Nico Young will never win a National Title

He is a time trialer. the altitude ncaa he will dominate in ABQ if he gets a teammate to sacrifice a fast pace

Yeah but he didn’t win, since he got second which isn’t a win

I mean I can respect having an opinion, but when you state it in such an blatant way with no room for argument ("It was proven" and "will not win at Nationals in college") that's no longer saying an opinion but comes across as stating a fact

If he doesn't, being at the top of his game for that long is still a pretty big accomplishment. Getting 2nd today is still pretty good and doesn't preclude him from becoming a Paul Chelimo who finished 2nd at NCAAs but was America's dominant distance runner.

I think he might, he might not, but racking up a bunch of all-americans is also impressive

Wow, I didn't realize. That does seem a little bit unfair though to sea-level teams doesn't it? I've done one training camp at altitude before, and I felt terrible for at least a week before I got acclimated. Are we going to see sea-level teams going there weeks in advance?

No. No teams will go there several weeks early.

All the athletes had actually traveled to Albuquerque for the indoor championships in 2020, and they had only arrived 1 or 2 days ahead of time.

The four best distance runners the US have had since like the 70's are Rupp, Lagat, Chelimo, and Fisher. None of them dominated the NCAA. Fisher won one title...Rupp didn't win until his senior year, Lagat won a couple titles, and Chelimo won one title. Winning a bunch of NCAA titles doesn't translate to professional dominance. Just ask Cheserek and Cragg.

It took Galen a while to win his ncaa titles, and in XC he was also beatable. Grant fisher only won one ncaa title . Nico will win something eventually

What a loser! 4th, 11th, and 2nd at NCAA’s. The message board Stephen A’s crack me up.

So he only has one more shot at it next year in Virginia? this was his 3rd XC Nationals.

I was getting ready to pretty much post this. The only difference is Rupp never won an XC title in high school and Nico has. Once Nico starts winning, he may not stop for quite awhile.

Reminds you of Rupp…. Another dork to represent the country. Just what we need!! Just as I thought the sport of running couldn’t get more boring. Give us a lillesø. We need someone to bring some proper manly aggression competition. Or someone who starts fights at least.

Nico was oh so close today. he ran “bigly”. however Hicks had just that few seconds more strength at the end because he had the luxury of being able to draft the first 8k.

I predicted this exact outcome in a different thread 😂

He won a national title yesterday 😜

You guys take my comments and then claim they apply to me.

Any thoughts of your own?

Any that are not delusional?

I thought Nico ran awesome showed lots of heart. The Hicks kid conserved more energy drafting to 8k. Make no doubt about is Nico and his teammate ran incredible to get points needed to help win the team. Nico is a gamer make no doubt about it! Just fell a tag short yesterday on winning it all. With that said I knew hicks would win bc NAU did all the work

He gets an extra one because of the covid year. Although, who knows if/when Nico will decide to go pro?

Interesting. I guess he will probably be pro and not run in his 5th XC nationals.

Nico's form looked phenomenal yesterday compared to his senior year of high school. And not just his arms. He clearly is lighter on his feet, much less of a grinder. No matter what happens in the spring, I think we are going to see a monster his senior campaign. As we saw yesterday, Mike Smith knows how to time things right, and he is going to have Nico timed perfectly for his senior year.