You ask a good question, and I have to believe the answer is at least partly that she really has only been running at this level for 12 months, and with some interruptions in that time. So not really a lot of time to be working on refining strategies, as the NC St ladies have been doing. Combined with how she answered some questions it is clear she is very new to this thing "running". She does seem to be where Tuohy was as a hs sophomore - but there are opponents with the same ability and better tactical skills. Not really having any teammates to practice with can't help either - recall the NC St video with the group of 5 I think doing the track session together. I think Tuohy benefitted tremendously from getting thrown in with Henes and Steelman as an out of shape freshman. But one would think Valby's coach would start working on this stuff pretty quickly.