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Jim Spier - National Scholastic
Sports Foundation There is no more respected follower of Prep Track and Field than Jim Spier, one of the founders of the National Scholastic Sports Foundation, the group that runs the Nike Outdoor and Indoor Track & Field Championships, the Nike Team Championships in Cross-Country, and helps do a myriad of other items to help young athletes in the U.S. His comments below are interesting following qualifying heats in the 1500 meter event in Ostrava, Czech Republic.
Girls 1500m Round 1
Heat 1 - "I have become a true believer in Jordan
Hasay. I don't believe I've ever seen an American in Youth or Junior
competition
control an international race at this distance like she did this
one. She has been so dominant in the U.S. that she never had to
worry about getting lost in a crowd, or suffer the jabs and shoving
that are so prevalent in world competition. And she got plenty
of that. In fact, she ran the risk of getting boxed in after one
and one half laps, and stumbled twice in a 50 meter stretch while
trying to work her way out of the box. She made her move with a
lap to go and would not let anyone pass. Even when Sheila Kiprotech
of Kenya, the 4:12.29 runner, tried to pass her down the homestretch,
Jordan responded with an "extra gear" though she had
one of the four qualifying spots locked up. Granted, her winning
time of 4:26.06 was not overly impressive. But the fact is that
she won a very tactical race against some very formidable foes." |
