Sunday, November 6, 2016

Katie Miale: Stellar debut at 20km racewalk

Congrats to sophomore Katie Miale for her fantastic, marvelous and excellent debut at 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) in the racewalk. She placed fourth at the USATF Junior Championship for that distance this morning on Long Island. Thanks to Marist Running Alum Mark Valentino and current sophomore Hannah Albert for providing up-to-date splits, photos and commentary all morning. It made us feel like we were there. And a facetime chat via cell phone allowed us to see Katie at the finish and admonish her to get up and walk around -- seemingly cruel advice after she just got done racewalking for more than two hours! Katie's performance was truly remarkable. She racewalked faster than her USATF Junior Championships pace from June in Clovis, California -- and she DOUBLED the race distance. Quite a trick. We believe that this longer race distance is perfectly suited to her training and racing strengths. Nicely done, Katie!

USATF Junior Championships, 20km
Hauppauge, Long Island, 2km paved loop
20km: 2:04:39.91 (fourth place), 10:02 pace
Start to 2km: 12:15.65 (9:51 pace)
2km to 4km: 12:29.84 (10:03 pace)
4km to 6km: 12:23.69 (9:58 pace)
6km to 8km: 12:14.67 (9:51 pace)
8km to 10km: 12:23.49 (9:58 pace)
10km to 12km: 12:13.71 (9:50 pace)
12km to 14km: 12:26.19 (10:00 pace)
14km to 16km: 12:29.65 (10:03 pace)
16km to 18km: 13:01.03 (10:28 pace)
18km to 20km: 12:41.99 (10:12 pace)
Final time: 2:04:39.91 (10:02 pace)


1 comment:

peter van aken said...

Good effort, and if she continues to improve at this distance, maybe Marist's first Olympic trials qualifier?