No Mike Smith, but still a positive move in my opinion. Stagnation at Oregon under Schumacher was hard to watch for a talent like his. As an aside, I feel like he should consider the steeple, as his stride and body style remind me of Jager.
No Mike Smith, but still a positive move in my opinion. Stagnation at Oregon under Schumacher was hard to watch for a talent like his. As an aside, I feel like he should consider the steeple, as his stride and body style remind me of Jager.
No Mike Smith, but still a positive move in my opinion. Stagnation at Oregon under Schumacher was hard to watch for a talent like his. As an aside, I feel like he should consider the steeple, as his stride and body style remind me of Jager.
Great to see, can't wait to see what he does, and how Cornfield handles a talent of this caliber. Honestly I feel like he falls into the bucket of "Just keep him healthy and he'll make you look good", and the altitude will certainly help. I know Mike Smith said Cornfield was gonna be taking the reigns this year and Smith would be less hands-on, but idk what that actually looked like. Hopefully it's in good hands. If Harrison has a big first year at NAU, that might be a sign to other Oregon kids that they're better off somewhere else. I know that's a popular opinion here, but I'd never tell a kid to switch colleges based on what Letsrun thinks.
A much needed move. I think he will be a good fit at NAU. I believe he went on a recruiting trip there. The Smith-Cornfield group will train together and collaborate anyway. If you follow Colin Sahlman he frequently trains with Nico, Abdi and the rest of the Smith pros. Imagine Having access to Nico, Colin, Drew, plus all the huge additions to the Nike pro group as training partners! Great opportunity if he can remain healthy!
Smith won't have any involvement at NAU since they are an adidas school and he's a Nike coach. But yeah him and Sahlman will make a nasty miler duo next year
What an odd name. I met him at the Penn Relays, he was a bit quiet and resistant to being interviewed.
It's just not true that Oregon is failing. They got 3rd at the DMR, dominated the Big 12s, have an NCAA champion, Simeon Birnbaum broke some sort of record.
So who's NAU's top 7 going into the fall. I remember there was a guy named Carl with a German last name who qualified for nationals a couple years back, maybe he hasn't graduated. I have a feeling Mullarkey is still not there. Also, maybe Clay Shivey will break out as a sophomore
Smith won't have any involvement at NAU since they are an adidas school and he's a Nike coach. But yeah him and Sahlman will make a nasty miler duo next year
I'm curious how the facilities sharing might go though? I mean, does Swoosh TC Flag have to join a local gym for lifting and cross training sessions, or will there be an agreement between the two entities?
Great to see, can't wait to see what he does, and how Cornfield handles a talent of this caliber. Honestly I feel like he falls into the bucket of "Just keep him healthy and he'll make you look good", and the altitude will certainly help. I know Mike Smith said Cornfield was gonna be taking the reigns this year and Smith would be less hands-on, but idk what that actually looked like. Hopefully it's in good hands. If Harrison has a big first year at NAU, that might be a sign to other Oregon kids that they're better off somewhere else. I know that's a popular opinion here, but I'd never tell a kid to switch colleges based on what Letsrun thinks.
LR thought Blanks should have transferred out of Harvard after he ran 13:40 his first year after being a 9 flat guy in HS.
What an odd name. I met him at the Penn Relays, he was a bit quiet and resistant to being interviewed.
It's just not true that Oregon is failing. They got 3rd at the DMR, dominated the Big 12s, have an NCAA champion, Simeon Birnbaum broke some sort of record.
So who's NAU's top 7 going into the fall. I remember there was a guy named Carl with a German last name who qualified for nationals a couple years back, maybe he hasn't graduated. I have a feeling Mullarkey is still not there. Also, maybe Clay Shivey will break out as a sophomore
Are you a journalist? Did you ask to talk and he said no? This is cringe
Great to see, can't wait to see what he does, and how Cornfield handles a talent of this caliber. Honestly I feel like he falls into the bucket of "Just keep him healthy and he'll make you look good", and the altitude will certainly help. I know Mike Smith said Cornfield was gonna be taking the reigns this year and Smith would be less hands-on, but idk what that actually looked like. Hopefully it's in good hands. If Harrison has a big first year at NAU, that might be a sign to other Oregon kids that they're better off somewhere else. I know that's a popular opinion here, but I'd never tell a kid to switch colleges based on what Letsrun thinks.
LR thought Blanks should have transferred out of Harvard after he ran 13:40 his first year after being a 9 flat guy in HS.
saying this as a proud NAU graduate - if Graham Blanks gave up the chance to get a Harvard degree for an NAU degree I'd lose all respect for him.
LR thought Blanks should have transferred out of Harvard after he ran 13:40 his first year after being a 9 flat guy in HS.
To be fair, he was on a gap year in Flagstaff, and most suggestions were to Stanford to save $300k (even though he’s from a well off family). Obviously it turned out well for him but I also wouldn’t have blamed him if he did.
I really want to know about Oregons program. Clearly they are capable of creating athletes that can compete for an NCAA title because they do it every year, but they also seem to have a higher talent failure rate than many mid major teams, in the sense that lots of respectable mid major programs can take those 1:49-1:52 4:00-4:08 types and make them studs on the college level while at Oregon they redshirt/sit out for a couple of years and barely or don’t PR their final 1-2 before leaving the program
I had press credentials at the Penn relays and ncaa nationals and covered world indoors remotely.
i interviewed the DMR for Oregon after they got 2nd.
Elliott Cook stsrted to give a Good interview when he got interrupted by his coach so I couldn’t use it, indoors but he gave me a fist bump and apologized after he was passing through the pres zone. I liked him a lot.
That 1:42 Kenyan runner whose name escapes me at the moment was pretty cool. Matty Erickson was cool. I didn’t have a great experience with Simeon and Reindhart but I’m looking for things in an interaction with a reporter that’s different than people are in conversations. I don’t even want people to give canned answers only praising their programs and teammates. I want people to say their true feelings of whatever I’m asking.
But showing disinterest or giving one word answers isn’t great for me.
then again, how either of them dealt with me is but a tiny sample of all their interactions in life.
Very few schools get more than one guy in an ncaa final.
Birnbaum got all-American, Marty Erickson won, there were 2 other guys who qualified for the 16-man field that got eliminated in prelims. If I’m not mistaken they won ncaa west nationals. It’s not the Cole Hocker-cooper teare era, but they’re doing pretty well
Very few schools get more than one guy in an ncaa final.
Birnbaum got all-American, Marty Erickson won, there were 2 other guys who qualified for the 16-man field that got eliminated in prelims. If I’m not mistaken they won ncaa west nationals. It’s not the Cole Hocker-cooper teare era, but they’re doing pretty well
Thanks for the information. I understand that Matty won the 8, but was more interested in the 1500m. Were you referring to the 8 or 15 regarding the 3 Ducks in the prelims?
I see only 1 Duck total in the 15 (Birnbaum) prelims and 2 Ducks total in the 8 prelims (Erickson and Kidali).