Tuohy is already solid American pro! Just behind the elite group!
The Next Girls Phenom Has Arrived
High School Running
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and Ian Brooks probably remembers her name!
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I agree, but I was going through some stats of area runners from my old high school; I found a girl whose PR in the 1600m was only 5:30 in high school, yet she went on to be the #1 runner in cross country at a P5 conference. She walked on, obviously. Who would've thought, right? Some women are late bloomers, not sure if this applicable to men, too.
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If you want the proof, these are the statscorrect me if I'm wrong, but she basically runs her 6K pace in her high school PR-mile time (if that makes sense), who does that? Lol.
Some people are late bloomers, I even found another athlete like this in the same conference- again, a female athlete who walked on to a Div 1 school and ended up being their #1 runner. it's odd, but sometimes even high school times don't show a female athlete's full potential.
of course, sometimes it goes the other way, too. E.g., a high school star will not improve in college.10 -
Yeah but the bigger proof is that as a girl, once you hit sub4:55 as an 8th grader you are destined for greatness. Pretty much automatic national contender.
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storychecksout wrote:
phenomenal guy wrote:
That's what the data would suggest. Few young phenoms excel in college and even fewer make it as a pro. I go with the odds.
ho hum, she just set the NCAA mile record. keep hating
How is that "hating?" Please save such an accusation for something more than disagreement. Please.
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Oh? wrote:
Lexy Halladay (will be a freshman next year at Mountain View, Idaho) is up there as well: she ran 4:26.90 to win the Portland Track Festival open race today. Fellow eighth grader Madison Elmore (Eugene, Oregon) also ran 4:31.
Add in athletes like Taylor Roe (4:47 for 1600m in 8th grade last year), the plethora of Montana girls the last couple years, Gracie Ping, Kelsey Chmiel, Morgan Foster, Claire Walters, etc. there are a LOT of great young girls out there right now.
aged nicely, give or take.
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jjjjjjjjjj wrote:
There seem to always be a bunch of promising 7-10th grade female runners, but unfortunately puberty hits and they fail to improve. A recent exception is Hasay and maybe Ostrander (but time will tell yet with AllieO).
aged like MILK my god.
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she is great- don't go crazy wrote:
OlddPolarBear wrote:
Eighth Grader, Katelyn Touhy, North Rockland, NY, NYS State Championship, 4:24.36. Eighth Grade National Record, for 2nd place at NYS Championships.
http://www.milesplit.com/articles/184408/watch-ny-state-1500m-sammy-watson-vs-katelyn-tuohy-national-recordFantastic for Katelyn. What a talent.
However, I will not expect her to be the next star. Pre-pubescent girls are infamous for putting up insane times and then failing to improve. Young boys can expect to receive massive improvement due to testosterone and growth spurts. A girl in high school probably won't grow much more, and will almost certainly gain 15-30 pounds.
Good assessment. How are we feeling about this now?
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