She moved to Boston in 2017 after Saucony offered her a modest pro contract but then missed July-December of 2018 after surgery for a hip injury. Molly Seidel of Notre Dame wins the 3000m at the NCAA DI Indoor Track & Field Championship photo: Tom Ewart/NCAA Photos via Getty Images. She had struggled with disordered eating, depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder in college and then suffered from osteopenia and skipped the chance to sign a big pro contract to instead return to South Bend, Indiana, for a fifth year in college. But it’s been a long road to find success as a pro.
Seidel was a heralded high school record-setter and a Foot Locker cross country champion who went on to become a four-time NCAA champion at Notre Dame. Between the crowd and the logistics and how easy it was to get our bottles, I was shocked how smoothly it all went.” Early Success Before Struggles It was basically a 26-mile scream tunnel with amazing energy from all of the spectators.
“Yeah, I think I’ve ruined the marathon because of the way this one turned out,” she said with a laugh while donning a Boston Red Sox hat at the post-race press conference. Her time was the sixth-fastest in Olympic Trials history.
Seidel became the first American woman to earn an Olympic berth in her debut marathon. Like the seasoned pro she always seemed destined to become. Olympic Team bound for Tokyo. Against a deep field of American runners with world-class PRs and Olympic berths to their credit, the 25-year-old native of Wisconsin ran like a seasoned pro herself. Running in her first marathon, Seidel made it look almost easy, turning in a stunning debut performance of 2:27:31 and a berth on the U.S. While these policies are a step in the right direction, it still leaves one questioning whether they’ll be enough to deter abusive behaviour and how they will be enforced.Molly Seidel knows the marathon will never be like this again. To encourage an open dialogue about the policies, Athletics Canada will host quarterly town hall meetings between athletes and the organization. They’re also placing renewed emphasis on the Rule of Two, meaning no athlete should ever be alone with a coach. Previously, the organization would only acknowledge complaints from the victim. Specifically, the new whistleblower policy allows anyone who witnesses wrongdoing to report it to Athletics Canada. In the wake of distributing lifetime bans to Canadian coaches Dave Scott Thomas from the University of Guelph, and Andy McInnis and Ken Porter from the Ottawa Lions Track Club for accusations of athlete abuse, Athletics Canada has announced that it will be introducing a set of new policies to protect athletes from inappropriate behaviour and encourage whistleblowers to come forward.
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