My lukewarm take is that CU won't make NCAA's this year. At Pre Nats they lost to New Mexico, NAU, Utah State, and Wyoming. BYU smoked the field at Dellinger, and Texas Tech smoked the field at A&M over the weekend. There's a real chance CU is 7th in their region with less kolas points than all those other teams and get left behind.
If by T&F force you mean Track and Field, I hate to break it to you but they cut scholarships for non-distance athletes. Anyone (especially non-distance kids) who was promised a scholarship for this year prior to Carlson's takeover for this year whether they were a Pac-12 scorer or made the Olympic Trials were not given scholarships per Carlson's orders (Obviously anyone who had a previous written agreement is still on scholarship). Any sprinter recruits or transfers that were promised aid if they were to come here will not get that aid. So by T&F force you mean just distance then maybe. But they also are struggling in just that as this thread talks about. There ability to get new recruits for track and retain existing ones for non-distance is looking grim.
If by T&F force you mean Track and Field, I hate to break it to you but they cut scholarships for non-distance athletes. Anyone (especially non-distance kids) who was promised a scholarship for this year prior to Carlson's takeover for this year whether they were a Pac-12 scorer or made the Olympic Trials were not given scholarships per Carlson's orders (Obviously anyone who had a previous written agreement is still on scholarship). Any sprinter recruits or transfers that were promised aid if they were to come here will not get that aid. So by T&F force you mean just distance then maybe. But they also are struggling in just that as this thread talks about. There ability to get new recruits for track and retain existing ones for non-distance is looking grim.
THIS! Those that could, left. What's left is a goofy mix of local walk-ons and talented individuals that need coaching, and they all get Carlson... Are they even going to run Indoor and Outdoor with just distance? Is this CBU???
No idea what they are doing with people at CU or with transfers, but when he was at Western Colorado Simon Kelati was a a heckuva runner. Hard to quantify coaching, training environment, teammates, school, etc. Was runner-up in D2 XC and national champ in 3000m, ran a lot of good races at higher elevations too (better than his PR's).
My lukewarm take is that CU won't make NCAA's this year. At Pre Nats they lost to New Mexico, NAU, Utah State, and Wyoming. BYU smoked the field at Dellinger, and Texas Tech smoked the field at A&M over the weekend. There's a real chance CU is 7th in their region with less kolas points than all those other teams and get left behind.
Not sure that’s a lukewarm take so much as an accurate assessment of the current XC landscape, but yes.
My lukewarm take is that CU won't make NCAA's this year. At Pre Nats they lost to New Mexico, NAU, Utah State, and Wyoming. BYU smoked the field at Dellinger, and Texas Tech smoked the field at A&M over the weekend. There's a real chance CU is 7th in their region with less kolas points than all those other teams and get left behind.
Not sure that’s a lukewarm take so much as an accurate assessment of the current XC landscape, but yes.
I feel they will make it in but barely this year, thank to be fair Carlson needs a year to get his team ready. And yes looking at the kids he has signed and committed for the next couple years they are heavy on being a distance program.
Not sure that’s a lukewarm take so much as an accurate assessment of the current XC landscape, but yes.
I feel they will make it in but barely this year, thank to be fair Carlson needs a year to get his team ready. And yes looking at the kids he has signed and committed for the next couple years they are heavy on being a distance program.
Right, CU had their worst showing in decades last year. Wetmore and Burroughs had all but run the ship aground to that point. It could take some time to undo that damage and wipe away the in-house culture that was going the wrong direction.
I feel they will make it in but barely this year, thank to be fair Carlson needs a year to get his team ready. And yes looking at the kids he has signed and committed for the next couple years they are heavy on being a distance program.
Right, CU had their worst showing in decades last year. Wetmore and Burroughs had all but run the ship aground to that point. It could take some time to undo that damage and wipe away the in-house culture that was going the wrong direction.
Right, because if there is one thing Carlson is good it, it's building a healthy culture!
Right, CU had their worst showing in decades last year. Wetmore and Burroughs had all but run the ship aground to that point. It could take some time to undo that damage and wipe away the in-house culture that was going the wrong direction.
Right, because if there is one thing Carlson is good it, it's building a healthy culture!
He's the guy the AD chose, so he gets to try. Maybe his time at North Central and Notre Dame was instructive.
They will be fine by next year. Cupboard was left pretty bare as far as 4-5-6th year guys who are top level Ncaa runners, even though it is Colorado. Would you respect the team more if they just took the Texas Tech approach to hold them over a few year?