What's her pro prospects? I would sign her based on talent as a shoe brand, but on the condition that she's in a shoe based distance group. Frankly her complete lack of growth in tactics as disappointing as a senior, but im willing to blame it on the LSU team not really having a distance program and give her a shot.
You can fix tactics but you can't fix talent. I would sign her for sure. Choke artist or not she's been in basically every NCAA final, indoors and out, in the past 3-4 years.
What's her pro prospects? I would sign her based on talent as a shoe brand, but on the condition that she's in a shoe based distance group. Frankly her complete lack of growth in tactics as disappointing as a senior, but im willing to blame it on the LSU team not really having a distance program and give her a shot.
I think she may be near her potential. Comparisons:
Rose has gone sub-2:00 18x, sub-1:59 5x and sub-1:58 0x
Whittaker has gone sub-2:00 9x, sub-1:59 3x and sub-1:58 1x
Wiley has gone sub-2:00 10x, sub-1:59 8x, sub-1:58 3x, and sub-1:57 1x
I was thinking the same thing. A 57.5 first lap would do her wonders.
At this point, I feel like there’re some coaching issues here. I saw her run one where she didn’t go to the lead and it went poorly…but that’s not the right adjustment. It’s leading but controlling the race at your pace. Frontrunning is highly effective in the 800, it’s just not when you hit the gas the entire first 600. Hard first 150, and ease it back the next 350 at least. You can see how Moraa, Wanyonyi, Arop, Keely do it in variety of ways. Stop watching Wesley Vazquez and Natoya Goule tape.
She also seems to have a problem whenever she gets challenged or passed - full mental collapse. It's not necessarily going out slower but she needs to learn alternate tactics and staying in it mentally as the race unfolds. Willis was so strong today and why they run the race - no guarantees.