American-Jamaican Aisha Praught-Leer wins 3000m steeplechase at Commonwealth Games!

Whodat wrote:

With whom did she train before Emma and Joe?

OTC

Moline. wrote:

Predictor wrote:

She has shown great improvement since switching nations. She was an average high school and college runner. She now is in the mix with the Americans and I wonder if we will see another switch in allegiance.

I don't know why biology should determine nationality. Almost no Americans show up as American in a DNA test. Her father is from Illinois. When you have to add an adjective before the term, it is not accurate.

Biological father from Jamaica, born in Wisconsin, grew up in Illinois. This is all common knowledge if you have followed her switch to Jamaica a few years ago. Please know your facts if your going to post statements.

Since when have the blowhards ever considered actual facts as pertinent? Ironic that he blathered on about being "accurate", isn't it?

R. Marls wrote:

Whodat wrote:

With whom did she train before Emma and Joe?

OTC

One more ding against OTC as a stagnant program.

So Bosshard coached the last world champ and also the commonwealth champ? Not bad.

This shows what a powerhouse Joe Bosshard has created in his training group now containing the World champ and Commonwealth games champion. They have been training out of boulder but disconnected from the Wetmore group training there. They have been having to drive down to golden to run at mines for steeple work. There is a third athlete training with them now and I assume she will slowly gain traction similar to emma and Aisha. I can't wait to see what else Bosshard's group can do at the national stage.

She was very very average in College. Great to see such a nice improvement in the last 6 years.

RMAC fan wrote:

This shows what a powerhouse Joe Bosshard has created in his training group now containing the World champ and Commonwealth games champion. They have been training out of boulder but disconnected from the Wetmore group training there. They have been having to drive down to golden to run at mines for steeple work. There is a third athlete training with them now and I assume she will slowly gain traction similar to emma and Aisha. I can't wait to see what else Bosshard's group can do at the national stage.

You're right. Former okst gal- her name escapes me.

Praught's IAAF progression is hilarious. Outdoor 5km PB 17:11 from 2011.

Good to see insurgents - Bosshard, Mike Smith, Chris Fox - give it to the establishment - Wetmore, Rowland, Nike - over the last few years.

Dembele Dembele wrote:

Praught's IAAF progression is hilarious. Outdoor 5km PB 17:11 from 2011.

Good to see insurgents - Bosshard, Mike Smith, Chris Fox - give it to the establishment - Wetmore, Rowland, Nike - over the last few years.

Wouldn't say he is exactly stickin' it to Wetmore. He is more or less a protégé of Wetmore who is forging his own path if anything. Dude is a boss, though. He needs to start wearing a long flowing purple robe with some faux fur trim, some blue blocker sunglasses and a cane to these track meets.

Cowgirls from Stillwater wrote:

RMAC fan wrote:

This shows what a powerhouse Joe Bosshard has created in his training group now containing the World champ and Commonwealth games champion. They have been training out of boulder but disconnected from the Wetmore group training there. They have been having to drive down to golden to run at mines for steeple work. There is a third athlete training with them now and I assume she will slowly gain traction similar to emma and Aisha. I can't wait to see what else Bosshard's group can do at the national stage.

You're right. Former okst gal- her name escapes me.

Kayla Edwards, I believe.

comedyrelief wrote:

Wouldn't say he is exactly stickin' it to Wetmore. He is more or less a protégé of Wetmore who is forging his own path if anything. Dude is a boss, though.

Wetmore dropped Coburn, and Bosshard took her to another level.

Aisha Praught is such a deserving champion who’s brought more attention to winning a distance event as a Jamaican than she would have as an American. Great story. I’m also loving how the Commonwealth games are suddenly big deal to you yanks after your dismissive attitude this past week.

Just wait for Shelby Houlihan's Steeplechase Debut... Will be interesting..

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Aisha is very deserving of the championship. She is a very nice person and deserves everything she gets. She is a very good example of what can happen if someone can continue to train at a high level. I wonder how dominant Kenya would really be if most Americans did not leave the sport by 22 years of age.

As for the Commonwealth games, Why should Americans really care? Granted the Commonwealth games are one of the biggest track meets but America is not there. Aisha is as American as apple pie, she just happens to run for Jamaica because of her heritage. She just brought relevance to the Commonwealth games for some.

as good as Dijon Gebremustard wrote:

zxcvxzcvzcx wrote:

Great indoor campaign for her, was in great shape before London last year but got injured, and yes, her improvement has come with the move from Oregon to Colorado to train with Emma Coburn. This is a very impressive victory even this early in the year. Cheesesteak Chespol is a huge talent. Outstanding, I couldn't be happier for Praught-Leer even because she chose to represent Jamaica and give them a second very good (now great) distance runner.

"Cheesesteak Chespol" hahaha

Please tell me that a phone autocorrect

No, I couldn't resist with a middle name like Chepteek.

Good for her. The Commonwealth Games is no slouch, and winning it is quite a feather in her cap and hopefully will translate into more money.

actually there are quite a few americans at these comm games.usa born and bred.at least one runs for england,one or two compete for the virgin islands,one for samoa,a small number competing for other carribean nations,and two or three nigerians..no doubt theres more ive missed..there would also be some in other sports.aisha is american,but it was an awesome victory for her.

Farci wrote:

What a farce. Cant make the us team, just switch nations.

Made both the Olympic and WC Final as Jamaican - wouldn't have been there at all as an American. What would you have done?

I will answer the question. First I will state that I have no problem with her switching teams but I will cheer for Americans over her because that is where my loyalty is.

Ponder you college running and the 8th guy on your team transfers to another school where he is top 5. Are you pulling for him at the ncaa qualifier the next year when he is competing against your team? You like him ok but won’t cheer for him that day to beat you or your team.

I would not run for another country. Think about the podium ceremony when they play the US national anthem for one of your former countrymen and then they play your new anthem.