High school news

Laurynne Chetalat - who pushed Jordan Hasay to the brink in their 9:52 femme a femme 3200 at the California state championships - just came in 6th at the IAAF World Junior Championships in a very surprising 9:15.11 - the 5th fastest 3000 by a US high-school girl of all time, and fastest since '96. This translates to a sub-9:50 3200 (and 9:53-ish 2 mile), putting her second all-time at that distance.

methinks Jordan's going to be pushed when they see each other again in college! With Chetalat, Kosinski and Hasay coming up, I think the middle distances are going to be strong for American women for a while! Now if we could just get some consistency out of Alan Webb...