How well will Allie O. do at World Cross Saturday?

Great finish for Allie in 30th!

Grovdal beat Kelati.

Definitely a positive sign she’s on a better trajectory moving forward.

I wasn't super specific but called that part.

Hurley (2nd at USAs) and Camerena (3rd at USAs) were only 16 and 12 seconds up on her at USAs, and it was obvious from her videos that her fitness had been improving since then.

Top 5 all Kenyans, crazy domination. Also all Ugandans, Ethiopians, and Kenyans in the top 25. Without them Allie is #12

CRUSHED

lol. Yes and without anybody she is world champion! me too!

The world champioships are already missing a lot of good runners, if you start to remove all the best ones it is not a world championship anymore.

Good showing for Allie in 30th, hopefully this gives her some confidence to build off of.

In her pre race interview she said she was still undecided what her plan was for the Trials, but she had "unfinished business" with the Steeple. I hope to see her at the start line for the Steeple at Trials!

that would be great to see her in the steeplechase. Kelati ran a brave race, perhaps the heat got her at the end, still a great result

All that matters is the win. Everything else is smoke and mirrors. Can she win is the real question, not rop 10 or top 20, top 1.

I wasn't implying she was in 16:16 shape. My post literally said she was weaving through traffic. What I was saying is that you need to be in ~14:40 - 14:50 shape to finish top 20 given the quality of the field. The video did not indicate she was in that shape, given it appeared to be an all out effort.

That said she had an excellent WC race, top 30 result and only ~1 minute outside of a top 20 spot. Absolutely no shame in finishing only 3 min behind a group of women who run the 10k in 28:XX. Shes doing great and probably in ~31:45 shape on the track.

I am thrilled that I underestimated Allie! Great run and it would be a story if she was a factor in the Steeple at the Trials

Basically 10% behind the winner. 10% behind the winner in a men’s world class 1500m is 3:50. That’s bigger than the gap between Josh Kerr and Spencer Brown. Sorry to be the a..hole.

Your not caring is so strong that you posted on a thread specifically about her.

The woman right in front of her has a 15:33 PB. The woman right behind her has a PB of 15:31.

Allie’s PB is 15:16

So she is not quite back yet, but seems to be on her way

Sorry, I was reacting more to the others who mentioned 16:16 more dismissively like BrainCelll and The Overexplainer and should have quoted one of them instead of you. If I run a race solo like that, it could easily be a minute off a track 5000 time trial. That hobby jogger 5K was 60 seconds slower than her track PR. Her fitness in a track 5000 might be near her PR fitness.

Eh, maybe they're ready for PBs. It's also double the distance on grass. 30th is a solid result.

You don't have to comment if you don't care. But please next time post all the NCAA titles you won and teams you made before attempting to belittle someone way more successful than you'll ever be.

Not 20th but still good. I imagine we'll see her at the Portland Track Festival in the steeplechase trying to get that mark for trials. If she doesn't want to leave it that late, there is always Track Fest on May 11 and the USATF Distance Classic on May 17. She will 100% take a stab at it somewhere.

Olympic standard is 9:23.

Allie’s PB is 9:26

She could get that standard

That would bring her close to top 10 All Time (US)

She looked good in that workout with Ari Klau. Him, not so much…