| Barakus Obama |
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Well, could she? |
| Nutella1 |
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Any good female runner can be a good steepler. The steeples are so low. Female steepler does not need to be tall or have special jumping strength. |
| markeroon |
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Really? Cuz Hasay seems to be very short. |
| Nutella1 |
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Womens steeple are 6" lower than mens. On average women are 6" lower than men. But for jumping only half of that is relevant (legs), so roughly 3 inch. So unless you're 4 feet or something, you should be fine as a woman. |
| kiss the ground all |
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Like...Billy Nelson short? |
| 5u |
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Oregon's website lists her as 5-4, and I think that that's pretty close. I realize people remember her from when she was younger, but she's grown since then. The average height of American women is 5-4, so she's average height, which is plenty tall enough (think G. Roelants, G. Young, K. O'Brien on the men's side: *taller* than average is not a requisite for success). She's an excellent distance runner with, I believe, a background in gymnastics, so body control and flexibility should not be problems. And she's been a swimmer (like Webb) too, right? So she should be okay even with a mishap in the water jump. But the *main* thing is that she's a good distance runner. |
| Flagpole |
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She has a background in gymnastics? She should do parkour! |
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It's hard to tell if someone can steeple until they try. There are a lot of things that can get in the way - tight hips, for example. And, the ability to handle doing plyometrics while running a race takes a specific type of athlete. Also, while jumping over 30" barriers is a fairly easy task, the biggest challenge in the women's steeple is that they have to clear the same water pit as the men, but from that lower height. |
| me 2cents |
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Body type wise Alex Kosinski is your steeple medalist. Hasay has more of an ultra-marathoner body, cross country body. |