Im a coach in the naia and i know brit a little bit and have seen these girls just get better and better every year. NO way drugs is apart of what Brit does or any of these girls. They do have great facilities, they can get some of the best h.s girls in canada because of lack of universities, and when you get that many good runners training together with a really good coach who knows what they are doing...this is what you get. They are awesome to watch!
Tatyanna McFadden's could take her.
NO way?
2 1/2 cents: I addressed each of your accusations point-by-point and then some, and you come back with "well..they COULD be doping, it's POSSIBLE..." Unless you have some concrete evidence, go away. You are starting to sound like someone with an axe to grind.
btw Howard came in with 2:08/4:31, and she is right where a well-handled athlete SHOULD be three years later; Krasovska has only improved a few seconds, but at least is holding her own, the others are freshman who are talented. Oh yeah, they have two girls in high school in their club who just ran 2:10 last weekend- I suppose they are being injected with illegal drugs? Where do your attempts to discredit stop?
This is a successful womens middle-distance programthat is doing it the right way- hard work, no/few injuries and smart coaching. Any sniping about drugs is off base at best, petty and destructive at worst.
alright, this drug talk is complete BS. i have been on multiple teams with these girls, and i can personally guarantee that they are not on anything performance enhancing. rather than accuse people of taking drugs just because they have a faster 800m PB than you, maybe you should consider a few things:
1) their coach is a former elite runner herself, so she obviously knows what it takes to get the job done.
2) they have both been making steady improvements since they started running seriously. sure, rebecca hasnt been running seriously for nearly as long as julia, but she has been constantly improving under britt.
3) they have an amazing training group to run with. they have like, 4 girls that run 2:10. i tend to believe that getting to chase around after two 2:0low girls a few times a week will make you faster.
Just my two cents,
Kristjan Hunter
Why do the Simon Fraser men run so slow compared to the women?
The men's testosterone levels are already maxed out. The women had a long way to go before reaching those levels. Now they are leaner, stronger, faster and can sing barotone in Sunday Choir.
You know you've made it in the sport when drug accusations are mentioned!!! This is great...
Way to go Rebecca, congratulations on a great race!
It's alright. Canadians, by their very nature, are natural born cheaters. They can't help it. It's in their DNA. What more proof do you need than that?
Hahahahaha!
...yeah unlike americans of course. that kelli white was clean as a whistle, right...
well said webs...
...as a runner you know you've made the big time when...?
Let me get this straight, so you wacky Canadians are hoping to be accused of being drug cheats and see that as a statement that you have "arrived"?
That's even funnier! Hahahahaha!
You silly little kids to the North!
Uncle Sammy wrote:
It's alright. Canadians, by their very nature, are natural born cheaters. They can't help it. It's in their DNA. What more proof do you need than that?
Hahahahaha!
It's alright. Americans, by their very nature, are natural born idiots. They can't help it. It's in their DNA. What more proof do you then that?
Hahahahaha!
some runner wrote:
Uncle Sammy wrote:It's alright. Canadians, by their very nature, are natural born cheaters. They can't help it. It's in their DNA. What more proof do you need than that?
Hahahahaha!
It's alright. Americans, by their very nature, are natural born idiots. They can't help it. It's in their DNA. What more proof do you then that?
Hahahahaha!
Well, that was wonderfully original! Good one! What a comeback! How many Canadians did it take to think that one up? I guess that is all that could be expected from our little brothers to the North!
Hahahaha! Wacky little Canadians!
There are a few inaccuracies in this discussion which I would like to mention.
Rebecca:
Is in her 4th yr, not her thrid year.
Came into university with a 2:15.80 PB which she ran when she was 15.
I have personally known and trained with Rebecca for three years, and nothing in that time would lead me to believe that her improvement has been help by performance enhancers. Rebecca is one of the most motivated and tough athletes I have ever witnessed. That, combined with her natural talent is the reason we has so consistently improved. She was plagued by injuries and health problems until her second year, when her amazing progression started. But its not just one big improvement, she has consistently advanced her limits. I don't have her exact PB progession at hand, but from memory:
Jan 04: 2:14i, 2:13i
Apr 04: 2:13, 2:13, 2:13
May 04: 2:12.1, 2:11.1, 2:10.86
Jan 05: 2:12.00i
Jan 05: 2:10.48i (after 2:50 1000)
Feb 05: 2:08i
Mar 05: 2:08
Apr 05: 2:06.94, 2:06.1
May 05: 2:04.93
Jan 05: 2:05.53i (beat Diane Cummins)
Jan 05: 2:05.48i (after 2:45 1000)
Apr 05: 2:01.80
She has also run a 4:41 mile indoors and ran 56.0X in the rain just the weekend before last (and many 55 second splits)
And if you knew Rebecca, you would know she would never take steriods. Steriods give girls masculine features, and we all know that Rebecca is really pretty, and would never comprimise that!
She is just one tough girl on the track ...
Edward Hoey
Uncle Sammy, you are right. Taking credit off other's work is wrong, I guess we as Canadians would not, considering American's take credit for everything, even when they didn't do it. cough*BALCO*cough
First of all, I have no idea what you just wrote.
Second, cough*BenJohnson*cough
Canadians of the world UNITE!!!
As for why our men suck compared to our women, just cuz Brit can coach girls doesn't mean she can coach guys as well. Also, we are pretty much a bunch of no-talent wannabees
Get real here, drugs? What 2:16 runner would consider both investing and taking drugs? If it even remotely possible I would be the first to jump all over those dirty clansmen, but it seems way to far-fetched. Yes they seem to dominate the NAIA pretty good, but our girls have been third at the last two cross country championships and beleive me there effort and training consistancy can only be described as slack ass. Its also true that they are recruiting the cream of the crop talent, talent that would probably be equivalent of a Div 1 school.
To answer why their guys team is horrendous: They got no balls. It been more than 5 months since we challenged those nancy-boys to a beermile, and still no action.
Right, I forgot the part about no balls, although I'm pretty confident mine are going to drop any day now....
Does all this talk about great progression over the years mean that Brian Sell is on drugs too? I mean, the guy could not even break 10 in high school for 2 miles, and now he is averaging that for 26.2!