Ky Robinson/Stanford Named to Aussie World XC Team

You are lying or stupid.

Oh yes, so similar, I remember when Kelati and Monson were battling it out for 22min+ in Indiana. Wait, I better fact check before I change history to suit my narrative. Stop telling porky pies Lopez fan club.

My understanding is that course climbs 58m per 2k lap for 290m total over 10k. Aarhus was 324m and was brutal. This will be course that ncaa runners aren't necessarily prepared or ready for if hills is in their training.

Correct, hilly like Aarhus. But Aarhus sea level and a well groomed course. This is going to be significantly harder.

Possibly. You would have been at Aarhus to make that assumption. I am lucky I will have been at both. 600m elevation, heat..yes Bathurst may be even more difficult.

Ky has no shot at finishing top 30 so who cares?

It is a traditional XC course with some nice sized hills for sure. While I'd agree with you that it isn't as easy as Terra Haute, I'd also agree that it isn't "crazy." Folks can see the video walk through from the test event here and decide for themselves.

Now if Aus replaced all of the 4-6 guys with folks not in the race, I'd be on your side. And heck, I even agree with you that if I were making the selection, I would have probably taken the 6th man accross the line, since I think its a reasonably close call in terms of their chances to perform well, and I'd give the close call to the guy who showed up at the trials. But that said, this isn't a scandal. There is no "can of worms" and nothing particularly wrong with their decision. I recognize that I can disagree with a decision from time to time and its no big deal. The top 5 guys at the trials are there.

Looks like a normal XC course a local high school in the US would use. Nothing epic or dangerous, maybe a bit narrow in places. The OSU course is probably equally hilly but far better surface. The 2500 feet of Bathurst isn't exactly high elevation. I didn't realize Aussies were so soft.

NCAA racing is very different to aussie cross racing. Times are always different and you can never compare two courses based on times alone

It’s not a hard or soft thing, it’s a horses for courses debate. The trial was at an elevation close to Mt Panorama, if you don’t comprehend this suits some better than others, then you need to pay more attention. No different to cold weather quarterbacks or pitchers. Seriously, good luck to Ky, but positions should be earned in a trial.

I still don’t get how the powers that be landed on this as the location. It’s next to an iconic spot but the actual course is traversing farms and looks for the most part that it’s just on the tracks the owners made to get around their properties.

Really?

Assuming all 6 runners from the Kenyan, Ethiopian, Ugandan, and US teams finish ahead of him, along with a few other runners from Europe as well as his own Aussie teammates, he would appear to have a puncher's chance to finish 30th or so . . .

However, fascinated by what Amy Bunnage can do in her U20 race . . . top 30 for her? . . . top-10? . . . podium? . . . Amy FTW? . . .

Ky's a puncher.

Best distance runner in Australia now.

Certainly justified Australia Athletics' decision to select him to the team.

His 5k NCAA race against Jacobs/TN, the NAU & BYU boys, and his own teammate Hicks should be historic.

I wouldn't go that far.

There was a guy who ran 2.07 two months ago and another who ran 61 minutes at a few weeks ago.

That being said, Ky was fantastic today. Didn't push the pace and moved through the field well.

Outstanding performance, but, not the best Distance runner in Australia.

Agreed.

Best track distance runner in Australia.

Best xc runner in Australia.

Bring up "best road runner in Australia" several years from now.

how'd that work out for ya?

I think Preacher Crikey and colleagues owe us an appology - Ky Robinson top AUS finisher nearly 20 sec ahead of even the trials winner!

More like Nic B and Tim O should apologise for preparing the team so poorly