[jjm]

jjm on May 18, 2004 at 3:13 am #9272

Do the scoring tables in the download section also apply to younger kids, ie ages 10-13. Here's my question. My 10 yearold daughter just ran a 1:08.15 400m at the school league track meet Saturday, which scores 659 on the women's scoring table. She's never been competitively timed in the 800 (there was just one track meet and it's now over) and I'm trying to roughly ballpark what she's capable of. Does this mean that if her 800 abilitiy (and level of conditioning) is comparable to the 400, that she would be roughly projected to do a 2:31.74 in the 800 (also 659 on the scoring table). My instinct tells that she is a better middle distance runner than sprinter, which I think means she's capable of this time in a competitive situation. Am I thinking about this correctly.

[CoachKW]

CoachKW on May 18, 2004 at 11:06 pm #27988

You're probably in the ball park, but it depends on how she's been training. Has she been doing any kind of distance runs? What type of track workouts has she done-has it all been short sprint type of stuff? Girls that age of capable of some amazing running and it wouldn't surprise me to see her run 2:30 or better in a competitive race.