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

I agree with this. I thought Parks was going to make this a closer race...but it's early season so not a concern at this point.

Very interested in seeing how both Tuohy/Starliper and several others perform in the 3k / 5k distances.

Zofia Dudek 2:09.97 800 meters to open her indoor season to win by about 1 second

Will be interesting seeing what Dudek will do if she races at the Gazelle Elite Series 3200m like last year (I think it's Feb 14th this year). There were some pretty fast times from that race and she is obviously in a lot better shape than last year. If Hart and Vanderkooi are there again as well, it could be another good race.

Tuohy VS Cain at 3000m should be another fun race to watch this upcoming week as well.

Dudek has one team mate who has run a decent 800 (2:18) , and another who has run a decent 400 (58+). If they find a decent 1200 leg they will have a strong DMR, and a race between them, FM, NR, and probably Beavercreek might be interesting, especially if Tuohy and Dudek both trail getting the baton. I know SS is #1 so far, but I don't see them getting to 11:40 ish which is where those other teams can likely be.

that would be a fun race to watch...

It will be fun to see how Juliette Whittaker (sophomore, Mt. de Sales Academy, Maryland) does the rest of her season. For starters so far:

800m--2:07.54

1500m--4:26.59 (en route)

mile--4:44.75

3200m--10:23.14

Her sister, senior Isabella Whittaker (UPenn commit), is no slouch either, having run a 1:12.67 500 to win by almost 9 seconds last week.

Why is Athing Mu even racing right now? Wouldn't she have an outside shot at the olympic team?

On Twitter (fast women) I see that supposedly Tuohy will run the 5,000 at BU (Last Chance Meet) February 28. The section 1 state qualifier is the 23rd, and the NY State championships March 7 so it fits with her HS schedule.

Anne Forsyth's younger sister, Sarah, should do the 1200. She's run 5:03 for the mile this indoor season but obviously has the genetics to take over as a frontrunner once Dudek graduates.

Dudek's team right now seems to be better than Tuohy's team at the DMR. Forsyth vs. Morales on the 1200m leg should be around even (Forsyth has the slight edge with faster times this season, although Morales did qualify to NXN this year). Not sure about the 400 legs since NR's fastest 400m runners are currently running the 300m. 800m leg should favor Pioneer because none of Tuohy's teammates could run 2:18 (Ruffino might run 2:20). And then obviously Tuohy vs. Dudek on the 1600 leg.

F-M with Walters on the anchor leg also has good potential. Beavercreek stands a good chance at both the 4x800 and DMR titles, although Ewert will be tired if she runs too many individual events. I wonder if Saratoga Springs and F-M might try the 4x1600 relay instead because both have very distance-oriented squads.

I’m interested in how the boys relay events will shake out this year at nationals - 4x8, 4xmile and DMR.

Loudoun Valley won all 3 last year.

They graduated everyone from both the 4x8 (which they barely won last year) and the DMR. Both events look wide open as every team that finished high in those events at nationals is graduating just about everyone.

For the 4xmile, LV returns one person from their A team and some guys from their B and C teams last year who looked promising. 2nd place CBA returns 2. 3rd place Hendricken returns 3 (Add in Henseler and they’re solid).

fastTuohy wrote:

On Twitter (fast women) I see that supposedly Tuohy will run the 5,000 at BU (Last Chance Meet) February 28. The section 1 state qualifier is the 23rd, and the NY State championships March 7 so it fits with her HS schedule.

If by "fits in" you mean it provides her with a greater opportunity to over-race indoors and get worn out by the summer then yes, it fits in nicely.

reer wrote:

If by "fits in" you mean it provides her with a greater opportunity to over-race indoors and get worn out by the summer then yes, it fits in nicely.

If the definition of "over race" is a hard 3,000 January 25 and then nothing really until February 28, I guess that is over racing. The section qualifier is a jog for her and even the state championship in the 1,500 or 3,000 should not be that hard of a race. Then a hard 1,600 or 800 at the NBI as part of a relay in mid March. So 3 hard efforts spread out across 2 months? Now if she runs the Millrose mile, and decides to do 2 events at the State meet, plus maybe a 4x800 that gets to be a lot.

have to agree...not sure how there is any definition of over-training going on. Pretty sure that she has coaches to monitor her progress /training.

Funny how people constantly bring up over-training with these track athletes....unlike 20 years ago, virtually every highly competitive athlete that comes our of high school today(football, hockey, soccer etc) is a one sport athlete year round (training wise).

Absolutely people can train too hard, but this is Tuohy's first 3k of the season and committed to a 5K a month later...even a out-of-shape desk jockey like me can handle a 30day recovery.

I see both Forsyths and Baugh are under 2:20 for 800, and Dudek got to 2:08. That makes 8:50+ 4x800 or probably a 11:30 DMR

NR entered in 4x800 in Millrose Games Saturday 2/8, ran 12:06 to win a DMR 2/3, Local Class A Champs 2/5y. She has some races to run, though none terribly important.

pretty quietly, Athing Mu ran 2:04 on the flat track over the weekend.