Had this race pop up in my feed....I had not seen it before. Very interesting to see several of the other runners in the field. Hull, Kelati, Stafford...all 3 with Olympic asperations this year.
Cain ran a great race and destroyed the field. It does make you wonder where she would be at now had she gone the college route. Maybe in the same situation, maybe not.
Would have made no difference. Her body changed and can no longer take running.
Below are the results of that race.
Rengeruk has been top 3 at World Cross. Hull and Stafford are the best on the track. Keilati won NCAAs.
Am I missing anyone?
1 Mary Cain United States 8:58.48 PB
2 Lilian Kasait Rengeruk Kenya 9:00.53
3 Valentina Chepkwemoi Mateiko Kenya 9:00.79 PB
4 Nozomi Musembi Takamatsu Japan 9:02.85 PB
5 Etagegn Woldu Ethiopia 9:06.42
6 Emine Hatun Tuna Turkey 9:06.85 PB
7 Jessica Hull Australia 9:08.85 PB
8 Weini Kelati Eritrea 9:12.32 PB
9 Gabriela Stafford Canada 9:14.97
10 Anna Stefani Italy 9:23.12 PB
11 Nao Yamamoto Japan 9:24.41
12 Maria Magdalena Ifteni Romania 9:26.04 PB
13 Nataliia Soltan Ukraine 9:26.58 PB
14 Darya Maslova Kyrgyzstan 9:30.28
15 Stephanie Jenks United States 9:31.47
Sofia Ennaoui Poland DNF
Sarah Lahti Sweden DNS
Heather Petrick Canada DNS
Intermediate times:
top 15 wrote:
Below are the results of that race.
Rengeruk has been top 3 at World Cross. Hull and Stafford are the best on the track. Keilati won NCAAs.
Am I missing anyone?
1 Mary Cain United States 8:58.48 PB
2 Lilian Kasait Rengeruk Kenya 9:00.53
3 Valentina Chepkwemoi Mateiko Kenya 9:00.79 PB
4 Nozomi Musembi Takamatsu Japan 9:02.85 PB
5 Etagegn Woldu Ethiopia 9:06.42
6 Emine Hatun Tuna Turkey 9:06.85 PB
7 Jessica Hull Australia 9:08.85 PB
8 Weini Kelati Eritrea 9:12.32 PB
9 Gabriela Stafford Canada 9:14.97
10 Anna Stefani Italy 9:23.12 PB
11 Nao Yamamoto Japan 9:24.41
12 Maria Magdalena Ifteni Romania 9:26.04 PB
13 Nataliia Soltan Ukraine 9:26.58 PB
14 Darya Maslova Kyrgyzstan 9:30.28
15 Stephanie Jenks United States 9:31.47
Sofia Ennaoui Poland DNF
Sarah Lahti Sweden DNS
Heather Petrick Canada DNS
Intermediate times:
I wasn't sure about many of the international runners, and how they had progressed...but always interesting to look back.
I actually had not seen many of Cain's races in her prime, more centred around when things started going downhill for her. But this was a very impressive race...she threw down some power at the end!!
Prime Mary Cain was phenomenal to watch. As crazy as it sounds, her high school PRs are actually kind of weak for how good she was in championship races. 8th in the WC 1500 final in 2013, 2nd at USAs outdoors in 2013 and 2014, USA indoor champion in 2013 and 2014, and WJ champion in this race. I don’t think even Jim Ryun or Mary Decker achieved that level of success as a high schooler, and certainly nobody has since. It’s really a shame she never improved, but hard to say if she would have under a different coach or in a different situation.
Ennaoui DNF, but finished 5th in the 1500m.
One of the better European 1500m runners, finally broke 4 last year.
2017: Bronze at European indoors (behind Muir and Koko) and silver at U23 Euros (behind Koko).
Silver at European outdoors 2018 and indoors 2019 (both behind Muir).
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Prime Mary Cain was phenomenal to watch. As crazy as it sounds, her high school PRs are actually kind of weak for how good she was in championship races. 8th in the WC 1500 final in 2013, 2nd at USAs outdoors in 2013 and 2014, USA indoor champion in 2013 and 2014, and WJ champion in this race. I don’t think even Jim Ryun or Mary Decker achieved that level of success as a high schooler, and certainly nobody has since. It’s really a shame she never improved, but hard to say if she would have under a different coach or in a different situation.
I will say that I gained a new level of appreciation for how good she was at that time. It's easy to get caught up in all the negativity at this point.
But as you say, no way to know if a different path would have made any difference. So interesting to the see the different paths though of the likes of Hull and Stafford...
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