Good point. She was 15 seconds off the time and the ACC race would have been a controlled effort saving it for nationals. Just a bad luck. That said, Markevich in particular has been excellent for a while.
Markezich and Maatoug both improved a lot since last season, and ran very well.
2022 ACCs / 2023 Nattys
Markezich 19:29 / 19:10
Tuohy 19:08 / 19:23
Maatoug 19:41 / 19:29
Sam Bush 19:45 / 20:00
Allyson Churchill 20:19 / 19:53
Daphne Lavassas 20:24 /20:08
And here are their LAACTIC Fitness Estimates (LFE) for 2022 and 2023:
2022 ACCs / 2023 Nattys…LFE2022/LFE2023 Markezich 19:29/19:10…………15:36/15:17 Tuohy 19:08/19:23……………….15:19/15:11 Maatoug 19:41/19:29………..….15:48/15:24 Sam Bush 19:45/20:00…………15:41/15:48 A. Churchill 20:19/19:53……....16:08/15:38 D. Lavassas 20:24/20:08………16:21/15:52
And here are their LAACTIC Fitness Estimates (LFE) for 2022 and 2023:
2022 ACCs / 2023 Nattys…LFE2022/LFE2023 Markezich 19:29/19:10…………15:36/15:17 Tuohy 19:08/19:23……………….15:19/15:11 Maatoug 19:41/19:29………..….15:48/15:24 Sam Bush 19:45/20:00…………15:41/15:48 A. Churchill 20:19/19:53……....16:08/15:38 D. Lavassas 20:24/20:08………16:21/15:52
Lacctic rated some of the championship times faster than ACCs, not sure how that works.
For example - Markezich's 19:10 was rated as 15:05 this year, but Tuohy's 19:08 last year was rated as 15:19.
As good as Markezich is I don't see her running 15:05 anytime soon.
And here are their LAACTIC Fitness Estimates (LFE) for 2022 and 2023:
2022 ACCs / 2023 Nattys…LFE2022/LFE2023 Markezich 19:29/19:10…………15:36/15:17 Tuohy 19:08/19:23……………….15:19/15:11 Maatoug 19:41/19:29………..….15:48/15:24 Sam Bush 19:45/20:00…………15:41/15:48 A. Churchill 20:19/19:53……....16:08/15:38 D. Lavassas 20:24/20:08………16:21/15:52
Lacctic rated some of the championship times faster than ACCs, not sure how that works.
For example - Markezich's 19:10 was rated as 15:05 this year, but Tuohy's 19:08 last year was rated as 15:19.
As good as Markezich is I don't see her running 15:05 anytime soon.
The competition in the different races probably factors into the different ratings.
One reason you won’t see Markezich run a 15:05 anytime soon is because she is a mid-distance athlete. (Likewise wouldn’t expect a 20min 5k hobby-jogger to be able to run a 3:11 marathon “equivalent” without doing a lot of training for the longer distance.)
