7-year-old sets Junior Olympics record in 1500 while running barefoot
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Skandera posted a time of 5:08.52 to set a national age-group record and break the meet record by three seconds and did it without shoes.
From USA Today High School Sports
Daniel Skandera from Santa Rosa, Calif., is only 7-years-old and already holds the world record in the Mile for 5-year-olds, 6-year-olds and 7-year-olds.
He added another mark to his lengthy resume when he won the 7-8 boys 1500 meter race at the USATF National Junior Olympic Championships in Jacksonville, Fla., this weekend.
But what made his crowd-pleasing performance more unique — he ran barefoot.
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