Brynn Brown Commits to UNC??

The OP asked about Brown committing to UNC and asked if it is a good choice. It is a great choice. It is a better school with a better coach and she will have a more successful college career than the NC State recruits.

run faster now wrote:

The OP asked about Brown committing to UNC and asked if it is a good choice. It is a great choice. It is a better school with a better coach and she will have a more successful college career than the NC State recruits.

I was not replying to the OP

I think we each establish our own rules. If you are Katelyn, you probably shouldn't read these posts. If you are not her or her parents, you should probably change your name, especially if you are a guy.

Universities are still giving out athletic scholarships? Why?

When a once in a generation talent like Brown comes along, coaches do whatever necessary to secure her.

The fact that these kids always think the bigger school is the best choice to me is funny. The better runs do typically come out of these schools but how many get ruined in the first process. Milt and a few others are certainly an exception to the rule, I really hope these ladies thrive at this farm type programs.

Excuse the typos!

What are you talking about?? 9/31 teams at NCAA we’re private schools in both races. It’s not a “fact” of anything. Brown is the top girls distance recruit of 2021 and is offered a spot at one of the best universities in the nation with one of the best coaches in the nation. Who wouldn’t take that?

nor way wrote:

Thise 2 are going to be stars. NC State recruits are on the downward trend. Off year will hurt NC State even more.

The reason why NC state is getting fewer recruits this year is that people know it just got so many elite recruits which made the team a lot deeper, so it will be difficult for newer recruits to make their top 7 until their last year.

UNC also got Taryn Parks a 4:42 miler--NC State will be better in 2021, but I believe that UNC longer term will come out on top...

Doubtful!!! Parks is average at best at CC. UNC will run in NC State’s shadow for years to come.

Brown will be national champ in a few years.

7empest wrote:

Doubtful!!! Parks is average at best at CC. UNC will run in NC State’s shadow for years to come.

I don't know that I would say she is "average". She did qualify for FLN 3 years in a row I believe though admittingly did not do that great in that race any year (36th/27th/40th). But clearly a notch or two below the best.

As far as how the 2 schools will compare a few years down the road my crystal ball is very murky both on how the current roster known recruits will progress, and who the future recruits might be.

Parks has run a 4:39 mile indoors but she will need to develop more endurance to contribute in XC. She finished 4th among the UNC freshmen in her first race.

The most impressive freshman who ran this week from either of these two teams was Sasha Neglia. She won her race by 14 seconds. Kelsey Harrington also scored for UNC. Sarah Trainor was three seconds behind Harrington. Ava Dobson another good recruit did not run.

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xcfan* wrote:

Parks has run a 4:39 mile indoors but she will need to develop more endurance to contribute in XC. She finished 4th among the UNC freshmen in her first race.

The most impressive freshman who ran this week from either of these two teams was Sasha Neglia. She won her race by 14 seconds. Kelsey Harrington also scored for UNC. Sarah Trainor was three seconds behind Harrington. Ava Dobson another good recruit did not run.

The question to me is have Harrington and Neglia taken a big step forward, or Claire Walters a step backward, or was there a huge difference between the difficulty (and competition) of the 5K UVA course and 6K VT course? A year ago Walters would have typically beaten them by 20 seconds or so.

brownie rules wrote:

Brown will be national champ in a few years.

Also very doubtful! More likely she will be injury prone since she is way over trained. Thorvaldson and Hutchins are better than Brown. She may be the third best high school girl right now.

FastTuohy wrote:

xcfan* wrote:

Parks has run a 4:39 mile indoors but she will need to develop more endurance to contribute in XC. She finished 4th among the UNC freshmen in her first race.

The most impressive freshman who ran this week from either of these two teams was Sasha Neglia. She won her race by 14 seconds. Kelsey Harrington also scored for UNC. Sarah Trainor was three seconds behind Harrington. Ava Dobson another good recruit did not run.

The question to me is have Harrington and Neglia taken a big step forward, or Claire Walters a step backward, or was there a huge difference between the difficulty (and competition) of the 5K UVA course and 6K VT course? A year ago Walters would have typically beaten them by 20 seconds or so.

We will get the answer to that next Wednesday when UNC and NC State race each other in a tri Meet. But NC State will Sweep the Meet again placing 1,2,3,4, and 5. Get out the brooms for The Wolfpack?

Expect her to break every track record in the spring.

Please......your delusional!!!! What “records” is she going to break????? 800m, 1600m, Mile, 1500m, 5000m????? I think not!