is it at all possible to give these kids a hand without talk of "burning out"? whenever some wonderkid does something awesome, all i ever hear is... "enjoy it now, cause it won't last much longer".
ease up, i think it's great that there are kids out there running their butts off! as long as the motivation comes from within, and not some pyscho parent, then it really doesn't matter... does it.
You have to understand that even if she doesn't get any better she will still be running times that are good enough to compete with very good high school runners. She still has 3 years to improve and hasn't shown any signs of "burning out" yet. Just let the kid run. I don't understand why you feel the need to criticize her.
Spanky,
Please go back and read what I wrote and I think you'll see it differently.
I didn't criticize her AT ALL! I was talking about what I felt were the reasons why young kids have experienced burn out. I didn't say that she will or that she's a bad person for running so much at age 12 or however old she is. I didn't even predict that she will burn out. Just made an observation about why so many young runners have burned out in the past.
Read my other comment to the last person who also criticized me unjustly. Good for her that she runs so well. More power to her. I wasn't knocking her off her pedestal at all.
With the both of you responding as you did, I had the brief moment's thought that perhaps I wasn't being clear in my original message. Turns out I was clear.
my opinion is that we've seen this before at various periods in time..she will be out of the sport by 19..she may be enjoying it now..and is great ..but running competitive high level times in Road Races at 11?? Come on ..what will be in the tank when her body changes and 6-7 more years of competitive training..and you just don't get to those times with amazing natural ability she must be running some miles now..just an opinion
I wonder if she'll talk funny like Kerrie Strug.
What became of this kid?
looks like she competed at Harvard
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2012/9/11/jackucewicz-aotw-cross-country/
Ran across this thread when searching for another topic. I lived in NJ when Bri was running those fast times on the roads. Her dad was intense and they ran high mileage (80+ per week was the rumor)… She went to Harvard, struggled with repeated injuries and raced a few times (mostly around 18:00 for 5k). Didn’t appear to run post-collegiate and now works for Nike. She was interviewed a few times when young and insisted that she wasn’t pressured to run and really enjoyed it…
https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/4068523/Harvard/Bri_Jackucewicz.html
She is the poster child for using running to get into best school, and then working her way up the corporate ladder.
- held hs track 5k record for a while
- state / national hs runner at Colt's Neck, NJ
- went to Harvard to run, battled injuries, but stuck with it. Best results as Sr.
- graduated 2013 Econ
- bounced around marketing, sales, pr jobs
- landed at Nike, and worked her way up to Product Director, Sports Apps
- fun job, good pay (check glass door)
- 9 yrs out of undergrad, 1 step from gm level, pretty good pace.
I think I will go recruit her for adidas, they are behind in apps.