Many, or possibly even most, on LRC used to run and are angry against the world, or their coaches for the rest of their lives. They spend all of their time trying to find fault in other people which makes them fill big for about 2 minutes. Then they repeat the cycle. I definitely include myself in this category at times!
Graham Blanks has won the past 2 NCAA cross championships. Nico Young won both indoor distance races last year.
And the Africans went 1-2-3 in the women's CC. Indoor doesn't count. A lot of very good runners skip the indoor season. Look at the NM roster on their website. Not a single American in distance - men or women. But lets not pretend Caucasians remotely stand a chance. There is the rare oddity of a Galen Rupp or Grant Fisher. But even in those races, they are surrounded by Africans. In the NCAA, we aren't see the best African runners. The really good ones turn pro at 18.
I admit I have always hated indoor track & field meets. But then I never was able to run in one, mostly because I was sick in college when they were going on. I also had some injuries which prevented me from having more than one year of eligibility. Am I bitter? Yes! I am the average LRCer.
Respectfully, you miss the point. These are American colleges. This meet is the American college championships. It is simply not fair to Americans when a school can bring in an 18 year old 10,000 runner who is truly world class and much better than the very best American D1 athletes (and who it appears cannot speak English). As has been said here, the Americans did not have a chance.
Has anyone figured out what the JoBros mean in their article when they say New Mexico completed the 10,000 “sweep” after going 1-2? Wouldn’t sweep mean men’s and women’s titles or a podium sweep? Don’t think I’ve ever heard it applied to finishing 1st and 2nd.
what happened in the last throw of round 3 for the Michigan thrower? She seemed to object to something after the measurement and then she talked with officials for a few minutes.
She definitely thought it was mismarked. They protested and while they went to find video to see what happened they let her throw but don't show any of the marks unless the protest is successful. Officials said whatever video they viewed didn't show any issues so it was denied. And with the rule change they aren't allowed to see whatever the officials reviewed to check - which is crazy that we've moved in the opposite direction of transparency.
Watching it on the live stream it's hard to tell because the graphic on the left side of the screen blocked showing where the shot landed. Throwers typically know when a throw is good - same way a baseball player knows when they've hit a home run.
Appleton, Congdon, Foerster are all from USA right? As are Barnett and Hansen just to name a couple more. Perhaps a foreigner will win but hardly an almost sure thing.
Barnett is “Swedish”. Also, none of those besides Appleton are contenders.