Just some observations:
-43 US high school girls have run sub 2:12 800 meters this outdoor season.
-The top high school time this season this far is 2:04.44
-5 high school girls have run the 800 under 2:07.87 this spring.
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Big 12 championships ... Paige ran a 2:12:52 (or basically a 2:13) in the prelims, did not qualify for the finals. Looks like this is her last collegiate race. Sad to see she did not have a better year. After running 2:05.94 at NDSU and seeing her transfer to Kansas State, I thought she almost surely would get better and fare well at the NCAAs. I don't know any details, whether the consistently subpar performances were mental, too long a break from competing, plaguing injuries, a loss of desire, or something else. She was a great talent and seemingly the next great 800m runner at NDSU. So long Paige ! We would have cheered for you at the NCAA Championships.
Wish she would have stayed a Bison. In my opinion she would have been a Division I All-American in the 800m if she would have stayed at NDSU.
I don't know all the circumstances that made her choose to go to KSU ... if there was more than just Ryun leaving, then perhaps this last point is unfair ... but I think the environment and culture on the 'SU track team would have driven her to an 800m top 16.