![]() ![]() Rainsberger responded with specific advice: Set precise goals throughout a lap. You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. “Finding things that keep her really interested is going to be a challenge.” “It’s going to be interesting to see how this all happens for the rest of her high school career,” said Matt Hammel, Engelhardt’s youth coach who still trains her. ![]() Just as she’s reaching the age where she can legally drive, Engelhardt is already hitting a plateau explored by few. But not enough, for her.Įngelhardt built so much hype last year in the running community that freshman teammate Aelo Curtis said she seemed like “a celebrity.” Yet her gifts can be a curse. “It just seemed like a time trial to me,” Engelhardt remembered. ![]() ![]() The University of Oregon’s Hayward Field was cavernous, not nearly energized enough to drown out the thought she couldn’t erase: She burst out to a lead within the first 100 yards, won the race by eight seconds, and wasn’t remotely challenged. “Like, ferocious competitor.”īut in Oregon that summer, Engelhardt felt a strange tug of apathy. “She is a ferocious competitor,” Anderson said. She was a prodigy in every sense: Before she ever even arrived at Ventura, her dad Max remembered, she broke down in tears after snapping Mary Decker’s national record for the mile as a 14-year-old. Last summer, Engelhardt came into the Nike Outdoor Nationals at Eugene, Ore., fresh off a dominant cross-country and track season, including the course-record mile time at Arcadia. ![]()
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