She ran 15:37 indoors 5 YEARS ago, yes? THAT was unbelievable.
She ran well this weekend, sure. But like with most other middle/high school phenoms, the bar has been gradually lowered to now consider “2nd place…..in a slow race…..but finished fast!” as something it’s not.
We’ll know it’s close to over when we start hearing “she’s still young.”
Heartless wrote:
She ran 15:37 indoors 5 YEARS ago, yes? THAT was unbelievable.
She ran well this weekend, sure. But like with most other middle/high school phenoms, the bar has been gradually lowered to now consider “2nd place…..in a slow race…..but finished fast!” as something it’s not.
We’ll know it’s close to over when we start hearing “she’s still young.”
I am quite sure the 15:37 was 4 years ago.
She is still young. She has plenty of time to improve.
Wayment's PR was about 16:37 4 years ago and somehow she is faster than Tuohy now.
Farrah Fawcett Was an Actress wrote:
Wayment's PR was about 16:37 4 years ago and somehow she is faster than Tuohy now.
courtney wayment at 20 had a 16:37 pr
katelyn tuohy at 19 has a 15:30 pr and a 31s kick
easy to ignore giving tuohy's credentials, but that is so impressive in so many levels that people just shrug off such achievement simply because she's katelyn tuohy
tuohy can be in sub 15 shape by end of the year. in time trial conditions, 15:1x is probably current.
fingers crossed she can get a good streak of health and training.
But Wayment has dropped minutes from her time since she was 15 while Tuohy is still running the same times. There is no reason to think that Tuohy will improve. In terms of credentials, Wayment is faster. There are no age groups regardless of how much you want there to be.
Heartless wrote:
She ran 15:37 indoors 5 YEARS ago, yes? THAT was unbelievable.
She ran well this weekend, sure. But like with most other middle/high school phenoms, the bar has been gradually lowered to now consider “2nd place…..in a slow race…..but finished fast!” as something it’s not.
We’ll know it’s close to over when we start hearing “she’s still young.”
We are already hearing that. It is very strange how every former phenoms' races are rationalized until the end of time.
Farrah Fawcett Was an Actress wrote:
Tuohy is still running the same times. There is no reason to think that Tuohy will improve.
She's PR'd over every distance in the last year and turned from a time trialer to a kicker after dealing with injury issues from her junior year onwards. Obviously removing context is going to make it seem like she hasn't improved.
Seems to be doing alright currently. I'm losing track of the "I told you sos." Last time out it was the ones who knew she would never AA or be a good ncaa runner. Smart bunch.
I think she'll probably sign with Adidas... And so will Kelsey Camille and Hanna steelman... join henes... but who knows still time