NAIA XC/TF 2024-25

Mehdi okay but Ireland (Rick Owens) really gave him the gears the last 3000m at riverside park. Looked like Ingerbrigtsen toying with the clowns at euro cross then getting a smooth win over the grass.

ONU has brought in a fair number of slept on recruits

I applaud you for doing this. But I wouldn't worry about what others think. I told your head coach at indoor that it's nice to see somebody new on the scene and not the same old teams compared to the championship.

I have learned that you recruit who you want and can get. If you watched the Olympics, many collegiate athletes worldwide competed in our sport. It’s not any easier or harder. Recruiting is recruiting. Who can help your program accomplish your goals? Treat people the right way and love them as Christ would. You probably are going to be attacked here, even though you posted under your real name be ready to turn the other cheek. I hope to see you in Missouri..

Coach James. You haven’t seen us yet, but we are coming. I am the grandson of Kelvin Kiptum, great marathon athlete for the homeland of Kenya. Me and my brothers are coming to the naia to shift the playing field. Enjoy the rings brother.

James, please get off letsrun and back on WhatsApp. We have Kenyans missing their transcripts and we race next week!

Thank you for doing God's work. Without your University students wouldn't be able to transfer to the prestigious city of College Station. The invoice just dropped for Scholarbook might want to cut the check...

Look all these Anonymous posters, making snide remarks, afraid to do it when they’re real handles.

Aren’t you doing the same

You’re onto something, Bob. That is just some kid blowing smoke. There’s a lot more to Milligan than people know. Believe me, things aren’t what they seem. I’ve actually got some big news about them. Figured you’d be someone I could tell since you seem in the know. What’s the best way for me to get in contact with you?

Anonymous yes obviously snide remarks nope.

Dear Peppa,

We all are just not cool enough to have TWO rings and counting. Please let God lead you and all anonymous posters to the light and realize that we all bleed red (and blue) like our true Lord and Savior, Patriot Pete from University of the Cumberlands

Who is Pete? Weirdo

Coach overholster countrymen and me come from Kenya seeking food and religious studies . We come to destroy your naia team one by one starting with arm wrestling with great sowder the wise

Luca Madeo and Cole Bennett is both bad. I think both Madeo and Bennett are 2 of the most overrated runners in all the NAIA. Because of this, I think Cumberlands ranked too high. I think team like The Master’s deserves to be ranked higher than Cumberlands. They have an impressive low stick with Jack Anderson.

Internationals may deserve a chance in the states but racewalkers don’t deserve a chance anywhere.

This is an interesting statement.

Did you know, that Cumberlands would have won indoor nationals without the racewalk? Sure outdoors they needed the racewalk points (although from my understanding if other athletes had performed what most people expected, the 15 points from two of their walkers might’ve been unneeded). This year it could be a little different.

In the Olympics, the racewalk is one of few events that has representation from such a wide range of different countries, particularly in the top numbers of finishers. China, Japan, Brazil, Canada, Ecuador, Mexico, Spain, Italy, Ethiopia, Australia, Great Britain, France, Colombia, Peru, and Ukraine are all represented in the top 16 of the men’s and women’s 20km racewalk at the Paris Olympics. For some countries, this is a niche event that could be their shot at an Olympic medal (keep in mind, the men’s Olympic standard is faster than the current men’s American record, and we have in the past had a bronze medalist (Larry Young 50km 1968 and 1972).

The US only has a handful of medals in this event, but nothing is stopping more in the future but ignorant and hateful people like you who denigrate the work of those in this event and the event itself as well as a chronic lack of early development of potential stars in this event.

Did you also know that the NAIA is the single largest contributor of modern US elite walkers? Something like 8 or 9 out of the top 11 or 12 finishers at the US men’s olympic trials 20km race were NAIA walkers at one time? The male racewalker the US sent in 2021 to Tokyo was an NAIA champion, and actually holds the national indoor record (Nick Christie). Evan Dunfee may be Canadian, but he won bronze in Tokyo in the 50km and he holds the NAIA outdoor 5km record (he was also 5th at Paris in the 20km, and has a several international championships medals, including a bronze at the world champs in Doha in the 50km and silver at the 20km world team champs in Rome). The female that Dunfee teamed up with for the marathon mixed relay in Paris was the NAIA outdoor champion this last year (Olivia Lundman).

Maybe take a little time to actually understand what racewalking is and then you can fully appreciate the difficulty and legitimacy of the discipline.

That is a lovely, educated post. Unfortunately, you're not changing the minds of these chaps, even though RW had plenty of participants at nationals and is growing. They'll blame it easy to qualify as if the standards at the NAIA level are challenging across the board. These same lads probably complained when the women’s steeple was added and pole vault.