They "think" it was 5k? That is the problem. I think we learned not to get too excited about seemingly fast times on these fast southern courses. At their opener when she ran 16:52 she was over a minute faster than the second place SC runner, and the gap was about the same here. Guess we will see as always.
Alabama recruits 14:40 5k runner Doris Cherop
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Don't start this silly debate again. This course has been questioned by you for several years now. It has hosted NCAA regionals. It is hosting JUCO nationals. It will host NCAA nationals in the future. It is one of the few dedicated courses that had underground markers installed so that it never changes. It is spot on. Give it a rest. Tuohy isn't winning thus year.
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stroke wrote:
Don't start this silly debate again. This course has been questioned by you for several years now. It has hosted NCAA regionals. It is hosting JUCO nationals. It will host NCAA nationals in the future. It is one of the few dedicated courses that had underground markers installed so that it never changes. It is spot on. Give it a rest. Tuohy isn't winning thus year.
That's interesting. I see the point being made about the other runners 5k times though. Abby Gait-Smith has never broken 17 minutes on a track but she ran 16:47 here. If it is 5k, its probably a fast course.
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Blank231 wrote:
stroke wrote:
Don't start this silly debate again. This course has been questioned by you for several years now. It has hosted NCAA regionals. It is hosting JUCO nationals. It will host NCAA nationals in the future. It is one of the few dedicated courses that had underground markers installed so that it never changes. It is spot on. Give it a rest. Tuohy isn't winning thus year.
That's interesting. I see the point being made about the other runners 5k times though. Abby Gait-Smith has never broken 17 minutes on a track but she ran 16:47 here. If it is 5k, its probably a fast course.
If you compare UGA and SC times to their last xc race, they all were about 1 minutes on this new SC xc course. Most likely the course is 200+ meters short.
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sorry this should have said;
If you compare UGA and SC times to their last xc race, they all were about 1 minute faster on this new SC xc course. Most likely the course is 200+ meters short.
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Exactly. We actually have information to directly compare. About a minute faster with similar margins.
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Alabama recruited a stud. Anyone know who she was training with in Kenya?
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XC watcher wrote:
Alabama recruited a stud. Anyone know who she was training with in Kenya?
I do not know, but she had enough connections to serve as pacer for a 3000s in Doha once.
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Splits from her 14:40 road race... Pretty even so I doubt the course was short.
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XC watcher wrote:
Splits from her 14:40 road race... Pretty even so I doubt the course was short.
Crazy. Cannot wait for SECs! I have a feeling the battle with Cherop, Valby, Kosgei and Olemomoi for the title will be really good. And then Paityn Noe in the mix (possibly) as well.
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Anyone know if Cherop was part of a training group in Kenya, or who she trained with?
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How about Brenda Duwei as well?
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*Tuwei!
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rbtrackfan wrote:
*Tuwei!
I believe that's pronounced "Tuohy".
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well somehow AL missed out on Pamela Kosgei or the XC championship may have been a lock.
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I don't get it. Trotting out a bunch of pros and foreign ringers does nothing for me, for track/xc, or for graduating US High School athletes. What people want to see is the top former HSers from the past 2-4 years battling each other.
Last year was excellent. But who is going to be excited to see Doris the Pro come and dust everyone at NCAA? WHo will remember the race even 5 minutes after it ends?
I don't understand the reactions. This has been going on since Rono, UTEP w/Nyambui, Ondeike, Kipyego, Kurgat, Cheserek, Chelangat so why the outrage now.
This lady will be good, but the 14:40 was in a short road 5k, so she'll just be another competitor w/ Valby and Touhy, not a lock for the win.
Nobody wants to watch that, and nobody cares about a team of east Africans winning NCAA titles. It's terrible for the sport.
Even fans of the sport can't name the winner of the winners of the Boston, London, and NYC marathon. Just another generic east african that fails to capture any interest or attention of the public.
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Clemson just signed Nancy Cherop with similar credentials to those of Doris pre NCAA.
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Wow and at the time of recruitment Nancy is younger and has better 800m,1500 and 3k speed than Lemngole when she was recruited.
Hope to see her do even better
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