Sarah Baxter wins NXN!!!

She ran great. Haley Pierce was trying her best to track Sarah down but Sarah held up really really well. Impressive.

Soph too

Agree - I really thought Haley was going to close the gap - with about 2 minutes to go she looked like she was really moving up. Nice run by the winner - never looked back, great form - very nice. Congrats.

She grinds the whole race. I've not seen a race where she has had to kick.

I think that was the key. She never let Haley get in position to make it a sprint at the end. She just kept on pushing it and grinding it. Never looked back, never got nervous and just kept moving forward.

WOW. She is one impressive kid. Can't wait to watch her growth as a runner.

Agree, I also was a bit worried when the 2nd place girl was moving up very well to within 3 seconds of her but Baxter just kept pushing and pushing. Very good talent.

Bummer about not having a 'real' national championships to see how she'd fare against other national caliber girls.

Any idea where Macedo was?

she's slowing down, she was faster as a Freshman!

Will she run in the big race next weekend?

7 of the top 9 girls were entered although it looks like Macedo was a scratch. So competition was top notch.

Macedo was 5th through 2k then blew up on those roller coasters and slowed bad after losing contact

Does anyone know what happened to Wesley Frazier? She seemed to be the "it" girl for a while and I haven't heard anything about her in a while.

futureflop wrote:

she's slowing down, she was faster as a Freshman!

I could be wrong, but wasn't she injured for a lot of the season?

yes she was, she is barely running slower than she did as a freshman. Mt. Sac she ran about 10 seconds slower, but it was her second race back from injury. I dont think her not improving has anything to do with normal girls that slow down, it is due to her injury

Sneezy wrote:

Does anyone know what happened to Wesley Frazier? She seemed to be the "it" girl for a while and I haven't heard anything about her in a while.

Frazier ran FL South and looked to have a bad day. In the video she looked to be in rough shape right from the gun. She'll be back.

She was injured most of the season and it's incredible how well she's come back. Won by a ton on Mt. Sac, then later ran 16:44 on that course again (only 2 seconds slower than as a freshman); at a very hot day on state ran 10 seconds slower, but beat the field by like 35 seconds.

I think she has improved substantially and that will be shown in track this year. Also, physically she has matured and is much taller and more developed - she has handled that well and it has only made her stronger, which is a great sign.

Great girl...awesome form, fierce competitor. So sportsmanlike when she finishes the line too. The real deal.

It appeared as though she injured herself and then tried to run a little bit longer, but she eventually DNFd.

I got her autograph at Mt. SAC invite!