And we wonder why NCAA athletes are racing so fast lately.
I honestly honestly think Nico Young is clean, he was amazing all through highschool, and Mike Smith is a genius of a coach who ironed down his not so great mechanics and added some speedy wheels to the obviously huge engine he has. Moving from Cali to high alt Arizona was probably a huge training by stimulus in its own too.
Don’t get me wrong, I wouldn’t be surprised if he was doping, I don’t think you should ever be surprised by anyone who breaks 14:00, 3:42, 4:00, or 1:50 or there about testing positive, but he will be in the pro testing pool soon enough and I doubt he’s gonna have a problem.
I mean, its possible. But you know if testing didnt exist some people would still refrain from cheating? Its an easy way to die young(lol) using peds
Do you not think there'd be one doctor in the Boston metropolitan area (4.9 million people) who'd be willing to prescribe 'recovery' supplements? Running 100 mpw in 6 days at 6:00 pace on concrete takes a massive toll on your body. I lean towards clean since there isn't a huge culture of doping and he had multiple injuries before, but you never know.
Or do you not think that pros in Flagstaff know where to get drugs?
If the NCAA distance runners were really doping regularly because they weren't tested for performance enhancing drugs, then we'd see that reflected on the pro level, but I can think of only one major high level American-born distance runner caught doping in decades, Shelby Houlihan.
If the NCAA distance runners were really doping regularly because they weren't tested for performance enhancing drugs, then we'd see that reflected on the pro level, but I can think of only one major high level American-born distance runner caught doping in decades, Shelby Houlihan.
I think you could also look at big performance drop-offs from college (no testing) to pro (some testing) as a red flag, but I can't think of any off the top of my head.
Do you not think there'd be one doctor in the Boston metropolitan area (4.9 million people) who'd be willing to prescribe 'recovery' supplements? Running 100 mpw in 6 days at 6:00 pace on concrete takes a massive toll on your body. I lean towards clean since there isn't a huge culture of doping and he had multiple injuries before, but you never know.
Or do you not think that pros in Flagstaff know where to get drugs?
So do you think he cold-called all of the thousands of doctors in Boston until he found the one who answered, “Yes, I can get you illegal PEDs, anonymous stranger who I hope isn’t DEA”? How exactly would that work?
Interesting though that Emilio Young has been tested.
Also, this database is only usada. Although Nico and Graham haven't competed on the global scale, it's not our of the question that they could be tested by another agency. There almost certainly will be testing at The Ten.
So do you think he cold-called all of the thousands of doctors in Boston until he found the one who answered, “Yes, I can get you illegal PEDs, anonymous stranger who I hope isn’t DEA”? How exactly would that work?
Do you think it's hard to get prescription drugs illegally? Have you been to a gym before? Have you used Google?
If the NCAA distance runners were really doping regularly because they weren't tested for performance enhancing drugs, then we'd see that reflected on the pro level, but I can think of only one major high level American-born distance runner caught doping in decades, Shelby Houlihan.
There have been other champions banned. Not sure why being American matters? Michael Saruni just got banned, he was the 800m NCAA record holder. Divine Oduduru, 6x NCAA champion sprinter banned... there have been others as well.
I think Nico is likely clean, but NCAA probably has its own doping issues. Just not as bad as the pro level I am guessing.
If the NCAA distance runners were really doping regularly because they weren't tested for performance enhancing drugs, then we'd see that reflected on the pro level, but I can think of only one major high level American-born distance runner caught doping in decades, Shelby Houlihan.
I think you could also look at big performance drop-offs from college (no testing) to pro (some testing) as a red flag, but I can't think of any off the top of my head.
Hocker has improved his 1500 time by half a second in 3 years since he left college when he should be improving more after 10 seconds in 1 year in 2021.
