Sophia Gorriaran: Everywhere, All the Time, Any Distance

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yup...she's kind of amazing...not sure I'd have her run the short dash though.

Per Milesplit, she's considering "at least five schools" for next year, focusing solely on track: Texas A&M, Virginia, Penn, Harvard, and Texas (she had previously considered doing both track and lacrosse when in college).

Her father ran at Brown in college, so no doubt, he's pushing for her to get good academics. I believe her sister is currently at Penn playing lacrosse while her brother ran for Boston University.

Question is if she will end up doing all 4 years of NCAA eligibility.

For those who are curious, here is a list of her PBs on World Athletics' website:

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As a father/coach, it's fun watching all of these seemingly happy father/child running teams winning at the highest levels.

Omnipresent, omnitemporal, omnidistant. Sounds like the universe.

So with the racing everywhere, anytime and any distance as you stated she did no better in May than in January. She's an amazing talent but perhaps she's racing too frequently.

I'd be surprised if she chooses a school that doesn't have a lacrosse team. She really, really likes lacrosse, and if nothing else I think she would want to be part of a lacrosse school.

And she might even want to keep open the possibility of changing her mind and joining her college's lacrosse team down the road.

she seems to be fully on board with not playing lacrosse in college. she knows running is her ticket to much bigger things and she saw what happened with Abby Steiner with soccer when she insisted on doing both. I do wonder if Athing Mu has been whispering in her ear about Texas A&M. Guess we'll see soon enough...

Texas A&M has been so good at developing 800m runners lately. I think that's where she could go to maximize her running potential. But academics are important too. Will be interesting to see what she picks.

Interesting omission: Stanford, especially considering who's already there . . .

I'm friends with her uncle and from what I recall, they were leaning towards Penn, but that was a while back so things may have changed.

Is the family rich or poor? Must be one of the extremes.

Is the family rich or poor? Must be one of the extremes.

This workout video from two years ago was filmed in Austin, Texas and her father says they have been coming to Austin for twelve years. That might explain why Texas is on their list.

just saw on Instaface that Gorriaran is racing at the Armory in March. good move as I can watch it . what event (s) may she run?

Those are neat results. Reminds me a bit of Isaiah Harris, a "sprinter/XC runner" who settles into the 800. Sophia will certainly run 1:59 outdoors in 2023.

I recall an interview in which she or her father states that she does a bunch of events to keep it fun. Usually runners with this sort of profile, very good at multiple events, turn out really well in college when they specialize. She's already among the best ever hs 800m runners, of course.

Impossible to say. She often enters three or four events and then ends up running one or two.

Does she want to be the 3rd fastest 800 runner on her college team? Maybe not.

Although if she went to Stanford they would put the college 4x800 so far out of reach it might never be broken.