Natasza Dudek - Better than her sister Zofia?

crowd as large as GST Kingston wrote:

WTF? When you said, "Michigan International Speedway" I thought this was a nickname for a really fast course in Michigan. Some people call McAlpine Greenway in NC the "McAlpine Speedway." I had no idea you actually meant an actual racetrack until I saw the video.

Do they just do loops around the infield or something?

She is on fire wrote:

Natasza Dudek's speed rating for yesterday's race is 165!

To put that in perspective, Addy Ritzenhein and Rachel Forsyth never had a speed rating that high. Even Natalie Cook only had a speed rating that high one time.

And Dudek is only a sophomore!

She is improving rapidly wrote:

The 16:09 that Dudek just ran is 9 seconds faster than her 5k track PR that she ran in June at New Balance Outdoor Nationals. She's getting better very quickly.

wtfbbq wrote:

She is improving rapidly wrote:

The 16:09 that Dudek just ran is 9 seconds faster than her 5k track PR that she ran in June at New Balance Outdoor Nationals. She's getting better very quickly.

Is this a legit 5k? This would be an Amber Trotter-level performance.

wtfbbq wrote:

She is improving rapidly wrote:

The 16:09 that Dudek just ran is 9 seconds faster than her 5k track PR that she ran in June at New Balance Outdoor Nationals. She's getting better very quickly.

Is this a legit 5k? This would be an Amber Trotter-level performance.

GBohannon wrote:

wtfbbq wrote:

Is this a legit 5k? This would be an Amber Trotter-level performance.

Yes, it is legit. It’s hosted the Michigan Stste Meet since 2000. For reference, Megan Goethals ran 16:54 the year she won footlocker although it was a slow day.

Ritz has the CR at 14:10. Fisher and Kessler ran low 14:50s.

A new Dudek is in town wrote:

Natasza Dudek just destroyed the course record at the Michigan International Speedway. She ran 16:09 breaking Rachel Forsyth's 16:28 record set in 2023.

Natasza's sister Zofia ran 51 seconds slower (17:00) in 2019, the year she won Foot Locker.

Natasza's time is 28 seconds faster than what Victoria Garces ran at that course last year, when Victoria finished 2nd at both NXN and Foot Locker.

Rachel, Zofia, and Victoria were all seniors when they ran those times. Natasza is only a sophmore.

Nastasza Dudek has a very bright future. She has got to be one of the favorites to win NXN this year. And Brooks too, since I think she'll get a Brooks golden ticket for being super fast and for being the sister of a Foot Locker champion.

She is on fire wrote:

wtfbbq wrote:

Is this a legit 5k? This would be an Amber Trotter-level performance.

I believe it's a legit 5k. It was also very good running weather yesterday, so that helped. (Amber Trotter's famous Foot Locker race was very hot and humid.)

Brooklyn wrote:

The first ~600m and last ~1200m are inside the track.

The remaining ~3200m of the race has some modest roll and longer inclines/declines.

Footing is great as long as it doesn’t rain the week of the race. There’s not a ton of tree blockage, so the wind can greatly impact race strategy/times.

She is on fire wrote:

GBohannon wrote:

Yes, it is legit. It’s hosted the Michigan Stste Meet since 2000. For reference, Megan Goethals ran 16:54 the year she won footlocker although it was a slow day.

Ritz has the CR at 14:10. Fisher and Kessler ran low 14:50s.

So a sophomore girl ran a time that is only 1:15 behind Fisher and Kessler? Wow!

bigmig19 wrote:

A new Dudek is in town wrote:

Natasza Dudek just destroyed the course record at the Michigan International Speedway. She ran 16:09 breaking Rachel Forsyth's 16:28 record set in 2023.

Natasza's sister Zofia ran 51 seconds slower (17:00) in 2019, the year she won Foot Locker.

Natasza's time is 28 seconds faster than what Victoria Garces ran at that course last year, when Victoria finished 2nd at both NXN and Foot Locker.

Rachel, Zofia, and Victoria were all seniors when they ran those times. Natasza is only a sophmore.

Nastasza Dudek has a very bright future. She has got to be one of the favorites to win NXN this year. And Brooks too, since I think she'll get a Brooks golden ticket for being super fast and for being the sister of a Foot Locker champion.

Yeah I called This months ago. She has a lot of upside yet

Dathan ran 14:10 wrote:

bigmig19 wrote:

Yeah I called This months ago. She has a lot of upside yet

You called it month ago??? That was not really something that anyone needed to call, it was a given sir.