CU Rocky Mountain Shootout is no more

CU XC TT at Fairview High School for the win.

WH Taft wrote:

If... and as my grandpa used to say, “if your aunt had you know what, she’d be your uncle.” If...

When CSU beats them at regionals and NCAAs this year you can eat my shorts you jabroni.

Which part of my statement is untrue?

Another example of why XC/Track is dying a slow death (and increase HS participation numbers don't mean growth). Elite teams need to race locally and against their rivals to help build local interest.

yep, ran it in 1985 at Lake Valley

critic 100 wrote:

How about the fact Wetmore is lazy coach who only coaches the 5k and steeple, and won't spend one thin dime to generate any kind of competitive program.

What? He's dominated the p12 and has won multiple national championships. Are you high?

Runfasta wrote:

Another example of why XC/Track is dying a slow death (and increase HS participation numbers don't mean growth). Elite teams need to race locally and against their rivals to help build local interest.

"An increase in HS participation numbers don't mean growth"? What?

That's like saying "she's super famous but hardly anyone knows it".

Well... lets see. He let several In state athletes get away, Katy Rainesberger, Thomas Staines, Maya Evans, Jequan Hogan, Nic Chappee... shall I go on... (too lazy to recruit ). You say he has won national championships... when? 10 years ago?

Wetmore is a bum and only cares for the steeple and 5K. Why can't he keep a sprint coach on his staff?

The NCAA Kolas points system needs to change for the shootout to come back. With the NCAA Mountain Region being as strong as it is having Kolas points is important and with no top-level teams racing the Shootout the meet is rather pointless as a race, it becomes a time trial in essence. It is a shame though. I enjoyed racing there and I think it allowed us to train a bit harder but that's the way it is.

I've heard rumors the Kolas points system is changing soon though, so maybe this rationale for leaving will be irrelevant in a year or two and the meet will come back.

critic 100 wrote:

Well... lets see. He let several In state athletes get away, Katy Rainesberger, Thomas Staines, Maya Evans, Jequan Hogan, Nic Chappee... shall I go on... (too lazy to recruit ). You say he has won national championships... when? 10 years ago?

Wetmore is a bum and only cares for the steeple and 5K. Why can't he keep a sprint coach on his staff?

You are not familiar with the XC performances of CU?

critic 100, why don't you tell us how you really feel?

位行政 费费Poo Bah wrote:

critic 100 wrote:

How about the fact Wetmore is lazy coach who only coaches the 5k and steeple, and won't spend one thin dime to generate any kind of competitive program.

He's at a school where all they care about is that sport that causes Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE).

Could have fooled me...

Academic administrators work by imitation of other so-called peer or aspirational institutions, so it is sad that one of their latest development trends is to pave over areas used for xc courses or just running. There was a link here a while ago about the development of another course at maybe an SEC school (Auburn? Maybe actually an NC school??).

Wetmore has won 5 men's xc team national titles alone since 2001, and has three thirds as well if you go back a bit sooner.

CU also has 4 individual titles (Torres, Goucher, Ritz, ?).

Very familiar with his XC program... third best in the state behind Adams and western, and shortly, 4th when UCCS matures. Which is the real reason he bagged the shoot out. Still waiting on his last sprinter/hurdler/jumper/thrower NCAA All American out of his weak program. XC is mediaocre . What does he do the other 10 1/2 months.

XC Under Quiller CU was a well rounded program, but wait... here comes Wetmore sh$&ing all over the program and bringing the T&F program to its knees.

The David Hogg generation objects to the name. Nobody wants to run a race that glorifies gun violence.

Soooo... nobody can name the last time Wetmore had an NCAA All American in an event under the mile. Sprints? Jumps? Hurdles? Throws? How can he have a track team without these events? Wetmore won't allow these events in his program... at least no one descent. Wetmore is lazy.

critic 100 wrote:

XC is mediaocre

Sorry, bro. You went a little too far here and outed yourself as a troll. Now no one is going to respond to you, at least not substantively. You were doing well before that though.

I’m sure you will refute this and sputter some nonsense about how you aren’t trolling and the sprints do suck and blah blah blah, but you’ve already been identified. You might as well just go find another thread.

位行政 费费Poo Bah wrote:

critic 100 wrote:

How about the fact Wetmore is lazy coach who only coaches the 5k and steeple, and won't spend one thin dime to generate any kind of competitive program.

He's at a school where all they care about is that sport that causes Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE).

You could say that any Division 1 school in the country. Especially those in a Power 5 Conference.