Epic celebration (video): Drake athletes Isaac Basten and Adam Fogg go 1-2 at 2021 MVC XC Champs

squeaky wrote:

There’s nothing wrong with this video but you know if it were two African or Black guys Rojo would be posting about how it’s in poor taste, cocky, unsportsmanlike and shouldn’t be allowed in the sport.

Why would you say that? There is nothing in Rojo’s history that would indicate your sentiment.

Anyway, I didn’t like the celebration, but that doesn’t make me a hater. It just means I didn’t like the celebration.

We usually don’t see this kind of crazy celebrations in distance running due to fatigue and the passive aggressive nature of runners.

Great job Drake. My kids love the Foggdog videos. That said I told them to celebrate with your team and respect your competition. Who knows if they’ll listen.

Scholar Expert wrote:

Resources? They are underfunded in track. Last I heard. they had 8 scholarships. Many schools in the MVC have more.

Not true. Drake hosts some of the biggest high school and collegiate track races in the nation. They turn a massive profit and it provides significant funding.

Drake has 6 international athletes on their cross country team. Guys from Sudan, Slovenia, Tunisia, etc. aren't going come here for anything less than 100% scholarships.

It’s just 2 happy (slightly awkward) dudes.

Does it really need to analysed?

Hand them the title now!! No need for NCAAs.

what happened there wrote:

[quote]Scholar Expert wrote:

Drake has 6 international athletes on their cross country team. Guys from Sudan, Slovenia, Tunisia, etc. aren't going come here for anything less than 100% scholarships.

First, the guy from Sudan is a U.S. resident. He came to the U.S. years ago as a refugee.

And yes, it is completely possible that some of them may be there on less than full athletic scholarship. There are many ways to fund an education other than athletic scholarships: grants, home government funding, fellowships, academic scholarships, international programs, family wealth, etc. A smart coach can successfully recruit and spread the available scholarships out to achieve the maximum benefit for both the program and the student. I have seen it done.

If you , have tangible evidence to prove otherwise, please do share.

What a couple of Ring Dings!

Definitely shouldn’t quit their day jobs to become dancers. If your are going to take it to that level might as well go full obnoxious with push ups at the finish line or the moon walk. It just wasn’t a very good celebration. 3/10 at best as far as celebrations go.

fustrated coach wrote:

IDK almost seemed planned, there is a reason football had to implement taunting and celebration rules. Eventually things become a little over the top.

Agreed. In then future celebrations like these should result in a fine and/or ban

What's even more astounding is how bad the conference is. UNI men would be a bad NAIA team.

And Drake...Wartburg would still beat them.

Those are all fast times, I'm 40 now and was minutes off those times even at my fastest. Good for them.

Like I said, a couple of Ring Dings.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgd63yET-jQ

post nups wrote:

I’ve got now problem with a showboating celebration, but that was cringe. They couldn’t have made runners look more dorky if they tried.

Dorky is cool these days.

I’m glad done overzealous Boomer official didn’t make it about him and DQ the runners.

Some*

John Wesley Harding wrote:

I can’t believe I’m the first to say I find this downright douchey, and living half a mile from Drake, I would definitely prefer to be cheering for them. Maybe Basten’s little whirlybird move was “genuine,” but it looked awkward and ridiculous, and Fogg answering by running backward for a few strides was clearly shameless showboating.

Agree, it's pretty telling if you're nutting in your shorts to that degree over winning a nothing conference meet. If you're truly legit and knew you could win, you wouldn't be prancing around like that. I'm sure this is the first and last time I'll ever see these dorks on video.

just incase you decide you wanna see us on video again, here’s a video for you

https://youtu.be/vsueNckiLo4

139th (Fogg) and 217th (Basten).

John Wesley Harding wrote:

free shipping with purchases wrote:

Agree. These guys are idiots. Save it for drama club. They'll be in the 70s at nationals.

139th (Fogg) and 217th (Basten).

they won’t gaf abt this result after today. They’ll both be in 1500/mile finals in track which matters more

John Wesley Harding wrote:

free shipping with purchases wrote:

Agree. These guys are idiots. Save it for drama club. They'll be in the 70s at nationals.

139th (Fogg) and 217th (Basten).

LOL, nice catch. Pathetic and embarrassing the way they acted.

John Wesley Harding wrote:

139th (Fogg) and 217th (Basten).

Karma wins again.