Parley Hannan from Ithaca just ran 16:05 in Boston...
She now has the top time in D3 by around 45 seconds, and would be top 20 in D1
She came out of nowhere to win D3 nats after running 23-24 min 6k's in 2018 (Not that that's a bad time or anything, but obviously not nationally competitive), and now she does this? This is an unbelievable improvement in a 12-18 month period, I've never seen anything like this.
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No one is going to take D3 seriously until they stop running Nationals and all their other meets on flat undersized tracks.
landmark americana wrote:
No one is going to take D3 seriously until they stop running Nationals and all their other meets on flat undersized tracks.
If D3 runs “all their ... meets on flat undersized tracks”, how did Hannon go 16:05 at BU?
She never ran until college
“ High School: Hannan was a four-sport varsity athlete at the Westover School, playing soccer, lacrosse, swimming, and squash. She spent three years on soccer team, earning Team MVP honors and State All-Star selection in 2014-15. Most related to tennis, she was a two-year contributor on the squash team, earning Most Improved award in 2013-14.”
https://athletics.ithaca.edu/sports/womens-track-and-field/roster/parley-hannan/18217
She shows up as a sophomore but she said in an interview she's a senior. Did she transfer to Ithaca?
albanese wrote:
She shows up as a sophomore but she said in an interview she's a senior. Did she transfer to Ithaca?
She played other sports and attended two other universities.
https://theithacan.org/sports/senior-athlete-overcomes-obstacles-in-running-career/Has changed majors 3 times. I wouldn't be surprised to see her competing again next year.
Yes, she previously attended Colorado and Northeastern (didn't run at either school), played on the Ithaca tennis team briefly, and never ran competitively before 2018.
Hers is a very unique story, but it makes you wonder how much untapped talent is out there.
I assumed that for every high school XC runner there are at least 2-3 other additional athletes which could run XC just as fast if they trained for that purpose. I think it's less common to choose to run XC if another sport is an option. A lot of people would choose the other sport if they had a choice between XC and another sport. Some people don't have the choice because they have dogsh!t hand-eye coordination.
Isn't squash a fast-twitch sport like tennis? Not sure how high her level was, but it is common knowledge that tennis/basketball players are way too fast-twitch to be great distance runners (5k and up).
Being good at soccer and running, sure but sports like tennis and basketball are all about quick movements, jumping power and serving strength. A typical skinny distance runner body shouldn't be able to compete at these sports on a high level even with good technique.
With 16:05 5000m, her 3k and mile times are sure to drop a lot from 9:34 and 4:54 to more like 9:20/4:40. A profile like this strikes me as a possible future professional runner because anyone who rises that high on that little background from a D3 program is a major talent who will run a lot faster with talented teammates.
The trackster wrote:
albanese wrote:
She shows up as a sophomore but she said in an interview she's a senior. Did she transfer to Ithaca?
She played other sports and attended two other universities.
https://theithacan.org/sports/senior-athlete-overcomes-obstacles-in-running-career/Has changed majors 3 times. I wouldn't be surprised to see her competing again next year.
according to the artice she's 24 or 25 (says she has taken 2+ years off from school), same age as Purrier.