Paul Chelimo quits UNCG

Wow. I thought this would have been a troll for sure, but its not. Why did he quit?!?

Didn't Paul Katam quit too?

Well he ran awful at XC nationals so he probably left because of the coaching.

Did he have any eligibility left? I feel like Chelimo has been around forever.

Chelimo wants to make some $$$ on the roads.

Isnt he going to loose his scholarship?

Paul Chelimo is finishing school at UNCG. Dont talk poorly about Paul if you do not know the facts.

Chad has been a great fit at UNCG and the athletes that he has to work with are doing well given the circumstances he was thrown in to.

Katam didnt exactly "quit". Katam received a job in the military that he had been working on for the past year.

Sorry, but the name Paul Chelimo is a distance memory? What did he do? Seriously.

pouroo wrote:

Sorry, but the name Paul Chelimo is a distance memory? What did he do? Seriously.

Your joking right?

In 2012, the year Don Cabral was an Olympic steeple finalist, Chelimo made him look like a jv runner in the 1500 at Raleigh Relays. I was coaching at Cornell and Cornell was basically viewed as a near deity and to see him get spanked like that was eye opening.

Then Chelimo was 2nd at NCAAs in the 5k. He also was the WUG's silver medallist this summer.

what eligibility does he have left? Will he go somewhere else?

rojo wrote:

pouroo wrote:

Sorry, but the name Paul Chelimo is a distance memory? What did he do? Seriously.

Your joking right?

In 2012, the year Don Cabral was an Olympic steeple finalist, Chelimo made him look like a jv runner in the 1500 at Raleigh Relays. I was coaching at Cornell and Cornell was basically viewed as a near deity and to see him get spanked like that was eye opening.

Then Chelimo was 2nd at NCAAs in the 5k. He also was the WUG's silver medallist this summer.

Dude...not everyone was involved at the professional level at the NCAAs in 2012, and so not everyone is going to have pitch perfect memory for every single runner and event that year.

Chelimo has been NCAA runner up in the outdoor 5k the past two years. You don't have to be a track historian to know his name.

But still, why did he leave the team with one season left in the ncaa?? does anyone actually know?

UNCG stupid wrote:

Not that their program was going anywhere any time soon. Paul Chelimo quits UNCG cross country and track field program.Chad Pearson is the interim head coach of UNC Greensboro. After having one of the fastest runners in the nation quit your program, I hope you don't get hired after this year.

How is this Chad Pearson's fault?

Even if you say it is not Chad's fault that 2 different NCAA runner-ups left mid year. It still happened while he was there, that is like a CEO losing 90% of profit. That CEO will never be a CEO again.

hey wes wrote:

Even if you say it is not Chad's fault that 2 different NCAA runner-ups left mid year. It still happened while he was there, that is like a CEO losing 90% of profit. That CEO will never be a CEO again.

huh?

I'm guessing you don't know much about College athletics.

When one coach leaves and another coach acts as the interim coach there is always turnover with athletes. Either the athletes weren't happy with the switch or for whatever reason they don't like the interim coach.

Doesn't mean Chap did anything. Now if athletes continue to leave after he has been there for a year then you can blame it on the coach. Right now there is to little information to make the conclusion.

rojo wrote:

pouroo wrote:

Sorry, but the name Paul Chelimo is a distance memory? What did he do? Seriously.

Your joking right?

You're*

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm wrote:

hey wes wrote:

Even if you say it is not Chad's fault that 2 different NCAA runner-ups left mid year. It still happened while he was there, that is like a CEO losing 90% of profit. That CEO will never be a CEO again.

huh?

I'm guessing you don't know much about College athletics.

When one coach leaves and another coach acts as the interim coach there is always turnover with athletes. Either the athletes weren't happy with the switch or for whatever reason they don't like the interim coach.

Doesn't mean Chap did anything. Now if athletes continue to leave after he has been there for a year then you can blame it on the coach. Right now there is to little information to make the conclusion.

Actually I use to be a division 1 cross country coach.

If I was the AD, the day after the conference meet I would let Chad know he will no longer be needed. I don't care how it went down. When you lose the only All americans in school history when they have eligibility left, you are done.