Championship style race for her. Just sat on the leader for 5k and destroyed her the last k. Probably felt like marathon pace the first 5k then threshold the last k.
Championship style race for her. Just sat on the leader for 5k and destroyed her the last k. Probably felt like marathon pace the first 5k then threshold the last k.
You can't do any better than win, so congrats to her.
That's an odd question since she is already faster at the 1500 while being younger. And if you think combined times are meaningless, tell that to Track and Field News.
Her combined 800/1500 PRs are faster than Mu. She is a generational talent
Better comparison.
Wiley is only one of two Americans (Mary Slaney) and 41 women in history to run sub-4:00 and sub-1:58. She is the 3rd youngest runner in history to achieve the feat.
She'd finally a lot more challenge in D1. Jogging out 5k with the leaders and then winning by 12 seconds in low 21 for 6k isn't helping her much when there are sub-19 6k runners in D1, but then being able to take it easy while winning at this level left her plenty in the tank for last summer when she destroyed her pr's.
She'd finally a lot more challenge in D1. Jogging out 5k with the leaders and then winning by 12 seconds in low 21 for 6k isn't helping her much when there are sub-19 6k runners in D1, but then being able to take it easy while winning at this level left her plenty in the tank for last summer when she destroyed her pr's.
Yes, I agree that it would be more challenging in D1 (and then some). I think she probably has a plan that is looking beyond winning the NAIA. On the one hand, yes, it stands to reason that pushing to get better and run 19lows would be preferable. But, since the track (and middle distances) are where it's at for her, and since I really have no idea what her training has been, I think I'll hold off on critiquing too much after a win. Like you mentioned, her easy "jogging" last year didn't seem to hurt her in the summer.
