Maybe 5. NCAAs is a different ballgame than she’s ever been in before and she’ll likely be pulling some teammates for a while.
Yeah, this. The goal for BYU is the team title.
She’s too fast to pull teammates. Anyone that tried to keep up with her would crash and burn. You’re suggesting she would give up a chance for an individual for a team title but no one has ever done that in NCAA XC history. Her winning the race will bring more attention to BYU than a team title.
She’s too fast to pull teammates. Anyone that tried to keep up with her would crash and burn. You’re suggesting she would give up a chance for an individual for a team title but no one has ever done that in NCAA XC history. Her winning the race will bring more attention to BYU than a team title.
Umm... Tuohy in 2022. She could have stayed with Valby from the start, but chose to pull her teammates instead.
Kickers usually win wrote: You’re suggesting she would give up a chance for an individual for a team title but no one has ever done that in NCAA XC history.
2003. Ryan Hall ran to win the team race not to win the individual race. On that day, I believe he would have beaten Ritz if he had gone out harder. His team running allowed Stanford to put up one of the best ncaa xc results ever. Stanford 24 Wisconsin 174.
After watching Lemngole arguably come a Jeruto fall in the water pit right in front of her away from a potential bronze at Worlds i have a hard time seeing any significant gap being put on her early on unless there's been an injury or issue she's dealt with after worlds.
Kickers usually win wrote: You’re suggesting she would give up a chance for an individual for a team title but no one has ever done that in NCAA XC history.
2003. Ryan Hall ran to win the team race not to win the individual race. On that day, I believe he would have beaten Ritz if he had gone out harder. His team running allowed Stanford to put up one of the best ncaa xc results ever. Stanford 24 Wisconsin 174.
Hall staying with his teammates didn’t make any difference in that race and if he had won the race instead, his teammates would been stoked for him. If it was you, would you expect a teammate with the ability to win, to hang back with you? Seems kind of selfish to me. Instead of wanting him to slow down for you, maybe you could aspire to improve to run his normal pace.
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She’s too fast to pull teammates. Anyone that tried to keep up with her would crash and burn. You’re suggesting she would give up a chance for an individual for a team title but no one has ever done that in NCAA XC history. Her winning the race will bring more attention to BYU than a team title.
Umm... Tuohy in 2022. She could have stayed with Valby from the start, but chose to pull her teammates instead.
Didn’t Nico or maybe some other NAU guys do that a few years ago? To win they just had to have no one blow up, so the top guys held a little back.
Kickers usually win wrote: You’re suggesting she would give up a chance for an individual for a team title but no one has ever done that in NCAA XC history.
2003. Ryan Hall ran to win the team race not to win the individual race. On that day, I believe he would have beaten Ritz if he had gone out harder. His team running allowed Stanford to put up one of the best ncaa xc results ever. Stanford 24 Wisconsin 174.
Hall's teammates didn't need him to hang back for them to dominate. Stanford was the defending champion, and they returned the top 5 from the year before (plus Hall, who was their #6), when 4 of those 5 guys finished in the top 9 overall.
I think many are overlooking the frosh from Oregon. She is cruising fast times. She will be able to hang with Jane.
On the contrary, LACCTiC says Cherotich’s best TiC this season was her 15:15 at the Bill Dellinger, whereas, Hedengren was awarded a 14:42 at the Big12; that is simply a HUGE chasm between those performances.
She’s too fast to pull teammates. Anyone that tried to keep up with her would crash and burn. You’re suggesting she would give up a chance for an individual for a team title but no one has ever done that in NCAA XC history. Her winning the race will bring more attention to BYU than a team title.
Umm... Tuohy in 2022. She could have stayed with Valby from the start, but chose to pull her teammates instead.
Tuohy did win the race and was correct in thinking Valby would comeback. Until she broke away, she ran at the front of the chase pack and was not pacing any teammates.