FM 27 Points- Wins NXN 5th Year In A Row

FM girls dope, no question about it.

Yeah everyone had expectations for Hassay in college, but Greany seems to have improved every year since she started running. Going from 89th freshman year to 12th place this year in the NCAA meet I would think that was one of the biggest improvements at that meet. Curious to see how she progresses at Providence.

Who knows but a team that trains for XC 12 months of the year, and gets extremely dedicated coaches and runners, can do very well without doping.

I am very familiar with a consistent top 10 team at NXN. While the team is successful, deep, and committed...they could be far more committed.

By this I mean structured 12 month XC focus, lack of other commitments (such as music, other sports, AP classes, social life), more focus on nutrition and strength training.

This isn't to say that making these kinds of focused commitments are necessarily worth it. These are still kids we are talking about, and focusing on NXN championships year round is not for everyone.

When Bill Aris says the 2011 season started 5 minutes after the 2010 NXN race was complete, that says a lot. When you see the girls running barefoot on soggy 40 degree mud after the race, it says they are willing to be very uncomfortable in the name of winning. Most other people are not willing to make that kind of commitment to cross country. If they were, FM would see a lot more comp.

As a parent of a kid on one of the top 10 teams from this year, I am unsure if I would want her to dive into running with the "FM" level of commitment. I am much more interested in her staying healthy, and running at 30, than in her hitting 17 minutes while in high school. That said, it is interesting to think about.

Until there are multiple teams making the higher commitment, FM is going to continue to win national titles, IMO.

...and not run well or run at all in college...

they do not use EPO.

i ran for FM through out high school. there's an actual source for you asshole.

please don't feed the trolls... if you ignore them they eventually go away

Remember it was a very muddy course, slowing down the runners. Times would of been faster if the condtions were not so muddy. The conditions slowed the race, but FM handles that better then anyone and ran a just ridiculous race.