High schooler Kate Murphy crushes the Olympic trial standard 4:07!!

xfithonorarycaptain wrote:

She looks young....I guess she is.

Kate Murphy is the real deal.

Kate Murphy is one of the fastest 16 year old IRISH leprechauns I have ever seen.

Go Kate Murphy!!!

Would you like to know what Irish leprechauns sound like when they announce a race?

Here is a race with Irish leprechaun commentators:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRa7mQg73Eg

Kate Murphy may also end up being faster than Irish leprechaun runner Alistair Cragg.

Oh boy.

Kate Murphy's HS, Lake Braddock, still has one more week of school. She will finish her Junior year on 23 June. Come on posters get to know what you are talking about or stay off the message board.

Then why was she wearing a leg brace at The Northern Reginoal Track Meet where she almost got beat twice?

if she was russian thered be an outcry,and loads of suspicion.

I am so happy for Kate! Glad she crushed Rainsberger in Boston.

I've listened to them both being interviewed and I think Murphy is so downtoearth, talking about losing a race makes you a better runner, etc.

As a high school runner, I am motivated by her attitude.

Wasn't she 2nd to Aragon in Portlad last weekend? If Aragon ran 4:09 then, I wonder what she could do against pros or in a rematch.

omg what wrote:

Kate Murphy 4:07.21!

No, Rainsberger was second in both races.

Hmmm I am curious wrote:

Wasn't she 2nd to Aragon in Portlad last weekend? If Aragon ran 4:09 then, I wonder what she could do against pros or in a rematch.

omg what wrote:

Kate Murphy 4:07.21!

Is Kate Murphy running the world junior trials or the Olympic trials.

100% sure to make the Junior team

5% chance to make the Olympic team

However, this year could end up being the best of her life

Certainly, the odds of her running sub 4:07 in 4 years are low.

Tough decision.

She can run both of them.

In the winter she shoveled snow off the entire 2nd lane of a track so she could train...when I read that I knew she was one tough determined runner.

That sounds like something Emil Zapotek would have done.

If they continue on their same trajectory, Kate Murphy will beat Mac Fleet by the end of the summer.

The last lap:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaN4SX5mG1Y

Powerful form, she has more to work with. I could see 4:04 easily in a pro race.

Crush wrote:

In the winter she shoveled snow off the entire 2nd lane of a track so she could train...when I read that I knew she was one tough determined runner.

That sounds like something Emil Zapotek would have done.

Wrong. Zapotek was a mineral supplement used by Alberto Salazar.

Emil Zatopek is one of the greatest runners of all time (just not quite as great as Kenenisa Bekele).

You should practice tough and determined spelling.

Go Speedy IRISH Sprite/Leprechaun Kate Murphy!!!

1) US HS runners moving away from long slow distance.

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2) More HS coaches realizing < 60 400m for a HS woman = distance runner, not sprinter.

3) Increasing number of all-star meets and less focus on state level competition.

True Cranny is running great compared to Efraimson. Oh, by the way Mary may be back as well.

Crush wrote:

In the winter she shoveled snow off the entire 2nd lane of a track so she could train...when I read that I knew she was one tough determined runner.

That sounds like something Emil Zapotek would have done.

she helped shovel the track with 3-4 other guys from the Lake Braddock team.

Need to keep Salazar away from all this girl's or eles he will mess them up like Mary Cain, he always burns out this runners. I hope the move on w/ other coaching staff.

Rainsberger going to Oregon, not Stamford