{"comments":{"811974":{"pb_id":"44418","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"811974","comment_id":"811974","member_id":"44418","comment":"This is sort of becoming the Wesley Frazier appreciation thread, but for good reason.
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\nTake a look at what she did in New Balance Nationals events over the course of four years. It's astonishing.
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\n2010 Outdoor
\n2Mile: 10:24.47 for 3rd place behind Goethals and Cuffe
\n5K: 16:59.19 for 2nd place behind Katherine Walker
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\n2011 Indoor
\n5K: 16:50.55 for 4th behind Neer and the Fluehr sisters
\n2Mile: 10:30.13 for 5th
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\n2011 Outdoor
\nMile: 4:44.76 for the WIN. She was fourth place at 1,500 meters and beat the Meiers sisters, Seidel, Cain, Margey, Moye, Knight and Neale
\n2Mile: 10:10.86 for third. She lost to Cuffe and Kayla Beattie. Beat Neer, Seidel, Finn, Chase
\n5K: 16:24.83 for the WIN. Won it by 17 seconds, Finn was second
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\n2012 Indoor
\n5K: 16:46.15 for fourth. She lost to Finn, Pierce and Nerud
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\n2012 Outdoor
\nMile: 4:48.28 for second behind Margey
\n2Mile: 10:13.43 for the WIN.
\n5K: 16:57.04 for third behind Erba and Anderson
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\n2013 Indoor
\n5K: 16:18.01 for WIN, beating Finn with amazing final 200 to get her by .01
\n2Mile: 10:12.23 for the WIN
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\n2013 Outdoor
\nMile: 4:39.66 for the WIN
\n2Mile: 10:07.35 for the WIN
\n5K: 15:55.94 for the WIN
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\nSo there it is .... 16 races, 8 victories (including her last 5 in a row), never worse than fifth .... and 128 points!!!
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\nWow.","date_added":"Jun 18th 2013, 10:40pm","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":159080,"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"},"811580":{"pb_id":"42418","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"811580","comment_id":"811580","member_id":"42418","comment":"Yeah, if you really think about it deeply, ranking the all-time greats isn't easy, especially when you're making it as broad as "distance runner." Figuring in cross-country, championships in all three seasons, times in all three seasons, and so on, it's not easy.
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\nNo girl has done these NBNO triples like Frazier. She's Verzbicas-like in that area. That speaks highly of her in several ways, including great performances in prep-only races, and her 1M to 5k range. The fact that she won all these titles in three years, having that kind of consistency, is very good. Of course, not all of the best girls do NBNO. You can argue that Cranny and Efraimson could beat her in a mile, for example ... but could any of them do that triple?
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\nA fair number of other girls on the all-time lists have gotten their best times in mixed races with collegians and pros, like Cranny and Efraimson this year, and Hasay in the past.
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\nFrazier's overall record in XC wasn't great on this level, so if you're figuring that in, it could bring her down a little.
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\nThen you have to look in the past at the slates of history's great ones, like Fairchild, Gallagher, and so many others and make your comparisons.
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\nNational titles, range and multiple years of greatness are in her favor. Not that many girls are frosh prodigies, like she was, and then still progress to their highest levels as seniors. Many are 1 or 2 year wonders. Frazier hasn't always been consistent across the board in every season, at all her major meets, but this indoor and outdoor season she's been pretty much unbeatable. Brooks PR 2M to Finn might be her only loss, but she's better now, of course.","date_added":"Jun 17th 2013, 10:11pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":[],"can_delete":false,"item_id":159080,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-42418.jpeg","pb_title":"SteveU","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=42418","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/SteveU.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"1030740"},"811551":{"pb_id":"1111","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"811551","comment_id":"811551","member_id":"1111","comment":"If it wasn't for Cain, Frazier would have been the most talked about female prep distance runner since Jordan Hasay. What a year! Where does everyone think she ranks amongst the all-time greats?","date_added":"Jun 17th 2013, 9:01pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":{"wally_id":"624","email_settings":"4294967295","email":"sbush1002@gmail.com","address":"Scott-Bush","gender":"m","member_id":"1111","member_name":"Scott Bush","avatar_location":"av-1111.jpg","avatar_type":"upload","avatar":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-1111.jpg"},"can_delete":false,"item_id":159080,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-1111.jpg","pb_title":"Scott Bush","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=1111","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/Scott-Bush.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"624"},"811384":{"pb_id":"9184","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"811384","comment_id":"811384","member_id":"9184","comment":"Most un\/under-appreciated prep runner ever?
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\nDan","date_added":"Jun 17th 2013, 5:14am","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":[],"can_delete":false,"item_id":159080,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"members\/avatar\/3295.jpg","pb_title":"dkap","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=9184","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/dkap.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"10044"},"811379":{"pb_id":"44418","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"811379","comment_id":"811379","member_id":"44418","comment":"Wesley Frazier is easily the greatest New Balance Nationals female performer of all-time. Now, it helps that she lives an hour away from Greensboro, and that she geared her seasons for it, but how many national titles did she finish with? Eight? That's ridiculous. Congrats and much respect to her!","date_added":"Jun 17th 2013, 4:31am","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":159080,"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"},"811356":{"pb_id":"5929","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"811356","comment_id":"811356","member_id":"5929","comment":"What a run for Wesley ! A champion's heart ! Duke is getting a great competitor.","date_added":"Jun 16th 2013, 11:57pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":[],"can_delete":false,"item_id":159080,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-5929.png","pb_title":"DrBob","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=5929","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/DrBobDP.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"2006"}},"last_id":"811356","url":"comments.php?item_type=news&item_id=159080&item_url=eprofile.php?event_id=3689"}