She has the speed, but not the strength.
She has the speed, but not the strength.
oookk wrote:
Aspiring Minds wrote:Sorry, but more damage is done by over exuberant folks gushing over young girls who are not even into their more mature bodies. For every Jordan Hasay, who manages to continue improving, there are ten young girls who don't make it through the process of growing up. Sorry, but those are the facts.
Those aren't the facts. Those are your own made up statistics.
You're right... Not 10 but thousands! Most girls slow down from freshman to senior year in HS. Most HS girls quit and don't run in college. She is an exception and has progressed nicely. Her HS coach is doing a great job.
Though my bet is her college coach is a high profile profile idiot who screws it up and her best year is freshman year xc.
Hope the pattern is broken and I'm wrong!
1st Baxter should go for the only HS XC race with a rabid world wide following, Footlocker High School National Championships at Morley Field.
She ran 5:20 pace for 3 miles on a fast surface (for XC). Yes the course was pretty rolling but it starts and finished at the same elevation.
That is a very good run but lets not get carried away.
I don't think that performance scares top collegiate girls much.
This was a spectacular performance! Let me say that I have seen all three of Sarah's Mt SAC races and they have all been dominant, but this one was special!
1) Mt. SAC does matter. This is the largest HS XC event in the USA. Sure there's extra swag that comes with a National title, but Sarah's parents and coach have been smart enough to not overwork her. This was a showcase event, a sweepstakes race with perfect conditions in front of a ton of people. She went for it and delivered.
2) Sarah has matured each year and doesn't seem to be growing into a busty/curvey non-runner. She barely fit in her shoes freshman year, grew 4 inches last year and still looks like a lean, mean running machine.
3) I don't know this girl, but from a distance she sure seems like a well grounded normal teenager. Gracious in her recognition, polite, yet goofy with her teammates after the race, I suspect that she will finish her HS years just like a normal teen from Simi Valley, not an overwoorked national phenom seeking fame.
I can't wait to watch the next (collegete) chapter of her life. I'll bet it will be a good one.
She could easily break 15 on the track right now.