Athing Mu, Leah Phillips, KT Tuohy... H.S Indoor News and Happs!!!

In full Swing again!!! wrote:

Should be a good weekend at the Virginia showcase. Some top sprinters will be competing athing Mu vs. Leah Phillips

What else is going on? What to look out for at Millrose games?

Tuohy should be running against the pros at Doctor Sanders in another week

Anywhere else seen anything interesting? Any good relay teams... or close races?

Discuss...

Phillips runs the 50/60 hurdles. The big matchup is Mu v. Davis over 500:

Loudoun Valley’s top guys and girls will be at the VA Showcase. As will Caleb Brown (3rd at NXN)

VA Showcase- Junior Matthew Smith from Loudoun Valley ran a 4:19 in the mile - only 1 second behind teammate Shultz and 4 seconds behind winner Caleb Brown. He also beat some of his teammates he’s never beaten before. He’ll be a good #1 runner for LV next year after all these seniors graduate.

Western Albemarle (5th at NXN) and Severna Park (3rd at NXR SE) has some guys running in the VA Showcase

Brooke Rauber at US Jr xc saturday in San Diego

110.22 for Mu for new national record in 500M. Went through 400 M ~54.

fastTuohy wrote:

110.22 for Mu for new national record in 500M. Went through 400 M ~54.

Nice. = 52-mid for 400, which is her indoor PR

Taylor Ewert - 13:00.56 in 3k racewalk

Mu 37:26 for 300 M. Starliper vs Parks in 1,000 in just a bit. Justin Robinson 1:02.39 for Boys 500 M

Jenna Hutchins - 4:57

Ava Gordon (Loudoun Valley) - 5:01

Xavier Jemison - 4:18

Tamari Davis 7.19 in the 60 New High School Record.

Marlee Starliper takes 1,000 in 2:49 low, new US HS #1, Carlos Shultz (LV) takes 2 mile 9:10 ish

fastTuohy wrote:

Mu 37:26 for 300 M

37.26 and 1:10.2 feels like she could go sub 51.6 indoor at 400m

fastTuohy wrote:

Marlee Starliper takes 1,000 in 2:49 low, new US HS #1, Carlos Shultz (LV) takes 2 mile 9:10 ish

Tuohy ran 2:49 by herself in early January, Starliper runs it in mid January. I guess 2:49 is good after all.

Bang Bang wrote:

VA Showcase- Junior Matthew Smith from Loudoun Valley ran a 4:19 in the mile - only 1 second behind teammate Shultz and 4 seconds behind winner Caleb Brown. He also beat some of his teammates he’s never beaten before. He’ll be a good #1 runner for LV next year after all these seniors graduate.

What a weird way to report someone getting 3rd in a race...

Almost seems like you have a vested interest in him...

exactly! and Tuohy didn't have much competition while Starliper had Parks to push her. Tuohy also looked more relaxed than Starliper. Since Tuohy gets much better over longer distances compared to Starliper, I doubt Starliper will beat Tuohy in the mile or 2 mile this indoor season, although both will run very well.

Touhy made it known that she had no desire to run the Millrose hs mile and wanted to do a relay. Then they get an invite to run the 4 x 800 and her coach tells the millrose people Touhy is not available that weekend so the relay can't run. Then a week later the coach contacted millrose again saying touhy has been given the ok by her parents to run the 4 x 8 so they will be on the line in a few weeks

coach wrote:

fastTuohy wrote:

Marlee Starliper takes 1,000 in 2:49 low, new US HS #1, Carlos Shultz (LV) takes 2 mile 9:10 ish

Tuohy ran 2:49 by herself in early January, Starliper runs it in mid January. I guess 2:49 is good after all.

It's all relative. If I were to run 2:49, it would be phenomenal at this point in my life. If Brazier or Murphy ran 2:49, not so much.

exactly trolls wrote:

exactly! and Tuohy didn't have much competition while Starliper had Parks to push her. Tuohy also looked more relaxed than Starliper. Since Tuohy gets much better over longer distances compared to Starliper, I doubt Starliper will beat Tuohy in the mile or 2 mile this indoor season, although both will run very well.

Starliper was not challenged after the first 400 or so winning by 5 seconds. I got her splits at 34/34/33.5/33.5/34. I was surprised at how little resistance Parks offered in this race. I think both Starliper and Tuohy could go a little faster right now if pushed. But it is still early, though even by the end of the season much faster than 2:45 might be tough. When Tuohy ran the 4:33.87 mile she was probably no slower than 2:49 at 1,000 as she went through 880 yards in a shade under 2:16 I think. I would like to see what Starliper could do in an event with the pros like Dr Sander where you get a fast even pace.

fastTuohy wrote:

Starliper was not challenged after the first 400 or so winning by 5 seconds. I got her splits at 34/34/33.5/33.5/34. I was surprised at how little resistance Parks offered in this race. I think both Starliper and Tuohy could go a little faster right now if pushed. But it is still early, though even by the end of the season much faster than 2:45 might be tough. When Tuohy ran the 4:33.87 mile she was probably no slower than 2:49 at 1,000 as she went through 880 yards in a shade under 2:16 I think. I would like to see what Starliper could do in an event with the pros like Dr Sander where you get a fast even pace.

That seems to be Taryn's M.O. She appears to have a lot more intra-season variability in results than others, specifically not wowing anyone early and then coming on strong at the post-season meets. Not saying this is good or bad, just an observation. She may choose to train through early meets more than other girls, or maybe mentally she really gets herself motivated for the championship meets. My point is that I wouldn't read too much into Parks losing by 5 seconds to Starliper in this race. Definitely a good time by Marlee, but not necessarily a bad sign for Parks.

My guess is Starliper could easily go 9:0x in a pro 3k right now. I think she ran 9:20 on her own last year, and then subsequently ran 9:55(?) 2 mile against pros in indoor nationals, with a bit of a negative split, which I think is worth 9:12 or so for 3k.