Seems Mary Cain decided to take a spin around the 5k course at Van Cortlandt at yesterday's NYRR XC race. 17:26 for top woman by nearly 2 minutes; #6 overall. I think I like her chances at Footlocker NE next week. Heard tell that Alberto was in attendance but didn't see him myself.
17:26 is a great time on that course, but it's not elite by any means. Not sure why her camp views her as "above" high school xc meets. Many high school girls have run at or around that time on the VC course.
yoder-begley fan wrote:
17:26 is a great time on that course, but it's not elite by any means. Not sure why her camp views her as "above" high school xc meets. Many high school girls have run at or around that time on the VC course.
When it comes to XC, I don't disagree with you. With that said, that performance placed her at #7 on the VCP 5k all-time girls h.s. list (fastest since 1994).
Also, I see her name on the NXN start lists, but not FLNE, so it appears that she'll be at Bowdoin this weekend instead of VCP.
Kalaby wrote:
yoder-begley fan wrote:17:26 is a great time on that course, but it's not elite by any means. Not sure why her camp views her as "above" high school xc meets. Many high school girls have run at or around that time on the VC course.
When it comes to XC, I don't disagree with you. With that said, that performance placed her at #7 on the VCP 5k all-time girls h.s. list (fastest since 1994).
Also, I see her name on the NXN start lists, but not FLNE, so it appears that she'll be at Bowdoin this weekend instead of VCP.
Obviously she'll be at Nike- the REAL Nationals- and not Footlocker. It's a shame the depths to which FL has fallen. A once great meet refused to acknowledge the team aspect of XC.
runn wrote:
Kalaby wrote:When it comes to XC, I don't disagree with you. With that said, that performance placed her at #7 on the VCP 5k all-time girls h.s. list (fastest since 1994).
Also, I see her name on the NXN start lists, but not FLNE, so it appears that she'll be at Bowdoin this weekend instead of VCP.
Obviously she'll be at Nike- the REAL Nationals- and not Footlocker. It's a shame the depths to which FL has fallen. A once great meet refused to acknowledge the team aspect of XC.
Gee, thanks for that Nike commercial.
FootLocker is KING.
As long as guys like Bernie Montoya will only run FootLocker and not NTN, NTN is the loser.
NTN is for teams.
FootLocker is for the best of the best.
if XC is a team sport why is Mary Cain running at the Nike meet? She is an unattached runner--so much for the team concept.
This annual NXN vs. FL nonsense is so old at this point. There will be plenty of excellent runners at both events, just as there has been over the last several years.