Jane Hedengren to run 800M at BYU Invitational Meet

She might be thinking a 2:02 is possible, since she opened with a 61. I’d like to see her take another shot running behind some experienced and consistent sub-2 types.

For this shorter distance requiring faster turnover, she might want to try a different shoe possessing a higher frequency response. 🤓

Of course, this type of information goes way above the heads of the typical lrc trolls, that just downvote that which they can’t understand.

Sub-2:00 is too fast and she would be gapped with the start of the 2nd lap. Someone running 2:03-2:04 would be a better scenario.

She looks to be wearing the dragonfly elites. Those are plenty responsive for 800m. Korir won Olympic gold in the regular dragonflys.

Couldn’t tell from that video, but figured she was in those bouncy shoes she set her 5000m PB in. 😆

Higher frequency response?

She’s very much a strength runner. Her stride is ideal for longer distances and not for the 800m. No switch in shoes will change that.

I instead look at her as the Jim Ryun of high school girls, with capacity to be a great 800m runner if she were to go all in on it. But her handlers may think the injury risk is not worth it.

If she was looking for the fastest possible time she could have jumped in the college heat where BYU went 2:00, 2:01, 2:02. That would have been a good train to ride.

She will get faster at BYU. That 2:01 is Chamberlain who is 5'10" with a long stride. The 2:02 is a freshman who was 2:06 last year.

Interview at the end

Hedengren 1600M - 4:32.61 at 4600ft

(sea level equivalent 4:26.35, w/zero competition beat 2d place by 22 seconds)

BYU Invitational - 5/3/25

A good comp for her is Valby. Do believe Valby could become a great 800m runner? Going all in will not change fast-twitch/slow-twitch, ratios.

Handlers? I remember when runners had coaches.

She was all business out there, the first lap took out of her, Lily looked pretty good. Jane will dominate the longer runs

Mostly male former D3 runners here posting. Monson, Schweizer, and Valby are her equivalents. The fastest 800 out of those 3 is 2:02.

She will break 2 minutes. That is the required answer for this thread.

Can you imagine there are posters still on here arguing she is only a distance runner, rather than a mid-distance runner? She historically owns the fastest mile time of any US high school girl.

She is the US high school GOAT for both mid-distance and distance. She is the Jim Ryun of US High School girls.

Of course she can run a faster 800m if she concentrates on it.

And to those saying she is just a Valby or a Schweizer, since when did either of those girls hold both the all-time mid-distance and distance records in high school?😂

Schweizer has PRs of 4:00/8:25/14:26. She didn't set any high school records. Tuohy has PRs 4:06/8:35/15:03. She set all sorts of HS records.