The daughter of Steve Spence, today at a dual meet between Shippensburg and Big Spring, at Shippensburg High School, Neely Spence broke her old course record by 46 seconds with the same effort she put out last year when she ran 17:47, she beat the runner-up Amanda R. (2:13 800 runner) by 1:46. She also beat her boyfriend by 3 minutes.
He must be terrible.
who is her boyfriend?
How old is she?
How could you gage the effort put out today to be equal to the effort she put out last year???
Forgive me for not knowing, but who is Steve Spense?
steve spence got 3rd in the 1991 world championships for the marathon, and olympian. He is now the Coach of the XC team at Shippensburg University.
Steve Spence was a former US Olympian in the Marathon. I believe he took 11th or 12th at the Olympics. Year before that he got 3rd at the World Championships. He is currently the head coach at Shippensburg University and still runs some pretty ridiculous masters times.
Not to take away anything from her run, because Neely is fast as hell, but when I ran at Shippensburg quite a few years ago the course was only 3 miles long, and I can't even guarantee it was that long. I believe Coach Roseberry from Cedar Cliff had a wheel that day if anyone happens to know what measures he got (2001 Cumberland County Championships). I have no idea if they changed the course since then or not to make it a full length. Any Mid Penn buffs have any info on this?
that course was only used for that meet, not for dual meets
I'm pretty sure the last time I ran the shippensburg high school course in a duel meet (4-5 years ago) it was only 3 miles. But I have no idea if it has changed since then.
Her time still might be faster than what I ran that day and I doubt she ran 100% effort.
I can gage the effort she put out because I talked with her, she's only allowed to go all out a couple times during the regular season in cross, and this was one of them. She went all out last year too. It is only three miles, but if you put it in perspective, think of how fast she was last year, FLNE champ and 7th at FL, and now she is 46 seconds faster than she was at that point last year...that is scary, well scary for all the other girls she has to run against.
If Jason Rexing was in the race she would have been only 5 seconds behind him....that\'s how good she ran.
Keep an eye on Claire Durkin from Ohio. She ran a solo 17:12 5k on a legitimate flat fast course as well as mid 17:30's to 17:40's on hillier courses. Her times are also about 45 seconds faster than she was last year. She ran 4:52/10:33 last year at the state track meet.
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