Cade Flatt, who will enter the 8th grade at South Marshall Middle School, earned a silver medal on Wednesday at the AAU Junior Olympic Games at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Flatt’s time of 1:59.94 in the 14 year old division of the 800 meters, was a new personal record.
The race was won by Miles Brown of Southfield, Michigan with a time of 1:58.68 making Brown and Flatt the only two sub-two minute results in the field of 12 finalists.
Flatt’s trip to the finals began on Monday, when out of a field of 88 in the 800 prelims, ran the fastest time in the field of 2:05.83, to enter the finals as the number one seed.
The current national 14 year old record is 1:51.23 set last year by Brandon Miller of O’Fallon, Missouri. Miller, now in the 15-16 age group, crushed the field Wednesday, setting a new national 800 meters record with a time of 1:49.87.
Flatt was a key component this past spring for the Marshall County boy’s track team in the 400 meters, 800 meters, 4 x 400 and 4 x 800 relay teams. Flatt was anchor leg of the Region 1 Champion 4 x 800 relay team, qualifying for the state meet along with the regional runner-up 4 x 400 relay team. He is the current KTCCCA Middle School state champion in the 800 meters.
Flatt runs for the Kentucky Elite Track Club at summer events.
