1991premilechamp wrote:
I was at that meet. I almost won the 1500 but 5 guys beat me.
kathy was the 10k collegiate record holder at the time BUT it was the first time contesting the event at the NCAA. everyone knew Stephanie Herbst from Wisco was the heavy favorite, mot Kathy.
3 girls pulled away, Kathy, Stephanie and a girl from OK state. Down the backstretch about half way done Kathy moved wide from the group of 3 and actually accelerated off the track and ran out the stadium. About an hour later the NC State girls came by our group and asked us if we had seem Kathy. Then the next morning at Breakfast we heard the news. So sad.
we had a guy in the 10K the next day. He had mono. Coach told him to just run and drop out. He actually finished in like 33 minutes because he was sure if he dropped out there would be people following and monitoring him all night.
A slight correction - the girls that pulled away were Herbst, McMiken (Ok State), Ellen Reynolds (Duke), and Lisa Welch (Boston U.). Kathy tried to keep up and couldn't. At that point she veered off. Ellen (who was a close friend) returned from the meet quite shaken by what happened to Kathy.