That's what I'm hearing. Not the best fit in my opinion.
That's what I'm hearing. Not the best fit in my opinion.
Tuffy wrote:
That's what I'm hearing. Not the best fit in my opinion.
I had a feeling this might happen!
This could be awesome!
Tuffy wrote:
That's what I'm hearing. Not the best fit in my opinion.
Why don’t you think it would be a good fit?
It might be good for her to get away from her high school coach. She turns 19 at the start of freshman year so has the extra maturity.
A couple times in the last few months on another thread, someone said she was going there, but it really seemed like fake news.
If it's actually true, I agree it seems like a strange fit, but for that very reason I'd be in favor. During her HS career she's been so isolated (it's seemed she's wanted it that way), and becoming part of such a cohesive team would give her exactly what she's been lacking. Of course, she might find it too much of a shift and soon be on the next plane home, but IMO it's certainly worth a shot, for her and for the program/team.
I thought she'd go to an Ivy or equivalent (Stanford, Duke, etc)
This is shocking, especially from what I've read here as she wouldn't be the clear #1 and wouldn't train by herself
On a side note, would it be a title IX violation or could it actually help to have a decent hobby jogger male (15:15-30 or so) serve as her personal pacer for workouts? I know women's basketball teams have a few male students who they scrimmage against and they count as female for title IX reasons, and this could be similar...
Tuffy wrote:
That's what I'm hearing. Not the best fit in my opinion.
NC State seems to be team first and second and everything else comes in third (if course some individuals do experience individual success). That would be something new for her, right? But maybe her times running on the U20 XC squad appealed to her.
Confirmed now
Tuffy wrote:
That's what I'm hearing. Not the best fit in my opinion.
The fact that she took her time with this decision has to be worth something. Just because we don’t understand what makes her tick, that’s ok. In the portal age, no college decision has to be forever.
5th runner for nc state
https://flashresults.com/2025_Meets/xc/NCAASE/001-1_compiled.htm
alexrunsmiles wrote:
2:08 and 4:14 just ain't cutting it. Murphy and Efraimson ran 4:07 and just did nothing.
Fred from EE ruined her future by having her quadruple any meet she went to. All this talk of pro deals on the table out of HS. I feel bad for Elle, gifted and hard worker. Any kid with emerging elite should run away from this guy.
Margot Appleton who finished 5th today in that race ran for EE.
Ncbust wrote:
Fred from EE ruined her future by having her quadruple any meet she went to. All this talk of pro deals on the table out of HS. I feel bad for Elle, gifted and hard worker. Any kid with emerging elite should run away from this guy.
I won't judge her future but she did run a ton of races in hs.
She didn't have a heavy racing schedule in HS. She didn't run for her high school team and her races were selectively chosen. At indoor nationals, she sometimes ran 3 events, but I don't think it really hurt her.
stowevt wrote:
She didn't have a heavy racing schedule in HS. She didn't run for her high school team and her races were selectively chosen. At indoor nationals, she sometimes ran 3 events, but I don't think it really hurt her.
She ran a lot of races at BU as I recall
Is she the daughter of Julie Shea?
I don't think so. I think Ellie's mom was a swimmer at Princeton.