HS Junior Alli Cash wins 3200/4x800/1600/800 at Kansas High School 6A state meet

Never understood why small states break up into divisions. Track is an individual sport...

If CA can have one meet it certainly is possible for other smaller states, it just dilutes the competition.

Those are solid times though.

The Animal Within wrote:

Never understood why small states break up into divisions. Track is an individual sport...

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Opportunities

Why don't they just hold one meet for the whole united states?

another demeaning idiot wrote:

The Animal Within wrote:

Never understood why small states break up into divisions. Track is an individual sport...

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Opportunities

Why don't they just hold one meet for the whole united states?

Still though, 6A implies 6 classifications. That's a bit much. I bet some of the 1A and 2A runners suck.

These weren't even PR's for her. She's run 10:33 for the 3200m (in her FIRST meet this season), 4:45 for 1600m, and 2:13 for 800m.

She'll be running in the Dream Mile in NY, so look for her to actually be pushed in competition.

SMNRunner wrote:

These weren't even PR's for her. She's run 10:33 for the 3200m (in her FIRST meet this season), 4:45 for 1600m, and 2:13 for 800m.

She'll be running in the Dream Mile in NY, so look for her to actually be pushed in competition.

They rarely are. Ohio has had some great athletes in the last few years do this. Everybody wants to see them bust out a great time, but they run just fast enough to win until their last race at which time they are too tired to approach a pr.

another demeaning idiot wrote:

The Animal Within wrote:

Never understood why small states break up into divisions. Track is an individual sport...

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Opportunities

Why don't they just hold one meet for the whole united states?

It's called the New Balance Outdoor Nationals.

The Animal Within wrote:

Never understood why small states break up into divisions. Track is an individual sport...

If CA can have one meet it certainly is possible for other smaller states, it just dilutes the competition.

Those are solid times though.

Just another example of why California is the track and field capital of the world.

Alli Cash of Kansas proved she can run with the best national high school runners yesterday, leading on the last lap, and pacing third in 4:39.98. She's still very much a newcomer to the sport, having only started to run as a Freshman, after switching from soccer. She's got that, "I just want to compete, happy to be there" mentality, vs. over-analysing every detail, so seems to have unlimited potential for those college coaches looking for a diamond in the rogh, interview here follwing the race:

http://ks.milesplit.com/articles/87819-4-3998-alli-cash-makes-history

Bump.

This girl is the real deal! she's only been running since her freshman year and she's already sub 4:40? I doubt she is above 40 mpw right now.

kansas1 wrote:

Alli Cash, a Junior at Shawnee Mission West, pulled off a Quadruple at the Kansas 6A state meet. Wind and 90 plus heat led to slower times, but an amazing performance under any conditions.

Link to results and a photo / story where she says she first started running as a Freshman just to stay in shape for soccer. Fortunately, soccer never happened after she placed 3rd in cross country as a Freshman:

http://www.maxpreps.com/news/I73YjEGEwUudBqBRHNqB6A/cash-ranks-among-kansas-all-time-greats.htm

3200M:

1 Cash, Alli 11 SM-WEST 10:46.71

4 x 800m:

1 SHAWNEE MISSION-WEST 9:24.28

1) Willis, Michelle 12

2) Smith, Molly 12

3) McMahon, Chloe 10

4) Cash, Alli 11

1600m:

1 Cash, Alli 11 SM-WEST 4:52.31 (meet record)

800m:

1 Cash, Alli 11 SM-WEST 2:15.51

http://results.tickertiming.com/2012/Outdoor/KSHSAA_State/?class=6A

Those times are actually pretty good under good conditions.

However, someone like Kerron Clement for example in H.S., if he had been in a small state meet, could have won ever running event from the 100 to the 800, both hurdles, the long jump and some relays. It is impressible to win mutiple events, but which state makes a big different. In states like CA, TX, NJ, etc., it is a super accomplishment if you can double.

her subsequent result at NY (4:39), among the best ever, indicates once again that these small state athletes who win triples or quadruples at their state meets should be taken seriously as national level threats, like roesler in north or south dakota a few years ago and that guy in nevada this year.

TrackCoach wrote:

Those times are actually pretty good under good conditions.

It was probably 100 degrees with relatively high humidity.

As a guy who watched Alli run when she really started stepping it up her sophomore year, I am very proud to be one of the people who has seen her move up the ranks. She "only" ran a 4:52 last year so this is an amazing improvement. She could be a real threat to the national record next year although I think her best event long term will be the 3000 or 5000.