This is what happens on the rare occaion that a kid with sprinter speed chooses to compete at longer distances. She will be better than Becca Noble.
This is what happens on the rare occaion that a kid with sprinter speed chooses to compete at longer distances. She will be better than Becca Noble.
i got to see her run at the state track meet this year and the state cross country meet
http://www.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?do=videos&pg=1&event_id=30&video_id=4648&folder_id=351&offset=11#videonickles wrote:
She just ran 2:03.08 in Cali.
UNREAL!!!!
http://www.flashresults.com/flashwest/08Bush/
its funny because she is going to be running in the olympic trials at the end of june.
she also got first at state in the 100, 200, 400 & 800.
for THREE YEARS IN A ROW NOW!!!!
i know laura personally and she would be soooooo embarrassed if she knew about this web page. haha
AdamLocked wrote:
That is BRUTAL. Her parents must be proud as hell.
trust me, they are.
my thoughts wrote:
If she wins from here on out she will have 10 more titles added to her already total of 13 in track and 2 in XC (9th and 10th - anybody know about her in XC in 7th and 8th?). She will have a total of 25 state titles. 4 in XC and 21 in track (4 in 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th, and 1 in 7th). Read the whole thread before you read her state title winning times. This girl is impressive no matter how you dice it. State champion from 100 to XC, and her times aren't too shabby - #2 800 nationally as a sophomore? IF (and that is a big if) she continues progressing could we possibly see a national record 800 or if she chooses to jump to the 1600, we could see some impressive miles out of her.
Regardless of times, she is just an impressive racer/competitor. Think about, if she ran XC in 7th and 8th grade (and assuming she lost those since there hasn't been much talk of it) then she has lost a total of 3 state finals races. This makes her 15 out of 18 with at least 14 straight wins. I would call that a dynasty...
im pretty sure in 8th grade she got 2nd at state XC, she would have got first but her coach didnt tell the team when the final strech was. so they were hella behind but she still pulled off 2nd!
I wonder what her training is like. I would think she'd want to take some time off after this long season to recharge the batteries. Do you know if her next race is the trials? Hope she does well.
I find her performances extreemly impressive, but with young female athletes (or even male athletes for that matter) it's a mistake to start projecting them too far into the future. Puberty can do some nasty things to young folks, and they are never the same again.
Also, there are injuries, burnout, etc. Just look at Sadie Pollard from Minnesota: She won the 100, 200, and 400 as an 9th grader and this year, her senior year, barely made it to state, and ended up dropping out of the finals one event she did qualify for.
I would tell Laura to enjoy it, but keep your options open. Try another sport for a season or two (summer/winter) I recommend swimming, because it will do wonders for your cardio system, but anything to take a physical and mental break from all the pressure that is likely being put on you right now.
1991. Liz Mueller , waterford H.S. , Waterford, CT..
She set the then national record int he 800m at 2:05, ran a 59 400m. And was national champion in the kinney high school xc in 1991 and 1992.
Sad note, she chose to go to a local college instead of any offers she reveived from over 75 D1's. She bombed, dropped running all together, and is now a professional boxer.
I could be wrong but this girl is a bit older now (although still in high school)... it looks like she has done some maturing already.I'm more skeptical of the 9th grader who runs well at cross country and 5k because they weigh 78lbs or something...in the video of the 800m race, she looked like another collegiate distance runner on the track... not a little girl
former 800 runner wrote:
I find her performances extreemly impressive, but with young female athletes (or even male athletes for that matter) it's a mistake to start projecting them too far into the future. Puberty can do some nasty things to young folks, and they are never the same again.
Also, there are injuries, burnout, etc. Just look at Sadie Pollard from Minnesota: She won the 100, 200, and 400 as an 9th grader and this year, her senior year, barely made it to state, and ended up dropping out of the finals one event she did qualify for.
I would tell Laura to enjoy it, but keep your options open. Try another sport for a season or two (summer/winter) I recommend swimming, because it will do wonders for your cardio system, but anything to take a physical and mental break from all the pressure that is likely being put on you right now.
rombus wrote:
1991. Liz Mueller , waterford H.S. , Waterford, CT..
She set the then national record int he 800m at 2:05, ran a 59 400m. And was national champion in the kinney high school xc in 1991 and 1992.
Sad note, she chose to go to a local college instead of any offers she reveived from over 75 D1's. She bombed, dropped running all together, and is now a professional boxer.
Mueller only won Kinney/Footlocker in '91. She did not win in '92. As for 2:05 being a national 800m record, not sure what you might be referring to, since the recognized HS record was much faster than that as of that time period.
[quote]anEconomist wrote:
I could be wrong but this girl is a bit older now (although still in high school)... it looks like she has done some maturing already.
I'm more skeptical of the 9th grader who runs well at cross country and 5k because they weigh 78lbs or something...
in the video of the 800m race, she looked like another collegiate distance runner on the track... not a little girl
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Yeah, good call. She looks physically mature, unlike Jordan Hasay or Ashley Brasovan.
when i was in HS there a girl who got 2nd at state (Texas, 5A) in the shot put and the 100m...
never seen that duplicated...to bad she wasn't a dude...she would have made a beastly football player...
those times would placed her in the top 2 in each event(100, 200, 400, and 800) at the IHSA (Illinois State Meet)....in both the class A and AA!
....well except the 400, her time would of place her 3rd
Unreal!
Thanks for the post
PS...and if she was from Illinois, there would be about 100 more threads on the this girl!
Illinois dominates all running threads...we love our runners!
results from IHSA Girls
Nice run!!
I go to school with laura and she is definitely very humble about everything that is happening. She stays after class the ask the teacher a small question and she is a 4.0 student. Her mom is also the gym teacher at Fargo South and if you saw her you would know why Laura is the way she is now haha
I think she's 17 already
no, shes 16
She just made to the SEMI's....great job...wow
Preliminaries
1 Alice Schmidt adidas 2:03.58Q
2 Hazel Clark Nike 2:03.65Q
3 Kameisha Bennett Nike 2:04.85Q
4 Katie Waits Reebok 2:03.73Q
5 Latavia Thomas L S U 2:03.90Q
6 Nicole Teter Oregon TC Elite 2:05.01Q
7 Morgan Uceny Reebok 2:03.91Q
8 Maggie Vessey unattached 2:04.00Q
9 Geena Gall Michigan 2:05.04Q
10 Laura Roesler Team NoDak 2:04.03Q
11 Nikeya Green Reebok 2:04.87Q
12 Ty Davis Team Indiana Elite 2:05.26Q
13 Brenda Martinez Cal-Riverside 2:04.11q
14 Heather Dorniden Minnesota 2:04.66q
15 Laura Hermanson North Dakota State 2:04.89q
16 Becky Horn Western Michigan 2:05.10q
17 Victoria Martinez unattached 2:05.65
18 Phoebe Wright Tennessee 2:05.66
19 Trisa Nickoley Missouri 2:05.83
20 Krishna Curry U C L A 2:05.91
21 Chanelle Price United Stars 2:05.93
22 Carlee Clark-Platt unattached 2:05.99
23 Lauren Austin unattached 2:06.18
24 Nicole Cook Reebok 2:06.38
25 Alysia Johnson Nike 2:06.43
26 Nichole Jones Baylor 2:07.18
27 Sherron Rhetta South Bay/Nike 2:07.29
28 Christina Rodgers unattached 2:07.82
-- Temeka Kincy unattached DNF
-- Sasha Spencer Nike DNF