This is all true, but unfortunately on letsrun all that matters is gold medals so there will be innumerable “Ritz bad” opinions circulating on here, as there always are
Better than every other USA based distance coach BY FAR.
It's also worth pointing out that most other pro groups REJECTED these athletes. He is producing great results without getting the top overall athletes out of college like other groups. He's outperforming them with lesser talented athletes.
Sage H-K getting into the world final ahead of the Paris silver medalist Duguma (and many others) has to be the American track athlete overperformance of the meet so far, right?
Sage H-K getting into the world final ahead of the Paris silver medalist Duguma (and many others) has to be the American track athlete overperformance of the meet so far, right?
She's always had a pr, and the wheels to make a global final...
...just she had bad luck and bad performances at USA meets, not even making teams.
Now here in Tokyo, she is both running well and getting some breaks for a change.
Hopefully, she gets pulled by the field to a new pr in final. A medal would be a shock and indeed an overperformance.
Better than every other USA based distance coach BY FAR.
It's also worth pointing out that most other pro groups REJECTED these athletes. He is producing great results without getting the top overall athletes out of college like other groups. He's outperforming them with lesser talented athletes.
OAC is having a good meet. Can’t argue with that.
But to say this is a group of rejected athletes is absolutely false. ON running has outspent every single brand by 2 to 3 X. They have also enormously overpaid foreign athletes training in the USA. They get the best international NCAA athletes just about every year. They have cast a wide, wide net as well (there are probably dozen, overpaid OAC washouts reading this back home). OAC went crazy on talent acquisition during COVID when every other company sat on their asses. Mostly Nike.
This is a team of complete foreign and USA All Stars and even their second tier athletes are making a boatload of money.
Ritz has more talent than any other team in the world right now and most of that team is broken back at home.
And one last thing: If that Steeple was anything normal in terms of pace, Beamish would have been no higher than 8th. An 8:30 race Beamish wins 99/100. Furthermore, Farken should not have even been in that final and he was lucky as hell it was a slow race. Joesette get placed in the very slow heat in the 5k (advantage) and Hurta-Klecker gets the last small q because she was in the fast heat (advantage for her).
So yes, things have cut OACs way at this meet, but if you throw enough things at the wall, you get a week like this every so often. A broken clock is right twice a day.
But to say this is a group of rejected athletes is absolutely false. ON running has outspent every single brand by 2 to 3 X. They have also enormously overpaid foreign athletes training in the USA. They get the best international NCAA athletes just about every year. They have cast a wide, wide net as well (there are probably dozen, overpaid OAC washouts reading this back home). OAC went crazy on talent acquisition during COVID when every other company sat on their asses. Mostly Nike.
This is a team of complete foreign and USA All Stars and even their second tier athletes are making a boatload of money.
Ritz has more talent than any other team in the world right now and most of that team is broken back at home.
And one last thing: If that Steeple was anything normal in terms of pace, Beamish would have been no higher than 8th. An 8:30 race Beamish wins 99/100. Furthermore, Farken should not have even been in that final and he was lucky as hell it was a slow race. Joesette get placed in the very slow heat in the 5k (advantage) and Hurta-Klecker gets the last small q because she was in the fast heat (advantage for her).
So yes, things have cut OACs way at this meet, but if you throw enough things at the wall, you get a week like this every so often. A broken clock is right twice a day.
OAC is not a US team.
It's a global team sponsored by a Swiss shoe company doing business around the world, that happens to be based on Boulder.
They are getting top International runners since there is less competition to sign them, but they are not getting the top Americans from NCAA. Nuguse of course an exception.
The Kleckers, Monson and Andrews examples of B recruits running well at OAC.
ON was founded by a Swiss triathlete. They believe in paying athletes well and sticking with them thru tough times. The ON business continues to grow at 30% annually, so they are printing money to sustain the sponsoring.
It's also worth pointing out that most other pro groups REJECTED these athletes. He is producing great results without getting the top overall athletes out of college like other groups. He's outperforming them with lesser talented athletes.
OAC is having a good meet. Can’t argue with that.
But to say this is a group of rejected athletes is absolutely false. ON running has outspent every single brand by 2 to 3 X. They have also enormously overpaid foreign athletes training in the USA. They get the best international NCAA athletes just about every year. They have cast a wide, wide net as well (there are probably dozen, overpaid OAC washouts reading this back home). OAC went crazy on talent acquisition during COVID when every other company sat on their asses. Mostly Nike.
This is a team of complete foreign and USA All Stars and even their second tier athletes are making a boatload of money.
Ritz has more talent than any other team in the world right now and most of that team is broken back at home.
And one last thing: If that Steeple was anything normal in terms of pace, Beamish would have been no higher than 8th. An 8:30 race Beamish wins 99/100. Furthermore, Farken should not have even been in that final and he was lucky as hell it was a slow race. Joesette get placed in the very slow heat in the 5k (advantage) and Hurta-Klecker gets the last small q because she was in the fast heat (advantage for her).
So yes, things have cut OACs way at this meet, but if you throw enough things at the wall, you get a week like this every so often. A broken clock is right twice a day.
Bro if all their runners are lucky, it starts to not be luck.