Is she "All-American" status now?

[JDog777]

OK first off, sorry that this is not a pole vault question, but its still a track and field question. I have a sophomore (she was a sophomore this year) girl on my team (I'm going to be a senior next year) who runs a 56 second 400m. 00:56! Thats an unbelieveable time for New England track and field, but I dont know if that is anythnig compared to what kids in the other part of the country are doing, because I know if a boy vaults 13' around here then everyone knows your name, were a 13' vault in some places isn't even gonna put u in the top 4 of the league. Just wondering if a 56 second 400m for a girl (only a sophomore this year) is good enough to be an all-american or close to it, like would she be a top runner in any of your leagues? Thanks!

[OAKPV2004]

According to the NSSF, you have to place 6th or better at Adidas Outdoor Championships to gain all-american status from them, they are the national governing body for high school.

[vaultguru6]

there are a lot of all american honorings.....and most of them come from competing at the national championship level. Here's what I know:

Top Six at Addidas Outdoor Championships are NSSF All Americans
Top Six at Junior Nationals are USATF Junior (under 20, not only HS) All Americans
Track and Field News names Five HS All Americans based on performance at meets of the Nationals Championship Level (ie. State Meets, Golden West, Addidas Outdoor Championships, Junior Nationals).
I believe Dye Stat names All Americans based on top performance.
Finally I believe "Jim Spier's Top Five" names five all americans based on best performance.


Of those I feel USATF and Track and Field News are the most prestigous b/c those are the ones i got .

[OAKPV2004]

AAU has all-americans if you win a nation championship. I know of that because I got a patch that says that when I won last year.

[rainbowgirl28]

If you go to http://www.dyestat.com/ you can see where she ranks nationally.

[JDog777]

How about this, would she be a top runner in your league? Forget the All-American thing, would she win the league for the 400m at ur state tournament?

[indestructo]

Michigan has 3 girls in the 56second range......

[RoySloppy]

Pennsyvania has two girls in the low 55's

[JDog777]

yea so shes def. good anywhere she goes, her problem is she has nobody to push her, she never has any competition because shes so far infront of everyone, when she runs the 4X400 she has extremley good splits because our other 400 girls runners that are in the 4x400m relay with her are just normal runners and this girl runs the last leg so most of the time she is chasing someone, at the ne championships she caught and passed a girl who was 130m in front of her when she got the baton, pretty impressive huh?