Wesley Frazier NCAA champ?

Lol no

Give her some room, already. She's got 3 years to work on this. But it's nice she seems to have survived her freshman year.

aaron krohn wrote:

Wouldn't it be ironic if the NCAA came down to a sprint finish between Finn and Frazier, just like in 2013?

How would that be ironic?

We should remember:

Duke's academic culture and humidity doesn't encourage long distance runners to explore and become aerobic giants.

Why wait?

In its collegiate XC preview issue last year, Frazier was seen as the top frosh, along with Finn.

And Duke's team was also rated high.

Then both Frazier & Duke bombed!

So IF she's back to the form (or even better!) that had T&FN rating her so high, why should her NCAA success (both XC and track) have to wait 3 years?

Finn did very well this past spring as a frosh!

I doubt she will win but I think a top 20 or even top 10 finish isn't out of the question for someone with her talent. It would be nice to see her come back after a disappointing freshman year. She's definitely my dark horse pick.

Aren't some of you getting a little bit ahead of yourselvers? She was very talented in HS on the track, but let's see her deliver at a big XC meet - Pre Nats or Wisco before we proclaim her a real threat to win this year.

Frazier will take on Erin Finn at the Coast to Coast Battle in Beantown. Tomorrow. First rematch since high school.

Finn came in 2nd, Frazier 36th.

aaron krohn wrote:

Why wait?

In its collegiate XC preview issue last year, Frazier was seen as the top frosh, along with Finn.

And Duke's team was also rated high.

Then both Frazier & Duke bombed!

So IF she's back to the form (or even better!) that had T&FN rating her so high, why should her NCAA success (both XC and track) have to wait 3 years?

Finn did very well this past spring as a frosh!

Only saw the results, not the actual race, but it didn't look like a good day for Frazier or the Duke women's team overall. Anyone know what happened?

iowakidscanrun wrote:

Aren't some of you getting a little bit ahead of yourselvers? She was very talented in HS on the track, but let's see her deliver at a big XC meet - Pre Nats or Wisco before we proclaim her a real threat to win this year.

^^^^^^^^^^

This

Duke women stunk up Beantown and men really ran awful at Virginia.

Way too much talent on both teams for that poor of runs.

In high school, she set the indoor 5k record, beating Erin Finn by a hair. This is your argument?

Finn was sick and almost didn't run the race, but ended up running it at the last minute, and had almost a 20 second lead with 1k to go, then completely fell apart due to whatever illness she had, and still only lost by .01. If Finn was not sick, it would have been Finn who beat the national record by 20 seconds.

And a 14:01 for 4k doesn't seem all that special to me. I remember watching Aisling Cuffe break 14 minutes for 4k at Van Cortlandt Park as a senior in high school. If you've never been there, it is very hilly. I think she will win NCAA XC this year.