Sage Hurta Klecker 1:55.89

So happy for her after all the bad luck at trials/USAs over the years

she had mentioned switching to the 1500 next year and beyond but should she?

Bad luck?? It’s called not delivering and blaming others

You can view results however you choose - I prefer to look at great results positively!

lol brits not cheating anymore if you look at their Tokyo champ results!

Of course they are. All ten top runners in their respective countries are cheating. Get real

I think she's beautiful.

In a clean WC she and Josette would be leaving with medals.

Spent her high school years running in the shade of the FM girls… none of whom went on to do anything of note.

True. Quite often they are positive.

I wrote her off as 1:59 best gal earlier who will just end up pacing until her career ends. Incredible. She blew the doors off. Does this maker her the breadwinner in the family now?

I could be wrong, but I think way back in 2022 (the year she was 3rd in the 800 DL final) she was talking about moving up to the mile the next year, and just running the 800 to work on her speed. She was an NCAA mile champ/1500 silver in college, so moving to the 800 was seen as a bad move when she didn’t make the team, although after her 3rd in the DL final maybe things changed.

I might be thinking of someone else, I don’t have time to go looking right now, but I think it was her. Either way, 1:55 800 speed is hard to beat as a miler. Apparently it’ll only get you 5th in the 800 though. But last year it took 3:55 to make the 1500 team, so I don’t have a strong opinion on which she should pick, I’ll just trust her and Ritz to make the decision. For all the flak he caught last year, I’m pretty sure OAC did better at Worlds this year than any other US group, and that’s with Nuguse not even making it. Big props to OAC, and Sage especially for finally making it to the big stage and running the race of her life.

In a clean WC neither of them would have made it to Worlds

Both came in third in their respective races at USAs . . . but they're the ones you single out as not on the up-and-up?

Whereas Armstronglivs is rarely other than a nattering nabob of negativity.

I loved the "HOLY SH#^! I CAN'T BELIEVE I JUST DID THAT?!" look on her face right after the race 🤣