Bringing up Cain is a red herring: currently she is the fourth fastest American and has the "A" standard. But Hasay has recognized that she doesn't have the speed (I believe her best 800 is around 2:08) for the 1500, and her 32:06 is, for a college senior, hardly pedestrian. But my point was that Hasay's going to Oregon worked out admirably for both, pace "Go Cyclones." Moreover, this is the most outstanding accolade--"she was named the Academic All-American of the Year for Track & Field/Cross Country, becoming the first sophomore to win that honor in any sport in the program's 60 year history"--and that says something about who she is and not what she does. Any parent with any sense would have fixed on that first. And no, I do not have any connection to Oregon, other than once, a very long time ago, having run six miles all too slowly at Hayward Field (but a thrill nevertheless).
Sappy Saless wrote:
Montesquieu wrote:Not too shabby:
2-Time NCAA Champion
(Mile-i, 3,000 Meters-i)
NCAA Runner-up (Cross Country)
Honda Award Finalist (Cross Country)
USTFCCCA Indoor Track Athlete of the Year
Three-Time Pac-12 Athlete of the Year (Cross Country)
Academic All-American of the Year
(Track & Field/Cross Country)
Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year (Cross Country)
Bowerman Award Semifinalist
3-Time NCAA West Champion (Cross Country)
4-Time Pac-10 Champion
(1,500 Meters twice, 5,000 Meters, Cross Country)
Pac-10 Newcomer of the Year (Cross Country)
15-Time All-American
2-Time Academic All-America 1st Team
2 School Records
(3,000 Meters-i, Distance Medley Relay-i)
The most decorated runner in school history with 15 combined all-America awards, two national titles and four Pac-12 crowns. As a junior, was the 2011 national cross country runner-up, took third indoors in the mile and fourth in the 3,000 for the 2012 national champs and placed third outdoors in the 1,500. Also won the Pac-12 1,500 meter title for the second straight year, as well as her second straight NCAA West Regional cross country crown. U.S. Olympic Trials semifinalist (1,500 meters). Also won her second straight academic All-America honor. Phenomenal sophomore season included a pair of NCAA titles, three Pac-10 titles and six All-America awards. In the classroom, she was named the Academic All-American of the Year for Track & Field/Cross Country, becoming the first sophomore to win that honor in any sport in the program's 60 year history. Won 2011 NCAA indoor titles in the mile and the 3,000 meters and Pac-10 crowns in the 1,500 meters, 5,000 meter and in cross country (2010). A 2010 Honda Award finalist. NCAA West Regional cross country champion. Was the 2011 USTFCCCA Indoor Track Athlete of the Year and a Bowerman Award semifinalist. Pac-10 Cross Country Newcomer of the Year and an All-American in her first fall as a Duck in 2009. Continued that trend with a pair of All-America awards (mile, distance medley relay) at the 2010 NCAA Indoor meet and an outdoor honor in the 1,500 meters at the 2010 NCAA Outdoor championships. One of the most decorated women's runners to ever sign with Oregon. Capped her USA Junior running career with the 1,500 meter title in 2010. IAAF World Junior Championships qualifier. Seven-time junior national champion set 13 age group records and nine high school class records. Among those is the national prep record of 4:14.50 at 1,500 meters that she set in the semifinals of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials at Historic Hayward Field. Is the first four-time California state champion at 3,200 meters and is only the second four-time CIF cross country champion. Among the national awards she collected during her remarkable career were Gatorade Girls National Cross Country Runner of the Year, Track & Field News' Girls High School Athlete of the Year, USA Track and Field's Youth Athlete of the Year, USA Today's High School Track and Field Girls Athlete of the Year, SI.com's Girls Athlete of the Year and SportsMaxPreps Female Athlete of the Year. Also the class valedictorian with a grade point average better than 4.5.
2012-13: Cross Country - Pac-12 Athlete of the Year. Finished the 5,000 meter race at the Dellinger Invitational with a time of 17:04, placing seventh overall. Had a strong showing at the Pre-Nationals by placing fifth overall with a time of 20:03.4 (6,000 meters), and was instrumental in helping the Ducks place second as a team. Came in second at the Pac-12 Conference Championships with a time of 20:10 (6,000 meters) and led the team scores to help Oregon win the conference championship title. Won the NCAA West Regional for the third year in a row with a race time of 19:16 (6,000 meters) and propelled the Ducks to a first place finish at the meet. The Pac-12 and NCAA West wins were the first for Oregon since 1995. Named the USTFCCCA West Region Athlete of the Year. Placed third in the NCAA Championships and was Oregon’s top finisher with a time of 19:28.6 (6,000 meters). Led the Ducks to the national championship, Oregon’s first Women’s Cross Country national title since 1987. Honored by the USTFCCCA as an All American, making Hasay the first woman in program history to win four cross country All-America awards. Pac-12 scholar-athlete of the year. Named to the Pac-12 all-academic first team.
All those accolades and she runs relatively pedestrian times. A high school junior trounces her 1500 times. She is 20 seconds off the world record in the 1500. Imagine a stud male college senior running a 4:03 mile - about same time difference off the world record. You have high school kids running that. She has done well in a very weak women's field. She was great high school runner but has not improved any in college.
