Should I try to convince this high school girl to move up to 800M? She is a friend of the family. She ran 57.2 in the 400M and made the state meet but finished almost DFL there. I thought she could easily run 2:20 and get down to 2:15 with mid distance training. Isn't 2:15 more in the range of D1 money than a 57 400M?
Why not just have her improve at the 400m if that's where she wants to be? Is her problem speed or endurance? If it's speed, then move her down to the 100m for a couple of months.
I'm not sure what state you're in, but if 57.2 is almost DFL, then 2:15 probably won't even make the cut.
I'd say 57.2 is basically equal to 2:15. However, the thing is, she has not run 2:15 yet.
For her to move up, it shouldn't be because she got DFL in the 400 at State, cause you never even know if she'll make State in the 800. She should move up if she has showed that she has some endurance. If she has no endurance, that she should not move up.
2:15 was about 5th in the state last year in her division. My big question is would she get any/more scholarship looks with a 2:15 vs. a 57.
Wouldn't a 57 equate to faster than 2:15? Especially in an open 400? We had a couple girls who were 4/8 runners and they would consistently run 56-57. One got down to 2:09, and the other ran 2:07. It was actually the same case, where they would qualify for the championship meets, and then get their doors blown off when they got there. Bumped them up, and they had incredible results.
She could go faster wrote:
Wouldn't a 57 equate to faster than 2:15? Especially in an open 400? We had a couple girls who were 4/8 runners and they would consistently run 56-57. One got down to 2:09, and the other ran 2:07. It was actually the same case, where they would qualify for the championship meets, and then get their doors blown off when they got there. Bumped them up, and they had incredible results.
Yep...I thought she has much more upside moving up. She cut .7 off her 400M time from freshmen to sophomore year. Seems like she's reaching the limits of her speed. Will try to influence her to become a 4/8 runner not a 2/4 runner which she thinks she is today.
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2:15 was about 5th in the state last year in her division. My big question is would she get any/more scholarship looks with a 2:15 vs. a 57.
This could backfire. Some college coaches may be looking at her 400 and wondering the same thing you are about moving her up. If you move her up and she only runs 2:15, they may back off. Let them fantasize about what they could get her to do in an 800. Don't do their homework for them.
This really depends on what her weakness is. Is her weakness top end speed or is it endurance? And are you against moving her down to the 100m?
I agree that a 57 400m runner can go faster than 2:15 in the 800m, but she's unlikely to get there without some time and some miles.
I went from a 58 400m pr to a 2:11 800m pr, but ran x-c and trained primarily with the 800-1500 women in track, not the sprinters. Also had a great coach.
Being a distance coach, I am biased, but there are so many decent sprinters that would make great 800 runners.
What can you do if the head coach doesn't want to give up his sprinters and if the sprinters are drinking his kool-aid and hate the 800?
Everyone wants to be a sprinter, but very few have the innate speed required to excel. If they took the speed they had and moved up to the 800...
If the question is about HS girls moving up, the answer is almost always yes.
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