Natalie Cook walked by me about 5 minutes after her race. She wasn't limping and she didn't seem injured.
The previous poster who said Natalie Cook was limping probably misunderstood how Natalie Cook walks. Because she is bowlegged she walks very unusually. The first time I saw her walk I thought she was injured too.
One thing I did notice was that Natalie Cook has gained weight in the past few months. Maybe some injury that I'm not aware of caused her to miss some training time which would explain the weight gain.
I think it's just a temporary setback and hopefully she will be fine by outdoor nationals.
You could very well be accurate but you may want to relax. Seems like you may be following Natalie a little too closely
Why not drop out? Limping in a 17:20 is far more embarassing
Her coach obviously knew she wasn't in great shape, so why have her run at all? Just keep training in March and get ready for outdoors.
I’m wondering about this too? Doesn’t seem to be a wise choice for confidence and it could have opened up a spot for the next gal in line to get a chance to race. Next person in would have gotten more value
High jump is getting interesting. Texas A&M' Distin seems to have it locked up when she cleared 1.88 and all 6 other jumpers had two misses. Three jumpers ended up clearing on their final attempt to send four jumpers to 1.91.
We learned a lot yesterday in the 5k and I see a repeat here. The Alabama ladies will lead a slow pace w Tuohy tucked in behind. Touhy will move hard w 1k to go and will have to work harder to shake also McCabe, Gregory, Markezich, Roe and Maatoug.
Oregon St and BYU both have 2 runners, but I'd be shocked now to see new faces at the front. The pack again has 3 w/Bush in for Seymour. Bush looked sharp in the dmr, she will track Chmiel and have a strong finish.
Gregory and Maatoug will be fried from the mile. McCabe, Markezich and Roe will try to hang on to Touhy, but will fail. Chmiel and Bush will move through the carnage.
Result Touhy in 9:08, McCabe, Bush, Olemomoi, Chmiel, Roe, Chelangat, Markezich.