Sarah Baxter wins NXN!!!

Ummm wrote:

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.

Very nice running by Sarah Baxter, and all the young women in the race.

I agree it is too bad the top runners here won't be running at Footlocker Nationals.

What happened to Macedo who was highly rated coming in. I couldnt find her in the results.

Mary Cain was SIXTH!!! can't WAIT to see what she does this spring. 2:01-4:35?

Where is a video of the race? that doesn't keep bogging down.

race video is at runnerspace.com

Good Riddance wrote:

What happened to Macedo who was highly rated coming in. I couldnt find her in the results.

Macedo did not finish. She was fifth at the first split but something must have happened as she slowed considerably to the next split and then dropped out.

Mary Cain has improved like 2 minutes this season. She's gained so much strength and is going to be dangerous this track season. Her coach has gone on record saying he thinks she'll break 2 in the 800. A HSR in the 1500 is also a strong possibility. And only a sophomore?!

If anyone is going to challenge Baxter her senior year, it'll be Cain. She's improving tons as she gains strength and she's not too far off right now...

wdude wrote:

Mary Cain was SIXTH!!! can't WAIT to see what she does this spring. 2:01-4:35?

With 55 400meter speed and a 6th a NXN, the skys the limit for her from 800 to 3200! Awesome talent and awesome kid!

John C wrote:

With 55 400meter speed and a 6th a NXN, the skys the limit for her from 800 to 3200! Awesome talent and awesome kid!

There is quite a bit of tension between Cain and her teammates.

Not a parent wrote:

John C wrote:

With 55 400meter speed and a 6th a NXN, the skys the limit for her from 800 to 3200! Awesome talent and awesome kid!

There is quite a bit of tension between Cain and her teammates.

What kind of tension and why?

I'm sure Cain will continue to run great times, but won't challenge Baxter at the 5k.

RuKiddingMe!! wrote:

race video is at runnerspace.com

It keeps bogging down every 1/2 second and stopping, takes forever to load, the same thing at FT - no good video????

baxter runs like a young liz mccolgan.

no race video? wrote:

RuKiddingMe!! wrote:

race video is at runnerspace.com

It keeps bogging down every 1/2 second and stopping, takes forever to load, the same thing at FT - no good video????

Glad to hear others are having the same problem...thought it was just my computer.

Thread Follower wrote:

no race video? wrote:

It keeps bogging down every 1/2 second and stopping, takes forever to load, the same thing at FT - no good video????

Glad to hear others are having the same problem...thought it was just my computer.

Get off your mom's DSL, bro.

Thread Follower wrote:

Glad to hear others are having the same problem...thought it was just my computer.

Some of the Flotrack & Runnerspace videos are always this way, some of them horribly slow.

I'm happy to see Sarah Baxter running so well. That was an amazing race that she ran, very well pace and I like very much how she kept pushing all the way to the finish, my favorite kind of running! It was an excellent girl's race all the way.

Too bad they won't be running at Footlocker Nationals! It would be good to see the top runners from NX being able to run at FL Nationals, as I think was done for a couple of years.

This is how Ritz raced in H.S.; I don't recall him ever being in a foot race to the finish line. Perhaps Ritz or Sarah don't have a kick, but it does not matter if you keep your competition in the red zone the whole 2nd half of a race. About 3/4th into a race, H.S. athletes typically start to gather themselves for a kick at the end, but once Ritz would the put paddle down, he never eased up. When you start to gather yourself, Ritz slowly pulled away.

Btw, Sarah handily beat some really good girls, I was surprised that some of the girls who had been so dominate through out the year could not mount a challenge.

Not a parent wrote:

John C wrote:

With 55 400meter speed and a 6th a NXN, the skys the limit for her from 800 to 3200! Awesome talent and awesome kid!

There is quite a bit of tension between Cain and her teammates.

I'm not that impressed, the times at Pre-Nats were just as good from girls not nearly as high profile. Slow race.

1 Maddie Meyers 2575 17:38.25 5:40.62 0 Northwest F

2 Jordyn Colter 2640 17:41.88 5:41.78 1 Cherry Creek F

3 Alexa Efraimson 2583 17:58.20 5:47.04 2 Camas F

4 Sam Mckinnon 2631 18:03.02 5:48.59 3 Mountain View (ID) F

5 Sara Tsai 2565 18:06.93 5:49.85 4 South Eugene F

6 Olivia Anderson 2638 18:19.76 5:53.98 5 Cherry Creek F

7 Erin Clark 2562 18:22.68 5:54.92 6 South Eugene F

8 Morgan Lira 2601 18:31.73 5:57.83 7 Valley Christian F

9 Lyndsey Mull 2622 18:39.19 6:00.23 8 Redondo Union F

10 Ashley Cope 2607 18:45.67 6:02.31 9 Vista F

Read more: 2011 Nike Pre-Nationals - info/results - 09/24/11

http://www.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?event_id=383#ixzz1fjqPC3oz