baxter has PHENOMINAL talent. to run down cain like it was nothing...simply unreal
baxter has PHENOMINAL talent. to run down cain like it was nothing...simply unreal
Were you watching the same race everyone else was. Cain was closing very hard and give her 200 more meters it would be different. She didn't run the wheels off anyone. That was the most exhausted I've ever Baxter after a finish.
She effectively nullified Cain's kick in the last half of the race, opening the 7 second gap around 4K. Without that gap Cain would have out kicked Baxter.
Cain, great race at not her best distance, definitely closing but Baxter took all the heat upfront and held on ... very close
Wow there seems to be many more Cain/NY fans on these boards.
Listen to how ridiculous you sound!!! If Sarah Baxter had not run faster and opened up a gap THEN Cain MIGHT have won.
Sarah won because she is FASTER and a BETTER xc runner.
Cain can't been Baxter in anything over a mile.Deal with it.
great race by both. I was very impressed with baxter's tacticts and overall strength, and also by cain's heart at the end with an EXCELLENT last 600m that was completely missed/ignored by the race announcers
thedrinker wrote:
Were you watching the same race everyone else was. Cain was closing very hard and give her 200 more meters it would be different. She didn't run the wheels off anyone. That was the most exhausted I've ever Baxter after a finish.
I've never understood these comments about "if only the race was X longer he/she would've caught him/her." The whole point is that it's not 200 meters longer. It's a 5K race to see whose the best at 5K. Do we say Yohan Blake would have won the Olympic 100m if it was only 100m longer, or that Zersenay Tadese would have won the 10000m if only it was another 11K longer?
To see *who's* the best at 5K
gregorium. wrote:
Cain can't been Baxter in anything over a mile.Deal with it.
I think cain would easily win at 3k and could even pose a threat in a track 5k
Yup excuses excuses. Typical New Yorkers
Don't get me wrong CERA Baxter is definitely better today, but I think Cain is better at XC than most realize. She was runner-up by a few seconds and looking at Baxter's face she was spent by the end. Cain didn't even look that tired.. She simply ran out of time to catch up. I truly thought no one would be within 20 seconds of Baxter today. Shows that Baxter isn't invincible in cross. I can't wait for track. Salazar said Cain is more fit than she was when she ran 4:11.. said she's right where some of his Olympic 1500 qualifiers were when they qualified.
gregorium. wrote:
Wow there seems to be many more Cain/NY fans on these boards.
Listen to how ridiculous you sound!!! If Sarah Baxter had not run faster and opened up a gap THEN Cain MIGHT have won.
Sarah won because she is FASTER and a BETTER xc runner.
Cain can't been Baxter in anything over a mile.Deal with it.
They don't give out olympic medals for xc. Mary is looking at the big picture. She gave her best and she lost, now it's time to move it to the track! That being said Baxter is an awesome and I think she can be the future for the USA in the 10k. I'm hopeing we have 2 future olympic medalists with these 2 awesome runners! Baxter killed today!
pshhhh wrote:
Yup excuses excuses. Typical New Yorkers
Fay Man.......AGAIN....STILL....FOREVER!!!! Now start another thread about how unfair it is or better yet a Saugas Legacy thread!
everyone expected Baxter to win and many expected her to blow away the field. Cain showed she's a better XC runner than many thought. They both ran beautifully and we all will be watching these two (Webb vs Ritz?) for the next few years.
One of the two runners is considered world class 'right now'.
Its not Baxter.
She may well be someday, but not today.
Way to go Sarah B! I was pretty sure Sarah Baxter would win, but I thought it would be by more than 4 seconds. I am surprised that Mary Cain did as well as she did because this is not her event...she could very well win next year, especially if the course is not muddy.
worst poster wrote:
One of the two runners is considered world class 'right now'.
Its not Baxter.
4:11 ain't world class, dip$hit...
thedrinker wrote:
Don't get me wrong CERA Baxter is definitely better today, but I think Cain is better at XC than most realize. She was runner-up by a few seconds and looking at Baxter's face she was spent by the end. Cain didn't even look that tired.. She simply ran out of time to catch up. I truly thought no one would be within 20 seconds of Baxter today. Shows that Baxter isn't invincible in cross. I can't wait for track. Salazar said Cain is more fit than she was when she ran 4:11.. said she's right where some of his Olympic 1500 qualifiers were when they qualified.
Baxter winning shows that Baxter isn't invincible? Makes no sense
In all fairness, I think Mary had a pretty bad race tactically. She closed the majority of Baxter's lead over the last few hundred meters, ie she had too much left in the tank. If she had worked harder over the 4th K, she may have been able to outkick Sarah for the win at the end.
There are races where that time would be competitive. It would have won the NCAAs and been what 3rd in London? Could Baxter be competitive right now in a tactical 5000?