Check out this 6th grader in the 1600:

She is now barely 12 y.o. and at 2:11, 4:54, and the season is young...

Coaching is not the problem, all of the talented kids do this. Kids don't put a lot of thought into the racing process and pretty say catch me if you can.

Letsrun Historian wrote:

And thus, history was made when the race tactics of an 11-year-old were harshly criticized by the frustrated hordes. To this day, Daesha Rogers holds the Letsrun.com record for "Youngest to be Called Out" on the infamous message board. Despite new lows being set nearly every day, this is a record that may never be broken.

I agree.

That is why I posted before that the first 30 seconds didn't hurt her that much. She still ran pretty even the last 3 laps. If she went 67,78,84,92, that would have been a different story.

You are talking about a 12 year old girl who has years to learn how to better pace herself.

Could she run 2.05 this year and be the first grade school USATF qualifier ever?

TrackCoach wrote:

Coaching is not the problem, all of the talented kids do this. Kids don't put a lot of thought into the racing process and pretty say catch me if you can.

Except she was the only one who ran off that fast.

Hey bambino, why call a 6th grader a chicken ***. Gees have you run before. Going out fast takes a lot of trust in your abilities, and I bet you would be chicken to race her. None of your business anyway, looks like the coach is getting a lot out of her at this age. Why call HER anything. Takes courage to run as a 6th grader in a HS meet.

bambino el camino wrote:

She IS chicken shit. She thinks if she doesn't go out hard then she has no chance of winning. THAT IS PURE CHICKEN SHIT.

Yes, I know we're talking about a 6th grader lol

Alley Gator wrote:

She goes out in 30 flat for the first 200 and still finishes in 5:03:

http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/238228-2011-Florida-Relays/video/481846-W-1600-H01

I watched her 2013 Florida Relays race where she finished 8th in 5:08. She STILL goes out in 30/64 before dropping into 80 second pace.

I've watched youth runners go out like this for years and can't understand why club coaches still use this tactic. It only works when you are far superior to the other talent in the field like it is in Junior Olympic races.. I can only imagine that her training is just as unscientific. She needs better coaching to excel at the high school level.

I'm not trying to sound racist, but once I saw the girl was black i thought to myself "well obviously". Its almost like you just know the coach has her rocking hard intervals 3 days a week. I would actually be shocked if she runs under 4:50 in high school. Best of luck to her, hopefully she lucks out with a great h.s coach who can actually develop her obvious massive talent.

Hopefully she improves over the years

Goes out in 64 in the 1st quarter at american record pace. Similar to a guy going out in 56.5 or something crazy. Technically if she could hold her pace 8x as long she could break a 4 minute mile. I know she is in 8th grade but because of the years she's been running she should be experienced enough to know she cant maintain this kind of pace.

joecrunner wrote: Hopefully she improves over the years

She is a big kid for just 12. She grow to be larger and a power runner. I see her future in the 800m and 400m.

GRRR...

If she grows to be a larger and more powerful runner.

...my wife asked me to do something as I was trying to finish the post.

Anticompliment wrote:

Goes out in 64 in the 1st quarter at american record pace. Similar to a guy going out in 56.5 or something crazy. Technically if she could hold her pace 8x as long she could break a 4 minute mile. I know she is in 8th grade but because of the years she's been running she should be experienced enough to know she cant maintain this kind of pace.

She will probably always do the same thing.

some people never learn wrote: She will probably always do the same thing.

Spoken like someone who failed in school, then failed in life at every job they tried to hold.

She looks like a real looser who absorbed too much of hte prefontaine BS philosophy, without realizing that she doesn't have the talent for it- for that matter neither did pre! (see the olympics...)

Hopefully she doesn' think it's cool and nostalgic to D&D as well.

bad grades wrote:

some people never learn wrote: She will probably always do the same thing.

Spoken like someone who failed in school, then failed in life at every job they tried to hold.

Wow you really suck.

some people never learn wrote:

Wow you really suck.

That is the best you can do? I knew I was right about you.

TrackCoach wrote:

Coaching is not the problem, all of the talented kids do this. Kids don't put a lot of thought into the racing process and pretty say catch me if you can.

Not true. Kids can run smart, even at 11.