2023 NCAA Cross Country Championships Live Thread!

G’town #2 girl dropped at 5k. If she had finished more or less place wise where she dropped they’d have been ~4th. I think they deserved to be there.

Another insecure racist pig hiding behind the computer! Not surprised

Congrats to Valby. Here's what I will say about her. I became a fan after seeing her post race interview from the outdoor 5k championship, well the race too, but you could feel this incredible energy almost bursting out of her in the interview, can't remember the last time I felt like that watching an athlete interview. I was thinking, this girl is going to be very successful...I assume in running but if not, in life. Haven't seen her post race interview from today but looking forward to it. Curious if JG, Wejo or Rojo have had a similar take away after interviewing her. I also like her quality of having a kind of wide eyed goodness about her.

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I did not see that - Riggins had been rock solid all year. They were my pick for #4...oh well

LetsRun: The only place where no one has had a bad race.

Couple random thoughts:

- obviously, super impressed with NAU men. also stoked for BYU pulling 3rd despite injuries to Clinger and one of the Thompson twins. last, if not for the injuries to Coogan and Anderson, UNC could have made some serious noise - respect to Milt though

- Rocky Hansen didn't lace 'em, hopefully he's gearing up for a long track season. the leader of the much-hyped HS class of '23 was Lex at 74, but that's more reflective of how deep these championship fields have gotten. all of those kids will be fine

- a study in contrasts with Devin Hart (Stanford alum, UT grad transfer) at 11 and Cole Sprout at 95. I still have some questions about what's going on at Stanford, 12th for the women's squad is pretty underwhelming too

- CU women at 19 and men at 25 with one AA each is pretty crazy to see

Markezich always brings it for the championships. Great run by Lemnegole as well

Arkansas was second with 56 in '97

She was the #4 scorer for her team standing on the podium and they were not expected to be there.

Iowa State came into the race ranked 17th and finished 5th. He should be coach of the year. I thought they were better than 17th but I wouldn't have bet on top 5. He is the very definition of underrated. He does recruit foreigners (a fact that doesn't bother me at all - John Nuttall, Jonah Koech, and Edwin Kurgat are Iowa State's individual champs - and Yobes Ondieki was a world champion) but he also develops local talent, too. Great coach!

Limited love for Graham Blanks. Wtf. Obsession with Parker Valby, got it. Controversy about OSU's all-Africa team. Understood. Interest in Ky Robinson. Yes.

Graham Blanks from small town Georgia and Harvard beats the world and he only gets a couple "Graham MF Blanks" comments. Weird.

While the races were good basic logistics were the worst in ncaa history.

That small town in Georgia is the home of the University of Georgia. Not so small.

Wouldn't she help more by winning? I'm sure she's happy with the team win but no question it's a disappointment to get beaten this badly by someone who you ran away from last year. Touhy is just not at Vs level.

Yep, she's in another world

Not impressive for the nation's best steeplechaser to finish 30+ in an NCAA meet.