Sarah baxter

re-upping this--does anyone know what actually happened? It's crazy she just disappeared.

it's the opposite of crazy. People quit running all the time in that transition period from HS to college.

Sarah Baxter didn't disappear. She just stopped running, so she stopped being in the news and people stopped talking about her.

Fast high school runners aren't like Michael Jordan where reporters follow them around for the rest of their life. As soon as they stop running, most people move onto the next young fast runner. Goodbye Sarah Baxter, Hello Natalie Cook.

So bizarre Sarah Baxter just completely vanished with no update, no explanation, no nothing, no comments from friends, none from the team, none from the coach. In the top 5 best HS girls runners in California of all time. Brie Oakley was a total BUST at UC Berkeley and made a video about what happened. Malibu's (2 time Footlocker winner) Claudia Lane wrote a story about just losing passion for running after her Junior year in High School, injuries, a bizarre running form that caused injuries. Amber Trotter anorexia and a mess after HS and chose a DUD college. Mary Cain... well you know. Biggest disaster of all time. Baxter vanished. No social media, no nothing!

Natalie Cook had a great Freshman XC 2022 year at Oklahoma. Then she had a bad track season. Injured? She then shockingly transferred to Colorado. Looks like she didn't run at all Fall 2023 XC season. Oklahoma ended up 3rd in the NCAA womens team results. Cook was very skinny, and has crooked legs and an odd running style. What happened?

Maybe she just wants to live her life out of the social media spotlight where every personal decision is scrutinized.

Sarah is remembered by those of us who watched her race. When my daughter was a freshman I took her to the CA state meet after her first season of XC was finished. It was Baxter's junior year and she had smashed the Mt Sac record and would go on to pull away from Mary Cain in the mud at NXN the following week.

Sarah came by us at around the 2 mile mark, looking fairly nonchalont and just gliding along with her loping stride and the next runner not yet in sight The only question at that point was if she would break Julia Stamps' course recored. I remember my daughter exclaiming in amazement "she doesn't even look like she's trying"! That was her first experience seeing an elite HS runner up close and it made a strong impression on her.

Exactly.
It blows my mind that people think we are entitled from sort of statement, especially from people who dropped athletics barely into adulthood.

I definitely don't think she's obligated to make a video or owes anyone an explanation but it is odd that there's nothing out there on her. She was in many ways the Katelyn Tuohy of her time. There's not even a LinkedIn page.

Maybe she got married, and thus no longer exists with that name?