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runnre
How will Sara Hall do in the steeplechase 3/18/2009 4:08PM Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
She is entered in the steeple at Stanford.

Discuss.
Flagpole3
RE: How will Sara Hall do in the steeplechase 3/18/2009 4:12PM - in reply to runnre Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
I think she'll be a DNS, unless she's been working on the technique for a while.
doubtful....
RE: How will Sara Hall do in the steeplechase 3/18/2009 4:22PM - in reply to runnre Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
she looks frail. a strong breeze or elbow could send her tumbling in a rough event like that. her best bet is to use her superior speed and fitness to stay ahead of all but the top few, to stay out of trouble.
BBJ
RE: How will Sara Hall do in the steeplechase 3/18/2009 4:40PM - in reply to doubtful.... Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
agreed that she is too frail. she's doesn't look strong enough to be a good steepler. hopefully I'm wrong! that's pretty exciting that she's giving it a try. she was always pretty good in cross, not that that's necessarily a great predictor.
ponytayne
RE: How will Sara Hall do in the steeplechase 3/18/2009 4:44PM - in reply to runnre Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
I thought that was a typo, and maybe she was supposed to be in teh 1500 or 5000 or something. Has she ever even run a steeple - college, HS, anything? That's not an event you just jump into as a pro.
where
RE: How will Sara Hall do in the steeplechase 3/18/2009 4:49PM - in reply to runnre Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Where did you see the entries? I couldn't find them on the Stanford website.
ponytayne
RE: How will Sara Hall do in the steeplechase 3/18/2009 4:51PM - in reply to where Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Fat Boy
RE: How will Sara Hall do in the steeplechase 3/18/2009 6:55PM - in reply to ponytayne Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
There's no way all those people will be running. The list says "preformance list". It doesn't look like an entry list to me.


ponytayne wrote:

http://www.sml1.com/recordtiming/stanford/invite09/accepted_running.htm
or...
RE: How will Sara Hall do in the steeplechase 3/18/2009 7:25PM - in reply to Fat Boy Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Those are all accepted entries. Declarations started today, so there will be attrition, but those are the initial entries.
wikipedia
RE: How will Sara Hall do in the steeplechase 3/18/2009 7:45PM - in reply to or... Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Hall was born in Springdale, Arkansas. At the age of 10, she was modeling in Dallas, Texas where she was living in the suburb of Farmers Branch, Texas, where she briefly attended R. L. Turner High School.
not getting it
RE: How will Sara Hall do in the steeplechase 3/19/2009 11:31PM - in reply to runnre Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
How tall and how much does Sara weigh?
Northern Bound?
RE: How will Sara Hall do in the steeplechase 3/20/2009 1:17AM - in reply to ponytayne Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
ponytayne wrote:

I thought that was a typo, and maybe she was supposed to be in teh 1500 or 5000 or something. Has she ever even run a steeple - college, HS, anything? That's not an event you just jump into as a pro.


A well-known Minnesota pro (a ~13:50 5k / 23:30 8k runner) decided to "jump into" a steeplechase last year. Went out at American Record pace, ended up running 9:01 and would have lost to a DIII guy if the race had been 50m longer.
pogo
RE: How will Sara Hall do in the steeplechase 3/20/2009 8:20AM - in reply to doubtful.... Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Hall is small and petite, but hardly "frail".

A good portion of her routine has been strength related, and her coach is quick to acknowledge that.

Further, Liz Jackson (former BYU runner and American Record Holder in the steeple) was FAR more frail looking than Hall.

Hall at least has muscle definition, Jackson was just a waif.
Pirate man
RE: How will Sara Hall do in the steeplechase 3/20/2009 8:30AM - in reply to runnre Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
One quick hit to the steeple and her frail bones will shatter. I think she only weighs 80 pounds.
Dingler
RE: How will Sara Hall do in the steeplechase 3/20/2009 8:47AM - in reply to Pirate man Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
A well-known LetsRun poster by the name of Malmo decided to "jump into" a steeplechase. It worked out pretty well for him.
mark my words
RE: How will Sara Hall do in the steeplechase 3/20/2009 9:33AM - in reply to Dingler Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Any idea who is coaching her now, that might give a clue to the decision ?
ponytayne
RE: How will Sara Hall do in the steeplechase 3/22/2009 9:34AM - in reply to Dingler Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Malmo did not just jump into the steeple as a pro several years beyond college. He was winning Junior national championships and running it all through college long before he ever started running the big european meets and setting ARs.

hall graduated Stanford in 05 or 06, is a pro, and as far as anyone knows so far, has never run a steeple competitively. big difference from malmo.
Dingler
RE: How will Sara Hall do in the steeplechase 3/22/2009 11:12AM - in reply to ponytayne Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
I thought Malmo set the AR in 1977 in only his second try at the steeple?
424332
RE: How will Sara Hall do in the steeplechase 3/22/2009 11:51AM - in reply to runnre Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
an even better question!

who cares?
malmo
RE: How will Sara Hall do in the steeplechase 3/22/2009 12:35PM - in reply to Dingler Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Dingler wrote:

I thought Malmo set the AR in 1977 in only his second try at the steeple?


WTF?
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