Jessica Lawson - Upstate NY emerging star

Ummm....wrong link.

http://www.runnersworld.com/high-school-profiles/school-workout-milk-the-cows-all-in-a-days-work-for-jessica-lawson

She is the real deal! Just ran fastest time of the day at Manhattan college invite. Team was not in Eastern states race because some girls were taking tests, she certainly would have been faster had she been in the race. Still, 14:18 is a great time at Van Courtlandt! Big things to come from her for sure!

Manhattan College man wrote:

She is the real deal! Just ran fastest time of the day at Manhattan college invite. Team was not in Eastern states race because some girls were taking tests, she certainly would have been faster had she been in the race. Still, 14:18 is a great time at Van Courtlandt! Big things to come from her for sure!

Well what race did she run/ not run ?

Your lack of coherence is duly noted .

Van 'Courtlandt' , really ?

You're a black eye to Manhattan .

YWell what race did she run/ not run ?

Your lack of coherence is duly noted .

Van 'Courtlandt' , really ?

You're a black eye to Manhattan .[/quote]

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You are a douche.

She ran the Varsity C race because 3 teammates were taking the SAT (according to our local paper). Too bad she didn't get to go head-to-head with Weini Kelati (the 18 year old "freshman" from Eritrea) in the Eastern States Championship, but she was two seconds faster - 14:18 to 14:20.

In addition, Annika Avery of FM finished second at Eastern States in 14:24, and Lawson blew her doors off at McQuaid.

I swear I am not connected to her. I am just a big running fan of Molly Huddle, and can't believe our little area is perhaps producing another big time distance talent. Super fun to watch.

Well what race did she run/ not run ?

Your lack of coherence is duly noted .

Van 'Courtlandt' , really ?

You're a black eye to Manhattan .

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I bet you don't have any friends. What a jerk.

Is Jessica related to Jerry Lawson?

You are right to be excited - she looks like she's got a world of potential. She's only 15 and running as fast (faster) as the number 7 ranked CC runner (Flotrack) in the country in Kelati. Should be a lot of fun to watch her progress. Thanks for pointing her out.

I find it amusing that she gets credit on this board so far more for Manhatten than Mcquaid in which she broke the course record, and ran far away from Abbey Wheeler and the fm pack. Anybody who remotely follows high school xc would have pointed her out as someone who has potential a year ago, while she was still a freshmen. She did win the NY federation championship race...

qwe wrote:

I find it amusing that she gets credit on this board so far more for Manhatten than Mcquaid in which she broke the course record, and ran far away from Abbey Wheeler and the fm pack. Anybody who remotely follows high school xc would have pointed her out as someone who has potential a year ago, while she was still a freshmen. She did win the NY federation championship race...

Did you read the OP's post? Her accomplishments were pretty much covered. People are talking about the Manhattan race because it was her most recent accomplishment. If you remotely followed this message board you would know there were post's about her last year. Try to keep up.

I find it amusing that she gets credit on this board so far more for Manhatten than Mcquaid in which she broke the course record, and ran far away from Abbey Wheeler and the fm pack. Anybody who remotely follows high school xc would have pointed her out as someone who has potential a year ago, while she was still a freshmen. She did win the NY federation championship race...[/quote]

There are a lot of jerks on this board. Forgive me for having a busy life and not knowing about every single prospect out there.[quote]qwe wrote:

Oh oh pick me wrote:

Manhattan College man wrote:

She is the real deal! Just ran fastest time of the day at Manhattan college invite. Team was not in Eastern states race because some girls were taking tests, she certainly would have been faster had she been in the race. Still, 14:18 is a great time at Van Courtlandt! Big things to come from her for sure!

Well what race did she run/ not run ?

Your lack of coherence is duly noted .

Van 'Courtlandt' , really ?

You're a black eye to Manhattan .

PoisonIvy wrote:

Is Jessica related to Jerry Lawson?

Not that I know of. I know her and her father. He coaches her high school team.

I'm a coach in the same Conference.

Lshek wrote:

I find it amusing that she gets credit on this board so far more for Manhatten than Mcquaid in which she broke the course record, and ran far away from Abbey Wheeler and the fm pack. Anybody who remotely follows high school xc would have pointed her out as someone who has potential a year ago, while she was still a freshmen. She did win the NY federation championship race...

There are a lot of jerks on this board. Forgive me for having a busy life and not knowing about every single prospect out there.

qwe wrote:

As long as you forgive the people who don't remotely follow HS XC, you are forgiven.

qwe wrote:

I find it amusing that she gets credit on this board so far more for Manhatten than Mcquaid in which she broke the course record, and ran far away from Abbey Wheeler and the fm pack. Anybody who remotely follows high school xc would have pointed her out as someone who has potential a year ago, while she was still a freshmen. She did win the NY federation championship race...

The jerks on this board kill me, though it is to be expected. Do a simple message board search. I started two threads on Lawson last year, (using different poster names, I think. Don't post enough to remember what name I use.) Despite how OBVIOUS her talent is, Lawson has gotten very little mention on Dye Stat or MileSplit until this week.

In any case, the parallels between Lawson and Molly Huddle are uncanny - from the same area, dads were competitive distance runners in college (Huddle's dad at ND; Lawson's dad at University of Rochester), coached my their dad in high school, gradually increased effort/distance over many years to prevent body breakdown, naturally thin but healthy...

The whole thing is very exciting. Can't wait to see how the post season plays out. Jessica has got to be considered a national contender.

I have seen this girl run.

I know it is really early to make predictions, but she has all the tools it takes to make a superior distance runner. Will be fun to see what happens.