Nielsen ran with ESP and died on the last lap. Riley ran her down which is a typical race for her. Jane definitely looked spent at the end of the race.
No love for the winner of the race who almost broke her own American record of 4:16.41?
St. Pierre and Nielsen went for it. She hit 809 in 2:07.27 and 1209 in 3:11.82 but only managed a 66.02 on the way home (33.39 last 200). You could barely see the BYU women in the tv window at first.
Elle St. Pierre (New Balance Boston) – 4:17.83 64.00 (32.73, 31.27) 2:07.27 (63.27 – 31.43, 31.84) 3:11.82 (64.55 – 32.25, 32.32) 4:17.83 (66.01 – 32.63, 33.39)
Quick Pacing Notes Most even race: Chamberlain (65.84 (409) 64.18 / 65.41 / 65.18 closing stretch) Biggest positive split: Nielsen (68.94 final 400). Fastest last 400: Parks (64.00). Fastest last 200: Parks (31.16).
Splits are for 209, 409, etc. The NCAA record belonged to Oregon’s Silan Ayyildiz, who ran 4:23.46, set last year.
Chamberlain 4:20.61 (second behind Elle St Pierre), followed by Wilma Nielsen (Oregon) 4:21.06, then Jane Hedengren 4:22.22
Nice kick. It was gutsy from Nielsen but it was hard to see her holding onto such a hot pace. Record is probably on borrowed time, though. If Jane stays in NCAA, it feels like sub-4:20 is in the cards.
I might be the minority, but happy to currently have a BYU college aged runner hold the NCAA mile record than a UO professional mid-20 age runner in Wilma or Silan
Hedengren is an aerobic monster. No kick no leg speed. Her future 10000m marathon
Disagree. Her legspeed is pretty good (I bet sub-4 1500 happens outdoors), but if you hammer from the front you’re unlikely to have a kick. I think Monson/Valby notably are less speedy