She was always fast as a kid. And again, I'm not talking about nicki at all here. I'm only questioning your comment that you can't train a person to be fast. I'm NOT using her as the standard. I'm just talking in general terms. To say that training won't make a person fast is subjective at best. If by fast you mean as fast as nicki, then sure. You won't be able to train someone who is slow simply by hard work to match her. She is a freak. But a person who trains hard running a 10.3 wouldn't sniff a 10.5 with no training or work. If you're talking 100 times, you can take someone running a 13.5 and teach them and train them and have them running an 11.5. To me that is still fast as shite. That was my point. "Elite" is a whole different animal than "fast"...at least in my book.

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Posted by LSUAshlyn

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Member since Jul 2013

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Posted on 3/28/16 at 7:53 pm to Fratigerguy

This article on the link will answer some of your questions on her ability. It talks about how she ran away from defenders in jr high FOOTBALL!! Think about this, she just won the Louisiana High School Championship in the 60 meter dash in her third career meet without ever working out of a set of blocks or going through a track workout. She showed up to the meet and won. She could run on any level (LSU or otherwise) if she selected track. She was her high school district MVP in basketball as an 8th grader before she gave up hoops. Nicky is a pure freak and I believe the best female athlete in the USA and possibly ever in the sport of softball. If she was a guy people would be screaming Bo Jackson.

Is she fast? Yep. Does she work hard? Yep. Did it make her faster? Yep

Is Nicky Dawson the best Softball Athlete EVER? from FloSoftball

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Posted by BigEdLSU

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Posted on 3/28/16 at 8:58 pm to Fratigerguy

I deal with junior Olympians regularly. Fast to me is all-American type speed. She's got it.

I'll even go deeper. She's strong because she's fast. Or is it she's fast because she's strong? The chicken or the egg? I don't know.

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