Raevyn Rogers is ridiculously under-hyped

She has a shot at making the World Championships but I agree that the collegiate season will take it toll.

Now I am going to admit something. I just don't like her as a person. I admire that she is a "stone cold killer". She is just too super intense.

I have seen this kind of athlete in the past and their intensity messes them up mentally when they get to the top level. Being that tightly wound up, when they get to the big time it just pushes them over the top and they end up failing.

Way to not like a person based on a series of 90 second interviews.

Snzjxjdue wrote:

Way to not like a person based on a series of 90 second interviews.

Too bad she has to run so many college races as she would probably do well in the Diamond League 800s. I don't know but I would think her season might be close to being over.

In any case a huge talent, she has been a force since her Junior Olympic days. Hopefully in next year or two we will see her run in 1:55-1:56 range.

She is VERY likely to turn pro soon. She has nothing left to prove in NCAA and that relay is the perfect exit shot.

Fastnbulbous wrote:

Too many American 800 runners are 800/1500 specialists, and 1:56 or faster is just not a possibility for them.

In correct! Mary and Kim ran 1:56 and they are 800/1500 runners. Mary also, excelled at the 5 and 10k

Great performances but tired of her constant theatrics at the end of her races.

Jakcok wrote:

Snzjxjdue wrote:

Way to not like a person based on a series of 90 second interviews.

+1 WTF??

Raevyn Rogers is ridiculously under-hyped. She really put on a show for everyone on Saturday. And I believe she was holding back in that 800 final because she knew she would have to come back to the 4x400 relay with the track meet on the line.

Raevyn already holds the NCAA outdoor record for the 800. But now, I hope she breaks the Pac-12 record (1:58.51 - Brigita Langerholc), and the Oregon school record (1:58.33 - Claudette Groenendaal) this year!!!

XY wrote:

Whats up with the ridiculous make up on the female sprinters? I'm mean fake hair, hair extensions, false eyelashes, lipstick, eyebrows. They look like their (sic) on the runway.

They are on their runway.

I think it is impressive that she is this good now after being an age group phenom for so long. Obviously most do not come close to this level or last this long.

Freshman Katie Rainsberger, Senior Samantha Nadel make history!

Only 2 women in NCAA history to score points for Cross/Indoor/Outdoor for a team that won the Triple Crown!

Podder wrote:

salad bra wrote:

Compared to overhyped Eliud Kipchoge....

Kipchoge: Rogers:

sub2 NO YES

NCAA titles 0 4

POD

+1

Yup they could probably cut some time if they ditched the weight of those gigantic false eyelashes.

Inside the training room wrote:

RR is on HGH.

Bank on it.

Perhaps she should be some better HGH because she actually running no faster than expected from those who have followed her career.

duckzzz wrote:

Okay, of course everyone knows she is great. Sub 2, collegiate record, 4(?) titles in the 800... But it is most impressive that she never sucks. She split sub 50 in the 4x4 in the highest pressure situation to pull off the team title. I feel like Laura Roesler was talked about soooo much more for pretty similar title defending, but she wasn't pulling off the crazy splits at the best possible time

cause laura was hot AF duh.

I don't know about you, but I'd be happy/brimming over with emotion if I not only crossed the line first but also made history. Let her celebrate, god forbid all athletes be stoic when they win the race of their lives.

Your finger doesn't break holding a sheet of paper does it? False eyelashes are lighter than that. Their weight is negligible and they look bomb.

so...? wrote:

I don't know about you, but I'd be happy/brimming over with emotion if I not only crossed the line first but also made history. Let her celebrate, god forbid all athletes be stoic when they win the race of their lives.

If I can trollpost like an emotionless robot, surely a well-trained athlete can do the same.