Ferebee has been running 10:00 all spring. Some posters claimed that she was injured 2 months ago but she was so much better than everyone in the fall that it shouldn't matter. She ran 16:25 in XC where she split 9:45! And what about Anania? He won the Drake 1600 last year but had a below average XC season which he is following up with in track.
Nauman broke drake record in 3200 and tied record in the 800. He is only a junior. He is on track to be the best HS runner to come out of Iowa and that says a lot with guys like Schweizer, Heidesch, and Evans.
Frandsen had a nice race. I recall that she was a Drake outstanding athlete. What happened to Carney at Iowa State. She was also a Drake outstanding athlete.
Merrick did a lot of the work but that is why I took the field. Nauman looks unbeatable. I assume that he will win the 1600 but 800 will be close. What is up with Ferebee? She should have won this by 100 meters.
Wondering the same about Ferebee ... has she had injury or other health issues? Had she done well in other outdoor (or indoor) races since XC or no?
They say it normally takes athletes 6-9 months to fully return to the same athlete they were prior to major injury, much like the stress fracture of merrick, and ferebees issues. They will be ticking by state, don’t count them out.
Where is that naysayer? Nauman is the Drake record holder in the 800 and 1600 and 3200. And he only ran to win each event. He will hold all of the Iowa records by the time he graduates.
Records are about 1:50/3:59/8:50. He is only a junior but may hit those this year.
Heidesch ran 3:57.54 and ~8:39 for 16/32 en route to 3:59.08y and 8:42.60y. Nauman is phenomenal but I don’t see the indications that he can run those times this year. I do believe he can run 1:49 this season and the sky’s the limit for his future.
He set the Drake records in sit and kick races. He is capable of 1:49/3:59/8:45 this year. This kid will break all of the state records.
He did not run at the conference meet, strava has went private with no information on anything. Before he went private he mentioned he was getting an x-ray and MRI, and his left leg was messed up. I guess we will find out the full story next thursday, from what I heard he might be done for the year. Apparently his issues started the monday before drake.
Why did he go private on strava if he doesn't read this? If he isn't here and nobody is giving him advice, I hope a parent or coach steps in. Odd to have an elite 17 year old with no guidance.
Why did he go private on strava if he doesn't read this? If he isn't here and nobody is giving him advice, I hope a parent or coach steps in. Odd to have an elite 17 year old with no guidance.
Athlete mental health is a real thing, a lot of people have been giving him crap in multiple different places. Many forget if he wouldn’t have ended with a stress fracture at state XC, he would’ve made NXN and been all American. Many people also forget while Nauman is tearing up the track, and deserves it as he also works hard, Merrick smoked him every time he ran all out during XC. Over 10 seconds both times with multiple 14:4x performances.
Silly claim. He lost to Zuber at state and ran slower than Nauman. Neither Zuber or Nauman qualified. Why not claim that he would have won footlocker? And Nauman has moved to a different level. He is national class.
There is almost no bone stress injuries that allows an athlete to return to sport (particularly running) in 4-6 weeks. Others have suggested he had a "tibial stress reaction". If that is the case, it would likely be grade one or two. But this bone is weight bearing, and is therefore considered high risk. The incidence of recurrence in tibia is 20% among track athletes, and largely due to returning to run too soon. The average return to sport time with high risk grade 1-2 injury is 12-13 weeks. And that is the time to begin running again, not to go and race indoor. JWH is absolutely correct that doing this race is foolish. He has so much more to lose than gain. Needing to start the clock again in January would be make it very difficult to have much of a junior season.
I am a fan of this kid and have watched him run since elementary school. I hope he doesn't feel obliged to race because he made some bold statements about his goal time. A DNS would be just fine. Nobody will remember in April.