Sydney Vaught (Thorvaldson) solos 15:02

She was 11th in NCAA CC in 2023 and 13th last year. She has run 15:20 outdoors. This is not that big of an outlier. I'm surprised because I'd read she was intent on going to Vet school. Maybe she still is. But she clearly has not given up on her running career yet.

no one said she wasnt good before this, but 18 seconds at that level is... a lot. And definitely a large jump from 8:49 and 8:50+ she has run this season. And 13th at cross doesn't typically belie 15:02. Great race!

NCAA XC top 13 and 5k PR: 1) Doris 14:51 2)Jane 14:44 3) Hilda 14:52 4) Riley 14:58 5) Gapes 15:47 (she’s split way faster than that in XC) 6) Hartman 14:58 7) Isca 15:07 8) Vera 15:27 9) Silan 15:15 10) Dalton 15:11 11) Kiplagat 15:12 12) Naukot 15:11. Obviously an incredible performance by Sydney but she’s shown 15:10-15:15 potential previously!

The biggest surprise is that she did this solo in a conf champ race. Not a time trial at bu. 1502 solo at a conference meet is badass.

Not to take away from sydneys run, that was incredible but where is her fellow teammate Noe?

She can go low 31 or possibly sub-31 outdoors in the 10,000.

Great run by Syd. She's running the 3000 right now and needs to score some points for the Hogs team effort.

It was clear the gators were going to win, even before the 3k

With Sydney Vaught in the DMR, Arkansas should be able to finish in the top two at nationals. Without her, Arkansas might not score any points in the DMR because they don't have another really good miler.

There is always a chance that Sydney could finish top two in the 5k at nationals, but if Arkansas is making the decision on which event she runs at nationals based on team points, I think the DMR is the safer bet.

Thorvaldson was a high school phenom at same time as Jenna Hutchins.

They are both having some breakout performances this indoor, after years of plugging along in the "just very good" crowd.

Add in Angelina Perez and Sydney Masciarelli running well and it's been a nice year for persistent phenoms.

...and of course both Hedengren and Engelhardt have been solid right out of the gate.

Is that the High School girl who placed in top 7 at Footlocker or NXN a few years ago and got married at like 19?

Jenna H has been injured like 68% of her time at BYU. Seems like shes been there 5+ years now too.

3rd at 2019 nxn and got married last summer I believe. HS class of 2021 - in 5th year, 22 almost 23 as we speak.