Abbey Nechanicky Runs Breakout Race At St. Olaf Showcase
* Abbey Nechanicky (Wayzata, MN) competes at the 2021 St. Olaf High School Showcase. On Thursday, the senior took the individual win in 17:08.9.
Photo Credit: Teresa Brubaker/MileSplit Minnesota
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Wayzata (MN) star senior Abbey Nechanicky didn't play around in her season debut at the St. Olaf High School Showcase last Thursday.
After missing the greater portion of the 2021 cross country season, Nechanicky opened up senior campaign in winning fashion, taking the individual girls race in a new 5k personal best of 17:08.9.
And her impressive time came in a dominant way as Nechanicky gapped the rest of the field by over 70 seconds to earn the individual win.
That 17:08.9 performance equated to a stellar 152 speed rating, according to Tully Runners, which makes for one of the fastest speed ratings seen from a girls cross country athlete in the opening weeks of the 2022 season.
It also ranks her second all-time in the meet's history, only behind current University of Colorado athlete and former prep standout Emily Covert's mark of 17:07.90 set in 2018.
It's a statement-making race for Nechanicky, who only raced once during the 2021 cross country season. Her lone cross country race from last fall just so happened to be at the St. Olaf Showcase, where she ran 18:09.60 for third.
However, outdoor proved to be a breakout season for the Wayzata talent. She went on to clock new personal records in the 1,600m (4:54.34) and the 3,200m (10:09.50), the later of which earned her a Minnesota 3A outdoor state title.
Behind her early season St. Olaf performance, she's likely put the Minnesota distance scene on notice and has certainly made a name for herself nationally just a few weeks into the 2022 season.
VARSITY GIRLS 5000 METER RUN FINALS PLACE ATHLETE TEAM RESULT POINTS 1 Abbey Nechanicky 12 Wayzata High School 17:08.90 1 2 Sydney Drevlow 10 Hopkins High School 18:19.00 2 3 Madaline Lage 11 Waconia High School 18:54.80 3 4 Norah Hushagen 10 Forest Lake Area High School 19:03.40 4 5 Megan Lee 12 Bloomington Jefferson High School 19:05.30 5 6 Taylor Isabel 12 Mounds View High School 19:13.30 6 7 Teegan Anderson 12 Wayzata High School 19:34.60 7 8 Ella Graham 11 Minnetonka High School 19:41.90 8 9 Abigail Tri 8 Rochester John Marshall 19:51.70 9 10 Linnea Ousdigean 8 Mounds View High School 19:54.90 10
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