In looking at the World Junior boys 1500 results tonight, I wondered "Why didn't Hobbs run World Jrs? Wouldn't that have been perfect for him.
I know he probably wanted to make the senior team but was that really realistic? It kind of sucks the qualifying meets were the same week.
I guess he got good tactical practice at USAs.
Just unfortunate that USAs seniors and juniors meets were at the same time. He couldn’t do both. Also curious whether his contract had a preference—I’m assuming they’d prefer to have him make the senior USA final but not make the team than make the team and win in Cali.
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By the way, I will never understand why you americans prioritize a cross country season instead of a world junior champ. I'm thinking about Will Sumner(who is running only in the relays), Flatt(who tried the senior national team), the Young twins, Colin Sahlman and Natalie Cook, you Americans can compete even in the middle distance with the kenyans, but who cares when you can be a top 20 in XC. I will never understand that, a world junior medal or good placement to me is a lot more valuable.
And yes, I know USATF U20 and senior champs were on the same days, and that's absolutely no sense
By the way, I will never understand why you americans prioritize a cross country season instead of a world junior champ. I'm thinking about Will Sumner(who is running only in the relays), Flatt(who tried the senior national team), the Young twins, Colin Sahlman and Natalie Cook, you Americans can compete even in the middle distance with the kenyans, but who cares when you can be a top 20 in XC. I will never understand that, a world junior medal or good placement to me is a lot more valuable.
And yes, I know USATF U20 and senior champs were on the same days, and that's absolutely no sense
Agree almost entirely. Sumner and Flatt aren't running xc though so I don't know what their excuse was. Also recall we're done with xc by Nov or Dec here and back to track.
It's simple. Scholarships are tied to running cross country for middle distance and long distance runners. No cross country, no scholarship. Cross country also prepares the way for a successful track season. Wheating never did anything once he graduated and dropped xc. Plus, it has been a long season for high school and college runners, stretching back to last September. Tough to run world juniors at that point.
By the way, I will never understand why you americans prioritize a cross country season instead of a world junior champ. I'm thinking about Will Sumner(who is running only in the relays), Flatt(who tried the senior national team), the Young twins, Colin Sahlman and Natalie Cook, you Americans can compete even in the middle distance with the kenyans, but who cares when you can be a top 20 in XC. I will never understand that, a world junior medal or good placement to me is a lot more valuable.
And yes, I know USATF U20 and senior champs were on the same days, and that's absolutely no sense
Agree almost entirely. Sumner and Flatt aren't running xc though so I don't know what their excuse was. Also recall we're done with xc by Nov or Dec here and back to track.
Their excuse is that they would be awful in NCAA XC. Guys like Flatt, that couldn’t break 17:00 in XC, don’t run in D-1.
Sumner and Flatt have been racing hard since what, January? I think that has more to do with it than the upcoming XC season.
It is even worse for the distance guys who have been racing since Sept. By the end of June, it is time for a break.
In an ideal world, people would run under 20. Practically it doesn't line up for most kids. Looking back it is easy to say sumner and Flatt should have built there seasons around u20. But back in Sept, who thought they were running sub 147?
U20's are just not that visible OR interesting for most Americans, period. Its not my fault for bringing this up. Just look at the 800-3K line ups for the U.S. as an example. Plus, this is in Colombia? Not exactly, a hot spot venue, I don't think?
As far as Kessler, I can speak to that , I guess..the plan was to get him Q'ed for U.S. Nats, then try and make it as far as he could in that meet. If it then went as it did, sort of re-tool, with a solid block of training and then run a small schedule over in Europe. That was always the plan. I don't know, I consider myself and Track nut ....fanatic, and I do not even look at or care about U20's, maybe I should, but I never really did.
U20's are just not that visible OR interesting for most Americans, period. Its not my fault for bringing this up.
I don't know, I consider myself and Track nut ....fanatic, and I do not even look at or care about U20's, maybe I should, but I never really did.
Normally I agree with you on everything Track, but not on this one. Look at all the age cheats in East Africa who used this meet as a springboard to fame and fortune. It is the main reason for age cheating.
