Elinor Purrier 4:29 Mile... WTH???

I posted about this on saturday and got no response. Not sure how. People went nuts when Quigley went 4:29 last year. Great performance for the sophomore.

9:53 st from last year, but an 8-second PR in the mile like this...sheesh :p

The 4:36 was from 2014 - a time that got her to NCAAs as a freshman. There's an interesting article here from her Sr year of high school.

http://www.runnersworld.com/rt-web-exclusive/for-elle-purrier-farm-life-leads-to-fast-times

Pretty interesting background - I'd love to hear more about her if anyone out there has info.

Wow great article. Sounds like she still has a huge upside. Seems like some of the best milers in the NCAA have been steeplers too.

Bump... Unbelievable!!!

It all appears that she jumped from 4:50 to 4:36 her freshman year, then plateaued heavily, now jumped again. Maybe she cut down on her farm chores lol.

I'm not sure I agree she plateaued. It looks like the focus outdoors was on the steeple and paid off (7th outdoors). It looks like consistent solid progression.

In the past she's had a bit of an odd running style - leans forward and a low arm carriage. I'd be curious to see if that has changed this year. I'm also interested to see what type of finish she has to win a race at the end.

That's amazing to run 9:53 at that height.

I don't think anyone from Vermont would be surprised at this, if they were paying attention to high school XC during her time.

Daniel Webster was another Vermont "farm kid" who had a great xc career off of minimal training.

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I don't think anyone from Vermont would be surprised at this, if they were paying attention to high school XC during her time.

Daniel Webster was another Vermont "farm kid" who had a great xc career off of minimal training.

Even if you knew she was a talent. 4:29 is still surprising. Only 5 or 6 women have ever done that in the NCAA. I am really looking forward to watching her progress. Especially in the steeplechase this year.

She is the age of a senior. Calling her a sophomore is totally misleading

factsplease wrote:

She is the age of a senior. Calling her a sophomore is totally misleading

She is a sophomore. Calling her anything else is misleading.

double redshirt soph then

OptionalUnlessUsingARegistered wrote:

Pretty interesting background - I'd love to hear more about her if anyone out there has info.

Won US juniors and made fianl at World Jrs in steeple in 2014:

PEDs?

spinmethis wrote:

PEDs?

Maple syrup and whole milk are PEDs?

d2xccoach wrote:

spinmethis wrote:

PEDs?

Maple syrup and whole milk are PEDs?

True!