Claudia Lane 17:20 at Footlocker West

Speaking as Claudia Lane's uncle (and a not very good XC runner 25 years ago), what do people think is the effect of running big races every week, as she prepares for the championships next week? I now some of her non-Californian competition has had some time off, but I don't know how much that matters to a high school sophomore. So far, she's just having so much fun and excited to have the opportunity, but I'm also wondering for future years.

Racing is a skill. Keep racing.

Go enjoy the weekend in San Diego. I coached an athlete who made it and she lived it!

Enjoy the moment. Go for the win. as long as she has some good down time after she'll be fine. The important thing is she's loving it.

Seems like her coach is doing a good job, she's had a great jump this year.

Ps. Not buying the uncle bit but good troll bait.

glj/ wrote:

Racing is a skill. Keep racing.

Disagree. HS xc athletes race too much. Every other week is OK for all out efforts. Every third week even better.

Tell that to DJ Principe.

glj/ wrote:

Racing is a skill. Keep racing.

glj/ wrote:

Racing is a skill. Keep racing.

Mzungu Magnifique wrote:

Tell that to DJ Principe.

Annalyze wrote:

If only we could see the likes of Brie Oakley versus this girl. To put Claudia's performance in perspective the FL West course record was 17:14 set by Amber Trotter who went on to run a blazing 16:24 course record at Nationals. I would not be surprised to see this Sophomore win next week.

Makena Morley was 17:33 there two years ago. She didn't run within a minute of Amber Trotter's record. Amber Trotter's record is the single greatest HS girls performance of all time, and may stay that way forever. I wouldn't compare Claudia to Brie because of how close she was to Amber's time at the qualifier course. It was a great race, but I think it puts her maybe just above the level of Schadler and Chmiel at their best, not Oakley.

That being said, I would not be surprised to see her win next week, she's the favorite at the moment for sure.

Amber Trotter's "record" was on the Orlando course, not the Balboa Park course in San Diego.

Hotel del Coronado wrote:

qwe wrote:

Makena Morley was 17:33 there two years ago. She didn't run within a minute of Amber Trotter's record. Amber Trotter's record is the single greatest HS girls performance of all time, and may stay that way forever. I wouldn't compare Claudia to Brie because of how close she was to Amber's time at the qualifier course. It was a great race, but I think it puts her maybe just above the level of Schadler and Chmiel at their best, not Oakley.

That being said, I would not be surprised to see her win next week, she's the favorite at the moment for sure.

Amber Trotter's "record" was on the Orlando course, not the Balboa Park course in San Diego.

Agree with you. Melody Fairchild 16:39 in 1990 at Balboa Park is the Holy Grail of HS distance running as is Reuben Reina 13:36 in 1986.

JoJoCo wrote:

Hotel del Coronado wrote:

Amber Trotter's "record" was on the Orlando course, not the Balboa Park course in San Diego.

Agree with you. Melody Fairchild 16:39 in 1990 at Balboa Park is the Holy Grail of HS distance running as is Reuben Reina 13:36 in 1986.

Woops. That was stupid of me. Nevertheless, I stand that Amber Trotter's performance there was the best performance by a HS XC female in history. I don't think that Claudia is any where near her yet, and to compare the two is rash. Great Performance by Claudia and best of luck to her for next week.

P.S. Reino's time was 14:36. It was a tremendous performance, but it was also a race. He had people their to push him to the time. Amber Trotter was against the clock.

And I forgot to add that Melody Fairchild's performance/course record is #2 all-time imo.

Lane and Oakley raced each other at Woodbridge.

Oakley won by 23 sec and beat Sarah Baxter's course record by four sec.. Just sick.

JohnnyGoSlow wrote:

Lane and Oakley raced each other at Woodbridge.