Are we suspicious of Karissa Schweizer?

Wouldn't surprise me at all. So many red flags.

Of course we should. No program dopes only one athlete and not all the rest. Did we learn nothing from Lance's fallout?

Yes. Although she was one of the best ncaa runners in a long time so maybe there is hope that she is not. At least if you assume she wasn’t coping in college.

But yes, I am very suspicious. Also very suspicious of freirichs and definitely centro.

very suspicious. schweizer was doing very well before Shelby tested positive and after she's been struggling. Even outkicked by cranny in a 10k.

If she was on HGH you would’ve seen her head literally grow larger like Barry Bonds and Lance Armstrong. It’s unlikely she was on HGH anyways as it’s pretty well understood to not be as beneficial for endurance athletes as explosive athletes.

Yes.

DirtyT wrote:

If she was on HGH you would’ve seen her head literally grow larger like Barry Bonds and Lance Armstrong. It’s unlikely she was on HGH anyways as it’s pretty well understood to not be as beneficial for endurance athletes as explosive athletes.

Yes is the answer.

Additionally the poster above hasn’t got a clue what he is talking about. Lots of endurance athletes take HGH and it’s hugely beneficial in the right mix.

Schweizer is clean.

HGH on its own isnt good for distance runners.Steroids dont work as well as EPO in distance,either..But if its all added into a cocktail,itll turn an athlete into a beast.

big bopper wrote:

Schweizer is clean.

No she’s not.

Her ardent defense of a doper tells us all we need to know.

I've been suspicious of her ever since she stormed past Rohrer and Finn on the home straight of CC nationals. Remember thinking " who the F8ck is this with the outrageous kick?" She was unknown and has gotten better every year since then.

Lebron and Stephen Curry took HGH but the Marxist nba of China doesn't drug test or at least they don't hold their stars accountable for cheating.

Here improvement has been all the charts. 15:11 pr for 5k in Feb 2019 to running 14:26 14 months later...Yea that makes sense.

I'm suspicious of anyone who handcuffs themselves to a convicted doper.

Suspicious of Schweizer, suspicious of Cranny, suspicious of Fraser. At this point it’s safe to assume Shalane is a cheater as well.

If any of you animals dare mention Elle Purrier I'll come to your house and throw down

No, I'm not suspicious, as there have been no physical changes of the kind you expect from a distance runner using steroids. It's the training group. Talents training with great runners tons of volume can do this kind of thing, which is a big part of the explanation for Kenyan/Ethiopian distance success in great numbers. The problem is just the injury bug, which is why you have one great year and then some regression this spring.

Here's another question, has she actually regressed this year?

She's not run an 8 or 15, according to IAAF, but has run 3000m, 5000m, and 10000m.

The 3k (8:40) was a 2 second (outdoor?) pr (although I thought she'd run a fast indoor 3k in the 8:20s two years ago--maybe I was just looking at the outdoor times). The 5000m (15:00) was probably as fast as she has run at this time of year. She had 14:45 as her best, a huge drop from the previous times that year, in 2019 at World's. She ran 15:02 the previous year. Trials will be a real test.

Then she ran a 1:13 pr in the 10000m in 30:47 this year. So, I don't see significant regression yet.

To answer the OP - yes, we should be quite suspicious. Her progression is as stunning, if not more so, as Houlihan’s and she is in the same training group. This is not to say is guilty - she has not failed a drug test, but there is enough to warrant the asking of difficult questions and launching a full and thorough investigation. This entire sport is in trouble.