What happened to Sara Sargent?

I'm not sure what you're looking at - she is entered in the 3200 on Saturday. But your point still stands. I think I read that she had mono back in the fall, which is why she didn't do all that great in XC. Then she came back to win the indoors 3000 in 9:40-something, so it seemed like she was on her way to getting back to form. Since then though it hasn't been a particularly impressive outdoor season compared to last year.

alot of people out in pa feels like she piked away to early

Thanks a lot. I'll have to look into her performance. You don't see many people like that out of PA.

Brady Gehret last year was awesome,

Tom Mallon, too.

But distance wise, IL, TX, and CA is what I see on dyestat.

Does anyone else here think she'll go WAYYYY sub 10?

Or do you think she'll burn out, a la Hasay?

breaking news: fast freshman girl has dissappointing sophomore year

why do i feel like I've read this thread before

The big shock to me is that the girl she duke it out with at states last year fell off even worse. I don't thinly Kinkead even made it back to states, did she?

PAathlete wrote:

Thanks a lot. I'll have to look into her performance. You don't see many people like that out of PA.

Brady Gehret last year was awesome,

Tom Mallon, too.

But distance wise, IL, TX, and CA is what I see on dyestat.

Does anyone else here think she'll go WAYYYY sub 10?

Or do you think she'll burn out, a la Hasay?

Um when did Jordan Hasay burnout? The last time i checked she won the 3k this past year at indoor nationals and is the #1 seed in both the 1500 and 5000 at west regionals this weekend.

Also here's a few people from PA that you may want to look up that have excelled on the national level in the past 5 years: Frances Koons, Maureen McCandless, Craig Miller, Jon Grey, Chanelle Price,

see also Neely Spence

Mike Rutt

You're right to say that I forgot about those names, especially Chanelle Price, and in the field world, Allison Updike. And, if you go oldschool, Paul Vandergrift. Mostly, because up until last year, I was an HS runner. Now, I have to content myself living vicariously through the times of national talent, because I wasn't good enough for college.

^^ Oh well.

And as for Hasay, that was a mistake, too. But to me, if you run as fast as she did her frosh year, why wouldn't she break the NFHS record? (Albeit, I believe she stands number 2.)

And lastly, it really stinks that young talent, on the girls side, and sometimes the boys, burns out at all. I feel really bad for Sarah Baxter of Simi, who will likely experience the same issue.

Brady got hurt really bad at penn relays, and i think tom hurt his foot during indoor

That's a darn shame. I haven't followed Brady since last year, when he kicked my school's best runner's behind in the 400. Can't exactly blame my buddy for losing though, Brady is a beast, and there's no denying it.

I hope he recovers, and wish him an awesome college career.

PAathlete wrote:

That's a darn shame. I haven't followed Brady since last year, when he kicked my school's best runner's behind in the 400. Can't exactly blame my buddy for losing though, Brady is a beast, and there's no denying it.

I hope he recovers, and wish him an awesome college career.

WOW that explains a lot, I was wondering why Tom Mallon wasn't posting huge times. I hope to see some blazing times in the near future. Reminds me of Luke Lefebure of Henderson tearing his ACL

and Brady- that stinks about his injury. That kid is a man-Child of unrelenting speed. Last year at a fairly big meet in H.S. he took down the #1 PA pure sprinter (Alex Kenney) in the 60m - that is some serious burst speed, especially for his build.

pa runner wrote:

alot of people out in pa feels like she piked away to early

There's something fishy going on here.

at the indoor state meet, she won the 3k and set a state record, beatin angel piccirillo by over 10 seconds

she got mono midway thru xc season, yet still placed 6th in the state meet. leading pennsbury to state title...

she's got a wicked kick, and in the heat, ah it's very hot and humid, it'll be a kickers race...

also, she's looking towarads the wolrd youth trials at the end of june

hey guys, the BEST performing distance runner from PA is liz costello ranked 3rd in the 5k for ncaa behind hasay and reid

costello is post grad, she went to princeton, and is now at tennesee doing post grad work

and sargent has a little sister, who won the national cyo xc in her age group, with a littler sister in the pike too, a bit young though

here's PA 3200 heat sheet. sargent has 4th best time from districts...

so much for disappearing...

Event 310 Girls 3200 Meter Run AAA

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NFHS Record: 9:48.59 1996 Kimberly Mortensen, ThousndOaksHS,CA

PIAA Record: 10:21.06 2010 Sara Sargent, Pennsbury HS 1

NFHS Hnr Rol: 10:38.00

11:13.30 SQS

Meet Qualifying: 11:13.30

Name Year School Seed Finals

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Section 1 Timed Finals

2-1A 360 Darlington, Amy 11 Liberty 11 10:48.29 SQS

3-1B 500 Gerlach, Tori 11 Pennridge 01 10:49.14 SQS

6-1C 618 Mills, Lauren 12 Unionville 01 10:56.62 SQS

7-1D 430 Malone, Shannon 10 North Hills 07 10:57.51 SQS

10-1E 24 Rodden, Katie 12 Archbshp Crrl 12 11:01.09 SQS

11-1F 658 Lawrence, Maggie 12 Wilson 03 11:01.50 SQS

14-1G 461 Pristas, Abby 10 Norwin 07 11:08.84 SQS

15-1H 78 Snyder, Danica 12 Butler 07 11:09.72 SQS

17-1I 207 Weiler, Biz 11 Downingtown E 01 11:11.30 SQS

18-1J 369 Flickinger, Jenna 11 Lower Dauphin 03 11:16.98

19-1K 188 Billas, Alison 11 Danville Area 04 11:17.58

20-1L 243 Brzostek, Sarah 10 Exeter 03 11:18.27

21-1M 143 Ibarra, Kelsey 10 Central York 03 11:20.36

22-1N 87 Daly, Nicole 12 Crdnl O'Hara 12 11:23.31

23-1O 585 Cousins, Emma 9 State College 06 11:42.05

24-1P 538 Schall, Milea 12 Punxsutawney 09 11:43.54

25-1Q 245 Jones, Jenny -- Fort Leboeuf 10 11:53.50

1-2A 438 McGovern, Meghan 11 North Penn 01 10:39.17 SQS

4-2B 507 Sargent, Sara 10 Pennsbury 01 10:52.41 SQS

5-2C 536 Stoner, Paige 9 Pottsville 11 10:54.79 SQS

8-2D 175 Scott, Kate 10 CR North 01 10:59.62 SQS

9-2E 182 Anderson, Leigha 12 Cumberlnd Vly 03 10:59.84 SQS

12-2F 249 Schott, Leah 12 Franklin Rgnl 07 11:01.52 SQS

13-2G 201 Callaghan, Katelyn 10 Downingtown E 01 11:03.96 SQS

16-2H 185 Rome, Regan 9 Dallas 02 11:10.31 SQS

It's not a "bad" time by any means, and its BLAZING for a 10th grade girl. It's just not Sara Sargent. Last year this girl was running regularly under 10:25, and even ran a 10:09 in one meet. Now, she's closer to 11:09. Yes, it's crazy to question her talent. But maybe she's already began to break down?

My hope is that I'm wrong, and she's just hitting a growth spurt or something. Because best case scenario, she could come out a better runner than ever.

That's what makes this subject interesting to me. In my opinion, we have either the chance to witness a sub 9:45, and record shattering senior year, or the unfortunate "could have been", potentially so far a dropoff that she may not make states next year.

Fingers crossed on that 9:45.

pfffttt... wrote:

I'm not sure what you're looking at - she is entered in the 3200 on Saturday. But your point still stands. I think I read that she had mono back in the fall, which is why she didn't do all that great in XC. Then she came back to win the indoors 3000 in 9:40-something, so it seemed like she was on her way to getting back to form. Since then though it hasn't been a particularly impressive outdoor season compared to last year.

what confuses me is that she claims to have mono and they found out mid-october, however she continued to train until states? then kept going until regionals? mono isnt something you can run through

very fishy wrote:

what confuses me is that she claims to have mono and they found out mid-october, however she continued to train until states? then kept going until regionals?

Wait! What in the hell is your problem?

First of all, the state meet is not plural. The meet involves only ONE state, right?

Also, regionals come first, and THEN the state meet!