Could German Fernandez win World Junior XC Champs?

No he can't win because some 22 yr old African who is in 13:00 shape will win, again. He can certainly crack the top 10 possibly the top 5. He will be the fastest non African and fastest guy under age 20 though.

typical overhyped topic. seriously stop smoking what you are smoking it's making you look a right plonker!

he was 1:37 behind the winner. the africans arn't getting any slower and he isn't getting that much quicker

no. end of discussion.

Rodney Trotter wrote:

typical overhyped topic. seriously stop smoking what you are smoking it's making you look a right plonker!

he was 1:37 behind the winner. the africans arn't getting any slower and he isn't getting that much quicker

i think he's getting more quicker more quickly than you think

no. there are 18 year old kenyans running 3:56 in their sleep.

I'd say he would have a slight chance, which is a hell of a lot better than most non-Africans. But still very unlikely to happen.

DNF once he realizes he can't win.

to be honest the reason he won't win World Jr. XC Champs is because in the USA it is TRACK season, in places like Kenya and Europe xc season had just ended so this is during their peak while it is during the American's base or beginning phase of track season

osu insider wrote:

to be honest the reason he won't win World Jr. XC Champs is because in the USA it is TRACK season, in places like Kenya and Europe xc season had just ended so this is during their peak while it is during the American's base or beginning phase of track season

Yeah, that and 'Kenyan juniors run 3.56 in their sleep'.

I'm interested to see how well he can do.

This will definitely be the biggest race of the year.

As to predictions, I'm sure he will run quite well.

Maybe top 10? Who knows.

It's going to be a heck of a race.

He Will Win!

what if this was the behind the scense story.....

...German crushed mad miles this summer, kept crushing all fall, his workouts without peaking were insane...his coach says f*** cross nationals, there are bigger fish, German agrees....fakes the injury so he can get back to hard base training without being bothered....starts to taper a bit, rips off a 3:56...all for the reason of crushing World Jr XC....then go pro and skip college track, and crush the World Champs this summer....

No.

if he does get in the top 5 i will have sex with alan "the anal" webb

achillis wrote:

what if this was the behind the scense story.....

...German crushed mad miles this summer, kept crushing all fall, his workouts without peaking were insane...his coach says f*** cross nationals, there are bigger fish, German agrees....fakes the injury so he can get back to hard base training without being bothered....starts to taper a bit, rips off a 3:56...all for the reason of crushing World Jr XC....then go pro and skip college track, and crush the World Champs this summer....

crush...crushing...i'm a high school kiddie...crushing...noobs...crushed...beastly...

sick...crushed...scense...

haha noobs, pwned again

i 1nce owned a noob...but then pawned him for a beastly tree frog who turned out 2 b sick and gay...so i crushed the frog

well i can tell you this much, if anyone has sex with alan "the anal" webb they dont want to see what i will do to gaylen "the boy crush" rupp

i say he has 3% chance of winning, a 20% chance of making top 5, a 65% chance of making top 10, 85% making top 20, and a 95% chance of making top 30.

i think he will make top 10 if he doesn't injur his achiles tendon