superstud wrote:
Let's explore age grading for a moment.
A 16 year old running 4:11.01 is the equivalent of an 18 year old running 4:06.
I am interested in how you arrive at that? Are you talking about 16 and 18 year old girls?
Anyway, what strikes me about Mary's performances are that despite all the people saying Mary can run 2-flat, there is really no evidence to support that. Furthermore, despite all the votes for "training with boys," from this board she has not really lowered her 800 time much in the last year. What is great is that she has significantly lowered her 1500 time. I can see Mary continuing the improvement in her 1500 and longer races, and some modest improvement in the 800:
World Jr Champ 7/15/2012 1500m 6 4:11.01
World Jr Champ 7/13/2012 1500m 3 4:14.77
US Olympic Trials 6/22/2012 800m 18 2:04.11
USA Jr Champ 6/17/2012 1500m 1 4:14.74
USA Jr Champ 6/15/2012 1500m 1 4:24.25
NY State Champ 6/9/2012 1500m 1 4:19.78
Sec 1-St Qual-D2 6/1/2012 1500m 1 4:16.52
Sec 1-Class C 5/23/2012 1500m 1 4:21.4
Sec 1-Class C 5/23/2012 800m 1 2:06.3
Loucks Games 5/11/2012 800m 1 2:03.34
Somers Lion Inv 5/5/2012 1500m 1 4:17.1
New York Relays 4/21/2012 800m 1 2:05.90
NBIN Nationals 3/11/2012 800m 2 2:07.26
NY State Champ 3/3/2012 1500m 1 4:24.25
Sec 1-St Qual 2/24/2012 1500m 1 4:32.11
Sec 1-Kickoff 2 12/18/2011 1500m 1 4:29.4
USATF Jr-Final 6/25/2011 1500m 2 4:23.59
USATF Jr-Semi 6/24/2011 1500m 1 4:30.19
NBON Nationals 6/17/2011 800m R 2:03.74
NY State Champ 6/11/2011 1500m 1 4:17.84
NY State Champ 6/11/2011 800m R 2:13.08
Sec 1-StQual-2 6/3/2011 1500m 1 4:37.04
Warwick Fast Rly 5/31/2011 800m R 2:05.2
Sec 1-Class C 5/26/2011 800m 1 2:11.1
Somers Lions Inv 5/7/2011 1500m 1 4:23.1
NY Relays 4/16/2011 800m 1 2:06.44
NBIN Nationals 3/13/2011 800m 6 2:09.62
Sec 1-Class C 2/6/2011 1500m 1 4:36.3
Marine Holiday 12/29/2010 800m 2 2:18.00
(source: Tully Runners)