My 1st post on this site was about 2 years ago. I had never heard of her until about 3 years when I started following the sport.
My 1st post on this site was about 2 years ago. I had never heard of her until about 3 years when I started following the sport.
hammy string wrote:
You are on the verge of justifying 16 year olds dating 22 year olds.
18 year olds are nowhere near as mature as 40 year olds but both are adults. 17 year olds are more mature than 12 year olds but both are children.
I am not trying to justify it (although in my country and others the age of consent is 16 and couples are able to marry at that age). My point is that in sports it is absurd to refer to an athlete entering their later teens as a "child", as though they are still only 5 or 6, when they are often able to successfully compete with adults because of their physical maturity. I have given such examples above. The individuals involved would not have accepted being described as "children" and would have likely been insulted by the absurdity of the term as applied to them.
Leachman is faster than Tuohy was at the same age.
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Leachman is faster than Tuohy was at the same age.
Since most athletes appear to be peaking at 29 or older now that doesn't seem to matter very much.
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Leachman is faster than Tuohy was at the same age.
Tuohy ran a 4:34 as a sophomore so it’s pretty close. Both of them were much faster in HS than Valby.