According to the CDC 20.6% of teens are overweight/obese. The average teen consumes 20+ hours of screen time per week. Over 20% of teens are depressed and/or have mental health issues. People are worried about a family that likes to run, has success running and maybe the parents move locations to give the kids opportunities? I'm so sick of the letsrun know it all that feels the need to tell everyone when a kid should "peak". Maybe, just maybe the kid is enjoying competing at a high level in high school or god forbid middle school! Yikes! Maybe, they want to live for today and not tomorrow? 5% of high school runners run in college. The percentage of college runners that go on to become professional runners is less than 2% according to the NCAA. The bottom line is that the Pings threaten the 20% listed above. That 20% is who we need to call social services for.. NOT THE PINGS.....
Now the Pings are moving to Arizona?!
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I am so sick of people who don't like to hear varying opinions on topics. You shouldn't be so judgmental of the people who visit LetsRun. Maybe they enjoy following high school sports and expressing their opinions and recommendations.
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"Varying opinions?" = Defamation of individuals? Look at the thread "Someone should call social services" Big Balls behind an anonymous keyboard can make accusations of abuse. Big Balls needs a life. ... Stop hating the people that do.
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DV wasn’t even that good recently without them. They weren’t even top 2 in the last two years.
The last 4 years was:
1. Chandler 2. DV
1. DV 2. Chandler
1. Chandler 2. Xavier
1. Xavier 2. Chandler
If you took the Pings off DV and put them on any of the other teams in the top 7, that team wins the state championship. DV without them drops back to probably 4th.
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Lonely wanderers wrote:
DV wasn’t even that good recently without them. They weren’t even top 2 in the last two years.
The last 4 years was:
1. Chandler 2. DV
1. DV 2. Chandler
1. Chandler 2. Xavier
1. Xavier 2. Chandler
If you took the Pings off DV and put them on any of the other teams in the top 7, that team wins the state championship. DV without them drops back to probably 4th.
When they go #1 and #2 in their division's race, whatever team they're on would be an extreme favorite to win State.
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Obviously it’s a massive advantage to have 1-2, but not any team would pull it off. There are lots of other teams that don’t have 3 other runners in the top 30-40. ; which is, at minimum, what it would take. Which is why only the other top 6 or 7 teams would have done it.
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The best team to join would have been Flagstaff who won state D2 and finished only 12 points behind DV at NXR. You add the Pings to that team and they would have had four of the top 18 scorers at NXR and qualified for NXN.
Flagstaff is also a great place to train. In fact that is where the Pings are going to have their annual summer camp this year on the NAU campus.
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randomly picking teams wrote:
Flagstaff is also a great place to train. In fact that is where the Pings are going to have their annual summer camp this year on the NAU campus.
I was wondering if Project Gold (the camp) was still going to be held, following the family's move.
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Mia Barnett
LA CRESCENTA CA
17:02.4
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Skyler Wallace
CARLSBAD CA
17:06.3
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Anna Martin
LEHI UT
17:06.7
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Grace Ping
PHOENIX AZ
17:08.0
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Sofia Abrego
PORTER RANCH CA
17:08.4
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Ella Borsheim
TACOMA WA
17:09.0
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Carly Corsinita
MISSION VIEJO CA
17:10.2
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Dalia Frias
HERMOSA BEACH CA
17:10.7
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Abby Kendrick
MISSOULA MT
17:10.8
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Cate Joaquin
CARMICHAEL CA
17:14.8
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Desert Vista girls has actually qualified for NXN a couple of times and finished high there
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Some of you are crazy..... wrote:
Jamison Ping (the younger brother) seems to prefer playing soccer to either XC or Track.
This may or may not be true, but either way it doesn’t change what we see on this link:
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Of General Interest
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Colin Sahlman runs 1:45 and Nico Young runs 1:47 in the 800m tonight at the Desert Heat Classic
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Molly Seidel Fails To Debut As An Ultra Runner After Running A Road Marathon The Week Before
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Megan Keith (14:43) DESTROYS Parker Valby's 5000 PB in Shanghai
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Hallowed sub-16 barrier finally falls - 3 teams led by Villanova's 15:51.91 do it at Penn Relays!!!
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