newcomer
HS Freshman girl Topham exceptional in distance races at Drake Relays, next Mary Cain? 4/28/2012 3:56PM Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Pretty solid meet at Drake for the HS Freshman girl from Iowa, Rebekah Topham. I can't see Katie Flood's records surviving this girl's high school career.

Event 820 Girls 3000 Meter Run High School
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Relays: D 9:43.39 4/22/2010 Katie Flood, Dowling Cathol
Name Year School Finals
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Finals 1 Rebekah Topham FR Griswold 9:58.39
2 Allison Gregg JR Cedar Falls 10:03.81
3 Anna Holdiman JR Waverly-SR 10:04.23

Event 810 Girls 800 Meter Run High School
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Relays: D 2:07.69 4/29/2011 Shelby Houlihan, SC-East
Name Year School Finals
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Finals 1 Lydia Saggau JR Valley, WDM 2:12.07
2 Rebekah Topham FR Griswold 2:12.86
3 Nicole Miller FR N Linn, TM 2:14.79

Event 815 Girls 1500 Meter Run High School
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Relays: D 4:28.30 4/24/2010 Katie Flood, Dowling Cathol
Name Year School Finals
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Finals 1 Rebekah Topham FR Griswold 4:40.30
2 Anna Holdiman JR Waverly-SR 4:43.49
3 Madison Waymire SO DC-Grimes 4:43.50
Elain
RE: HS Freshman girl Topham exceptional in distance races at Drake Relays, next Mary Cain? 4/28/2012 4:02PM - in reply to newcomer Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
I hate the Drake
asdlgjsl WTF
RE: HS Freshman girl Topham exceptional in distance races at Drake Relays, next Mary Cain? 4/28/2012 4:03PM - in reply to Elain Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Last year Mary Cain ran 4:17 and 9:28 for those distances...not exactly a comparison.

And not every high school frosh star has the speed/strength combo that Cain has (very rare runner). And it's still a bit early to say "next Mary Cain" when she's just a sophomore...
longer island
RE: HS Freshman girl Topham exceptional in distance races at Drake Relays, next Mary Cain? 4/28/2012 5:23PM - in reply to asdlgjsl WTF Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Let's hope not, don't need another selfish runner out there. Hope she runs with her team and creates great friendships while developing as a runner.
Whatch it
RE: HS Freshman girl Topham exceptional in distance races at Drake Relays, next Mary Cain? 4/28/2012 5:26PM - in reply to longer island Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Does Mary Cain not train with her team? Is she even on a hs team? I believe Rebekah Topham is trained by her Dad.
MYH
RE: HS Freshman girl Topham exceptional in distance races at Drake Relays, next Mary Cain? 4/28/2012 5:27PM - in reply to newcomer Reply | Return to Index | Report Post

newcomer wrote:

Pretty solid meet at Drake for the HS Freshman girl from Iowa, Rebekah Topham. I can't see Katie Flood's records surviving this girl's high school career.

Event 820 Girls 3000 Meter Run High School
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Relays: D 9:43.39 4/22/2010 Katie Flood, Dowling Cathol
Name Year School Finals
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Finals 1 Rebekah Topham FR Griswold 9:58.39
2 Allison Gregg JR Cedar Falls 10:03.81
3 Anna Holdiman JR Waverly-SR 10:04.23

Event 810 Girls 800 Meter Run High School
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Relays: D 2:07.69 4/29/2011 Shelby Houlihan, SC-East
Name Year School Finals
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Finals 1 Lydia Saggau JR Valley, WDM 2:12.07
2 Rebekah Topham FR Griswold 2:12.86
3 Nicole Miller FR N Linn, TM 2:14.79

Event 815 Girls 1500 Meter Run High School
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Relays: D 4:28.30 4/24/2010 Katie Flood, Dowling Cathol
Name Year School Finals
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Finals 1 Rebekah Topham FR Griswold 4:40.30
2 Anna Holdiman JR Waverly-SR 4:43.49
3 Madison Waymire SO DC-Grimes 4:43.50


What do you mean the NEXT Mary Cain??

Mary Cain is only a year older...
J.R.
RE: HS Freshman girl Topham exceptional in distance races at Drake Relays, next Mary Cain? 4/28/2012 6:27PM - in reply to longer island Reply | Return to Index | Report Post

longer island wrote:

Let's hope not, don't need another selfish runner out there. Hope she runs with her team and creates great friendships while developing as a runner.


You don't sound like a great friendship to me.
bguyj200012z2
RE: HS Freshman girl Topham exceptional in distance races at Drake Relays, next Mary Cain? 4/28/2012 6:38PM - in reply to MYH Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Daesha Rogers is the next running sensation. She's running 2:09 for the 800 and she's only in the 7th grade...
andwhatofit
RE: HS Freshman girl Topham exceptional in distance races at Drake Relays, next Mary Cain? 4/28/2012 7:19PM - in reply to bguyj200012z2 Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
she's black. it does not count.
thats great
RE: HS Freshman girl Topham exceptional in distance races at Drake Relays, next Mary Cain? 4/28/2012 7:46PM - in reply to MYH Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
There are other girls out there that can run those times. Not all girls get to run for their schools. I know someone who would be able to run with just about any girl her age and she does it on a lot less mileage! I think it might be a curse to have success and be known on these running websites.
time devoursall
RE: HS Freshman girl Topham exceptional in distance races at Drake Relays, next Mary Cain? 4/28/2012 8:10PM - in reply to thats great Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
bguyj200012z2
RE: HS Freshman girl Topham exceptional in distance races at Drake Relays, next Mary Cain? 4/28/2012 8:15PM - in reply to time devoursall Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
have people forgotten daesha rogers?

well, i guess since she's not in high school yet, she doesn't show up on a lot of people's radar if they live outside of florida.

if she can keep progressing, i could see her running sub 2 minutes in high school one day, if not in middle school.

but, assuming she hasn't reached puberty yet, and puberty handicaps her temporarily, her times will probably hover in the low 2's. it all depends on how her body responds.

does anyone know if her parents were really good well known athletes?
hurdle timess
RE: HS Freshman girl Topham exceptional in distance races at Drake Relays, next Mary Cain? 4/28/2012 8:30PM - in reply to time devoursall Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
geezes she ran in the 400m Hurdles as well!
Future NCAA SteepleChaser???


1 Anne Leners Pleasant Valley 62.93
2 Brooke Foreman SR CR Washington 63.28
3 Jenny Roberts JR Ankeny 63.74
4 Kim Kroeze JR W Christ, Hull 64.45
5 Rebekah Topham FR Griswold 64.47
6 Sarah Plock FR IC- City High 64.84
7 Lauren Hedlund SO Hinton 65.09
8 Addison Miller SR Bishop Garrigan 71.11
coach
RE: HS Freshman girl Topham exceptional in distance races at Drake Relays, next Mary Cain? 4/28/2012 8:55PM - in reply to hurdle timess Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Four races at Drake. Isn't that a bit much?
GriswoldTrack
RE: HS Freshman girl Topham exceptional in distance races at Drake Relays, next Mary Cain? 4/28/2012 9:28PM - in reply to Whatch it Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Don't know if you are referring to Cain or Topham. Rebekah is part of her high school team. She has been trained through the years by her dad who is the assistant coach.