Will Kaltenbach get a Nike contract?

And her sister is only a sophomore! Whoa!

http://www.fast-women.com/photos/footlockermw02/midwest19.jpg

I didn't say anything about her as a person and I was not critical of her running program. I have watched her run for 4 years and she is a talent, but her stride overlaps, her arches collapse, her knees buckle to the inside, and her right foot returns to the outside making her form look like a helicopter propeller. If you remember Skierez of Arizona, you also know what she went through. Great talent and lots of pain.

I agree that most coaches will not take the time to correct these things if they even see them. Like many say, "She's running fast, so what could be wrong?"

She needs help now, but no one will listen.

You are so wrong! I know her coach personally and he is concerned about her stride. Megan had orthotics last fall (2001) and suffered severe shin splints while wearing them. Once she quit wearing them the pain went away. Otherwise, she has had no injuries whatsoever. She wears a motion control shoe to train in, so the only time she overpronates and her arches collapse is in racing flats/spikes - which is the case with most runners when they race!

I hope that you are right and that I'm wrong. I've been doing this since '65, but in cases like this I like to be wrong. If I were a recruiter, I would not even talk to this girl, as good as she is.

Then why did she get full-ride offers from CU, Stanford, Villanova, Wisconsin, and North Carolina (where she signed)! They obviously saw something! She was the most highly recruited distance runner, boy or girl, this fall!

Because they have their own opinion and it is their money. If it were my money, I'd put it in another kid. No big deal. Everyone doesn't need to agree. On paper she looks great, time will prove one of us right. I must say that I'm happy to hear that Slick is making an attempt to correct her form. Is she doing any weight training to correct her right leg return?

FW: What kind of things are you looking for in a college?

MK: A really good team, a really good coach, pretty good academics. I'd really like to join a fun team. I'm not the type of girl who's going to sit at home every night because I am on the track team. I'm going to want to go out -- you only have four years of college. I mean, the night before a race, I'm not going to go out and party, but I'm not going to stay at home with nothing to do because I have a race in three weeks, either.

After reading that interview, I wouldnt waste my money either. She seems pretty unprofessional and yeah she has amazing talent, but she isn't serious about the sport. She says it all right there, sounds like having a good time comes before her training and the right mind set for future meets. At her level with her talent, college should be a stepping stone for future compitition. With her attitude, her college running will go to shit and she'll definitely be on her way to being a chunky sorority girl. No respect for her. NOne at all.

I agree that her attitude toward running (and other stuff) seems pretty casual, and that may have to change for her to succeed at a higher level. But the same could have been said of Joan Benoit and Steve Jones when they were teenagers. Let's wait and see.

and Sara Schwald for sure.

Fine, say what you want. However, go ask Bei, Craig, the Zeigles, Odlaug, Huddle, Trotter, etc., all friends of hers and all girls whose ass she has kicked at one time or another! Let them tell you how serious she is! Again, I find it refreshing that she IS serious yet has fun as well! As I previously mentioned she is well-adjusted, no eating disorders, not obsessed about her training (yet enjoys to train and works her ass off) and definitely respects her talent, what her future holds, and the sport. If she didn't then why is she one of only two or three Footlocker finalists on the girls side who has stated future goals as being an Olympian or professional runner, or both (interview may be found in The Harrier's Footlocker Finals edition each of the last two years). Maybe you should meet her. Trust me, you'd like her!

Great! I'd 'like" her to work on her form, otherwise she'll have nothing to do but pay attention the chat boards.

My observation that her attitude seems somewhat "casual" wasn't meant as a criticism. It may be, as you suggest, a very healthy attitude for her to have at this point in her life and her running career.

pretty defensive gibb...who the hell are you? her dad? Or even better, probably the party animal herself

you\\\'re all probably the same idiots that bitched about Gabe Jennings\\\' stride.

who wouldn\\\'t want to party with that chick?

yeah, she probably will fatten up. Even Stamps fattened up.

Huge difference here. Gabe has a stride that is ugly. This girl has a stride that will lead to injury because of excessive strain. Running is tough enough on the body when the mechanics are perfect.

You can't post URL's to threads over the past few years that have already been taken down. But there are hard copies. It was just an issue of identifying who was actually behind the screen name and this was just accomplished recently.

If Steveu or John Moody think they?re innocent then let them get the IP numbers from Letsrun.com and try to sue. It will never happen. They finally got busted and they are getting JUSTIFIABLY exposed for all the harrassment they have been involved in over the years against an innocent minority. They are disgrace to racial harmony and Dyestat should be boycotted on account of these ignorant freaks.

Not only that but John Dye once put up on his front page a picture of a black high school athlete highlighting that he got last place.

BOYCOTT DYESTAT!

Husker, is this picture an example of the propeller-esque right-leg return that you mentioned?

http://www.fast-women.com/photos/footlockermw02/midwest09.jpg

Makes you hurt just lookin' at it. Don't get me wrong though, I think that she'll win in San Diego.