She will soon be an Olympic champion....

[Stikki]

@NumberTwo

Train for speed, play other sports, do a few field events and even run the odd 400m in a meet. Don’t specialize too early for Track and Field.

… pretty much 95-99% of all the kids that were dominant prior to being 17 years old, particularly the females, were never heard from again by the time they were finished high school.

Totally agree.

Up to high school track should be fun and simple for both physical and psychological reasons that James, No2, KK et. al have touched on.