How good is a 5:02 mile for an 8th grade girl?

Excellent running.

Ryan Foreman wrote:

Thats what a girl named (something) Rice did at the Oregon twilight meet. Shattered the meet record by some 12 seconds and won by about a half a lap. Does that give her young prodigy status or is it just really, really good?

She was definitely disciplined for her age. Great running form and she clearly knew what pace to run that she could sustain all the way through.

Yes, that is prodigy level stuff. Does anyone know what Jordan Hasay ran at that age? I know it was ridiculous, but even most boys have trouble running that fast as an 8th grader. I'd say it's definitely top tier in the nation at that age, considering the fastest time last year for the BOYS was only about 30 seconds faster.

Well that's a good time for an 8th grade boy so what do you think? Quit asking questions that you know the answer to. Yes getting trashed will effect your running. Smoking weed isn't good either. Coffee in moderation won't hurt you. 5:02 for an 8th grade girl is an outstanding time blah blah blah.

Great running, but it's a little early to call her a prodigy. Like all other female distance runners, she risks getting hips in a few years and dropping off the radar.

Musiker wrote:

Does anyone know what Jordan Hasay ran at that age?

Hasay at 13 years old:

Mile 4:51

1500m 4:28

3000m 9:35

It is one of the best ever... prodigy status. Jordan Hasay and Nicole Blood were not much faster.

Has she been tested? Are we sure she's a girl? Caster Semenya was a girl, until she won a world title.

very, very good, national class good if not historically good.

Pretty damn.

According to Dyestat, it would put her about 38th on the 2010 High school list. That is not her PB, as she has already run a 5:00 mile which would put her 26th. The leading time in the nation for the High School Girl's mile is 4:48. Not bad for an 8th grader.

http://trackfocus.com/distance/middle-schooler-paige-rice-smashes-an-oregon-twilight-meet-record-with-502-50

she is either a prodigy who will become an ncaa champion in 6 years or she will be a burnout who doesn't improve much past 10th grade. (seen it alot in girls).

How about this!! Madison Boreman of Cedar Park, TX. 11 years old, 6th gradem ran 5:09 in flats at the Schrader 1600 Saturday.

http://www.flotrack.org/videos/coverage/view_video/237014/332558

Arguably that is more amazing. But then she looks like she is 16. Which get to the problem of projecting how great people of this age will be. The physical maturity is volatile in the extreme. I myself recall playing basketball in the 6th grade against a couple guys who were 5'10", agile, and one was even growing a beard. They intimidated the hell out of me at the time. Just two years later I was dominating them and they ended up looking no different as high school upperclassmen as they did in 6th grade.

pwndddddddddddddd wrote:

How about this!! Madison Boreman of Cedar Park, TX. 11 years old, 6th gradem ran 5:09 in flats at the Schrader 1600 Saturday.

http://www.flotrack.org/videos/coverage/view_video/237014/332558

Ryan Foreman wrote:

Arguably that is more amazing. But then she looks like she is 16. Which get to the problem of projecting how great people of this age will be. The physical maturity is volatile in the extreme. I myself recall playing basketball in the 6th grade against a couple guys who were 5'10", agile, and one was even growing a beard. They intimidated the hell out of me at the time. Just two years later I was dominating them and they ended up looking no different as high school upperclassmen as they did in 6th grade.

pwndddddddddddddd wrote:

How about this!! Madison Boreman of Cedar Park, TX. 11 years old, 6th gradem ran 5:09 in flats at the Schrader 1600 Saturday.

http://www.flotrack.org/videos/coverage/view_video/237014/332558

What 16 years olds do you know that look that young?

pwndddddddddddddd wrote:

How about this!! Madison Boreman of Cedar Park, TX. 11 years old, 6th gradem ran 5:09 in flats at the Schrader 1600 Saturday.

http://www.flotrack.org/videos/coverage/view_video/237014/332558

She's the girl that ran Austin's Capital 10K in 38:58.

8th female overall and that's a giant freaking road race.

She certainly looks older than 11, but aren't most 6th graders 13 by late in the school year? I'd be willing to bet that this young girl will be burned out by time she is 16. The announcer said that she ran 6 minute mile when she was 9 years old -- what's wrong with her parents?

Running on Full wrote:

She certainly looks older than 11, but aren't most 6th graders 13 by late in the school year? I'd be willing to bet that this young girl will be burned out by time she is 16. The announcer said that she ran 6 minute mile when she was 9 years old -- what's wrong with her parents?

Most non-retards are 13 in the 8th grade silly goose.

I just spent 5 minutes of my life watching the Boreman girl run that 5:09. Her stride was graceful, like clockwork the whole way. Her form is near flawless and didn't falter in the latter stages. She ran a well-executed solo race. A second half mile 3 seconds slower than your first isn't bad in HS, uh, elementary circles. It was a pleasure to watch her run. I would agree however with a previous poster who said something along the lines of she will either turn into an NCAA champ OR burn out and disappear ala' all the Garritsons (a prodigious family from the 80's, at 11 James was a 33 minute 10k runner, his sister at that age around 36.) As for her build, it is easy to see she is smaller in stature than her fellow competitors. My daughter at 11 was equally developed, not unusual as the rumor about girls developing faster than boys is indeed true. I do wish her the best. I don't usually spend what little time I have left in this world watching kids race. In this instance, I'm glad I did.

Her name is Paige and she's been very, very good for a number of years. She won the Jr. Olympic xc meet several years quite handily , although she was much further back this year. This month, she ran 4:38 in the college/open section of the 1500m at the Oregon Relays. The HS winner was 4:50.

She won the national USATF title in xc in 2006 (she might have been 10). She ran 4:34? last year in the 1500m.