Teams that choked @ DI NCAA’s

No. They said the pressure got them and they couldn't handle it.

Which caused them to go out too fast, not to lose nerve.

Why the immediate drive to tear down programs that did not do well instead of praising those that did well?

So they were dumb and overconfident and choked. Terrible prep by the coach.

What about the Univ of Washington who couldn't even qualify for NCAAs?
They are exponentially more disappointing than Georgetown.

My apologies, I thought I was dealing with someone who understood each of the simple words I have been using. Clearly that isn’t the case. I’ll talk slower. They. Did. Not. Choke. Now to take it a step further and connect every little dot for you, the purpose of this thread is to discuss which team was the biggest choker. Hence the discussion of the meaning of the word “choke.”

If this is all still to complex for you, let me know and I can use pictures to convey more meaning.

Choking is when you perform worse than usual due to pressure - it is not "choking" to say let's run like crazy to see if we beat the people already ranked higher than us. If they had been the first ranked team and still decided to run that way and lost then sure it could be called a choke... like NAU.

Their nerves got to them, causing them to go out too fast.

Seems to fit your definition perfectly.

BYU was the biggest choker. Nearly everyone agrees. Their coach is embarrassed.

I don't like the word "choke". BYU had a tough day, I can only guess due to the inexperience of many of their runners. They went out fast. But the reality is, Frentheway who had not been their top runner in any of their races this season was their 1st at 1K (13th overall), and held on to finish in an excellent place - 14th overall, 12th in team scoring. The rest did not.

Clearly they don’t.

The fact you could read the definition I provided and come to that conclusion is embarrassing. The definition speaks to a loss of nerves. Your statement alleges an over abundance of nerves. Complete opposites.

Yes. Nearly everyone. Thousands of people watched the meet. Nearly everyone at the meet was talking about it..

You spoke to thousands of people at the meet? Don’t be absurd.

NAU women.

Literally their #1,2,4,&5 position runners missed overtaking the racer's finishing directly in front of them by under a second. Any one of them could've altered the final score with just a little more effort. ...And of course, their actual #1 runner bombed and finished as their #3 enabling NcSt to win.

The BYU crash and burn was truly spectacular, choke or not.

There's a difference between "choking" and simply having a bad day.

I've never once "choked" @ a race - and that includes racing @ a national level. I have had bad days @ races, but it wasn't due to "choking." I have however choked in tennis matches (double faulting at big points) and basketball (missing free throws because of the pressure).

You should have been coaching BYU so that they wouldn't have choked..

If BYU ran the times they ran at PreNats on the same course in the rain they would have won and had 5 All-Americans. Instead they went out much faster and 4 of the 5 blew up.