12-year old GIRL runs 16:43 XC 5k in College Race?

Who the f*** are you I ran the race and measured it with a garmin!!? I also ran the race and it was more like 3 miles and 7.8 k...what's missing from the course explanation is that a 2 mile portion of the course was serious downhill..I don't post ever on this site but I will cuz that lil girl ms.piggy was flat out badass and has a 10 year old brother that is a lil badass too kid is legit everyone needs to get off that haterade!

The all-time fastest 5K at Foot Locker is by Melody Fairchild, a high-school senior, 16:39 in 1990.

So, I doubt 16:43 is legit. Either short, or a lot downhill as you say.

...Either short, or a lot downhill as you say.

...or (likely) both.

Cheddar wrote:

...Either short, or a lot downhill as you say.

...or (likely) both.

Don't matter if the course was short and downhill. Those were college runners on the same course and she smoked them. We all know times don't matter in cross, but she was first. While those girls may not have been the cream of the crop, how many of you could have won a college cross race at the age of 12? Yeah, I thought so.

According to USATF rules, you can't certify a xc course for record purposes. So regardless how fast this youngster ran, the mark CANNOT be considered for record ratification. PERIOD.

Rabbanah wrote:

Don't matter if the course was short and downhill. Those were college runners on the same course and she smoked them. We all know times don't matter in cross, but she was first. While those girls may not have been the cream of the crop, how many of you could have won a college cross race at the age of 12? Yeah, I thought so.

Didn't I just read in Running Times about a 13 yr old 7th grader who ran a college 5,000 this past spring. It said she ran something like 17:09 and finished second. Not bad for a kid in a college race.

Maybe she and Ms. Pigg can get together for a good race at Foot Locker in a couple years.

Thanks for the info Bill. This young girl is obviously very talented, and that is a smoking time for that age even if it were only a 3 mile XC race. Lets just leave it at: keep our eyes on the results and see what happens when she is in HS. (or on the track)

Bill Huntington wrote:

The all-time fastest 5K at Foot Locker is by Melody Fairchild, a high-school senior, 16:39 in 1990.

So, I doubt 16:43 is legit. Either short, or a lot downhill as you say.

She is faster than Melody Fairchild!!

After running at HSU for my Jr/Sr years, this where I got all my PRs 5k to 10k and the courses were mostly short. When DII national champs were at HSU, times were significantly slower for our athletes then our home meets. Go figure.

PhilD wrote:

After running at HSU for my Jr/Sr years, this where I got all my PRs 5k to 10k and the courses were mostly short. When DII national champs were at HSU, times were significantly slower for our athletes then our home meets. Go figure.

That's funny, in 1990, they shortened the course for nationals at Beau Pre so our times were our best there.

tri, tri, tri as I might wrote:

Pigg was a monster on the bike, couldn't run worth a damn. Would also guess the little Pigg has grown up doing all the disciplines of tri's and is advanced for her age, we all know it catches it with us (Bri J. ring a bell).

I think Pigg was renown for his blazing bike splits and weaker run splits because he took a lot of risks on the bike due to there being runners out there at the time that he definitely couldn't hang with. I think he was a pretty fast runner though, and in a different generation of triathletes, his approach might have been different.

Relax Folks. It’s XC. wrote:

Jordan's Hasay's 15:27 is just as believable as any other recordable time-based event. Take a minute or two either way for clocks not perfectly synchronized. It's freaking XC people. Does your clock work perfectly on the cross course? Do you even wear a clock? And this happened 10 years ago before all that iPod crap. Can anyone really say for sure exactly which girl ran what time and the specific date down to the god damned minute? We aren't robots you know. Sometimes variables (minute, age, location, date, name, second, event) are difficult to jot down all at once. Things get mixed up, that's all part of the game.

Hilarious!

I nominate this post for letsrun troll of the year award.

However the heck long the course was or wasn't, she beat the second runner in the race by more than a minute and a half. Sure, this Humboldt State ain't Penn State or Washington State, but I'd say that beating any college's top woman by 90+ seconds is pretty decent if you're 12 years old (even if you're a 12 year old boy for that matter).

the piggs can fly wrote:

the course was at college of the redwoods not HSU so its not as crazy of hills - i don't care how good she is in other stuff, you do not bust out a sub 17 after the other times she has run, not a chance - and not one of those guys has run sub 25 before so i would say they are both short

Ethan wrote:

Thanks for the info Bill. This young girl is obviously very talented, and that is a smoking time for that age even if it were only a 3 mile XC race. Lets just leave it at: keep our eyes on the results and see what happens when she is in HS. (or on the track)

You're an idiot

For all you that are concerned about this young girl running great times for her age, follow this event. The Nike-Pre Nationals, Portland, OR, Sep 25th, 9:00 AM. I have been told, Miss Pigg will be running in the Womens Middle School 3000 meter event. I think you'll all be amazed at what she can do. Just a little back ground on why you might be amazed, I have a son that's been running against her the past three years here in Humboldt County. On June 5th of this year, 2010, Miss Pigg and my son ran a mile time trial at HSU. They went out at 72 sec first lap and my son started to die. He finished in 5:33 while little Miss Pigg ran 5:13. I timed the event. Later this Summer, July 4th, 5K run in Arcata, she ran a 17:55. Look at the 6rrc.com website. (Six Rivers Running Club) She is good! and is only getting better......

Thanks for that update.

On 9-26-10 at the Mack High School track, Chloe ran a 5:01 mile. She had a couple pacers running with her and an official timer was present. Pretty amazing. I can't wait to see what she does in high school too.

A 12 year old with her own entourage of pacers and an "official timer." FAT? Yawn. Wake me up when we get a blue collar female runner, enough with this prodigy crap.

Trinidad RUnner wrote:

For all you that are concerned about this young girl running great times for her age, follow this event. The Nike-Pre Nationals, Portland, OR, Sep 25th, 9:00 AM. I have been told, Miss Pigg will be running in the Womens Middle School 3000 meter event. I think you'll all be amazed at what she can do.

How did she do?