NIKE ELITE CAMP 2014?

I am not sure what exactly they look for. Lots of good 2 miler types who don't have top 10 mile times, and lots of top milers who don't have top 10 2 mile times, so who gets picked? I guess Fisher is out, being from Michigan and also with World Juniors.

Some boys I would pick: Maton, Brannigan, Hunter, Tamagno, Pollard, Mantz. Not sure who else, I'd have to think about it. Same with girls.

Who would you pick?

Via twitter: John Dressel and Jesse Reiser (can't attend)

I know Hannah Debalsi and Alex Ostberg (both from CT)got the invite.

Other than them for girls I'd guess Efraimson, Rohrer, Ella Donaghu, Audrey Belf...

For boys probably Fisher, Maton, Dressel, Anderson, Mantz, Tamagno, Armstrong...

The whole thing is a farce. They suit up the top talent in the nation in their Nike swag that costs them about $1 to have made in Indonesia. It costs Nike very little and is considered an investment on their part to get the top talent to sign with them when the time comes.

And that's business. If the kids and their parents are OK with it, that's fine. However, the camp does nothing in the way of teaching these kids how to be leaders or how to be more coachable. It tends to make a lot of them feel like their teammates and coaches are cavemen that know nothing because only Nike has the secret running sauce.

Agreed. Good Post.

The whole thing is a farce. They suit up the top talent in the nation in their Nike swag that costs them about $1 to have made in Indonesia. It costs Nike very little and is considered an investment on their part to get the top talent to sign with them when the time comes.

And that's business. If the kids and their parents are OK with it, that's fine. However, the camp does nothing in the way of teaching these kids how to be leaders or how to be more coachable. It tends to make a lot of them feel like their teammates and coaches are cavemen that know nothing because only Nike has the secret running sauce. One of these golden boys is ours, got 3 other runners in the 15's doing a 4 mile tempo tomorrow at 5:10's. Be nice to have our top golden boy there but he only comes to about 2 practices a year. He trains with some friend guy who is buds with ...guess who. Get this, our golden boy gets hurt anywhere or anytime..guess where the liability falls to..its already happened to us!

how do u get an invite to nike elite camp

kedar wrote:

how do u get an invite to nike elite camp

run sub 9 sub 413 as a junior essentially

so who gets picked?"

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Whomever they feel best serves their longterm --and UO-- interests. They have taken some pretty bad talent at times but that was done primarily to buck up the brand of a coach/team they have signed.

I know for a fact it does engender some brand loyalty with campers but I have seen others pick a school that doesn't wear Nike colors.

The truth is the real camp begins when these kids get to campus the following year(s) in August and have to double their mileage and do two 7m out-and-backs while sporting a cold and a heavy academic workload.

That's where you see who can deliver the goods. I don't care what somebody did at Nike camp it's about stride, power to weight, desire to run.

Click photo:

http://www.runnerspace.com/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=31540&do=videos&year=2014&stype=&folder_id=1695&di=0&pg=2

Elietiies! wrote:

Agreed. Good Post.

One of these golden boys is ours, got 3 other runners in the 15's doing a 4 mile tempo tomorrow at 5:10's. Be nice to have our top golden boy there but he only comes to about 2 practices a year. He trains with some friend guy who is buds with ...guess who. Get this, our golden boy gets hurt anywhere or anytime..guess where the liability falls to..its already happened to us!

Not following you with that "some friend guy who is buds with ...guess who." How did camp go for your golden boy. I assume it's over and he's back by now.