Return the scoring squad from 2015 where they placed 13th, barely missed out on an auto spot by taking 3rd by one point in the 2016 SE regional (redshirted the core team). Team is led by Frank Lara (2016 XC Individual and 10K finalist) and Troy Reeder (2x First Team All-American steepler).
Their Twitter account retweeted this earlier and the comparison to NAU is pretty interesting...
https://www.thestridereport.com/single-post/2017/07/04/Trust-The-Process
They are giving themselves to much hype. They will blow it. Too cocky. There men's team will not make NCAA's. There's got to be a reason a lot of there top runners/recruits have transferred. However there girls are looking pretty stacked and may actually be pretty good and make NCAA's for the first time I believe
Overrated wrote:
They are giving themselves to much hype. They will blow it. Too cocky. There men's team will not make NCAA's. There's got to be a reason a lot of there top runners/recruits have transferred. However there girls are looking pretty stacked and may actually be pretty good and make NCAA's for the first time I believe
I definitely agree with you on the women's team. Also excited to see how freshmen Krissy Gear (2017 NB outdoor mile champion) contributes to the stacked squad of girls and Daniel Bernal( 14:29 5000 meters) for the men's team.
Is this Aaron Templeton's senior year? Is he still at Furman?
He is a senior this year but redshirted his 2016 xc season so he still has 2 years left of xc eligibility
One of a few things are happening here
1) These guys are actually this conceded to think they are gonna finish top 5 and should post about it
2) These guys just want people to hype them up this season/add fuel to the fire, but aren't really conceded
3) Someone who doesn't like Furman is trolling (my bet is probably on this one)
4) Some high school fan boy irrationally loves Furman distance
Either way, stupid thread. Don't @ me.
Bump.
26th place team.
BUMP -- women 7th!!!!!!
No knowledge of what happened to them today, but saw them at regionals and to me it appeared they ran pretty hard on a very tough course in Charlottesville and with another 10k only eight days later maybe it caught up to them.
Women had a very nice day. Furman is not going anywhere. Both programs will continue to develop and contend with all the resources they have.
Bump again. Did Furman actually race this or were they just using it as a workout?
26th place with your best runner being around 120th isn't as great as they all thought they are.
It's too bad Robert Gary really is a trash coach.
Been super exciting watching this program go from nothing to both programs ranked in the top 10 in this staffs first 5 years. Women killed it for 7th and men had worst race of the year by far. It wasn’t unrealistic to think they could be 7th too (that was their ranking coming in). Men’s team always tries to get to the front and love going out really hard; not sure why they changed their race plan at the big dance?
Robert's first wife wrote:
Bump again. Did Furman actually race this or were they just using it as a workout?
26th place with your best runner being around 120th isn't as great as they all thought they are.
It's too bad Robert Gary really is a trash coach.
This is a trash post.
Plain and simple the Furman men had an awful day, it happens. It's a shame that it happened at the national meet but there's nothing they can do about it now.
Looking at their results from all year (Louisville, Wisco, Conference, Regionals) there is no reason to think they shouldnt be a top-10 team and couldnt be on the podium. They had a fantastic year with an unfortunate ending.
Glad to see another program in the talks for a podium finish though, Robert Gary and Chris Neal will get another shot at it in a couple years. #StartSmallThinkBig
With the job Neal has done, hard to believe he won't have an opportunity to get out of Gary's shadow and run his own program elsewhere this summer.
loomsday wrote:
With the job Neal has done, hard to believe he won't have an opportunity to get out of Gary's shadow and run his own program elsewhere this summer.
Agreed
whole team is actually a bunch of cocky jerks.. way too arrogant going into nats. thought they might win the whole thing and ended up quitting when they realized they wouldn't about 1k in
Did you really feel the need to resurrect a three year old thread for this?
T2'sdilpickle wrote:
whole team is actually a bunch of cocky jerks.. way too arrogant going into nats. thought they might win the whole thing and ended up quitting when they realized they wouldn't about 1k in
This hateful know-it-all, who doesn't know it all and whose panties are obviously in a twist, must believe that his sh*t don't stank. What his brain comes up with definitely stanks. Wonder if he realizes it. No, anyone who resurrects this thread that was last active in November 2017 is clueless about many things.