THE CONNOR BURNS & SIMEON BIRNBAUM EXLSUCIVE: Inside Winning Big Ten Titles & Running A 3:52 Mile + Simeon's Mindset Heading Into His First NCAA Track Championship & The Long Run That Broke Connor...

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Dominic Schlueter

Running, Sports

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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THE CONNOR BURNS & SIMEON BIRNBAUM SPECIAL

The Oregon Boys are back in action, baby! Our Call Room legends, Connor Burns and Simeon Birnbaum, return from a short TRE break–ready to dish on everything they've been up to. Buckle up!

The boys broke the 4-minute mile barrier in high school, and set countless state records. Connor set a National Record in the 5k by running 13:37; Simeon set a South Dakota state record in the 3,200m; ran the second-fastest 2-mile in US high school history; and the second-fastest 1,500m time in high school history.

Connor is off to a strong 2025 season so far, setting a PR in the 3,000m indoors on February 14 with a time of 7:48.47. In high school, he had PRs of 1:51.00 in the 800m, 3:45.42 in the 1,500m, and 3:58.83 in the mile.

Simeon has high school PRs of 1:47.96 in the 800m, 3:37.93 in the 1,500m, 3:57.53 in the mile and 8:34.10 in the 2-mile.Just eye-popping numbers from both stud athletes.

The boys' freshman years were hampered a bit by injury, but that doesn't dim the swagger they bring on the track and the grass. These boys are far from shy, and are the linchpins of Oregon coach Jerry Schumacher's distance program. Schumacher assumed leadership in 2022 after a 15-year tenure with the Nike Bowerman Track Club.

In today's conversation, Connor and Simeon take me through their XC/fall seasons and indoor season accomplishments, including Connor's B1G title in the 5k and Simeon running 3:52 in the Mile. We also dive into their mindsets going intothe outdoor season, Simeon's take going into the NCAA Indoor Meet, & answer your listener questions!

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0:54.7	let's get into today's episode six miles into the run and i was i was already toast i was in the
1:02.8	locker it wasn't that like the pace it was just like the amount of hills it wasn't you could not
1:08.4	run up the hill if i was running up the hill i would be going the same pace if I was running up the hill, I would be going the same pace
1:11.5	if I was walking up the hill.
1:12.6	It was straight up.
1:13.7	There was no incline.
1:14.9	There was a pretty big gap once we started walking.
1:17.0	We were still in Google.
1:18.0	We were maybe on 6.30 pace on that hill.
1:20.0	I mean, we average, we average like six minute pace,
1:22.3	so it couldn't have been like that difficult. If you could still average six minutes. It was pretty difficult. It was very difficult. But yeah, Connor was not very happy about that.
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