Top Princeton men to UVA

Good academics, fast running. Probably good words from coach Vig.

If they are all friends, it's a nice way to stay together for another year. 4 guys, 1 apartment, train hard.

Will be interesting to see where they go on the roster.

A source close to the matter has informed be they are attending VIRGINia because they like the color orange and aren’t accustomed to change. Hmm.

Grad, not undergrad...Ivy don't allow grad student eligibility. Surely a couple (Rodman and Witt) could have gone to Stanford if they wanted though...

Not many routine masters programs at Stanford. Professionals schools very tough admits often needing work experience.

When you pick a school because your friend(s) are going there, you are going there for the wrong reason.

The past year some went to Washington and a few went to Duke. 4 going to UVA is a coup for them. Rodman will be one to watch over 800m.

I think Sprout (who went there as an undergrad) did a masters in CS and they took some mid-distance runner from Penn as a grad a couple of years ago. Very infrequent though for other programs - the only other one I can think of (in a different sport...) was Katie Meyer - the tragic soccer goalie to their law school

Stanford is on the other side of the country from Princeton. Also Dan O'Brien in particular is a VA kid so close to home for him.

Not if it's free and you are going to run....

Does Stride Report say what their remaining eligibility is? Best I can tell from TFRRS, looks like Bendtsen has just XC, Rodman has just outdoor, Witt has all 3, and O'Brien has...maybe 1 XC and 2 outdoors?

Funny that Vig coached at UVA right before Princeton. Curious if anyone knows how either of these excellent, orange-clad programs train because it'd be an interesting case study to see if a change in system brings a change in results. X's and O's notwithstanding, Witt in particular might really benefit from working with Gary Martin

Vig also has some good results. He was still there I think for R. Andrews.

Bingo. Great school. Great academics. Great program. Your friends are going there.

sign me up

Rodman grew up near UVA.

Scatchard is going to Stanford from Princeton

I’m so proud(🏳️‍🌈)of these guys☺️

Recruiting in roster management is an interesting business.

I would assume UVA recruits freshmen well and has lots of talent returning, though I haven’t checked. In the year rosters are cut to 17/45 they are bringing in 4 grad transfers. Good for the transfers, tough for hopeful incoming freshmen and probably a few getting cut.