Don't you have to be an american to be All American?
Don't you have to be an american to be All American?
Get over it, Ches is faster than you bro
Nope. Used to be you were an XC all-american if you were top 40 overall from any country, or if you were an american and in the top 40 americans. Think the last year they did that was 07. Now it's just top 40 runners are all american.
I was talking to Rojo about this yesterday: why are there 40 All-Americans? In college basketball, teams consist of five men, so there are only 15 All-Americans (three teams of five). The way I see it, it makes sense to have 21 All-Americans -- enough for a first, second and third team.
I really don't care what country an athlete's from. There's no need for a separate category; if it's such a big deal, rename the award All-NCAA.