QTPi wrote:
she was ranked #2 in the world in the 800 a few years ago, no?
maybe those days are permanently behind her, but at her prime she was much better on the world stage in the 8/15 than she was was (and probably ever could be) in the steeple.
if she had done the steeple yeah she probably would've made the US team but she would've had basically no shot at doing anything great. if she had made the team in the 15 and rounded into shape well, the sky would have been the limit.
Jenny and Anna probably would have qualified for steeple. Jenny's best time is 9:12 and I believe Emma ran 9:32 for 1st. So even if Jenny ran 20 seconds slower she still would have qualified. I'm guessing Ann Pierce could have hung in there too.
Frankly I don't think Anna Pierce could make podium or even top 5 in ANY Olympic event but atleast she could have gone to her second Olympics. And I'm assuming last.