Has Stanford's Amy Weissenbach (2:00.98 pb) quit running?

interesting....

https://www.linkedin.com/pub/amy-weissenbach/a7/573/812

Well her LinkedIn seems to confirm it... she's quit running competitively to solely focus on her education at Stanford. Either she lost the passion for competing or something happened on the team that caused her to head for the exit. In terms of the future of U.S. middle distance, this is a remarkable turn of events. She was seen by virtually everyone as a future Olympian. It's amazing how quickly things can change. At least she will leave Palo Alto with a Stanford degree and have a bright career ahead of her.

l applaud her choice. I know nothing about the situation but I've heard so many stories about Milt that I like to think that he was the cause of this.

I happen to know one of his current freshman who decided to quit before she ever got started. Stanfords T+F refugees could be even more talented than the athletes they have on the roster.

I plan to brew a Weizenbock later this spring. Amy will be missed in the running world.

Her HS program was pretty intense, tough to keep it going. Don't blame Stanford.

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animalfarm? wrote:

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Thomas Graham is still running by himself and I believe is still running above 100 mile weeks. Definitely not a problem with burnout. Probably the coach or the team atmosphere.

What have you heard about Milt that makes you think he was the cause of this?

animalfarm? wrote:

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You forgot Chapus.

Big Pole wrote:

What have you heard about Milt that makes you think he was the cause of this?

Experiences of recruited athletes, walk-on attempts and athletes that were there before the coaching transition. In my role in the track world I know a lot of the west coast high school athletes and many have had experiences with Stanford.

Generally, he only has time for NCAA finalists, which may be realistic, but he has a poor way of going about it.

Victor E Lapp wrote:

animalfarm? wrote:

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You forgot Chapus.

Chapus still appears in the roster. What's her status?

When you have an elite school where half the graduating class can make a mint straight out of college, and you have very talented students like Weissenbach (National Merit finalist, various awards, numerous programming languages), the incentive to put all your energy into non-money-making sports is going to wane for some.

great post and spot on!

jjjjjj wrote:

When you have an elite school where half the graduating class can make a mint straight out of college, and you have very talented students like Weissenbach (National Merit finalist, various awards, numerous programming languages), the incentive to put all your energy into non-money-making sports is going to wane for some.

She is no longer listed on Stanfords roster? Anyone know what is up?

Editor's note: Weissenbach would be a junior at Stanford this year. She ran 2:02.04 as a junior in HS in 2011, competed in the Olympic Trials while in HS in 2012, has a 2:00.98 pb and was 6th at NCAAs both as a frosh and sophomore.

She quit two months ago.

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Amy Weissenbach quit two months ago. Milt was not the reason why Amy quit. But Milt did a poor job of tryig to talk Amy out of it.

Cami Chapus is hurt and in love. She is finished as a competive runner.

jjjjjj wrote:

When you have an elite school where half the graduating class can make a mint straight out of college, and you have very talented students like Weissenbach (National Merit finalist, various awards, numerous programming languages), the incentive to put all your energy into non-money-making sports is going to wane for some.

This is right. Most student-athletes at Stanford are viewed in the same way as any other student with a special talent or hobby. In other words, no one cares!

It must be a little tough for the coach - easy to lure the athletes but hard to keep them interested.

Maybe the combined pressures of attending an elite college with a very tough major and running for a national caliber xc/track team is too much for some. As was said above, when you are in a position to make a lot of money right out of college, giving your all in a sport with VERY little earning potential and a major time commitment doesn't make much sense.

Yes, this is the absolute truth. Makes you wonder about athletes who go to schools like Oregon to further their xctf careers when they may have had the smarts to go to Stanford, Duke or any of the Ivies. At these you can get good coaching and a marketable education so if xctf works out great if not that's fine too.