Juliette Whittaker breaks HS 800m record of Mary Cain

Who was Rupp’s coach in College?

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Cain never improved, correct?

Whittaker attended a small Catholic girls school. There is a corresponding Catholic boys school nearby. Her father coaches at the boys school and her workouts were with his team under his direction.

That's so awesome and I'm a little pissed off. Totally forgot about this part of the schedule and we were at Track Town when the race went off.

Not a High School record if she as already graduated High School.

So Lex has the 5000m HS record?

You should let him know

Still only a tiny mention of Whittaker linking to this thread on the homepage. I know with senior USAs going on it's harder for juniors to warrant coverage, and Cade Flatt did compete at seniors instead of juniors. But it seems messed up that there are FIVE mentions of Flatt on the homepage right now and only the one of Whittaker. Do better, LRC.

Flatt does a much better job of marketing himself. Whittaker doesn't even try. That's why Flatt gets mentioned a lot more.

If Whittaker had been saying all the things that Flatt has been saying, then she'd get more attention.

But Whittaker doesn't care if she gets attention. And she never predicted that she would break the high school 800 record because she admitted that she didn't think that she could do it.

People with big mouths get the most attention. Cade Flatt, Sha'Carri Richardson, Noah Lyles. Like it or not, that's just the way it is.

Exactly . Whitaker leaves her talking on the track. Flatt and Lyles and rojo are big mouth hams. Lyell especially being disrespectful to his own teammate. I dont think Whittaker could be bombastic if she tried. These low self esteem athletes begging for attention could learn humility from Barry Sanders.

It's too bad Whittaker didn't try to qualify for the World Championships. I definitely think she could have been right in the mix w/ Rogers for that 3rd spot. Guess we'll never know.

Whittaker going into USA's with a PR of 1:59.80 would be expected to beat last year's Olympic bronze medalist? That's a pretty big stretch. She might not even have made the final.

In any case, Whittaker was asked about that and said she purposely wanted to run the USA U20 championships, and then world U20, because she wants to compete with people her own age while she still can.

Plus she has a shot to medal, or win, at world U20. While even if she qualified for the regular Worlds in Eugene, no way she comes even close to getting a medal.

Also, she mentioned that getting to go to South America was something she was very excited about, as opposed to going right back to Eugene in a few weeks from now.

Whittaker made the right decision. Let her be a kid for a few more weeks. She'll have plenty of opportunities to run with adults in the future.

Whitaker's record occurred in a JR race at the US championships, the same day Sydney broke the WR. It would be inappropriate to blackpage and take away from US champs and a WR. If this was next week, 100% Whitaker gets a blackpage. Be fair people, Letsrun needed to cover the 2nd most important track meet in the world this year, and they gave plenty of mention to Whitaker given the circumstances. I doubt her and her father want the attention and pressure, just move on the next step quietly and let results speak for themselves may be best.