News from down under with 12 year old female running 9:26 for 3k last night in Bankstown! Converts to about a 10:05 3200m which would have won how many state titles last year in the USA? Thoughts?
News from down under with 12 year old female running 9:26 for 3k last night in Bankstown! Converts to about a 10:05 3200m which would have won how many state titles last year in the USA? Thoughts?
She would have been only about 7 seconds behind Claudia Lane and that other girl who ran about 9:58 which is a very fast high school time. That time might make her all-time top 10 high school in America. And she is only 12? Crazy.
Very fast indeed for any female much less a 12 year old! Hope to see her still running in 10 years.
3K in October? Link?
Imogen Stewart 12 years old places 3rd
Commentators say age 13. Great running mechanics.
Imogen Stewart born in 2005 so 12 years old! Impressive!
The next Morgan Uceny right off the start.
From 2016 when she was 10 and ran 10:04 for 3k on the track!
http://www.theleader.com.au/story/3694765/imogen-running-into-records/
The next Georgie Clarke...
Saw Georgia Clarke run 2:01 as a 15 year old and couldn't believe it. I think this is more impressive of a performance.
She has a LOT of age records on her name from 800m to 3000m.
Is she the one to dethrone Budd?
Aussierunner wrote:
Saw Georgia Clarke run 2:01 as a 15 year old and couldn't believe it. I think this is more impressive of a performance.
Never ran a step faster either. Clarke ended up bombing worse than Cain.
12 my ass, looks more like 18 at least.
lol article starts off with predictable cliche then goes on to describe her "metric mile (1609m)" performance. Thats an *actual* mile!!
Crazy performances though. And yes, 12, July 27 2005 born. Closer to 11 than 13 currently.
Best of luck to her in the future.
SO MANY BURNOUTS!!! Never understood all the hype about what people do in junior ranks, especially if there female - the plateau beckons...
so what type of training is a 12 year old doing to achieve 9:26? Any ideas?
Plenty of time to come up with other goals, now that her running career is almost finished. Best of luck to her!
Lets hope that someone who has an idea is working with her! In reading the article is says that her dad is her coach.
Hope she stays motivated