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Apr 16, 2021
9:39:53am

Turnpike Lane Monday Morning Quarterback

This is one sport BYU really could dominate at. Hopefully Oregon or Stanford don't steal her (Coach Taylor) away.

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Turnpike Lane

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Jenna Hutchins recruitment by Coach Taylor is phenomenal. Jenna destroyed the

MajorZeus

4/16/21 8:20am

She broke Tuohy’s record? Whoa. Most people don’t understand how big that is.

Pimpin4Paradise

4/16/21 8:23am

A non-LDS 5 star athlete from across the country. Major signing coup.

Indy Coug

4/16/21 8:31am

Jenna is arguably the best-ever high school long distance runner. And she’s only a Junior.

CrimWalCoug

4/16/21 9:02am

What about Mary, the girl Nike destroyed and she opted out of high school

Archaea

4/16/21 10:21am

Jenna has faster times in the 5k in cross-country and the 5k and 3200 meter on the track.

CrimWalCoug

4/16/21 11:18am

Mary Cain. She is starting to remind me of Mary Decker-Slaney.

Archaea

4/16/21 1:17pm

Do they rate XC and TF athletes according to stars? Thought that was only

Bullrider

4/16/21 7:50pm

She’s the equivalent of a top 5 National 5 star recruit in Football/Basketball.

CougGolf

4/16/21 8:15pm

Didn't they also just pick up a quality recruit from California as well

SV Coug

4/16/21 8:34am

Probably Riley Chamberlain who also has a younger sister who is doing well- link

NewMexiCoug

4/16/21 8:42am

She is considered the number two recruit in the class of 2022 behind Jenna Hutchins.

CrimWalCoug

4/16/21 4:26pm

Crazy. She broke away from the whole pack in the first minute. What's weird is .

runnincoug

4/16/21 9:01am

Her right foot looks like it is externally rotated. It kicks out. Cant tell on

goofball

4/16/21 9:13am

yeah, that's what I'm seeing.

runnincoug

4/16/21 9:49am

Some runners have a weird stride, but the self-selected stride is usually the

ryebrye

4/16/21 9:22am

Not a beautiful stride, but not a lot of wasted motion either.

HenderCoug

4/16/21 10:01am

This. I think she actually has an extremely efficient stride.

(Private)

4/16/21 2:40pm

Her stride is interesting. Her turnover and VO2 are incredible. That race was

WB Coug

4/16/21 1:01pm

It’s like her right leg is a little short or something. Go girl

HoustonCougar

4/16/21 1:21pm

Thanks for posting. I didn't realize she was a BYU commit. Phenomenal athlete. To runnincoug's comment,

DrBYU

4/16/21 9:14am

At the end of the day she is overwhelmingly more tough than her competition.

Wingnut

4/16/21 9:21am

I think that's it, and impressive. She's not efficient in her running but

runnincoug

4/16/21 9:50am

Incredible. Brought tears to the eyes.

Archaea

4/16/21 9:28am

Witnessing greatness always does that to me.

HiLife

4/16/21 9:31am

That's awesome, though I wish the video showed her crossing the finish line.

Cosmodiar

4/16/21 9:34am

Well the lead cart often peels away before the finish line, though I agree.

Archaea

4/16/21 12:52pm

For a runner, BYUs location offers a great training location at elevation. Then add elite coach and great academics.

Turnpike Lane

4/16/21 9:39am

I remember reading a story that coach Taylor has already turned down both

sTcCoug

4/16/21 10:08am

Link? Would love to read that.

CrimWalCoug

4/16/21 10:55am

Link: Diljeet Taylor's Unconvential Path To Coaching Stardom

TripleCrownCoug

4/16/21 2:56pm

Wow. Great article. She’s getting a pipeline full of fast girls - hopefully that helps her stick around.

CrimWalCoug

4/16/21 7:04pm

Highest elevation universities

krindorr

4/16/21 11:57am

Because of it's elevation BYU hosted 1967 NCAA T&F Championship

dratax

4/16/21 2:31pm

And OJ.

CougarThug

4/16/21 5:08pm

He was an unknown (to me at least) at the time

dratax

4/16/21 5:13pm

She's pretty confident in her decision. " I knew in December that BYU was..."

AF Cougar

4/16/21 2:14pm

I am not a runner, but this was awesome!

Dynomite

4/16/21 9:57am

Just watched a couple of interviews. What a sweet, humble kid that seems just

zonacougar

4/16/21 10:43am

RE: Jenna Hutchins recruitment by Coach Taylor is phenomenal. Jenna destroyed

ZelmoBeatty

4/16/21 11:03am

Not a runner & still found that awesome. Hope we see her in BYU blue in 2 years

BYUfan92

4/16/21 11:46am

Jenna's dominance reminiscent American Fork HS's national record 4x1600. (link)

Ripliancum

4/16/21 11:52am

For context here's a headline from last February w/ Olympic champ with a 15:52

Ripliancum

4/16/21 12:10pm

Why doesn't XC/T&F have its own category on CB? They are and have been for...

Jasbo

4/16/21 12:13pm

agreed.. someone was talking about this in regards to El Jefe and the mods

byukarl

4/16/21 1:23pm

NHL doesn’t have a category either. Jefe giveth and he taketh away.

(Private)

4/16/21 2:41pm

That imagery of Jenna in front of the massive pack at around 3:00 of the video is pretty awesome.

Yllage Vidiot

4/16/21 2:47pm

El Jefe, give XC/T&F its own category and I'll become a paying member. Others?

Jasbo

4/16/21 3:23pm

Who else will join me if a category is established?

Jasbo

4/16/21 3:24pm

Why do we need a category? There's too many already, and we hardly talk about XC

runnincoug

4/16/21 3:34pm

So what problem is another category? It's T&F, too. Ignore the category if you

Jasbo

4/16/21 5:51pm

Not a big problem, just a pain to go through all the little icons & pick

runnincoug

4/16/21 9:24pm

A new category should be created simply in honor of Jenna’s commitment!

CougGolf

4/16/21 5:00pm

Aren't categories made to be ignored? Everything else you'll see.

Great38

4/16/21 5:58pm

Wow, Very impressive. Broke the national record.

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