A decade or so ago, a former NYC marathon champ turned Nike spokesperson and coach, took a high schooler named Galen Rupp under his wing. Fast forward to 2012, where this high schooler is now a decorated professional runner with an Olympic Silver Medal in the 10K under his belt.
It wasn’t an accident that Salazar decided to gamble on coaching a high schooler, and building him up for years. With that being said, and Rupp now being in the peak of his career, Salazar is taking on a new student of distance running. Her name is Mary Cain, and is a 16-year-old junior for New York.
Cain and Salazar met at the Olympic trials this year. Cain wanted a picture with Salazr, and this she was granted. Before meeting Salazar, though, Cain won the Penn Relays high school mile in a time of 4:39:28, which was a national and meet record.
