Nice to see some Forum coverage on Laura Roesler yesterday, May 6. I hope she has a great career at Oregon and beyond.
I still wonder how she would be doing at NDSU - with its excellent core of 800m runners (almost on par with Oregon), hometown support, and NDSU's solid history of developing its track and field athletes.
The Forum article, however, has a mistake. It said, "Roesler has one of the top 25 times in Division I in the 800 this outdoor season at 2:05.83. She clocked a career-best 2:03.08 as a freshman." This latter assertion is not true. Roesler ran 2:03.12 last year. She ran her 2:03.08 at the Jim Bush Invitational on June 3 or so when she was a sophomore at Fargo South. It remains her best open 800m time.
I might add that Roesler had a great 400m relay split last year at the NCAA nationals - I believe it was a 51.45 (or possibly 51.65) - which is a significant improvement over her 53.25 against Milbraith at the 2010 State Meet, but beyond that, her Fargo South times in the 100m, 200m, 400m, and 800m remain her lifetime bests.
I hope she has a breakthrough performance or two during the championship season in the NCAAs.