11 yr old runs 42:41 at falmouth!

She runs many road races in the NY/NJ area. She also ran something like 11:15 at NSIC. She is in fact 11.

Its real she ran 18 min at freihoffers run for women.

2 years ago she ran 1830's at old chatham race on a very togh course.

She'll be lucky to be running that well as an adult.

Not a typo - do a yahoo search, she's been running great times for several years

My bad, 11:33.07 at NSIC. About 3 minutes faster than I was in 5th grade.

Rod Dixon and Frank Shorter were beaten by an eleven year

old girl?

She ran sub 30 at the Spring Lake 5 in NJ too.

Yeah, she has a website... can't remember the url, but she's not a newbie - been running pretty quick since she was like 8 years old. Pretty amazing.

she is going to burnout like the Ziegle twins

and that 17 year Ethopian gal that just ran

15:00ish and 8:42ish for 5K and 3K respectively.

dang fools.

She could "burn out" , take years off and make a comeback as an adult as young as she is!

There's a kid around here (Indiana) who's damn quick. Her name is Amy Hamilton...she's 12, I think. Did a quick search and she ran 1:26 at the Indy 500 festival half marathon this past May. Also, has run 10:54 for 3000m per kompusport.com.

Unfortunately, only one Mary Decker has come and gone. We'd all LOVE to see this kid around in 15 years, running a 2:18 marathon...more likely, she'll be done running before she's in college. IT JUST HAPPENS....but wish her the best. Most of us who have been around since the 70's can name a couple of dozen miracle kids who "coulda been". And they ALL dissappear...

When did the Zeigle twins burn out? I guess I missed that one. As far as I've seen, they're running faster now than they ever have, and are headed to CU. Seems like they're doing ok to me.

just a bit of sarcasm from the above poster... it's not necessarily a bad thing to be good at something when you're young.

Anyone remember Jennifer Capriati?

observer wrote:

Anyone remember Jennifer Capriati?

Yes, she's ranked number three in the world right now.

Right, but she went through a terrible period of burnout and drug problems that still reduces her to tears to talk about. Most don't recover from that.

i agree with gottapanda when did the ziegles burn out they`re still going strong. laura didin`t qualify for xc nationals because of an injury, but jackie did well than they both had good track seasons.

Muppet wrote:

Even the young ones are on the juice! Must be a typo.

Briana Jackucewicz Farmingdale NJ F57 11 F 00:42:41 140 30

Joan Samuelson Freeport ME F136 45 F 00:40:22 84 21

Susan Faber Oxford CT F160 40 F 00:40:29 87 22

Kate O\'Neill Milton MA F30 22 F 00:40:32 88 23

Laura O\'Neill Milton MA F29 22 F 00:40:41 92 24

Elena Fidatov Romania F150 42 F 00:41:31 107 25

Christina Blackmer Bronxville NY F55 26 F 00:41:59 119 26

Laura Hruby Pittsburgh PA F122 41 F 00:42:21 127 27

Sara Powell Easton MA F100 17 F 00:42:31 133 28

Mary Jayne Harrelson Blacksburg VA F61 24 F 00:42:37 137 29

Briana Jackucewicz Farmingdale NJ F57 11 F 00:42:41 140 30

I ran the Toronto Downhill 10km a few months back and missed the start gun by a few minutes. I had to weave around a few thousand folks and at about 5 1/2 miles passed the smallest woman I've ever seen. As I sprinted to the finish line the announcer was saying "Here comes ----, she's 12 years old". I figure she ran about 39 even. Never did catch her name.

Seems to me that one of the reasons a great 11 year old might "burn out" later is that at age 11 there aren't too many others in that age group training and racing like she is, and then when she shows a litle bit of promise and beats many adults, she is showered with adulation. Once she gets into high school and there are many other girls training and she starts getting challenged and then beaten, the shine is off the quarter, it is no where near as fun as it once was, and then the desire is gone.