I love Doris and Katelyn both as athletes but I do favor Parker more. I favor her because I have always loved front runners who go out and dare anyone to hang on to their sizzling pace. The sad thing is after Regionals I think Doris has a good chance of beating Parker at NCAA. Parker won today because Doris let the gap get too big while trying to help her teammate who finished 3rd. Doris closed a 50 meter gap with 1 km to go to under 20 meters and was closing like a freight train.
The look on Doris' face as she finished and she saw Parker was peer disappointment in herself, as Doris really felt she should have won today but trying to help a teammate-she waited too late to close. Parker must step it up at NCAA or she will lose, she can't duplicate today's performance and think it will win NCAA.