Last year, Amy Weissenbach ran 2:02.04 as a High School Junior to run faster than NCAA Champ Anne Kesselring (2:02.15ish). This year, Ajee Wilson ran 2:00 and NCAA Champ Nachelle Mackie ran 2:01. Pretty amazing that two years in a row a high schooler ran faster than any collegiate runner.
True, and Dani Aragon knocked 6 seconds off her recent state record (which was still held by Julie Brown) to run 2:04 in the semis at world juniors. There are some impressive half milers coming out of HS recently. Actually, girls HS track is pretty amazing across the board from 800-5,000 these days.
The high schoolers are very good, but don't make it seem like they are actually faster. Nachelle is a sub 2 girl isn't she?
No, Nachelle Mackie has run 2:01.1, as stated above.
Meaning that High Schooler Ajee Wilson is faster.
A bit of a long shot, but the tradition COULD continue next year. Mary Cain seems to be capable of 2:00 or so if she gets into the right race. That said, with Weissenbach and Wilson entering college, and runners like Roesler and Kesselring already there, that would be a long shot.
Once they grow boobies they get slower. FACT
the truthcoldandpure wrote:
Once they grow boobies they get slower. FACT
TRUTH. I remember going to high school with this girl who ran 19:55 at age 13. She got progressively slower...and I remember watching her run 20:25 in a summer 5K going into her senior year...and she was actually training.
WTF...seriously...what is the reason for this?
BR wrote:
the truthcoldandpure wrote:Once they grow boobies they get slower. FACT
TRUTH. I remember going to high school with this girl who ran 19:55 at age 13. She got progressively slower...and I remember watching her run 20:25 in a summer 5K going into her senior year...and she was actually training.
WTF...seriously...what is the reason for this?
The reason for this is exactly what the post that you quoted said. Their bodies mature and prepare for birth not athletics. Title IX can't fix that.
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BR wrote:TRUTH. I remember going to high school with this girl who ran 19:55 at age 13. She got progressively slower...and I remember watching her run 20:25 in a summer 5K going into her senior year...and she was actually training.
WTF...seriously...what is the reason for this?
The reason for this is exactly what the post that you quoted said. Their bodies mature and prepare for birth not athletics. Title IX can't fix that.
Well...I need a more technical answer than just "boobs".
They gain more body fat at 18-20 than at 15-17 pure and simple this includes boobs. this is why we see freshman girls run super fast and then fall off as they get older even though they are training more.
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Last year, Amy Weissenbach ran 2:02.04 as a High School Junior to run faster than NCAA Champ Anne Kesselring (2:02.15ish). This year, Ajee Wilson ran 2:00 and NCAA Champ Nachelle Mackie ran 2:01. Pretty amazing that two years in a row a high schooler ran faster than any collegiate runner.
Christine Schmaltz was the fastest collegian last year at 800m at 2:01.17.
The Collegiate record isn't all that much faster than the HS record so the fact that the best HSer in a given year would run faster than the best collegiate runners in a given year isn't that much of a stretch particularly when the HSer is approaching the HS record.
I'd say most girls should not be focusing on hard intervals in their early teens because almost invariably, the fast results that are seen in high school do not translate to successful longterm careers.
Girls get used to these heavy intervals and THEN their bodies change so that at least for a time period, they can't handle such training without getting hurt. The vicious cycle includes getting fatter naturally, then getting hurt out of trying to live up to past performances with a very different body, and getting still fatter while getting injured. This frustrating process works in cycles.
If I had a teenaged daughter that wanted a future in running I'd be very reserved about getting her too race/ interval hungry until after high school.