{"comments":{"1146005":{"pb_id":"44418","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"1146005","comment_id":"1146005","member_id":"44418","comment":"Alexa was was at the George Fox meet last weekend. She ran a workout and then watched her friends from Camas. She obviously still has strong tie to those girls, and is friends with them, but she does not regret her decision to turn pro. I had the same question. But really, she's at peace with moving on.","date_added":"Oct 18th 2014, 4:15am","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":{"wally_id":"1082747","email_settings":"4294967295","email":"dbind4@aol.com","address":"DougB","gender":"u","member_id":"44418","member_name":"DougB","avatar_location":"av-44418.jpg","avatar_type":"upload","avatar":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-44418.jpg"},"can_delete":false,"item_id":291145,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-44418.jpg","pb_title":"DougB","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=44418","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/DougB.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"1082747"},"1146002":{"pb_id":"43715","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"1146002","comment_id":"1146002","member_id":"43715","comment":"

<\/a>DontStopPre, on , said:<\/p>

\nHow surprising is Camas' success? And how good would they be with Efraimson (rhetorical question ... unless you've already figured it out)? I wonder if Efraimson has any regrets quitting her HS team (again rhetorical ... obviously she figured quitting was the best for her individual success but as it's often said, "high school sports is a memory that lasts a lifetime". Especially when the team is nationally ranked!
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\nGoing into the season, before I knew for sure whether Efraimson was going to go pro immediately or maybe wait until track season, I thought that Camas had a real chance to be the far-and-away NW#1 and a bonafide US Top 10 team with a good chance at a trophy finish. I knew they had some good freshmen coming in, but didn't know that they would all pan out (as eighth graders Jenkins ran 2:25.3\/5:16.1 last year in track and 8:58 at the 1.5 mile Harmony Sports Complex - the GSHL middle school XC championship course, Wilson ran 2:23.89\/5:19.1 and 8:58 as well, and Merritt 5:25.8 but only 9:17 in XC ... for comparison, Efraimson ran 8:44 but more telling is that Alexis Fuller ran 8:38). Keep in mind, though, that Efraimson isn't the only one Camas lost - their #3 returner, Marley LeFore, also didn't turn out this year. So the varsity team they have actually been running with is really what would have been their #2 and #4-9.
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\nCamas should be even better next year, especially if LeFore returns: they graduate Pudlitzke, but an eighth grader at Skyridge MS (Efraimson's former MS) has already broken the course record by 22 seconds, running 8:16 last week! I understand at least one other Camas girl is training under Hickey right now, not sure if it is that 8th grader, LeFore or one of this year's freshmen...
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\nIn better review of how close they are to what I expected... I figured they would be a little behind Desert Vista even with LeFore and Efraimson on the team. If you look at the NPN results and give "average" races for their two runners that had significantly off days (Merritt and Woodson), and plus Efraimson in at #1, they score about 100 points (14 points ahead of what DV actually scored, though they didn't run a perfect race either and it would have been close). But add in LeFore and all of the sudden Camas would be up with Great Oak, the US#1 team.
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\nSo, yes, I expected Camas to be very good this year had everyone ran, however their freshmen have been even better than I thought they would be<\/strong>. Because of the early success of their freshmen, they would have been serious NXN Title contenders rather than the US Top-10 and probable Trophy contenders I had expected them to be. They aren't the biggest surprise in the NW for me, though - Issaquah wasn't even on my radar pre-season, but their freshmen crew have made them instantly competitive for the 4A State title and a shot at NXN.","date_added":"Oct 18th 2014, 4:10am","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":[],"can_delete":false,"item_id":291145,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-43715.jpg","pb_title":"watchout","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=43715","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/profile.php?member_id=43715","pb_wally_id":"1073498"},"1145967":{"pb_id":"45158","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"1145967","comment_id":"1145967","member_id":"45158","comment":"How surprising is Camas' success? And how good would they be with Efraimson (rhetorical question ... unless you've already figured it out)? I wonder if Efraimson has any regrets quitting her HS team (again rhetorical ... obviously she figured quitting was the best for her individual success but as it's often said, "high school sports is a memory that lasts a lifetime". Especially when the team is nationally ranked!","date_added":"Oct 18th 2014, 3:18am","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":[],"can_delete":false,"item_id":291145,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"i\/no_avatar.png","pb_title":"DontStopPre","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=45158","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/profile.php?member_id=45158","pb_wally_id":"1182171"},"1145933":{"pb_id":"43715","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"1145933","comment_id":"1145933","member_id":"43715","comment":"Girls Teams on the Bubble:
\n(alphabetical order by region)
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\nCalifornia (3): Campolindo, Palos Verdes, Serrano
\nHeartland (1): Willmar MN
\nMidwest (1): Minooka IL
\nNew York (1): Corning
\nNortheast (0)
\nNorthwest (3): Bozeman MT, Issaquah WA, Sunset OR
\nSouth (1): Lewisville Marcus TX
\nSoutheast (1): Walter Johnson MD
\nSouthwest (1): Rio Rancho NM
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\nHow far off the national rankings are they? Well, let's just say that the back end of the top 40 would be projected to score around 280-285 at a meet like NXN in previous years (on a good day), while the teams on the bubble would be projected to score under 310.","date_added":"Oct 18th 2014, 12:28am","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":[],"can_delete":false,"item_id":291145,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-43715.jpg","pb_title":"watchout","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=43715","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/profile.php?member_id=43715","pb_wally_id":"1073498"}},"last_id":"1145933","url":"comments.php?item_type=news&item_id=291145&item_url=gprofile.php?mgroup_id=89"}