Nico Young not running USAs?

I mean, yeah.

The NCAA XC GOAT Ryan Raff won 4 team titles, not consecutively, and didn't score for NAU a single time. Imo even more impressive.

You never know when a few weeks could be the difference tbf. Nico lost a few weeks indoors due to his wisdom teeth surgery, and you can see what effect that caused by looking at the disparity between his Millrose performance and his NCAA performance.

And yeah, he's absolutely a big fan of his siblings, I'm just saying he absolutely doesn't want to lose to them, because once you lose, you can never win, even if you win. Once you lose to a younger sibling, anytime you beat them in the future, they just say "Yeah, but I beat you at X, and you're older than me" and you just automatically lose.

On the subject of siblings: Sahlmans >> Youngs >> McGortys

Last December, I might have leaned in that direction, but Aaron's decisions at the end of this season make me wonder if he'll be able to make the tough calls necessary to stay healthy enough to race to his potential in college or beyond.

Looks like he's been on vacation the past week

This is his year to win NCAA XC, it's pretty much now or never. I'd rather see him skip USA's where he'd likely finish barely in the top 10 at best and be in top shape for cross in the fall.

Did you even look at the entry list? There are 5 college guys in the 5k. Gilman, Rodriguez, Sprout, Cemerieri and Strangio

Didn’t see a couple of those but three have graduated.

this was a very smart and well thought out response. I appreciate seeing posts that are not reactionary

He has not been at 100% since xc nationals and it is already July, so it was wise for him to pull the plug on his season in order to get rested and healthy before starting his push for an individual national championship. With Hicks out, it will be easier, but not that much. If Bosley is healthy, he is going to be a lot stronger and more confident than last year after his indoor 3k record, and it looks like there will be plenty of competition between Stanford's top two guys and OK State's Messaoudi, at the very least.