So I'm an old Wilde Lake xc guy; well old enough to have grey hair anyway. I'm far enough removed that I don't know any of the guys on the team but I loosely follow them through the Columbia Flier when I'm in town visiting my folks.
Here are my observations. First, I saw that video, and this guy was Patrick Bateman with slight differences. He sounded like he was reading off of a script. His words sound rehearsed; like he knew that he was going to be interviewed and had to get it JUST EXACTLY RIGHT. Is that a monster, a perfectionist or a guy with no self esteem? Any FBI profilers want to lend a hand here?
Second, I am extremely surprised IF none of his teammates or coach knew the kid had deep issues. Its just my experience, but when I ran xc our bond was as deep as blood. It didn't mean that we liked each other; often times our shared pursuit of the goal was the only string to tied us together. But the knots were strong. We knew all of each other's annoying traits; who talked too much, who complained, who was too full of himself(most of us). And we knew the good traits as well.
The River Hill kid seemed to understand what Eisenhaur was about when he mentioned how the guy stuck around to shake everyone's hand after a race. Tell me if you think I'm wrong, but that's such exaggerated sportsmanship. After we ran we wanted nothing to do with any other teams and we sure weren't standing around shaking every 19 minute cross country runner's hands. That's just weird...
So if a kid did this horrible, disgusting deed as a college frosh he probably had serious issues in high school. And who knows, maybe everybody at WL is clamming up about it due to guilt or "what if" syndrome. There's got to be alot of guilt going around at Trumpeter Road.
Either way, if he did what we all think he did, he's a disgusting piece of trash...