Cami Chapus, Jr. from Harvard Westlake in CA, ran a 4:17.12 to take 5th at the World Youth Championships...equates to around 4:36.9 for the full mile.
What a year! Consistently improving times, from March until July! And still another year to go...
Hannah Meier, Sophomore from Michigan, runs 4:20! Also a bright future.
Add in runners like Mary Cain, Wesley Frazier, Amy Eloise Neale, Maddie Meyers, Kelsey Margey...the list goes on, and next year could be the best ever.
Whoa. wrote:
Cami Chapus, Jr. from Harvard Westlake in CA, ran a 4:17.12 to take 5th at the World Youth Championships...equates to around 4:36.9 for the full mile.
What a year! Consistently improving times, from March until July! And still another year to go...
Hannah Meier, Sophomore from Michigan, runs 4:20! Also a bright future.
Add in runners like Mary Cain, Wesley Frazier, Amy Eloise Neale, Maddie Meyers, Kelsey Margey...the list goes on, and next year could be the best ever.
Add in Sarah Baxter and Weissenbach too and whoa
and Hayley Pierce
One should never assume HS girls are going to do anything good or bad from one year to the next. However, with that large of a crowd and adding in Wilson, chances are a few are going to come up with some very good performances next year.
She comes from a good gene pool. Her Mom is former UCLA & Alemany H.S. sensation, Viki Cook, and her uncle is UCI standout Ray Cook. Her grandpa was a good runner back in the day as well.
pre841 wrote:
She comes from a good gene pool. Her Mom is former UCLA & Alemany H.S. sensation, Viki Cook, and her uncle is UCI standout Ray Cook. Her grandpa was a good runner back in the day as well.
Since she's going to Harvard-Westlake it's more likely we'll see her go to Stanford or one of the Ivies than UCLA.
Don't forget the young lady who will win tomorrows World Youth 800m title and she's also a sub 4:50 miler Ajee Wilson.
Every last one of them directly inspired by Jordan Hasay. Which is why Jordan Hasay is the most important female distance runner in the USA for the last 2 decades. Her legacy will go on for generations to come!
Truth Told wrote:
Every last one of them directly inspired by Jordan Hasay.
I really shouldn't feed the troll, but suffice to say that Cami Chapus was inspired by her own mother long before the running world had ever heard of Jordan Hasay.
More Accurate Truth Told wrote:
Truth Told wrote:Every last one of them directly inspired by Jordan Hasay.
I really shouldn't feed the troll, but suffice to say that Cami Chapus was inspired by her own mother long before the running world had ever heard of Jordan Hasay.
but Jordan Hasay inspired Cami Chapus' mother!
Cami is a huge f***ing badass. Props to her and good luck to Amy (also with that HW team swag) who is running the 800m tomorrow.
Look for Cami Chapus to go to Stanford. Yes, her mom is Vicki Cook from UCLA. But her mom did not have a good experience at UCLA and no way is she going to be a Bruin.
I wonder if she will be a 1500 runner of a 5000 runner in college...she has great speed, but also great endurance. Definitely capable of a sub 10.
Rashter wrote:
Look for Cami Chapus to go to Stanford. Yes, her mom is Vicki Cook from UCLA. But her mom did not have a good experience at UCLA and no way is she going to be a Bruin.
I would offer some conjecture that Cami's seeing the Hayward Crowd's rowdy invitation to Jordan Hasay to attend UofO at the 2010 OT meet might have had just as a profound impact on the then preteen runner.
Has there ever been a high school team with a better duo of distance runners than Harvard-Westlake currently has? Between Chapus (4:17 flat 1500) and Weissenbach (2:02 flat 800), you could easily argue that this single high school currently has two of the top 10 or 20 high school distance runners ever.
MVrunner wrote:
Has there ever been a high school team with a better duo of distance runners than Harvard-Westlake currently has? Between Chapus (4:17 flat 1500) and Weissenbach (2:02 flat 800), you could easily argue that this single high school currently has two of the top 10 or 20 high school distance runners ever.
Judging by the All-Time DMR lists, i don't think any team has ever had as good a mid-distance duo.
MVrunner wrote:
Between Chapus (4:17 flat 1500) and Weissenbach (2:02 flat 800), you could easily argue that this single high school currently has two of the top 10 or 20 high school distance runners ever.
Let's wait and see. They are remarkable talents, but remember, just because they are two of the fastest doesn't mean they are amongst the absolute best! As others have said before, Wejo has a PR that is faster than Nurmi or Zatopek. Does that mean that he is a superior to them amongst the best distance runner ever?
Rashter wrote:
Look for Cami Chapus to go to Stanford. Yes, her mom is Vicki Cook from UCLA. But her mom did not have a good experience at UCLA and no way is she going to be a Bruin.
First of all, Vicki's experience at UCLA was much more of a reflection upon what she did than what the coaching staff did (or didn't) do. Besides, that was 25 years ago! That's like saying she shouldn't go to Stanford because of Brooks Johnson.
Steve Prefontaine took up running in 1964 when he saw Jordan Hasay win the 1500 meters in the Olympic Trials on TV. He said at the time and I quote: "If that little tyke can do that with that huge braid and her tongue sticking out, then some day I can grow a killer 'stache and run 13:22 in front of an adoring crowd at Hayward."
The winner of the race ran 4.09. I guess that her future is super bright!
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Hannah Meier, Sophomore from Michigan, runs 4:20! Also a bright future.
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