Victoria Starcher breaks Mary Cain's Penn Relays meet record, wins in 4:38.19

Crazy year on the girls side. I legitimately think that Tuohy has brought in a new golden age of girls high school running. It's not even that she's fast; Katie Rainsberger ran 9:00 a couple years ago and Kate Murphy ran 4:07 (both of which are way faster than Tuohy has ever run) but it's also the crazy amount of media coverage Tuohy is getting. Practically every runner knows her name, and there are even people outside of running who know who she is. Other girls are seeing this and seeing the standard she has set, and they are determined to follow that.

you have to admit 15:37, 9:05 and 4:15/4:33+ as a sophomore does deserve some attention

athing mu ran something like 1:23 or 1:24 in the 600m and around 2:05, and the girl who beat her in the 800m, the child of world-class runners, is close to that time, so fast times there as well.

gahagand wrote:

Crazy year on the girls side. I legitimately think that Tuohy has brought in a new golden age of girls high school running. It's not even that she's fast; Katie Rainsberger ran 9:00 a couple years ago and Kate Murphy ran 4:07 (both of which are way faster than Tuohy has ever run) but it's also the crazy amount of media coverage Tuohy is getting. Practically every runner knows her name, and there are even people outside of running who know who she is. Other girls are seeing this and seeing the standard she has set, and they are determined to follow that.

None of these girls would be within 100 meters of her in XC.

Post-race interview with Starcher.

https://www.dyestat.com/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=44531&do=videos&video_id=273900-Victoria-Starcher-1st-Place-Girls-Mile-Penn-Relays-2019

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gahagand wrote:

Crazy year on the girls side. I legitimately think that Tuohy has brought in a new golden age of girls high school running. It's not even that she's fast; Katie Rainsberger ran 9:00 a couple years ago and Kate Murphy ran 4:07 (both of which are way faster than Tuohy has ever run) but it's also the crazy amount of media coverage Tuohy is getting. Practically every runner knows her name, and there are even people outside of running who know who she is. Other girls are seeing this and seeing the standard she has set, and they are determined to follow that.

None of these girls would be within 100 meters of her in XC.

Katie Rainsberger didn't lose a single XC race her senior year and ran 16:23 in the 5k...it's not quite Tuohy level but she should certainly not be underestimated. For the record, I'm a big Tuohy fan, but it's surprising to see her getting so much attention, not just in the high school running community, but everywhere else too. Heck, she won the Gatorade National AotY for all sports, something which I've never seen a track athlete win. The hype around her seems even bigger than Mary Cain was, which is insane considering Mary was a USA champion in high school. It's just strange to me, because while I believe she is probably the long-distance GOAT, there have been a number of girls to run faster than her in recent years (Cain, Rainsberger, and Efraimson in the 3k/2-mile, as well as Cain, Efraimson, Rainsberger, Murphy, Aragon, Cranny, and Donaghu in the 1500) and she is only the best girl in the country by a small margin at this point (Starcher today ran almost an identical time to Tuohy's DMR split).

Tuohy is getting a lot of attention because 1) Success in XC is incredibly important to other distance runners. Tuohy has dominated XC races far more than most of these other girls you mention ( Rainsberger being an exception....but keep in mind the NE has some of the most historic courses so the records Tuohy set in XC seem to hold more value to people than what Rainsbeger did. With that said, it’s not the only reason she’s getting so much more hype. )

2). She runs like a female Prefontaine. Her way of running is very unique compared to most kids modern running strategies. In the day and age of sit and kick, people like to see a front runner. It will always have a mystique to it.

3) She has a unique look. Also, her attitude is different than most girls which further adds to the uniqueness. Compare Tuohy’s interviews to Hart, Starcher, Ewert, Mu, etc and you can see she is very distinct in mannerisms. She is shy also so this adds to mystery.

Given all of this, it’s not surprising that she’s hyped so much.

...Heck, she won the Gatorade National AotY for all sports, something which I've never seen a track athlete win. ...

Allison Felix 2003

Chanelle Price 2008

Candace Hill 2015

Sydney McLaughlin 2016

Sydney McLaughlin 2017

Does those ladies not count or is your memory only good for a single year?

We show Tori Starcher #10 all-time U.S. high school girl in the Mile (#6 HS-only race): https://www.bringbackthemile.com/history/u.s._high_school_girls_mile_all_time

A real blessing for Ripley and WV. Sort of hope she becomes a Mountaineer, but wouldn't blame her one bit for finding a better school and running program. I'm sure she was already on the radar of many top programs, but this will probably increase her likelihood of going to a top 10 track/XC program.

Go Tori!!! wrote:

A real blessing for Ripley and WV. Sort of hope she becomes a Mountaineer, but wouldn't blame her one bit for finding a better school and running program. I'm sure she was already on the radar of many top programs, but this will probably increase her likelihood of going to a top 10 track/XC program.

She raised eye brows as a frosh, looks to have developed well.

I know she is thinking west coast, not sure of her grades.

If looking west coast, I'm sure Boise State would love to have Tori on the squad. She would join a great group of distance studs that will continue to do well on that national level after AllieO graduates.

Victoria - if you are reading this, please give NAU a strong look. They are trying to raise their ladies program up to the level of the mens program. Nothing better than training at 5000 feet year round in beautiful country. You also run into pros on the trails and at the grocery store...

Go Jacks!

Flag is at least 7000 ft and I know they run trails at 8K+.

These girls are older than Tuohy so I'm not sure how she brought out a new age of runners that are her peers lmao.

Starcher is a best. Not a Stanford fan but thank god she's going there instead of notre dame. She used to be a sprinter so her kick is always there. She's physically just sooooo much bigger and stronger this year. Not a little preteen out there flying. The weight room is paying off.

If she stays motivated and healthy the sky is the limit.

Go Tori!!! wrote:

A real blessing for Ripley and WV. Sort of hope she becomes a Mountaineer, but wouldn't blame her one bit for finding a better school and running program. I'm sure she was already on the radar of many top programs, but this will probably increase her likelihood of going to a top 10 track/XC program.

Sort of hope?! Well hell yes everyone hopes the great athletes stay home, or they should hope that. Some do some don't. Wv had the best OT in the entire country go to Tenn, The 1 overall pound for pound wrestler go to Wisconsin, one of the best in starcher going to stanford, all within a year of each other. But we've had a few studs stay in all sports. Just wish it would happen more. At least the state is getting better, didn't take much lol, at putting out d1 kids.