After another great weekend of track and field, don't overlook this matchup tomorrow (2/1):
https://live.nts-timing.com/meets/6974/teams
Of added interest: in same race, true frosh Nico Young/NAU & Josh Methner/Notre Dame (1-2 at 2019 NXN in case anyone needs reminding)
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In addition, add Casey Clinger & Connor Mantz of BYU to the mix.
Note: there are six races total - three per gender -- so let's hope top men from NAU/BYU/ND are in the same race.
Looks like the stars line up in the men's Yellow Race @ 10am PST.
I honestly don't know much about Nguse. What little I've heard of him left me with the impression that he's a really good middle distance runner, but longer races are not his strength.
Am I missing something? He didn't break top 40 in XC nationals in 2019. He wouldn't have even been top 5 for BYU at that race.
Either way this race is NAUs to lose. They are absolutely packed with talent. It's preposterous how talented they are really. And they probably have the best coach in the nation + training at altitude. BYU is great also, but don't have any room for error at all. They aren't nearly as deep and if their 4 or 5 has even an average day they won't stand a chance.
I haven't paid any attention to ND, but a small meeting like this makes it much easier to land an upset over BYU...but I don't see ND having a shot at NAU.
Absolutely agree R: nuguse being an excellent mid d runner, but not shown anything for longer distances (and cross country in particular).
Gives him a good opportunity to show his strength in xc - and if this ends up being a slower pace race (which i dont think is likely), if he can stay in the mix he surely has a chance to out kick the rest of the field given his 1500m pedigree.
While he definitely isn't as good at XC as he is at Mid-D, Nuguse won the ACC championships back in the fall beating some pretty solid runners. Also, don't forget the 7:46 3k he soloed last year in February
Why do some of you even post if you don't follow the sport? Nuguse won an indoor national title and an outdoor national title as a sophomore. His junior season was cancelled due to Covid. This guy and Teare appear to be the best 2 chances for Olympic medals in the future.
For those of you who are skeptical of Nuguse 's XC ability, don't forget that he won the ACC XC championship a couple months ago, beating Ian Shanklin of NC State (and everyone else).
LangleyHighxc wrote:
For those of you who are skeptical of Nuguse 's XC ability, don't forget that he won the ACC XC championship a couple months ago, beating Ian Shanklin of NC State (and everyone else).
He ran away with it too. Nuguse is clearly an excellent XC runner who will certainly be an all American. Although I don't think he'll be able to keep up Mantz and Grijalva, I would certainly expect him to finish top 5, near Casey Clinger and above Nico Young.
Yeah I’m a fan of Yared but I wouldn’t put him in the conversation with the best collegiate xc runner in Grivalja.
Anybody realize Teare was 6th at the last NCAA XC meet?
so the elevation in LV is 2000 feet, is that a big deal?
Shouldn't be an issue.
Yeah, no Grijalva in this race. He's sitting it out to get some other NAU guys a chance to compete against top-tier competition. NAU knows what Grijalva can do. But, they're not sure about some of the other guys right now, so this is a pretty safe way to see just how well folks like Nico Young, Corey Gorgas and Ryan Raff can race.
SuperSickSeven wrote:
Yeah, no Grijalva in this race. He's sitting it out to get some other NAU guys a chance to compete against top-tier competition. NAU knows what Grijalva can do. But, they're not sure about some of the other guys right now, so this is a pretty safe way to see just how well folks like Nico Young, Corey Gorgas and Ryan Raff can race.
He was entered, but no Bosley. Last minute change?
https://live.nts-timing.com/meets/6974/teams/202090runnER/DR wrote:
I honestly don't know much about Nguse. What little I've heard of him left me with the impression that he's a really good middle distance runner, but longer races are not his strength.
Am I missing something? He didn't break top 40 in XC nationals in 2019. He wouldn't have even been top 5 for BYU at that race.
Either way this race is NAUs to lose. They are absolutely packed with talent. It's preposterous how talented they are really. And they probably have the best coach in the nation + training at altitude. BYU is great also, but don't have any room for error at all. They aren't nearly as deep and if their 4 or 5 has even an average day they won't stand a chance.
I haven't paid any attention to ND, but a small meeting like this makes it much easier to land an upset over BYU...but I don't see ND having a shot at NAU.
I think Nuguse can be something pretty special from 1500-5k. I would put my money on his coaches taking a long term approach with him this year on the track with the Olympic Trials this summer and hopefully the Olympics as the peak. They might not want to be racing too hard indoors and save his best stuff for May through August. If you watch his 2019 NCAA 1500m victory, you can see that he is a special type of competitor that knows how to dig deep to the bottom of the well in a race. Some of the same can be seen in the 2019 NCAA DMR. Combine that with the fact that he has the talent to run 7:46 in the 3k last year, I think he has a pretty high ceiling.
go run fast and jump high wrote:
Why do some of you even post if you don't follow the sport? Nuguse won an indoor national title and an outdoor national title as a sophomore. His junior season was cancelled due to Covid. This guy and Teare appear to be the best 2 chances for Olympic medals in the future.
You must be new here. It’s lrc doctrine to talk out of your butt, and state poorly educated opinions as fact.
First race should be off but nothing on Flotrack.