Grand Valley State University

Meh. I'd rather go to Stanford.

Frant Gisher wrote:

Meh. I'd rather go to Stanford.

I would too if i was sub 4 in high school.

I like GV.

This is a weird thread.

So you are asking why not every single high school senior in the USA looking to run in college will attend grand valley? That would be a big roster for one.

You should probably specify that the men dominate only their conference.

This thread is pathetic. If GV is fvcking amazing then it doesn't need to be desperately advertised. The studs should just show up right?

Perhaps it wasn't a GVSU runner/former runner who wrote it. And you're right, they don't need to advertise themselves like this.

I hear that one of their coaches is pretty fast.

I knock wrote:

So you are asking why not every single high school senior in the USA looking to run in college will attend grand valley? That would be a big roster for one.

You should probably specify that the men dominate only their conference.

This thread is pathetic. If GV is fvcking amazing then it doesn't need to be desperately advertised. The studs should just show up right?

They dominate division 2

GVSU is a good choice but the top Michigan high school runners typically are drawn to MSU, UofM or an out-of-state university for one of many reasons such as their parents went to one of these schools or they have been fans of the football team or they want to run in the Big10 or want to run a on DI team or they prefer the academics at another school. I actually think some of these runners should have chosen GSVU or a less competitive DI school if they really wanted to race because I don't see some of them making it onto the travel teams until their junior or senior year if at all. If they know this going in and they are content with what each university/team offers then they should be happy where they chose to go.

Okay gv sucks

Plus their running club is rather active! Look for the men of GVRC to place top 5 at nats this year.

GVRCer wrote:

Plus their running club is rather active! Look for the men of GVRC to place top 5 at nats this year.

Yeah!

9th today. 2 points behind Penn State, 6 behind Wisconsin.

A down Penn State team and a Wisconsin team that was tempo'ing.

GVSU must be very happy with signing Gina Patterson. She was their top finisher at the 2015 Greater Louisville Cross Country Classic. Kendra Foley did not run. Gina finished in front of GVSU's 2nd through 5th returning, scoring, runners from last year. Gina finished just behind University of Michigan's #3 runner. Gina ran a 17:11 5K Saturday while in HS she only ran a sub-18 once, 17:43 and that was in 2012. She did have a breakout spring in track. I don't think GVSU can take credit in Gina's progress thus far in 2015. They must very happy with signing one of Michigan's runners who were not state champions but are running like champions now.

Grand Valley State University wrote:

Why would anybody NOT want to go there? Year after year after year then churn out top 5 performances with a plethora of all Americans. Both the men and the women dominate. People who argue against GVSU are afraid to run hard and fast. All freshman redshirt to get used to classes and to get used to running collegiately. The coaching staff is smart and caring. The culture at GVSU is top notch. Grand Valley is located 10 minutes from grand rapids and 20 minutes from lake michigan. Academically GVSU is a great choice as well.

If you want to run fast, win, and have a great time doing it, then Grand Valley is the place to go.

I'm sure GVSU is great, but some people want to get their 4 years of college with 4 competitive seasons done in 4 years, not 5, or grad school isn't of interest. If I were coming out of hs, I'd rather save my redshirt season until I got injured. It'd suck to miss 8 weeks in the fall with a stress fracture and lose a season of eligibility for it, because "all freshmen must redshirt to get used to college".

There have been FR who didn't RS. Such as current GV Chris May. If you were really that opposed to taking a redshirt, I doubt they would force it on you.

Reality hurts wrote:

A down Penn State team and a Wisconsin team that was tempo'ing.

A 'down' Penn State team? The last time they were competitive in cross country was in the 80s. They suck.

Patterson was a 2 time XC State Champ

Where is Patterson from?