MARY CAIN DOES IT! CAIN WINS 2014 JUNIOR CHAMPS 3000 IN 8:58.48!

GoldenMiles wrote:

AT wrote:

Not quite

8:57.27 Ceci Hopp,Stanford Univ. Durham, NC 1982-Jul-27

Cain missed it by 1.21s

She still has another year of Junior status so you figure she'll get it next year if she runs enough 3k's

Oddly enough the USATF lists the American Junior Record over 1500m as Suzy Hamilton's 4:09 from 1987, though Cain and Efraimson have both been under that mark. Doesn't show a new mark as pending either, as it does for other records.

Don't mean to go off on a tangent about an unrelated topic, but does anyone why this might be?

Good question. Did Mary get the HS record for the 3,000M for this race?

Assuming she is still eligible for the HS record books (I don't know how it works) this would have lowered Efraimson's 9:00.16 mark from February.

AT wrote:

Random Ob wrote:

Does anyone have any splits on the 3k? Sure started out at a pedestrian pace. I'm curious what Cain's last lap was

(Splits from Flotrack twitter account)

3:03 at 1k

6:07 at 2k (3:04 second kilometer)

7:55 at the bell

Cain was a couple meters back so 62ish for her last 400 and about 2:14 for her last 800

On an unrelated note, does anyone have any idea what happened to that Polish girl that was meant to challenge Mary? Ennaoui or something of the sort? DNF'd it looks like

The 1000 splits don't tell the story at all.

It was a thoroughly ridiculous, ugly, stupid race.

Girls surging to the front, or half-way to the front, and then slamming on the brakes, running up each others' backs,

backing into each other, clipping and shoving each other, weaving in and out.

It was beyond stupid. Like a minor-league roller derby match.

At one point, I think there were successive 200 splits of something like 34/40/33.

It didn't look like any orchestrated strategy, just like a bunch of goofy, inexperienced girls with no idea what the hell they were trying to do.

But later in the race, there was a point where Mary literally had 4 or 5 African girls closing down on her from every conceivable direction, when you couldn't help but think there might've been some serious, pre-planned 'ganging-up' going on.

Mary certainly didn't seem to do a brilliant job of positioning for much of the race, and repeatedly got herself stuck in some ugly-looking spots,... but she kept her composure beautifully, fought off every incursion, battled for her space, waited and waited till she finally got a little room,... and then absolutely steamrolled both Kenyan girls in the last 150.

Left them in the dust, and made it look *easy.*

All things considered, I'd say this was a pretty tremendous performance.

And she was clearly good for a HELL of a lot faster than her time tonight.

8:58 in this ridiculous, Keystone-Cops race suggests she could easily run 8:50 in a time-trial right now. (Maybe even 8:45.)

I think all the people happily announcing Mary's demise after a couple of disappointing races earlier this summer are gonna be pretty disappointed.

She's already back in great shape, and ready to continue marching forward towards true world-class status.

Don't be surprised to see her challenge that 4-minute mark later this season.

Mary's the real freaking McCoy.

And yes, the Kenyan girl *clearly* cut her off, and interfered with her.

Drifted out, and gave her lots of room to move up on the inside, and then abruptly cut back in right on top of her.

(Same exact thing Raevyn Rogers stupidly did in her 800 heat, actually.)

She absolutely could've been DQ'd.

Oh, also, Brojos: The title now reads that she won the 300. May want to fix that :)

Universal Sports has a (2 min) video up.

http://universalsports.com/video/2014-junior-track-and-field-world-championships-cain-wins-3000m/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3opMcfWPphs&list=UUyXcaeoE4Rdun24zvqJW5Tg&index=3

Here's the race video.

Last 200 was about 29.9, but as you point out she didn't really make a big move until around 150

The possible DQ can be seen around 1:46 at a better angle for anyone interested in that.

Crazedseepies wrote:

Hey, thanks for adding the results. I am a little confused as to why 'Discus' was changed to 'Discuss', however.

No LRC needs to STOP editing posts other than their own.

Random Ob wrote:

Does anyone have any splits on the 3k? Sure started out at a pedestrian pace. I'm curious what Cain's last lap was

Nothing unreal. 62.93 I believe. 755.55 for leader at bell??

Well put it in our recap.

Plot Analyst wrote:

Any ideas what happened to the 8:59 Polish girl? She stepped off before the first lap was up?

I suspect she dropped out to save herself for the 1500. She was hanging off the back of the pack and kind of strolled of the track to the outside before completing one lap. She probably needed to start the race to remain eligible for the 1500 as she was listed in both events.

This is so fantastic. Hooray for Mary!

Wow, Mary beat a pair of Kenyan 37 year olds.

Sharkey here... wrote:

Wow, Mary beat a pair of Kenyan 37 year olds.

You obviously didn't watch the race. The Kenyan girls very young!

Great win against tough competition. Congratulations to Mary.

Excellent result with a great time. Twice as nice

Watching that field highlighted to me just how young Cain is. The black Japanese runner looked about 12. The Eritrean looked like someone you'd give a medal to just for finishing. Am I just getting old?

Can you believe that Nike paid the polish runner to drop out early?

Please discu.

nah

your stating your opinion as indisputable fact

I thought the race was fascinating, not keystone coppy at all. what is wrong with surging and strategy? Why would we prefer 6 perfectly paced laps and then a kick?

Why not actually enjoy failed surges and the like?

That was a very entertaining, interesting race, with the outcome in doubt til the last 15 seconds. I'll take it everyday over a processional diamond league race.

Why do they have a 300 and a 500?

Roflcopterzncheese wrote:

You think they'll try and get that second Kenyan girl disqualified?

Seriously- I think that Kenyan girl did that on purpose- Cain was moving and she went by very close. DQ? No- there is contact in distance running but it was clearly intentional.