The timing company had some weird splits. They had 1000 meters. 1 mile, 2460 meters, 3020 meters, 4000 meters, 4560 meters, and the finish, 6000 meters. Valby came through the 4560 m mark at 14:12.5. Assuming that was an accurate distance, her 5000 time would be about 15:34.8. Doing the math and extrapolating what her last 1000 would have been, assuming the course was accurate, would give us a time of roughly 2:25. That would mean that she was running 3:53 per mile pace for that last 1000.
Valby ran a great race today. She and everyone else in the race just didn’t run a full 6000.
the precision and the accuracy of the splits seem at odds with each other
Yeah, when you look at the splits, Valby had a time of 12:27.9 at 4000. That’s a pace of about 5:01 per mile. Her finishing time was 17:59.6. If she were to really do that, she ran the last 2000 at about a 4:26 pace.
Again, a great run, just not an accurate distance.
I am in a dilemma. I actually think 3 of my favorite collegiate distance runners all have a great chance of winner this year country championship: Katelyn, Parker, and Dorcus. I placed them in no certain order because I wouldn't be surprised if either of the three won.
The Alabama DUO closed from 50m down in the last 1000m to finish within 20 meters of Parker today and they were closing on her vert quickly. At Championship I don't think Dorcus will allow Parker that big a gap. Parker will have to break her or she will definitely lose to the freshman's finishing speed and Katelyn will have to hang on til the last 500m and hope to be within 5 seconds of either to have a chance of winning.
Times are irrelevant in XC. OP and high school coaches obsession with fast pancake flat golf courses are what’s killing the sport. Give me mud, trees, hills, uneven footing, and an unknown distance and let the best duke it out.
I am in a dilemma. I actually think 3 of my favorite collegiate distance runners all have a great chance of winner this year country championship: Katelyn, Parker, and Dorcus. I placed them in no certain order because I wouldn't be surprised if either of the three won.
The Alabama DUO closed from 50m down in the last 1000m to finish within 20 meters of Parker today and they were closing on her vert quickly. At Championship I don't think Dorcus will allow Parker that big a gap. Parker will have to break her or she will definitely lose to the freshman's finishing speed and Katelyn will have to hang on til the last 500m and hope to be within 5 seconds of either to have a chance of winning.
I think we will see Lemngole, Tuohy, Olemomoi and maybe someone else? Hot on Valby's heels. And then it will be a race the final 1500m. I was impressed by how well Lemngole closed today.
I am in a dilemma. I actually think 3 of my favorite collegiate distance runners all have a great chance of winner this year country championship: Katelyn, Parker, and Dorcus. I placed them in no certain order because I wouldn't be surprised if either of the three won.
The Alabama DUO closed from 50m down in the last 1000m to finish within 20 meters of Parker today and they were closing on her vert quickly. At Championship I don't think Dorcus will allow Parker that big a gap. Parker will have to break her or she will definitely lose to the freshman's finishing speed and Katelyn will have to hang on til the last 500m and hope to be within 5 seconds of either to have a chance of winning.
I think we will see Lemngole, Tuohy, Olemomoi and maybe someone else? Hot on Valby's heels. And then it will be a race the final 1500m. I was impressed by how well Lemngole closed today.
No I think they run it the way AL ran it today - give her a gap but keep it within about 10 seconds thru 4K and then see if someone can run her down.
I think we will see Lemngole, Tuohy, Olemomoi and maybe someone else? Hot on Valby's heels. And then it will be a race the final 1500m. I was impressed by how well Lemngole closed today.
No I think they run it the way AL ran it today - give her a gap but keep it within about 10 seconds thru 4K and then see if someone can run her down.
First of 18 races in the books on NCAA XC regional Friday.
Florida's Parker Valby wins the South regional in 17:59.6 for what was definitely not a 6k course. Tennessee and Florida women the first two teams to punch their tickets to Virginia for NCAAs.https://t.co/sWJ2iRo0e3pic.twitter.com/uad8cvxIs7
You can’t tell what she’s wearing in the picture above. Do you have a close up of her shoes?
I don’t buy that she was wearing Pegasuses.
My dad said when he ran in college that a lot of guys wore Nike Oregon Waffles but unless you’re running HS XC in California where spikes are prohibited or the course has a lot of pavement, nobody wears flats and for sure they’re not wearing trainers.
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