2012 Mt. SAC Cross Country Invitational

Hey Michael,
Your right, very smooth stride. I just hope that her team is working with her on her heel strike. It is not slight. I was pulling like that for years and now I am paying the price. This girl's potential to be even faster depends on that factor. Watch her on the 2012 CIF-SS Finals, especially from 1:24-1:35. Flat parking lot, good angle to check our her landings.

I am from the class of the Big 3 of 2011: Ryan Hall, Alan Webb and Dathan Ritz. The biggest Mt. Sac race would have been if Hall, Webb and Ritz would have raced at Mt. Sac. Ritz for sure would have run under 14:00. Ritz is the best High School Cross Country runner of all time - NO QUESTION!

That girl had some serious rockets srapped to her cheeks! 16:00 flat! Mega impressive! She needs to take down that 2 mile 9:48 record fair and square - blow it clear outta da water!

That am awesome time and great runner, Mac Sac Cross Country Invitational is one of the hard courses in the U.S, I was lucky to run in it 3 times in high school.

Absolutely amazed at Sarah of how far he has gotten so quickly! As a Simi native and alum at SVHS (not Royal) I am incredibltey proud of her along with the entire program for engineering and training an elite and exceptional group of runners!

Thinking back to even before she was a freshman, there were rumors that she would be a phenom and perhaps even challenge the records of the great Jordan Hasay, Mission Prep SLO. But we never anticipated an eruption such as the one captured on vid. She's got a long, long, journey in front of her, but Great job Simi Valley, Great job Sarah, and Great job to the program who continue to set an exception level of class, leadership, and excellence!

The race length plays a huge factor when it comes to fatigue. The difference between a 3 mile and a 5k is about 160 meters. Some runners push themselves too hard and run out of gas during that last 160 meters, (1st place runners included!) which can be very easy to do on such a challenging course, and such a big meet!
Either way Sarah killed it! Really unbelieveable- isn't 16:00 even a good time for a 5k run on the track?
I think the video was very well done- it's a windy course and there's no way to get every angle! Announcer was annoying, especially since his voice reminds me of a bad stand up comic!

Great run. And I am pleased with the video coverage. But that announcer ought to zip it! He is really annoying. Does he think he is a good sports announcer? I think he just likes to hear himself.

We just got 14+ minutes of footage of this historic race, and people are complaining about cinematography? We are sooo lucky to get the coverage we do for a high school sports mainline media puts in the "other" category.
The video can't capture the electric atmosphere and the murmurs that were circulating in the crowd. What a great race. Congrats Sarah!

Course is 2.9316 according to their website.

@Schim: You clearly have no clue about running. First off research shows that no particular strike is better than any other, secondly she is NOT heel striking, she is striking a flat foot. So this is in fact not terrible, its a good stride by an amazing athlete.

I would be interested in hearing from Anna Sperry, who was the Simi Valley runner back around 2006-ish. A serious Mt SAC contender in her own right, she was running with Jordan Hasay, Mel Lawrence, the Bishton twins, Kauren Tarver. She ran at BYU for two years then transferred to Arizona State to run for Coach Quintana. What does Anna think of this scarry-fast phenom from her alma-mater?

try the compatibility View option next to the refresh button. That works for me.

For those who wittness this.....you are the lucky ones! This is great day for HS XC, one of the best runs of all time!

That may have been most agitating commentating ive ever heard...

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how old is she?