given the choice of Hedendren vs the Field, if you are putting money on it, which one of those options do you take?
and if your answer is Hedengren, does she run away with it and win easily or is it a good finish?
I'm going with Hedengren.
I think she'll go out fast but not crazy fast. She'll have company for the first half of the race and then gradually pull away. I think she'll win easily by at least 10 seconds.
The race for second place will have more drama than the race for first place.
Really well done, but feel like Tully Ratings are driving the rankings. Here is what I see -
1. Jane Hedengren
2. Marissa Ferrebee
3. Sophia Rodriguez
4. Addison Ritzenhein
5. Emily Wisniewski
6. Victoria Garces
7. Chloe Huyler
8. Sadie Engelhardt
9. Zariel Macchia
10. Rylee Blade
I know shes not at the same insane fitness level this year that she was last year but Im a little surprised by any list that excludes Leachman from the top 10.
not sure why this post got so many down votes for this prediction. Leachman finished third and almost second if she had had another 30 meters. the notorious front running meteor paced herself well then ran that last 1K in 3:22 which was only slower than Hedengren and an out of her mind Keegan Edwards who kicked her way to 4th. so her slow creep toward fitness and better running proved true after all... hats off to her after what was basically an aborted season and coming this close to calling it a year after states.
so what does this mean for her at Footlocker? she will undoubtedly be the favorite now. will she run it differently? has this rough season been an enlightening moment for her as far as running strategy? will we see her pack running then pulling away going forward or will we get the dominating monster of old once shes back to fitness? frankly I think the smarter Leachman combined with the stronger Leachman might be hard to handle come next spring or so. heres hoping we get a race for the ages between her and Jane at Nike Outdoor or Brooks or something.
I know shes not at the same insane fitness level this year that she was last year but Im a little surprised by any list that excludes Leachman from the top 10.
not sure why this post got so many down votes for this prediction. Leachman finished third and almost second if she had had another 30 meters. the notorious front running meteor paced herself well then ran that last 1K in 3:22 which was only slower than Hedengren and an out of her mind Keegan Edwards who kicked her way to 4th. so her slow creep toward fitness and better running proved true after all... hats off to her after what was basically an aborted season and coming this close to calling it a year after states.
so what does this mean for her at Footlocker? she will undoubtedly be the favorite now. will she run it differently? has this rough season been an enlightening moment for her as far as running strategy? will we see her pack running then pulling away going forward or will we get the dominating monster of old once shes back to fitness? frankly I think the smarter Leachman combined with the stronger Leachman might be hard to handle come next spring or so. heres hoping we get a race for the ages between her and Jane at Nike Outdoor or Brooks or something.
Nice post. Much respect to Leachman, first that she showed up at all and second that she ran such a smart, strong race. Best of luck to her at FL, she's still in the hunt there for the threepeat.
Tully from her own State has her ranked #50 nationally.
You're right: a 2 x USA U20 XC Champion; 4:41/10:06/16:13 Top 7 Foot Locker Finalist (and 4 x Qualifier) and the NXR NE Champion just last week will struggle to run with these girls.
Thanks for playing.
Zariel Macchia finished 19th. This is a good example why you shouldn't make predictions for a race based on what someone did a long time ago. It's totally irrelevant to someone's current fitness level.
Macchia is very talented but it takes time to fully recover from injury and/or illness. She should be back to full strength by Nike Indoor Nationals.
Sadie E was the world record holder at 13/14 in the mile, and at 17 has the USA HS mile record at 4:28, 5 seconds faster than Katelyn T. She's just better at 800 and the mile on a track outside
San Diego- a chilly 49/65 race day Dec 14 for Footlocker. We have had 1 day of rain since May. Footlocker a better course. Shame it has lost pretige to NXN. Why don't Rylee and Sadie race Footlocker? I'm sure they would give them a special bid . BOO
I think that Leachman, the fastest starting but slowest finishing girl from last year, will be one of the slower starters. Based on how Leachman ran Foot Locker last year she's seems to have learned that you can do really well even if you aren't in front early in the race.
Look for Leachman to run much smarter this year and pass a lot of girls in the last mile.
Good prediction! Leachman did exactly what you thought she'd do and got 3rd, almost 2nd.
Nice to see Leachman turning into a savvy runner instead of just trying to blow everyone away the first mile.
drop off in the past week tells me it’s kind of obvious that rylee’s season went on way too long, can’t believe anything good coming from yet another championship race…
drop off in the past week tells me it’s kind of obvious that rylee’s season went on way too long, can’t believe anything good coming from yet another championship race…
Which could very well be the reason she chose not to do footlocker?
San Diego- a chilly 49/65 race day Dec 14 for Footlocker. We have had 1 day of rain since May. Footlocker a better course. Shame it has lost pretige to NXN. Why don't Rylee and Sadie race Footlocker? I'm sure they would give them a special bid . BOO
Has any athlete ever competed at Footlocker based on invitation only?