Who the hell is that Harvard guy?

sp2 wrote:

Where is this interview?

I didn't see him talk about schools at all, and can't find it anywhere.

It was either the Flotrack or Letsrun interview:

Flotrack interview:

Letsrun interview:

"He’s got another year of eligibility, which he’ll use as a grad student next year for another school – at either Stanford, Portland or Wisconsin." - Letrsun race recap thoughts

Does he have citizenship with another country (with a name like Maksim Korolev) or dual citizenship in the US because if that is the case you'd have to think a spot on the Olympic team in his for the taking in whatever eastern European country he's from.

He has dual citizenship with Kazakhstan.

On a side note, there are some posters on this thread that seemingly DETEST their "office jobs", almost to a disturbing degree.

C/M Runner wrote:

sp2 wrote:

Where is this interview?

I didn't see him talk about schools at all, and can't find it anywhere.

It was either the Flotrack or Letsrun interview:

Flotrack interview:

http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/250913-NCAA-Division-1-Cross-Country-Championships-2013/video/725076-Maksim-Korolev-3rd-for-Harvard-and-the-Ivy-at-NCAA-XC-Champs-2013

Letsrun interview:

http://www.letsrun.com/2013/11/six-quick-thoughts-ncaa-mens-cross-country-d1-individual-race-won-edward-cheserek/

"He’s got another year of eligibility, which he’ll use as a grad student next year for another school – at either Stanford, Portland or Wisconsin." - Letrsun race recap thoughts

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Awesome, thanks.

Why the heck would he be considering Portland?

(Nothing against the school at all, but I don't quite see how it fits in with the rest of the discussion.)

Unless he's planning to be running for Alberto in the near future, I'm not sure I get the attraction.

sp2 wrote:

Awesome, thanks.

Why the heck would he be considering Portland?

(Nothing against the school at all, but I don't quite see how it fits in with the rest of the discussion.)

Unless he's planning to be running for Alberto in the near future, I'm not sure I get the attraction.

Well, Portland did place 7th at NCAAs last weekend.

How does he train? High mileage?

C/M Runner wrote:

sp2 wrote:

Awesome, thanks.

Why the heck would he be considering Portland?

(Nothing against the school at all, but I don't quite see how it fits in with the rest of the discussion.)

Unless he's planning to be running for Alberto in the near future, I'm not sure I get the attraction.

Well, Portland did place 7th at NCAAs last weekend.

http://portlandpilots.com/news/2013/11/23/MXC_1123132133.aspx

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Harvard, Stanford,......... Portland??

Sorry, I'm just not seeing it.

It would be one thing if they had a far better team than any top school, and they gave him a unique chance to win a national title,... but they don't.

If he goes to Stanford, he'll have one of the best schools in the world (like the place he's coming from) AND he'll have an excellent chance to win a title.

And, obviously, academic reputation matters a lot to him, or he wouldn't have gone to Harvard.

I'd really think there would have to be some particular motivation to put Portland in the mix.

I have no attachment to any team and am glad he isn't going to Oregon, but...

Portland did beat Wisco and Stanford, right? So it was the better program this year.