Does Angelina Napoleon finish college?

If Lemngole finishes college, Napoleon will too.

she's got a long way to go before that becomes a serious question. She could bridge that gap tomorrow, or take two steps back.

Unique distance athlete with a great chance to be a player for LA. But she's not all the way there yet.

If/When she becomes the alpha of her own group, it'll be time.

Yes. Why jump the gun? At least let her race Friday, for goodness’ sake.

She’s still young (a couple of years younger get than Lemngole, who is great, too, of course). I expect her course to be some steady improvement over the next year or two, even if she does have what looks like a breakthrough race tomorrow or a solid jump in performance in XC in the fall. After a little more time and that opportunity for growth, you can start to think app out her next-level potential some more.

She will finish college.

However it does bring up a good question in our modern world. Since Cross Country and Track are considered to be separate sports, can you compete as a collegiate in Cross Country and be a professional in Track? Similar to someone playing college football and minor league baseball at the same time.

a few semesters of progression does not a pro career make. very talented and lots of promise but still needs grooming before jumping full time into diamond and pro events.

Is this a troll post? It’s not like she is in the upper echelon, like a Mary Cain was, or Jane hedengren.

9:16 qualifying for Worlds is pretty upper echelon and was really quite a surprise.

No she won't 'go pro'. She will stay with pack until she would securely establish herself as a 'usa team maker'.

It's a bit different now. She can already make a little money in college and still compete anyway in pro races.

The only reason to rush going pro is if you are offered some amazing 6-10 year package that is too good to decline.

She's going to conquer France tomorrow.

Serious question though - does she get a big reaction from the crowd when they announce Napoleon?

LOL, That was good, Thumbs up on that.

She doesn't even have an NIL deal yet, does she? Although I could easily see her debuting an Adidas kit in Paris today.

But Wolfpack XC team culture seems to be strong enough that regardless of how good she gets, I'm sure she'll run XC through her senior year, even if she were to go pro immediately after.

She only ran a 9:10 today.

😮

'only' and 9:10. You're funny. Obviously this was a TT, but that time would get her on the US team pretty much any year, no?

That is #9 all-time USA for the 20yr-old, right behind Quigley.

I don’t see why she goes pro unless she hates school or Raleigh. You can tell she loves the team and she’s obviously improving under the coaches.

With NIL, I feel like it’s a no-brainer to stay.

Time trial or not, how is she able to run a steeple only 10secs off her 3000m PB set in March? 😮

My point is this gal has been on a steep upward trajectory. She has to be exceeding expectations of even her die-hard fans.

Young people can improve rapidly. Morgan Herbst ran a 55.11 PR 400 this winter and then just ran the 400 hurdles yesterday in 55.89.

Natalie Dumas ran a 2:07 800 PR this winter, and then a few days ago ran a 2:02 as her third race of the day.

Sometimes everything just clicks with your training and you have a big breakthrough.

What you say may be true.

But when Valby’s performances were laid down on a much less steep trajectory, Armstronglivs and astro wallpapered this place with pages and pages of drug accusations.

and those two are morons. So not sure why thats relevant.