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Alex Kosinski (Oak Ridge) on Boston Indoor
Reggie Lewis Center - Saturday, January 27th, 2007

Joe Hartman photo

Video of Girls Contest

American Track & Field Girls’ Invitational Mile
1	Danielle Tauro	Manahawkin, NJ	4:52.20
2	Jillian Smith	Manahawkin, NJ	4:53.58
3	Alex Kosinski	El Dorado Hills, CA	4:54.05
4	Lindsey Carson	Ontario, Canada	4:55.00
5	Catherine White	Roanoke, VA	4:55.38
6	Brittany Sheffey	Bellport, NY	4:56.30
7	Ashley Higginson	Marlboro, NJ	4:57.77
8	Colleen Wetherbee	Yarmouth, MA	5:00.14
9	Jillian Rosen	Dallas, TX	5:00.50
10	Christine Babcock	Irvine, CA	5:01.13
11	Tori Pennings	Warwick, NY	5:01.40
12	Keely Maguire	Georgetown, MA	5:05.88
13	Siobhan Breagy	Exeter, RI	5:16.09
-	Caitlin Lane	Greenwich, NY	DNF

Alex Kosinski (Unat/Oak Ridge HS, El Dorado Hills) had a chance to go back to New England this past weekend to run in the very popular Boston Indoor Games in a national level Girls High School Mile Field.  As you can see up above she performed very nicely, coming in third against a super group.  Teammates Danielle Tauro and Jillian Smith from New Jersey, who have had a number of indoor contests under their belts this winter, were the only to defeat Alex, with Tauro a sub-4:40 miler last June and Smith an outstanding frosh athlete.  After very careful care of an injury situation this fall that had Alex miss most of the season, this first indoor effort is very pleasing as one looks ahead to the 2007 spring season for the University of Oregon bound star.

1) How did you feel about your training going into the race at Boston?

Going into the race I was pretty confident that I was ready to race. I had done a couple of speed workouts and I was feeling pretty good.

The weather was really really cold so I didn’t really go outside that much. I did all of my running inside and on the treadmill days leading up to the race.

3) Did they do anything special for you with the Reebok association with the meet and all?

The Reebok people treated us very nice. We all got to go to Reebok headquarters and have a tour and that was pretty exciting. They also gave us a lot of really nice running clothes and gear.

At the beginning of the race I didn’t get a very good start at all. There was a lot of people and since the pace was so slow at the beginning the whole group was all together. I felt like I got really boxed and then had to run in lane 3 to stay out of the box, but it was still a really good indoor experience.

5) When Tauro upped the pace after the 2:32 880 how did you feel and react and how did the race go after that point?

When Tauro upped the pace I felt good but was still kind of trapped. The field began to separate and I felt better with more room.

6) What was your reaction to your third place finish and 4:54.05 clocking? (Tauro 4:46 previous weekend, 4:53 two weeks ago, so these folks had done a lot of indoor racing recently already)

Before the race took off I thought that it was going to be a very fast race, but after seeing the first 800 split I knew it was going to be more of a tactical race. I was happy getting 3rd in a field of experienced indoor runners, however I do wish that I could have run faster.

7) Where does this put you as you look forward to the outdoor season?

That race has gotten me really excited for the track season. I am ready to train hard for the upcoming outdoor season, and I look forward to racing some of those girls again.

Thank you Alex - Best of Luck!!