Sadie is the only hs girl in America that's worthy or capable of making the Olympic team.
She is a world class 2 mile runner and I don't believe anyone in America can hang with her in the 2 mile or 5,000 meter distance. Including college girls.
Get a clue.
Sadie isn't even guaranteed to make the Trials, never mind make the Olympic team.
And Leachman is the national high school record holder in both the 3200 and the 5k.
Uh oh: Sadie's 1500m at Music City to attempt the Trials standard is scheduled for 7:20pm tomorrow evening, and I'm looking at the weather forecast (for Murfreesboro, TN) ... I'm slightly worried there might be torrential rain at almost exactly that time...
A rain delay might bring in cooler temps.
I hope they will actually delay it if necessary. A good number of the athletes will be racing it primarily to get qualifying times, so hopefully they'll prioritize that.
Tremendous kick for her, almost winning the race. In fact, she could have raced more aggressively and run even faster, as she had a ton left in the last 200m.
Yes, Sadie mentioned that in her interview. Sadie said that if she had run a little faster in the middle of the race that she probably could have run faster than 4:28.
Sadie's pacing is not what I would call bad exactly, but there is room for improvement. She rarely runs an even pace. Sometimes she goes out too fast, sometimes the middle of the race is too slow. She still has another year to get that figured out in high school. I think she can get down to around 4:24 or 4:25 in the mile before she graduates.
Can you even imagine NOT having perfect pacing as a High schooler???
while I do agree that sadie's race was amazing, i think that allie zealand's was just as amazing, even if it was 2 sec slower. lets give her some more credit
while I do agree that sadie's race was amazing, i think that allie zealand's was just as amazing, even if it was 2 sec slower. lets give her some more credit
Zealand's was a shock because nobody saw it coming including herself. I mean a 6 second PR and a national record? I didnt even consider that she might break the record until she was literally a few meters from the finish and realized the clock was still in the 4:20s. and then my first reaction was confusion. just like her. those first few seconds after she saw her time she had that "there must be some mistake" look on her face. what a run.
while I do agree that sadie's race was amazing, i think that allie zealand's was just as amazing, even if it was 2 sec slower. lets give her some more credit
Zealand's was a shock because nobody saw it coming including herself. I mean a 6 second PR and a national record? I didnt even consider that she might break the record until she was literally a few meters from the finish and realized the clock was still in the 4:20s. and then my first reaction was confusion. just like her. those first few seconds after she saw her time she had that "there must be some mistake" look on her face. what a run.
Even the announcers took a while to realize that it was a national record.
Yes, Sadie mentioned that in her interview. Sadie said that if she had run a little faster in the middle of the race that she probably could have run faster than 4:28.
Sadie's pacing is not what I would call bad exactly, but there is room for improvement. She rarely runs an even pace. Sometimes she goes out too fast, sometimes the middle of the race is too slow. She still has another year to get that figured out in high school. I think she can get down to around 4:24 or 4:25 in the mile before she graduates.
Can you even imagine NOT having perfect pacing as a High schooler???
If you are trying to say that a high school runner can't get their pacing right, then I disagree with that. Some high school runners are actually very good with their pacing. Some aren't. Some pick up the correct pacing quickly and some don't.
In any case, she has room for improvement on her 4:28 before she graduates high school.
Sadie ran a great race - for a high schooler. If you look at her times she is about 1 minute behind the fastest college women in the 5k. She is about 7 seconds slower in the 1500 and 4 seconds slower in the 800. She is a great HS runner but don’t get carried away. No Olympics this year, okay? Maybe in 2028 in LA.
I'm not a big Engelhardt fan. She ran 4:35 as a freshman; two years later her best is 4:28, 7 seconds faster. That's not a huge improvement. I see her as the classic example of a runner who has matured early - earlier than others - and is beyond her age group in that category (early maturity). As far as having world-class talent, no way, I don't see that at all. She's in great shape, trains well, but will never be great.
I'm not a big Engelhardt fan. She ran 4:35 as a freshman; two years later her best is 4:28, 7 seconds faster. That's not a huge improvement. I see her as the classic example of a runner who has matured early - earlier than others - and is beyond her age group in that category (early maturity). As far as having world-class talent, no way, I don't see that at all. She's in great shape, trains well, but will never be great.
this is a clown take from the same person who said she has "no ability to switch gears". should probably tell that to all the professional women she passed on the way to setting that record.
Zealand's was a shock because nobody saw it coming including herself. I mean a 6 second PR and a national record?
It just goes to show that big races sometime just happen. Wiley's 4:26 two summers ago was exactly the same, just a perfect race. Some runners creep slowly toward records like Englehardt has, and some runners just have a breakout race. Look at what Wiley has done since her breakout. Zealand may be looking at some big things in the next year or two.
After looking everywhere, it appears this is how to watch the meet. LOVE these PPV situations that tracklandia does!
I’m SHOCKED this hasn’t been hyped more. (I literally didn’t even know about this meet until this thread came out!).
NOTE: I reached out to tracklandia to confirm that this IS in fact the correct link for watching the meet today because the actual PPV link shows a date of MAY 1st, 2024 {not JUNE 1st, today}, (waiting to hear back, so I’m not 100% sure).
They must have received my message because right after I typed that last post I refreshed the tracklandia page and NOW the PPV link shows the JUNE 1st, 2024 date!
After looking everywhere, it appears this is how to watch the meet. LOVE these PPV situations that tracklandia does!
I’m SHOCKED this hasn’t been hyped more. (I literally didn’t even know about this meet until this thread came out!).
NOTE: I reached out to tracklandia to confirm that this IS in fact the correct link for watching the meet today because the actual PPV link shows a date of MAY 1st, 2024 {not JUNE 1st, today}, (waiting to hear back, so I’m not 100% sure).
After looking everywhere, it appears this is how to watch the meet. LOVE these PPV situations that tracklandia does!
I’m SHOCKED this hasn’t been hyped more. (I literally didn’t even know about this meet until this thread came out!).
NOTE: I reached out to tracklandia to confirm that this IS in fact the correct link for watching the meet today because the actual PPV link shows a date of MAY 1st, 2024 {not JUNE 1st, today}, (waiting to hear back, so I’m not 100% sure).
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This meet has grown from modest beginnings to highlight stacked international fields thanks to World Athletics Continental Silver Tour.Our calculations are c...
After looking everywhere, it appears this is how to watch the meet. LOVE these PPV situations that tracklandia does!
I’m SHOCKED this hasn’t been hyped more. (I literally didn’t even know about this meet until this thread came out!).
NOTE: I reached out to tracklandia to confirm that this IS in fact the correct link for watching the meet today because the actual PPV link shows a date of MAY 1st, 2024 {not JUNE 1st, today}, (waiting to hear back, so I’m not 100% sure).
However, I do also like to support groups like tracklandia (and there have been meets where they give the PPV money to the athletes, always a huge support of that!).
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