Yes, she hasn't been a year round runner. She swims winters and summers. I think this is her first year running some indoor races and still swam most of winter. She does majority of her training solo from I heard. Parents were runners/probs coach her.
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This is Renee Gunning's kid! She ran for NC State 20 years ago. She looks just like her.
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http://nbnm.net/fast-women/www.fast-women.com/athletes/interviews/2007/gunning060107.htm
Life comes at you fast.
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aiocejae wrote:
Life comes at you fast.
This whole sport is about genetics.
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bigmig19 wrote:
asdfsdf wrote:
surprised the previous record was just 10:48
Lots of indoor records going down for obvious reasons. I know 8th grade girls who have run 10 48 or better outdoors. But new territory for sure in her case.
Well, it's deceptive. When Sophia Rodriguez was in PA and in 8th grade she ran 10:12 for 2 Miles.
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Yes, 10:12 is outdoor record. Sophia did that at Nike Outdoor. Skelly can do that. She was less than 24 hours post 4:48.
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tfrrsftw wrote:
asdfsdf wrote:
surprised the previous record was just 10:48
Yeah, I’d have to imagine it still has something to do with how few states encourage competitive middle school athletics, particularly how few allow them to compete with/against high school athletes.
I have a feeling if youth track was as popular as youth swimming, we would see a lot more crazy times. or convince all those swim clubs to be youth triathlon🤣imagine everyone hitting 7th grade having done 6 hours of aerobic work for the past 6 years…
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has to be putting in major mileage and major training to run those times.
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What would you consider major milage?
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I. Rex wrote:
spikesss wrote:
Mackenzie ran from and won the slower heat. Natasza Dudek was in the hot heat. Wonder what Skelly would have done if in fastest heat?? Her time landed her 6th overall.
she ran in the Adidas XC Challenge last summer with a bunch of college athletes including most of NC States roster. was in shouting distance of names like Hartman and Gapes for most of the race. finished within seconds of Allie Zealand and Kate Putman and Angelina Napoleon. but shes been doing crazy stuff like this since before she was in middle school.
I mean she got second place in the New Balance Outdoor middle school mile when she was in 6th grade. ran a 5:04.
5:04 is really fast. Which makes 6th grader Angie Alder's time of 4:57.63 time that she ran on Thursday all the more impressive.
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Name? wrote:
Is she related to William Skelly - 1:49 / 3:45?
Is she related to Bryan Skelly former La Salle guy?
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Very Speedy wrote:
I. Rex wrote:
she ran in the Adidas XC Challenge last summer with a bunch of college athletes including most of NC States roster. was in shouting distance of names like Hartman and Gapes for most of the race. finished within seconds of Allie Zealand and Kate Putman and Angelina Napoleon. but shes been doing crazy stuff like this since before she was in middle school.
I mean she got second place in the New Balance Outdoor middle school mile when she was in 6th grade. ran a 5:04.
5:04 is really fast. Which makes 6th grader Angie Alder's time of 4:57.63 time that she ran on Thursday all the more impressive.
People forget Skelly ran 4:49 as a 7th grader as well, so making baby step progressions.
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Yes. Bryan Skelly, former LaSalle runner, is her dad.
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4:49 1600m as a 7th grader, 4:51 full mile.
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FormerFast wrote:
Her times are similar to what I ran as a 9th grade boy. Let’s see if she’s under 14 for 5k by 19 as well.
Progression is progression
Let's see if the boy hitting puberty and a girl who has been training for most of her life have the same progression? Idiocy and a nice dose of misogyny in one post.
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Saltybeach wrote:
has to be putting in major mileage and major training to run those times.
Wait until you realize she does not even run all year round. She swims which gives her enough strength to avoid injuries. Also pretty sure her mother was a good collegiate runner back in the day.
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There’s probably a couple states that have never had an 8th grade boy run that fast in the 2 mile. I know Maine hasn’t. Sub 5 8th grade boys are generational athletes for us lol.
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wdude wrote:
Follows up yesterday’s middle school national record of 4:48 in the mile with another national record of 10:14.39, shattering the previous record by 34 seconds.
Not sure what her training is like but let’s hope she is just running for fun and is insanely talented. Amazing to see this regardless!
hopefully in 5 years, she can run a 3:47 mile in as an 18-year-old like cam myers
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Video of her mile race; no 2-mile available that I can find
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