Originally Posted by
Buffalo.Rider
She is gunning for the Olympics, at a time when the US has never been tougher in the 800m for women. Roesler has the 4th best time of US women in the 800m so far. She ran 2:00.15 on May 20. However, the top 11 women in the 800m have run from 2:00.05 to 2:01.11 - to give you an idea how deep and tight this event is. I think most people rank the 800m W as (1) Ajee Wilson, (2) Brenda Martinez (3) Laura Roesler. However, Ludlow has run a 1:57 in practice, R. Rogers (Oregan sophomore) ran 1:59 last year to win the NCAA and run her best time by something like 2 seconds (a huge jump) so seems a legit threat. Mary Cain has not, apparently, run the 800m yet this year, but I think she ran 1:58 something last year - if she goes to the Olympic Trials, almost surely she will do the 1500m. The present 800m leader - Kate Grace - ran her first sub 2:00 last summer - about 1:59.5 so seems to be headed for a really good year of personal bests (having run so fast so early and assuming she peaks in July/August). It could also be that K.Grace is peaking early. (Data from trackandfieldnews.com)
At the world level, the best 800m so far is a 1:56.64 and nine women have run under 2:00 in 2016 - none of them Americans.