I'm from Jersey. Don't know much about her but I know about her school.
The Lawrenceville School. It is the number 1 private high school in the country (google it). Cost $80k a year. She has access to the best of everything, top shoes, training facilites, etc.
Add that to obvious natural talent and I'm surprised the school doesn't have more top runners, but they recruit for other sports. The campus is nicer than most Universities.
I'm from Jersey. Don't know much about her but I know about her school.
The Lawrenceville School. It is the number 1 private high school in the country (google it). Cost $80k a year. She has access to the best of everything, top shoes, training facilites, etc.
Add that to obvious natural talent and I'm surprised the school doesn't have more top runners, but they recruit for other sports. The campus is nicer than most Universities.
All I know is that my senior year, one of their runners ran there for a year as a 19 year old post-grad 5th year / and outkicked me for the 3200m county title. I'm an old guy and am still salty about it!
Bartlett is the girl that dumpstered Ritzenhein in the final lap at Penn Relays
It's over for Ritzenhein. Even her Daddy's "magic" and high altitude training don't stand a chance against Bartlett and Dudek.
That's what everyone thought 2 years ago at NXN. No one thought Ritzenhein could beat Leachman and Forsyth, but they both ran bad races and Ritzenhein won.
Yes, Bartlett and Dudek are the favorites, but you never know what can happen on race day.
I'm from Jersey. Don't know much about her but I know about her school.
The Lawrenceville School. It is the number 1 private high school in the country (google it). Cost $80k a year. She has access to the best of everything, top shoes, training facilites, etc.
Add that to obvious natural talent and I'm surprised the school doesn't have more top runners, but they recruit for other sports. The campus is nicer than most Universities.
Their new indoor track should be nice to train on. Nice new banked track
Bartlett is the girl that dumpstered Ritzenhein in the final lap at Penn Relays
It's over for Ritzenhein. Even her Daddy's "magic" and high altitude training don't stand a chance against Bartlett and Dudek.
Nobody seems to think much about Lowen from the Southeast, who is also winning races by minutes???
Summer Wilson appears to be the leading CA runner now, but there's about 5 other leaders heading into the famous Woodward Park Merge.
I have my bet on Lilly Alder still winning NXN, but I may end up looking foolish. Also curious to see how Ritz peaks, and competes against the youngsters.
I'm from Jersey. Don't know much about her but I know about her school.
The Lawrenceville School. It is the number 1 private high school in the country (google it). Cost $80k a year. She has access to the best of everything, top shoes, training facilites, etc.
Add that to obvious natural talent and I'm surprised the school doesn't have more top runners, but they recruit for other sports. The campus is nicer than most Universities.
Again, thank you very much for the insights.
Did Google Lawrenceville School.
Needless to say, academics is the #1 priority. As opposed to a sports-focused school like IMG Academy in FL.
Now that Bartlett has dropped tennis & fully committed to running, top-academic universities which emphasize distance programs should be knocking on her door.
Stanford, Duke, Princeton, Harvard, Notre Dame . . . fantastic options from which to choose.
Charlotte Bednar also came from there. You would never see her run, but then all of sudden...... she's at race and wins. Craziest form ever.
You almost never saw her because The Lawrenceville School doesn't run in the normal NJ meets.
Lawrenceville School is part of the Mid-Atlantic Prep League (other members include The Hill School, Blair Academy, The Hun School, Mercersburg Academy, and Peddie School). In addition, Lawrenceville requires their students to participate in some kind of sports. From their athletics website: "Here at Lawrenceville, we have a three term sports requirement that consists of participation in interscholastic sports, or dance, or intramurals for Third and Fourth Form students, and interscholastic sports or lifetime sports for Second and Fifth Form students."
I've seen something similar at other small prep schools too, especially for interscholastic play.
Oh, the other thing I know about the Lawrenceville school is that the campus was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, who also designed Central Park in NYC and the grounds of the US Capitol.
I'm from Jersey. Don't know much about her but I know about her school.
The Lawrenceville School. It is the number 1 private high school in the country (google it). Cost $80k a year. She has access to the best of everything, top shoes, training facilites, etc.
Add that to obvious natural talent and I'm surprised the school doesn't have more top runners, but they recruit for other sports. The campus is nicer than most Universities.
All I know is that my senior year, one of their runners ran there for a year as a 19 year old post-grad 5th year / and outkicked me for the 3200m county title. I'm an old guy and am still salty about it!
More people don't go there because they can get good coaching from surrounding towns and not have to pay $80k. The West Windsor schools and Princeton HS have had very good teams. Why would you go to a school that's not a part of the NJSIAA and you can't ever compete for a state title? It's not like she has incredible people to train with. Not sure what town she is from but the two teams I mentioned above have very good runners. You could argue she would be better with girls that are also good instead of training alone.
All I know is that my senior year, one of their runners ran there for a year as a 19 year old post-grad 5th year / and outkicked me for the 3200m county title. I'm an old guy and am still salty about it!
More people don't go there because they can get good coaching from surrounding towns and not have to pay $80k. The West Windsor schools and Princeton HS have had very good teams. Why would you go to a school that's not a part of the NJSIAA and you can't ever compete for a state title? It's not like she has incredible people to train with. Not sure what town she is from but the two teams I mentioned above have very good runners. You could argue she would be better with girls that are also good instead of training alone.
Agreed, but she didn't go there originally to run, it was for the academics and tennis. The percentage of kids from that school that go to Ivy's is insane.
Probably this has been overlooked today amidst all the NCAA talk.
Blair Bartlett, a Jr at Lawrenceville School in NJ, won the NXR NE Regional.
She won by 45 secs to remain undefeated this season.
She was playing tennis this time last year.
But that's not what's amazing.
What's amazing is her winning time: 17:00.6 on the infamously hilly Bowdoin Park 5k course in Wappingers Falls, NY, fully a minute faster than her winning time at the Bowdoin Park Classic back in September.
Which trails only Katelyn Tuohy's 16:45.2 CR as well as her 16:52.4 former CR.
Prior to Tuohy's runs in 2017 & 2018, Aisling Cuffe held the 5k CR in 17:16.9 from 2010.
Forum readers from New York - one I recall having the handle Upper State -- believe Katelyn's 16:45.2 at the 2018 Section 1 Coaches Invitational was the greatest xc race of her hs career.
So now, along comes a xc rookie who runs just 15 secs slower than the acknowledged GOAT of US HS XC racing.
Who is Blair Bartlett? Any NJ/NY xc fans here who can fill us in?
I know a little bit about Natasza Dudek given sister Zofia's career at Stanford which I follow.
Now, are Bartlett & Dudek the NXN (and maybe Brooks if they run that) favorites?