in addition to that wrote:
I'd honestly like to know the full Cain running story. Here is what I've picked up thus far.
Cain started as a middle school/freshman phenom on the Bronxville XC/Track team. As a freshman, she ran with the girls team and did well, running a 2:03 800 which was a big eye opener to the level of her talent. The Bronxville team is a powerhouse with a long time coach there. Things seemed to be shaping up nicely.
Then during indoor track her sophomore Cain stopped working with the girls coach. That was a little strange. Maybe a falling out? But I really wonder what caused this. Liz Weil references animosity from her former high school teammates. But going into outdoor track, Cain's coaches were the boys team coaches.
Then her junior year, it turned out that Cain could no longer be coached by the boys team coaches because it violated NY State rules. So she was just....running by herself? Coaching herself? She was still competing on the Bronxville team, just not being coached? That was when Salazar stepped in for good. It's pretty cringeworthy that quote from her parents, about how Salazar was a god send? Yikes.
And the rest of the story we have.
interesting she couldn't be coached by boys coaches? we've always run our boys and girls together. I am the girls head coach at my school, but coach all boys and girls distance runners, 100%. COaching staff sizes are too limited to do it any other way.