Where's sjs glazers on Dailey once again taking coveted spots from deserving runners and not toeing line. From CIF 3200m last year to Arcadia 800m invite to mt sac and more. Speak up.
She ran the 3200 at state last year. And the year before.
C Dailey started the 3200 at the 2025 CIF state meet but was a DNF after running the 1600 prelim on Friday and finals earlier in the day on Saturday. I think this type of double is extremely difficult to successfully pull off given the typical weather at the CIF state meet and talent level.
Stress fracture I think. Some sort of serious injury
>Curtis
Ineligible. I think she ran 4:16 or something at Clay
>Wilson
Dealt with injury this season. Raced at leagues last week.
Will running unattached become more prevalent in CA? That’s two in consecutive years from one school.
Hard to say. CIF states and regular season invitationals are competitive enough that it still makes sense for a talented athlete to run the full table. IIRC Curis is only running unattached this season because of some leftover penalty from last year.
I don't like the status quo though. Athletes shouldn't be penalized for seeking better regular season competition.
Will running unattached become more prevalent in CA? That’s two in consecutive years from one school.
I hope not. The point of running in high school is that it's giving your focus to training without the stress of being an adult. In high school these kids are alive with the joy of finding your limits. Moving too quickly to the pro or unattached level puts a lot more pressure on them. Training alone without the mental and physical resilience of fully mature adults. I saw this with Sadie. I didn't see this with Noonan.
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2 private coaches in particular. Then there is the jserra stuff. Then the dailey stuff skipping 3200m last year, Arcadia 800m, and Mt. SAC - taking spots from deserving athletes.
2 private coaches in particular. Then there is the jserra stuff. Then the dailey stuff skipping 3200m last year, Arcadia 800m, and Mt. SAC - taking spots from deserving athletes.
Yep. Toxicity of those private coaches. They don't care about anyone or teams, except the individuals that are paying them.
Stress fracture I think. Some sort of serious injury
>Curtis
Ineligible. I think she ran 4:16 or something at Clay
>Wilson
Dealt with injury this season. Raced at leagues last week.
Summer Wilson raced at a league meet? I don't see anything in Athletic since NB Indoors.
Aelo's ineligibility is absurd. Yes, she should have known the risk regarding the rule, but the problem is that the rule is rubbish. Sure, any records set while running in college or pro race should not count as a high school time, but to make an athlete completely ineligible from competing for CIF is absurd. There are few athletes worthy of racing at a higher level during high school, and there should be some allowance (maybe they can race higher competition twice or something) for them to get pulled by faster runners to test their fitness and speed. Regardless, CIF sucks for completely eliminating 2 seasons of Aelo's HS track career and 1 season of Sadie's HS career. They're allowed to have paying NIL's, but they can't run in a fast race outside of HS competition? Dumb.
Summer Wilson raced at a league meet? I don't see anything in Athletic since NB Indoors.
Aelo's ineligibility is absurd. Yes, she should have known the risk regarding the rule, but the problem is that the rule is rubbish. Sure, any records set while running in college or pro race should not count as a high school time, but to make an athlete completely ineligible from competing for CIF is absurd. There are few athletes worthy of racing at a higher level during high school, and there should be some allowance (maybe they can race higher competition twice or something) for them to get pulled by faster runners to test their fitness and speed. Regardless, CIF sucks for completely eliminating 2 seasons of Aelo's HS track career and 1 season of Sadie's HS career. They're allowed to have paying NIL's, but they can't run in a fast race outside of HS competition? Dumb.
Yes and High School basketball players that are good enough should be able to play part time in the NBA right?
Can't imagine anyone has any issues with this. Coach Weaver knows how to put on a damn good meet and the Buchanan facility is top-notch.
They (Fresno) already get the State Cross Country meet since its inception in early 80's and with the Woodward Park course, it is well deserved. But there are plenty of great facilities in Southern California where temperatures typically aren't 90-100 degrees this time of the year. Add on to that, it's likely that 70% of the athletes are from Southern, LA and San Diego sections and CIF should be alternating sites out of fairness as well. It's no different than CIF awarding Southern Section Finals and Masters to Moorpark High School-what a pain!
Summer Wilson raced at a league meet? I don't see anything in Athletic since NB Indoors.
Aelo's ineligibility is absurd. Yes, she should have known the risk regarding the rule, but the problem is that the rule is rubbish. Sure, any records set while running in college or pro race should not count as a high school time, but to make an athlete completely ineligible from competing for CIF is absurd. There are few athletes worthy of racing at a higher level during high school, and there should be some allowance (maybe they can race higher competition twice or something) for them to get pulled by faster runners to test their fitness and speed. Regardless, CIF sucks for completely eliminating 2 seasons of Aelo's HS track career and 1 season of Sadie's HS career. They're allowed to have paying NIL's, but they can't run in a fast race outside of HS competition? Dumb.
Curtis is a really good high school runner but to date she's not in the same class as the Young brothers and Engelhardt. Probably a mistake by her to decide to give up her CIF eligibility. Running through the maze of races that need to be run to get to and win a CIF track title seemed to work pretty well for Nico MF Young.
Summer Wilson raced at a league meet? I don't see anything in Athletic since NB Indoors.
Aelo's ineligibility is absurd. Yes, she should have known the risk regarding the rule, but the problem is that the rule is rubbish. Sure, any records set while running in college or pro race should not count as a high school time, but to make an athlete completely ineligible from competing for CIF is absurd. There are few athletes worthy of racing at a higher level during high school, and there should be some allowance (maybe they can race higher competition twice or something) for them to get pulled by faster runners to test their fitness and speed. Regardless, CIF sucks for completely eliminating 2 seasons of Aelo's HS track career and 1 season of Sadie's HS career. They're allowed to have paying NIL's, but they can't run in a fast race outside of HS competition? Dumb.
Curtis is a really good high school runner but to date she's not in the same class as the Young brothers and Engelhardt. Probably a mistake by her to decide to give up her CIF eligibility. Running through the maze of races that need to be run to get to and win a CIF track title seemed to work pretty well for Nico MF Young.
Maybe it wasn’t a mistake but a decision she knowingly made because running unattached with a private coach was more attractive to her than running for her high school. She’s going to Harvard, her parents are ivy league educated and her father is an attorney. I’m guessing they understood the situation and made a decision probably based on things the general public doesn’t know. CIF didn’t “screw her”.
Yep. Toxicity of those private coaches. They don't care about anyone or teams, except the individuals that are paying them.
Wait a sec. You mean to tell me that in a capitalist country someone cares more about the person who is paying them than they care about the person who isn't paying them? Shocking! What else did you expect?
Will running unattached become more prevalent in CA? That’s two in consecutive years from one school.
I hope not. The point of running in high school is that it's giving your focus to training without the stress of being an adult. In high school these kids are alive with the joy of finding your limits. Moving too quickly to the pro or unattached level puts a lot more pressure on them. Training alone without the mental and physical resilience of fully mature adults. I saw this with Sadie. I didn't see this with Noonan.
What did you see with Sadie. Seems like outside of her injury, she was happy with her decision to run unattached and has adjusted really well to college training and racing. What gives you the impression she missed out on something.
Curtis is a really good high school runner but to date she's not in the same class as the Young brothers and Engelhardt. Probably a mistake by her to decide to give up her CIF eligibility. Running through the maze of races that need to be run to get to and win a CIF track title seemed to work pretty well for Nico MF Young.
Maybe it wasn’t a mistake but a decision she knowingly made because running unattached with a private coach was more attractive to her than running for her high school. She’s going to Harvard, her parents are ivy league educated and her father is an attorney. I’m guessing they understood the situation and made a decision probably based on things the general public doesn’t know. CIF didn’t “screw her”.
Maybe they didn't screw her, but they sure weren't shy about screwing a bunch of girls that compete in the high jump, long jump and triple jump!