Amazing track time this HS girl puts in..........

[Times Roman]

In my prime, I could regularly run 2 miles in about nine and a half minutes, somewhere around there. But this girl kicks asss!

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/highsc...215330958.html

California teen turns in cross country time called ‘greatest high school performance ever’

A young cross country runner in California is tearing up courses at a pace never seen before, leading some experts to already proclaim that she may soon be considered one of the great prep runners of all time.

As reported by the Riverside Press-Enterprise, Simi Valley (Calif.) High junior Sarah Baxter won the Mt. SAC Invitational with a blistering time of 16:00. That time obliterated a previous 11-year-old record on the three-mile course -- widely considered one of the toughest in the state and possibly the nation -- by some 16 seconds, leaving area writers and prep track analysts completely agape at the time she turned in.

"[Baxter's 16-minute run is] the most amazing female individual performance in U.S. prep annals," PrepCalTrack.com editor Rich Gonzalez, one of the most respected track analysts on the West Coast, wrote on his website.

"Baxter, already owning the distinction of beating the strongest prep field in U.S. history at last year's Nike Cross Nationals, applied an even grander exclamation point on Saturday. Actually, it was the grandest:

"'Greatest High School Performance Ever.'"

For some sense of just how dominant Baxter's performance was, all one need do is take a glance at her closest competitor. The second-place finisher at the Mt. SAC Invitational was Santa Clarita (Calif.) Golden Valley High star Chelsey Totten, who crossed the finish line at 17:08. That's more than a minute after Baxter finished, across a span of just three miles!

You can see just how long that was in real time in the video of the Mt. SAC finish line directly below, as filmed by Christina Truong.

[red_hulk]

That's pretty cool I wish I could run like that haha

[Times Roman]

I wish I could STILL run like that.....

....getting old sucks!

[kalspic]

how many miles was it?

[Times Roman]

only 3 miles.

but she's in highschool and did it in 16 minutes. she hasn't even fully matured yet. (Well, I didn't fully mature until my early 20's.) This means if she keeps training, she will be able to beat that time easier in a couple of years.

[kalspic]

thats impressive no matter what. i might beable to run a mile in 16 minutes

[gearbox]

She was impressive. My little sister ran in her race. So obviously I was there watching.

[loki_is_a_god]

Damn, that girl is a beast....I got winded reading that time....3 miles in 16 min lol

[lovbyts]

So why are you looking for stories of high school girls?

[Times Roman]

So why are you looking for stories of high school girls?

uh.....................................?

[lovbyts]

uh.....................................?

You had better have a good excuse. You know that's my job.....

[Zodiac82]

thats impressive no matter what. i might beable to run a mile in 16 minutes

yep....a mile in 14 mins when i was in hs

[RaginCajun]

So why are you looking for stories of high school girls?

Busted!!!!!!

[gearbox]

You had better have a good excuse. You know that's my job.....

If you see a guy with a bat that's me! Dont look at my sister!

[Times Roman]

You had better have a good excuse. You know that's my job.....

because YOU didn't show up for work that day?