Nicole Michmerhuizen's 10K - Lap Short?

Robert Johnson can you step in and get this resolved? Surely you or someone reading this thread can make a call to one of the coaches or officials and find out the truth. If it is really the correct time this poor girl should no longer have her reputation called into question. If it was a lap short she should be taken off the performance list.

I'm trying to figure out whether this gal's coach has any Olympic connections, maybe even a medal. That would add an element of relevancy to whether she can PR by such a large margin as well as the effectiveness with which laps and splits were monitored.

[quote]hounds of Justice wrote:

If it is really the correct time this poor girl should no longer have her reputation called into question. quote]

Trust me, this board is not capable of really messing with anyone's reputation. Everyone that matters considers the source.

Nicole Michmerhuizen wrote:

Here are my 400m splits from the 10k

Mile 1: 81.20, 83.59, 85.91, 83.11

Mile 2: 83.22, 83.47, 84.10, 84.01

Mile 3: 83.89, 82.91, 83.12, 82.52

Mile 4: 82.44, 82.12, 82.14, 81.5

MIle 5: 81.32, 81.17, 81.78, 81.07

Mile 6: 81.55, 80.34, 80.12, 80.17

Last Lap: ...*

*'84 Bronze Medal Olympian didn't catch my last lap because he was too excited. I asked around, but none of the spectators clocked my final lap either. Everyone was just too excited, cheering so rambunctiously. It was just a magical night.

Congrats on your awesome run, and thanks for posting your splits. The last lap could be calculated by subtracting the other 24 from the total time. Keep up the great running. :)

Jordan hasay kicks assey would have smoked the poor girl!

Assuming the splits are correct, that's a 73.19 for the final lap.

If any coaches feel that its a bogus time, they'll challenge it, and Hillside will have to provide the proof of performance. Unless/until it's overturned, it's a great run by the kid, nothing more nor less.

I think she should still be allowed to run nationals - as of right now even a 36:00 would get you into D3 nationals so she would have gotten it anyways. It wouldn't be fair to make her run another one especially since it was the meet's fault.

I want this to be a real time as bad as everyone else... but unless/until she trounces everyone at nationals it would be naive to actually believe it.

Well, I would BET my 2 week pay check she doesn't come with-in 60 seconds of her record time this year!...that would be a 35:09!

Blathering Blatherskyte wrote:

Assuming the splits are correct, that's a 73.19 for the final lap.

Thanks for calculating that.

I predict Nicole runs just as faster or faster in the next competitive 10k she's in.

fecker wrote:

I think she should still be allowed to run nationals - as of right now even a 36:00 would get you into D3 nationals so she would have gotten it anyways. It wouldn't be fair to make her run another one especially since it was the meet's fault.

I want this to be a real time as bad as everyone else... but unless/until she trounces everyone at nationals it would be naive to actually believe it.

"I think she should still be allowed to run nationals" -how very maganimous of you! I'll tell you who is naive around here: cynics who think they know better than the actual athlete, meet officials, spectators, and Olympic medalist coach; those are the naive posters! Hold your breath for as long as you want. Nobody wants or needs to convince you- you are the smartest person in the room, or in this case, the forum.

RuKiddingMe!! wrote:

Well, I would BET my 2 week pay check she doesn't come with-in 60 seconds of her record time this year!...that would be a 35:09!

I'll take that bet. How much do you make at McDonald's in two weeks?

john Calvin wrote:

"I think she should still be allowed to run nationals" -how very maganimous of you! I'll tell you who is naive around here: cynics who think they know better than the actual athlete, meet officials, spectators, and Olympic medalist coach;

those are the naive posters! Hold your breath for as long as you want. Nobody wants or needs to convince you- you are the smartest person in the room, or in this case, the forum.

thank you! when are people going to realize that it was just an amazing night and virtually everyone in the field had 1:30-2:00 PRs because they just ran better than ever before! They made it look so easy, it didn't even look like they were running faster than any other meet! Truly just a magical night.

john Calvin wrote:

'll tell you who is naive around here: cynics who think they know better than the actual athlete, meet officials, spectators, and Olympic medalist coach; those are the naive posters!

Before you make any dumb bets, know that the "times" posted by "Nicole" are obviously wrong. They add up to a 17:22 first 5K (interpolating between laps 12 and 13) and a 16:47 second 5K, a 5:13 final 1600, a 2:23 800 (all WELL under her PRs on directathletics), and a 73 last lap no less.

Just trying to save you your money...

I had an Olympian coach in high school. The meet officials once miscounted laps in the 2 mile in his presence - we ran 9.

He wasn't a medalist, though, maybe that was the problem.

fecker wrote:

a 2:23 800 (all WELL under her PRs on directathletics), and a 73 last lap no less.

Just trying to save you your money...

80 + 73 = 2:23 ?

Must be that new math.

J.R. wrote:

80 + 73 = 2:23 ?

Must be that new math.

True. They're made up splits anyways so what's the point... highly doubt the actual runner has come on here.

Nicole Michmerhuizen wrote:

Here are my 400m splits from the 10k

Mile 1: 81.20, 83.59, 85.91, 83.11

Mile 2: 83.22, 83.47, 84.10, 84.01

Mile 3: 83.89, 82.91, 83.12, 82.52

Mile 4: 82.44, 82.12, 82.14, 81.5

MIle 5: 81.32, 81.17, 81.78, 81.07

Mile 6: 81. 55, 80.34, 80.12, 80.17

Last Lap: ...*

*'84 Bronze Medal Olympian didn't catch my last lap because he was too excited. I asked around, but none of the spectators clocked my final lap either. Everyone was just too excited, cheering so rambunctiously. It was just a magical night.

Last lap isn't important because you just add the time needed to get to the official time. If all those times add up to over 34 minutes...whoops

I'm too lazy to add them all.

Her last mile was in about 5:13 and last 800 2:33. That's credible.

Well done Nicole.

Thanks for repeating stats that have already been mentioned and being too lazy to calculate a split that's also already been mentioned, guys.