Your first two guys scored 3 points. How can you not put together 3 more guys who can score ~60?
Your first two guys scored 3 points. How can you not put together 3 more guys who can score ~60?
They tried - finishing top-20 is not an easy thing to do and it was over their heads. Look at how they finished: Pepiot went from 10 to 47; Watson from 45 (3k) to 155; Neuman 86 to 175; Winn 19 (5k) to 60.
Would they have had a chance if they had gone out a little more moderately? Yes, but they rolled the dice trying for top 1, 2 or 3, I think.
As has been pointed out, they do not use a ton of scholarships for distance because they have a 'broad' track team, so there is a big drop off from the likes of Chez and Jenkins (who they did not have to use scholarship places to develop, so they were lucky there).
Their scorers:
First, Second, a Frenchman then four Oregon natives.
It's interesting to get a glimpse of what the team would look like without the out of owners.
Jakob Ingebrigtsen has a 1989 Ferrari 348 GTB and he's just put in paperwork to upgrade it
Is there a rule against attaching a helium balloon to yourself while running a road race?
Strava thinks the London Marathon times improved 12 minutes last year thanks to supershoes
NAU women have no excuse - they should win it all at 2024 NCAA XC
How rare is it to run a sub 5 minute mile AND bench press 225?
Mark Coogan says that if you could only do 3 workouts as a 1500m runner you should do these
Move over Mark Coogan, Rojo and John Kellogg share their 3 favorite mile workouts
Am I living in the twilight zone? The Boston Marathon weather was terrible!