5 of those girls went pro, probably more than that.
Best one in that pic is Betsy Saina, visible just off the lead group.
Shelia Reid was a cutie, is she injured, haven't seen her a lot. Did Deb Maier dropped of the face of the earth?
she's apart of the brooks beasts
Guy is right... Betsy has turned into the best of that group. Incredible year. It's a shame there aren't any 10ks as I think she would be crazy good.
OP you already tried to have this convo earlier in the summer:
http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=5885078&page=1
and as everybody with half a brain on the thread said, slow your roll on judgement. development is a long process and that pic is less than 3 years old.
also, "talent" doesn't disappear. there is a lot of talent in that pack. it's figuring out how to get good race performances out of that talent that's the hard part & part that takes time.
They should have called John Cook, when they finished collegiate running !!!