The 17yo just ran 1:58.08 in Manchester earlier this afternoon at a British Milers Club meet, after 2 weeks ago running 1:57.86 in Belfast.
Fantastic to see her back it up with another strong performance. Not sure who her coach is but hopefully she can be kept in the right hands to not burn her out and keep her healthy and progressing. What a talent
I have to wonder what she would have ran if she was entered into the London DL yesterday. With such a hot pace set, the likes of Hodgkinson, Reekie and Bell would have acted as perfect pacemakers for her to break the U18 WR (1:57.19, which has stood for 31 years now). She beat Reekie for 1st at the UK Championships a month ago so maybe she could have even dipped into the 1:55s yesterday, huge improvements at a younger age are more common after all.
Super excited to see how she does in Paris.