Claudia Lane - HS Soph 16:45 5k

Actual race:

http://ca.milesplit.com/videos/160247

Interview:

http://ca.milesplit.com/videos/160238

Huge glut of 13-14 year old girl phenoms right now. We'll see how they pan out the next few years.

Thanks, for posting these videos. Would have had to pay to watch these highlights on the other website. Once again thanks!

Why get excited?????

We all know how things panned out for Sarah Baxter and Julia Stamps. Phenom 12-15 year old girls are a dime a dozen. The fact is though that very few of them are successful after high school, and even fewer move on to post collegiate careers in running.

Female distance running is an interesting beast.....With the female triad and pressure put on these young kids, its know wonder the majority fall short of expectations......

Things will change so much for these girls after puberty. Angles become less efficient, and work becomes much harder.

The article below is from a 4 year study done in the DC area and shows the facts of female HS regression as the girls get older...definitely wort a read for those who actually take interest in the science of running....

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2006/09/16/in-prep-cross-country-girls-often-face-an-uphill-battle-span-classbankheadphysiological-changes-can-hinder-female-runners-span/27e0ff9f-e32f-4458-a3d2-34852ac72858/?utm_term=.c5107dc137d8

HS sophomore is 14? Did she start high school two years early?

One of Ryan and Sarah Hall's adopted daughters ( Hana, I think?) ran 19:08 in the Div 3 finals.

pretty far removed from HS eh? she's probably 16, which may not make a huge difference i guess... but still. Def not 13 or 14.

Claudia Lane is currently 15 years ago. She has been improving despite her advanced age:)

Article:
http://www.malibutimes.com/sports/article_c8aa6cc2-9bbb-11e6-ad8e-03e3fa7866ba.html

This article, seemingly dated 10/28/16 says she was 14 as of then. http://www.malibusurfsidenews.com/high-school/10-questions-claudia-lane-malibu-high-school-cross-country Maybe they were wrong, or maybe she just had her birthday. I live in CA so I know that many freshmen who have birthdays in the fall enter at 13, so for her to be a soph. at 14 is totally reasonable, as long as her birthday is at least before the end of the calendar year.

I was thinking the same thing about Baxter (though she's not done yet) and Stamps. I read some of the Washington Post article and am quite interested. I've seen some of the same.

I wonder how to respond. I don't want to give my female athletes an excuse not to work hard and improve but I want them not to get discouraged if they go through a backward phase. I finally addressed it briefly with my varsity girls this year and tried to say that not everyone improves like they'd hope, and for girls, for "some reason," it's easier for them to be spectacular as a Fr. or So. and everyone to have high expectations. But it's just more of a role of the dice for girls than the guys, and some girls don't improve much and sometimes it's not really their fault--their body is getting ready for something more important than running. (Being a mom.) But that doesn't mean that after that they couldn't still improve, so it takes perseverance and endurance year to year.

It is hard as a coach to see a girl go backward and not be happy with her times race after race. I try to encourage and still motivate, but you can't really say their bigger hips and extra weight are the problem. I'd rather they run slow than end up with an eating disorder.

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exactly.... wrote:

Why get excited?????

We all know how things panned out for Sarah Baxter and Julia Stamps. Phenom 12-15 year old girls are a dime a dozen. The fact is though that very few of them are successful after high school, and even fewer move on to post collegiate careers in running.

Female distance running is an interesting beast.....With the female triad and pressure put on these young kids, its know wonder the majority fall short of expectations......

Things will change so much for these girls after puberty. Angles become less efficient, and work becomes much harder.

The article below is from a 4 year study done in the DC area and shows the facts of female HS regression as the girls get older...definitely wort a read for those who actually take interest in the science of running....

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2006/09/16/in-prep-cross-country-girls-often-face-an-uphill-battle-span-classbankheadphysiological-changes-can-hinder-female-runners-span/27e0ff9f-e32f-4458-a3d2-34852ac72858/?utm_term=.c5107dc137d8

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French Dawg wrote:

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exactly.... wrote:

Why get excited?????

We all know how things panned out for Sarah Baxter and Julia Stamps. Phenom 12-15 year old girls are a dime a dozen. The fact is though that very few of them are successful after high school, and even fewer move on to post collegiate careers in running.

Female distance running is an interesting beast.....With the female triad and pressure put on these young kids, its know wonder the majority fall short of expectations......

Things will change so much for these girls after puberty. Angles become less efficient, and work becomes much harder.

The article below is from a 4 year study done in the DC area and shows the facts of female HS regression as the girls get older...definitely wort a read for those who actually take interest in the science of running....

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2006/09/16/in-prep-cross-country-girls-often-face-an-uphill-battle-span-classbankheadphysiological-changes-can-hinder-female-runners-span/27e0ff9f-e32f-4458-a3d2-34852ac72858/?utm_term=.c5107dc137d8

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Yeah man a dime a dozen. That's why she's #3 all time at Woodward park. I was there. She went out the first mile in 5:07. It was fukin insane.

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A star runner from Malibu is pretty weird.

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rosshm16 wrote:

HS sophomore is 14? Did she start high school two years early?

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Cheetah wrote:

I couldn't find anyone else talking about this. Claudia Lane from Malibu, CA ran a 16:45 5k at historic (for CA) Woodward Park in Fresno. At 14 that's pretty close to all the talk about Grace Ping's amazing time.

Lane's time is the #1 So. time and #3 all-time at Woodward Park behind Sara Baxter and Julia Stamps. Hopefully she can stay healthy and positive and improve.

http://www.milesplit.com/articles/197749-tasty-race-of-the-week-california-state-xc-meet-highlights

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Who cares?

She's one of many fantastic adolescent runners and odds are she will be out of the sport before she finishes HS due to other interests, burnout and injuries.

Yawn...these stories are so tiresome you teenage boys need to stop fantasizing about these girls and get back to your homework

[quote]Trudat wrote:

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Claudia Lane has an amazing style, and she ran that in tights!

There is definitely much more to come.

If her form bothers you, wait until you see Brie Oakley.

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Coaches delight wrote:

[quote]Cheetah wrote:

This kids form if just terrible. Arm carriage, weird stride you name it needs work.
A little form work she will run faster. Watch the d-4 highlight film and you'll see what I see.

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Coin Flip wrote:

If her form bothers you, wait until you see Brie Oakley.

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