WHY is NOBODY talking about the 19 year old Dutch girl who won the Stanford 10k invitational in 32:11.90?

zwama wrote:

This girl pretty much runs 32:11 by herself at age 19. When Hasay ran 32:45 last year in her 10k debut (yes Vastenburg also made her 10k track debut) she was pronounced the new hope for distance running! Are you Americans that arrogant?

Let's get real for a moment. Most Americans are more concerned with Americans, hence the constant outrage over Bernard Lagat being the most accomplished American distance runner within the last decade or so.

This is also why Rupp is such a huge deal on this board, despite only having an Olympic Silver and several American Records, and why Solinsky is also a big deal on this board, despite never even having been on an Olympic Team.

You should very clearly see that Americans favor American runners. Taking that into consideration, why on Earth would you expect a bunch of Americans care about a Dutch girl?

zwama wrote:

This girl pretty much runs 32:11 by herself at age 19. When Hasay ran 32:45 last year in her 10k debut (yes Vastenburg also made her 10k track debut) she was pronounced the new hope for distance running! Are you Americans that arrogant?

For the record, she is 20 years old. Her DOB is March 21 so she just turned 20.

It's very impressive for someone who has a 15:53 pb.

Event 86 Women 10000 Meter Run Section 1

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Name Year School Finals

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Finals

1 Jip Vastenburg Endurance 32:11.90

2 Elinor Kirk UAB 32:17.05

3 Lanni Marchant Asics/Canada 32:29.61

4 Stephanie Dinius NBSV 32:59.10

5 Megan Goethals Washington 33:05.77

6 Allison Mendez Adidas/ Rogue AC 33:12.05

7 Chelsea Blaase Tennessee 33:13.94

8 Kaitlin Gregg NBSV 33:14.40

9 Lindsay Flanagan Washington 33:15.12

10 Meghan McGlinchey La Salle 33:15.95

11 Abby Levene Colorado 33:17.58

12 Meaghan Nelson Unattached 33:29.79

13 Kelsey Santisteban California 33:31.85

14 Olivia Mickle Texas 33:40.14

15 Carrie Verdon Colorado 33:42.02

16 Elizabeth Anderson Vanderbilt 33:44.76

17 Kristen Busch Bradley 33:48.36

18 Aubrey Moskal Oiselle 33:50.02

19 Rachel Mitchell SRA Elite/Brooks 33:54.23

20 Bradi Hutchison Unattached 33:54.54

21 Hillary Montgomery Texas A&M 34:01.54

22 Devin McMahon Cornell 34:05.46

23 Taylor Ward Weber St 34:07.86

24 Katie Good Butler 34:13.26

25 Kristen Rohde Bowerman AC 34:16.45

26 Leigh Lattimore Lamar 34:19.82

27 Jana Soethout San Francisco 34:21.41

28 Caroline Kellner Cornell 34:21.94

29 Bethany Sachtleben George Mason 34:31.99

30 Nicole Camp Saucony/Clev 34:56.78

31 Megan Saloom Adidas Team Green 35:13.31

32 Claudia Copeland Unattached 35:41.31

33 Lauren Mugnaini Unattached 36:21.02

-- Sarah McMahon Bradley DNF

I wouldn't say us Americans are that arrogant.

It's just that a) there are few journalists left so no one wrote about the women's 10k. b) few actually watched the race as it costs $20 recurring and c) it involved someone from a non English speaking country so it's even harder to find articles to link to.

This girl pretty much runs 32:11 by herself at age 19. When Hasay ran 32:45 last year in her 10k debut (yes Vastenburg also made her 10k track debut) she was pronounced the new hope for distance running! Are you Americans that arrogant?

Is she cute?

Your comment about the Dutch not speaking English is a stretch. They speak English very well, some would say as well as a native speaker.There is a video of Jos Hermens being interviewed by a Dutch running journal and it's in English.The point is, Americans rule the media, and Americans do not care very much about non-American runners.It explains why Canadian runners are frequently ignored as well, except for those that attend U.S. universities.

Type A Douchebag wrote:

Your comment about the Dutch not speaking English is a stretch. They speak English very well, some would say as well as a native speaker.

He is right that it's hard to find an article to link to for an English-speaking site. Lots of Dutch news media picked it up

Decide for yourself.

http://www.jipvastenburg.com/

Wow, at 5'11", she may be the tallest woman ever to run that fast.

http://atletiekstad.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/179946_428767273834543_1440062901_n.jpg

Kirk of UAB also improved hugely from 15:59 (outdoor PR, 15:44 indoor)

Because Joyce Chepkirui went through the 10k mark in 30:56 en route to a half marathon today. It makes a 32:11 10k pale in comparison.

we have finally found the real dutchrunner

lots of tall women from years past as in Lynn Nelson , Leslie Welch , Lorraine Moller etc..

Netherlands has a couple million less people than Florida.

We could brag if we had maybe 20 US runners like this young woman from Netherlands.

Natosha Rogers is of course better but was so exploited as a collegiate she left the sport. Lisa Uhl, was promptly lost to post-collegiate overtraining.

None of whom were 5'11" (181cm)

A boy like you wrote:

lots of tall women from years past as in Lynn Nelson , Leslie Welch , Lorraine Moller etc..

No reason for anti-Americanism here for a performance that none of us even knew about from an athlete no one here had heard of. However, this is quite a strong performance, particularly for someone with not as impressive pr's (9:03/4:21) at shorter distances (15:53 at 5000m and now an average of 16:05.x in a 10000!). This is just off of the 2012 Olympic B standard for 10000 (32:10), and more off of the A standard of 31:45, which Hasay just missed.

Note too that she recently ran 1:13 hm and aspires to run the marathon in the Olympics in 2020. Vastenburg does look very much like someone with A standard 10000m potential even within the next year and the shorter stuff should fall as well.

http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/netherlands/jip-vastenburg-267286

Damn hope Oregon recruits this young lady for the Netherlands Spelling

Exaggerate much? Where did anyone proclaim Hasay he new hope for distance running? She has a chance of becoming a top American but I have never seen someone suggest she is going to be the best in the world.

zwama wrote:

This girl pretty much runs 32:11 by herself at age 19. When Hasay ran 32:45 last year in her 10k debut (yes Vastenburg also made her 10k track debut) she was pronounced the new hope for distance running! Are you Americans that arrogant?

eurika wrote:

we have finally found the real dutchrunner

Only if she races in wooden shoes.

Because it's kenenisa time

zwama wrote:

This girl pretty much runs 32:11 by herself at age 19. When Hasay ran 32:45 last year in her 10k debut (yes Vastenburg also made her 10k track debut) she was pronounced the new hope for distance running! Are you Americans that arrogant?

Chill, man. Here in Norway, we go on and on and on about mediocre Norwegian runners. Having lived in Germany a couple decades, I can tell you that Germans go on and on and on about German runners. The latter is the least patriotic country I can think of in the west, the former is the most patriotic. And yet, despite clear discrepencies in their overall level of national chauvanism, they tend to concentrate on the runners from their own neighborhood.

Quit fishing for things to get annoyed with Americans about.