Spring Break
Razorbacks look to take regional
Harold McIlvain II
Issue date: 11/14/08 Section: Sports
Coming off a personal-best 6,000-meter time of 20:07.26, sophomore Catherine White will look to lead the team after finishing first in the field last week.
"She has proven to be our leader this year on the course," Harter said. "She leads by example and shares that leadership role with our three seniors. Her development has been like a skyrocket. Every week she gets better and better."
Harter said he has been impressed with White's ability to set and accomplish goals.
"I think she just has a good perspective and goals that match that perspective," Harter said. "She knows realistically she can do things, but she just needs to evolve and not get her expectations out of whack."
The maturity and the ability White has to listen to her body have helped the team this year, Harter said.
"She really makes good decisions," Harter said. "During Saturday's workout, she was really, really hurting. She came to us and said, 'I don't know if this workout is going to work for me right now.' Everyone else had kind of recovered, but she was still beat up."
Harter said Saturday was compromised a little bit, but it ended up helping her as she bounced back Monday and looked glorious, he said.
"That is a unique experience for a coach," Harter said. "Sometimes [athletes] think they need to try to muscle through it. But all of a sudden on Monday, they can't do anything."
Freshman Samantha Learch earned SEC All-Freshman honors and stepped up for the team last week, finishing as Arkansas' seventh runner and was the fourth freshman overall to finish.
"It was nice to see a freshman break into the top seven," Harter said. "In August, I wouldn't think any freshman would make it. I thought if there was going to be anyone we redshirted this year, it would have been Learch. But she came right into training camps with a lot grit and desire."
Last year, Arkansas finished second at the regional, beating out Baylor by five points while Rice won the event.
"She has proven to be our leader this year on the course," Harter said. "She leads by example and shares that leadership role with our three seniors. Her development has been like a skyrocket. Every week she gets better and better."
Harter said he has been impressed with White's ability to set and accomplish goals.
"I think she just has a good perspective and goals that match that perspective," Harter said. "She knows realistically she can do things, but she just needs to evolve and not get her expectations out of whack."
The maturity and the ability White has to listen to her body have helped the team this year, Harter said.
"She really makes good decisions," Harter said. "During Saturday's workout, she was really, really hurting. She came to us and said, 'I don't know if this workout is going to work for me right now.' Everyone else had kind of recovered, but she was still beat up."
Harter said Saturday was compromised a little bit, but it ended up helping her as she bounced back Monday and looked glorious, he said.
"That is a unique experience for a coach," Harter said. "Sometimes [athletes] think they need to try to muscle through it. But all of a sudden on Monday, they can't do anything."
Freshman Samantha Learch earned SEC All-Freshman honors and stepped up for the team last week, finishing as Arkansas' seventh runner and was the fourth freshman overall to finish.
"It was nice to see a freshman break into the top seven," Harter said. "In August, I wouldn't think any freshman would make it. I thought if there was going to be anyone we redshirted this year, it would have been Learch. But she came right into training camps with a lot grit and desire."
Last year, Arkansas finished second at the regional, beating out Baylor by five points while Rice won the event.
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