Truly psycho. Times in cross dont mean much but if an ncaa women split 15:24 en route in a 6K track race that would imo make her a favorite to win NCAAs in the 5 and 10
After her run at Texas A&M, people were wondering what she was capable of. We thought, "Well we'll find out at SECs." That race just ended. Well before the 10 minute mark, she broke free of 2020 NCAA xc champ Mercy Chelangat. She ended up winning in 18:25.9 with Chelangat 8 seconds back.
John Kellogg and I were watching it together in the office and he was super impressed.
He thinks if that was a legitimate 6000 that someone could almost run a full 10,000 on the track at that pace (she was running 30:40 pace today). I asked him what could she do for 5000 and he's saying something about 14:40s. I'm hearing him talk about Sally Kipyego running stuff like this. In case you dont' remember, Kipyegon ended up being pretty darn good as a pro (Olympic silver).
The collegiate records are 15:01/31:18.
If those marks are crazy, please realize the 10th placer today has a 16:00 5000 pb and ran 20:00 so Valby beat her by more than 90 seconds.