JANE MF HENDENGREN 16:32 Wins NXN by 40 Seconds

To my eye she would be 15:10 at BU and be BYUs #1. Conservatively speaking.

Top 10 in XC next year. I woukd put her 15:20 now. Some top 10 women ran slower.

Crazy to say this but I wouldn’t be surprised to see a HS girl creeping up on 15 flat.

Or any minor for that matter.

If Leachman is able to stay healthy for an extended period of time, something that she has had problems doing, she should be able to get close to 15 flat before she graduates. She might not break 15, but she probably could run in the 15:05 to 15:10 range.

It is getting deeper at the very, very good level - but the truly elite is still a short list

Has astro or Armstronglivs accused her of doping, yet?

On a rainy, muddy day, she crushed Tuohy’s dry course record, and obliterated whatever Tuohy ran that course when it was muddy.

It is rarely dry there. First race the course holds together in the rain, especially if you are running at the front.

The only thing I will say about this years winner is what is her age? I would say 18.

she ran a better paced race than Tuohy did in 2017. Much slower at 1 mile, pretty much even at 3000, and faster from 3000 to finish. Tuohy went out too fast in that race (5:06), and even said so after that race.

Easy does it.

She's extremely sound, biomechanically. Just looks like a pro out there.

I would say this year’s winner, with that performance, has sealed her position as THE defacto American high-school cross-country G.O.A.T.

You at least have to win more than a single national title.

Certainly the GOAT performance. PS - no periods in acronyms.

One race does not a GOAT make. Tuohy had a half dozen races of that caliber.

I would say this was the GOAT xc race by an American HS girl. Absolutely. Even above Melody Fairchild’s Footlocker record.

I wouldn’t say she is the GOAT HS girl, though. She has suffered some notable defeats (due to illness this year, injury last year.) This is the only year she was able to run NXN.

Not impossible but unlikely considering WR for women 5000 is 14:00 and probably on borrowed time. Our best not really that close.