She couldn’t have faded much, just looking at the mile split. It was more that the others blew by her in the final lap. Her form did get more wobbly after 2000m.
Is it somewhat interesting that collegiate great Karissa Schweizer’s indoor PB, the season right before she turned 21, was a 9:09? Schweizer did run 8:42 the following year.
The Kenyan looked very efficient (someone said jogging) tucking in…ankle flex energy efficient conservation of motion.
After reading this again, I chuckled because isn’t this what Woody Kincaid does? Some here rag on his form, but he has a short (evidently) efficient stride that conserves energy for his kick.
And how far back was Hilda in that race, hmmm? Let’s see what Mercy does at Milrose.
I think Hilda has been steadily improving, agree lets see on Mercy (but she was "only" 15:17 at BU I recall)
Which suggests the possibility of a low-15 earlier at SEC’s, if her form had degraded by the BU meet. If she was a low-15 possibility, that would have put possibly put Valby at 15min fitness.
With her astonishing trajectory, Hilda may be the one to first go sub15.
I think Hilda has been steadily improving, agree lets see on Mercy (but she was "only" 15:17 at BU I recall)
Which suggests the possibility of a low-15 earlier at SEC’s, if her form had degraded by the BU meet. If she was a low-15 possibility, that would have put possibly put Valby at 15min fitness.
With her astonishing trajectory, Hilda may be the one to first go sub15.
she might, but not real sure where the opportunity will be this season - why would they run so hard at SEC (unless Valby also runs that fast)? Ditto for Tuohy. But AL is going to Stanford in late March
8:49 is good no matter how you slice it; however, as others have stated she didn't look good. I rewatched her 2022 NCAA Outdoor 5K race and compared it to this one; she looks like someone racing on tired legs. I have seen that look before; perhaps she is in the middle of a hard training block and didn't tapper. I suspect she is working towards much bigger things.