I do wonder if Athing Mu has been whispering in her ear about Texas A&M. Guess we'll see soon enough...
formal announcement coming on friday...
"Sophia Gorriaran, one of the nation's all-time best US high-school middle-distance runners, will announce the next step in her running career live on RunnerSpace - Friday, February 10th at 4:30 p.m. ET."
WATCH LIVE: RUNNERSPACE NATIONAL LETTER OF INTENT ANNOUNCEMENTSophia Gorriaran, Moses Brown School, Providence, RIFriday, February 10, 2023AIRING AT 4:30 p.m. EST Sophia Gorriaran, one of the nation's all-time best US high-sc...
I do wonder if Athing Mu has been whispering in her ear about Texas A&M. Guess we'll see soon enough...
formal announcement coming on friday...
"Sophia Gorriaran, one of the nation's all-time best US high-school middle-distance runners, will announce the next step in her running career live on RunnerSpace - Friday, February 10th at 4:30 p.m. ET."
He'll still be watching from afar but I'll have to figure out how to work with someone else other than him,” says Gorriaran about her dad Steve, who has been coaching his daughter since she was four, along with coach Jon Barn...
I think it's really cool that she's going to Harvard, it worked out well for Gabby Thomas, and I would have picked Harvard out of those three too. Penn was also on her list.
I think it's really cool that she's going to Harvard, it worked out well for Gabby Thomas, and I would have picked Harvard out of those three too. Penn was also on her list.
Hope she has a good career.
Her older sister is at Penn and plays lacrosse. Her brother is at BU and is on the track team. Smart kids in the family.
It seems like she really has her head on straight, is humble, and is realistic about everything. It speaks well to her parents and the jb they did raising her and the advice she was given.
Good luck to her. It will be really interesting to see where she is going forward. It's also exciting to see this young middle distance we have now with Mu, Juliette Whittaker, Roisin Willis, Sophia Gorriaran, and probably a few I've omitted.
Interesting that she was offered a full ride at both UVA and Texas A&M and still went with Harvard. But the whole family seems to have a good perspective on running versus real life as the father says, “We always wanted to make sure they got a very good education. To my wife and I, we feel it’s difficult to make a living as a professional track athlete. If along the way it pans out that she can be a pro runner, that’s great. You need to have plan B also.”
. . . It will be really interesting to see where she is going forward. It's also exciting to see this young middle distance we have now with Mu, Juliette Whittaker, Roisin Willis, Sophia Gorriaran, and probably a few I've omitted.
BU Last Chance Meet entry lists for Sunday (2/26) not out yet . . . but pretty good chance she is in it and targeting a sub-2 800m . . . hs indoor record is Roisin's 2:00.06 set on the BU track last year . . .
With Sophia's mother being a doctor, Texas's politicization of female reproductive health couldn't have helped Texas and Texas A&M's chances.
Good point and with Greg Abbott at the helm, who knows what is ithe future holds for Texas. The guy is an absolute chucklehead. Some of these governors that are similar to Abbott & DeSantis, are all about taking away rights. Austin is still a great city, though.
That said, if she has the chance to go to an Ivy, even though no athletic or academic aid are available, that is a no brainer. With her brother at BU and her sister at Penn, everyone is relatively close.
With Sophia's mother being a doctor, Texas's politicization of female reproductive health couldn't have helped Texas and Texas A&M's chances.
Good point and with Greg Abbott at the helm, who knows what is ithe future holds for Texas. The guy is an absolute chucklehead. Some of these governors that are similar to Abbott & DeSantis, are all about taking away rights. Austin is still a great city, though.
That said, if she has the chance to go to an Ivy, even though no athletic or academic aid are available, that is a no brainer. With her brother at BU and her sister at Penn, everyone is relatively close.
Demo-fascists Cuomo, Newscum and Inslee removed the rights of millions and leftist sheeple applauded for the move towards a Maoist dystopia.
The RI indoor state track championships last weekend:
She won the 1k (2:58.22), 1500m (4:41.82), and anchored the winning 4x400. Her school finished in a tie for 2nd place in the team standings. I know she's done more events at this meet in previous years.
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