I had an ex-Mormon friend who told me she so badly wanted to go on mission when she was in high school, believing all the doctrine, etc., and then they told her “oh no! Mission is for UGLY women! You’re pretty and you can get a husband!” That was the beginning of her disillusionment. She also had this crazy story about being accused of wearing a “devil bra.”
DouchebagsAnonymous wrote:
hard to say wrote:
Why do Americans get so upset about people’s ages in the NCAA?
It’s a competition for student athletes. If you’re a student you should be eligible
To delve further, real academic schools in America don't allow for such nonsense, btw.
The Ivy League and the Service Academies are four year undergraduate programs with no extra years allowed to graduate and no allowance for non traditional age students to attend. They stay true to their academic purpose and they also don't believe in burdening their students, their parents, or the Feds with years of extra tuition costs.
My ex-gf took more than 4 years at an Ivy League school (where I was in grad school) and our school actually admitted quite a few undergrad students from older/non-traditional backgrounds. I also TA’d in grad school and had a handful of students quite a bit older than myself.
One solution is you can root against BYU and throw your support behind programs that mirror your values.
Two more minor points:
1. Josh Rohatinsky, the BYU runner who won NCAA cross-country in the 2006-2007 school year, said he basically didn't train or run much at all at all during his two year mission to Bolivia. I can only imagine how difficult it would be to start from scratch. I know that Mormons sacrifice a lot of stuff like movie watching or whatever to focus on their mission. Maybe training is something that's taboo for them too.
2. At least Connor Manz has decided not to use up all his eligibility.
Ok7272 wrote:
One solution is you can root against BYU and throw your support behind programs that mirror your values.
2. At least Connor Manz has decided not to use up all his eligibility.
And yet there he is still.
joed|rt wrote:
COVID created a really unusual situation. Curious as to what I could have done with a couple of extra years of running. I was one of the poor saps that graduated in four years and went to work.
Same. I was 21 years old in my last NCAA race (July birthday). I had college PRs of low 13:40's and 28:50's. I wonder if I had stayed training in that environment for a couple more years. I did continue running on my own and improved the 10k PR, but I imagine both the 5k and 10k would have gotten quite a bit faster if I had stayed in that system. And for this reason I'm not shocked that a bunch of guys were running 27:40-28:20 last year in the NCAA, the bunch of guys who are typically in the 28:10-28:50 range had an extra year so people were running 20-30 seconds faster than a typical year. But everyone says it's the shoes.... The median age of the top 10 NCAA 10,000 last spring was 23 years and 4 months.
It is good for the sport. We want to see the best and want to see faster times. So Covid will help the sport.
Webull 2.0 wrote:
Webull 2.0 wrote:
https://uwbadgers.com/news/2021/10/28/mens-cross-country-baggot-seven-years-a-badger-olin-hacker.aspxMeet Olin Hacker
I hope you become an All American in XC.
Congratulations Olin. Olin Hacker finished in 30th place today at Nationals and was the first Badger to cross the finish line.