in entrance of collegiate coaches and fellow elite athletes. Lefebvre’s performances from the weekend add to his already spectacular working resume, which features a Canadian U20 800m nationwide title on the Bell Canadian Olympic Observe and Area Trials final June in his hometown.
Quebec sprinter units U18 nationwide report at New Steadiness Indoor Nationals