We changed the title to make it more descriptive. Initially it was titled, "Parker Wolfe is pathetic". There is no reason to a) not be informative and b) be mean.
This year, the top five runners in the ACC 5k were from the slow heat because no one was ballsy enough to crank up the pace. One of those is UNC Star Parker Wolfe. Imagine your 5k PR is a 13:19, and you lose an ACC title because you weren’t gutsy enough to take the lead to run faster than a 13:50. Really disappointing
This year, the top five runners in the ACC 5k were from the slow heat because no one was ballsy enough to crank up the pace. One of those is UNC Star Parker Wolfe. Imagine your 5k PR is a 13:19, and you lose an ACC title because you weren’t gutsy enough to take the lead to run faster than a 13:50. Really disappointing
Was the slow heat run before or after the fast one?
If it the fast heat was second and they knew they had to beat 13:50 to win that’s pretty stupid.
If the slow heat realized that they could win by beating a tactical fast heat, I don’t really have much of a problem with the fast heat guys running slow. You race the guys around you, you shouldn’t need to think about running a certain time
This year, the top five runners in the ACC 5k were from the slow heat because no one was ballsy enough to crank up the pace. One of those is UNC Star Parker Wolfe. Imagine your 5k PR is a 13:19, and you lose an ACC title because you weren’t gutsy enough to take the lead to run faster than a 13:50. Really disappointing
Was the slow heat run before or after the fast one?
If it the fast heat was second and they knew they had to beat 13:50 to win that’s pretty stupid.
If the slow heat realized that they could win by beating a tactical fast heat, I don’t really have much of a problem with the fast heat guys running slow. You race the guys around you, you shouldn’t need to think about running a certain time
slow heat was first over an hour before "fast" heat
There should not be a slow heat at conference meet. Can any coach here explain why they (and other conferences) do this? It is a championship race, not a time trial
There should not be a slow heat at conference meet. Can any coach here explain why they (and other conferences) do this? It is a championship race, not a time trial
Cant handle the #s indoors if you want to let a lot of runners run
This may be the greatest story of 2023. So many thoughts.
1) Congrats to the race winner. Paul O'donnell of Syracuse. Can you imagine running 13:54 in December right after NCAA xcs and that doesn't een get you into the fast heat at conference? Rather than wallow in misery. As a senior, he goes out and runs a facility record of 13:50 and wins it.
2) Since he ran 13:50, the guys in the first heat couldn't screw around too long. They hit 1600 in 4:44. By 2k (5:56), it was all but over as they'd have to run 7:53 at that point.
3) Why the focus on Wolfe? He didn't even win the slow heat. He was beaten by 2+ seconds by 13:26 5k guy Carter Solomon.
There should not be a slow heat at conference meet. Can any coach here explain why they (and other conferences) do this? It is a championship race, not a time trial
I think it is important to keep slow heats, but in an event that might be tactically slow it could make sense that only racers in the fast heat are eligible to win or even score points for the team.