Wake Forest lands 21-year old freshman from France who just won Euro U23 silver - Aurélien Radja (7:53/13:36)

Good for WF. Why should they be any different than the schools with 3 or 4 Kenyans on their team?

Wake had a great recruiting class a few years ago (Rocky et alia) but they cannot compete with the schools who use ready made foreigners. An occasional non-American is almost necessary to compete for the nationals.

That’s because he is too slow to join Wingate

Also have a Canadian coming in next year - Brody Clark (3.45/8.14 as a HS Jnr) is currently a HS Snr (17, turning 18 in 2026). Canadian U18 record-holder in both events.

Probably gets that national team exemption

In the us he would have graduated hs 3 years ago. A 3 1/2 year development cycle before entering the NCAA.

Ready made stars entering the NCAA in their 20's, not at all an uncommon occurrence over the last decade plus.

Yet through it all, the "age related" hostility, the jeers and sneers, have been overwhelmingly directed at BYU athletes who took a couple years away from the sport to serve a mission.

It's been a Clown Show gentleman, and I'm all here for it. I hope the show goes on, but the facade is starting to strain under its own weight.

old news lol

So many inaccuracies in that thread.

Wake gets some of the best recruits every season yet always flops at Nats. This is their coaches way of admitting he has no idea what he's doing.

college football and basketball are won with a gigantic checkbooks, while players and coaches have no loyalty to a program. Cross country is dominated by adult aged, already developed runners. I have very little interest in any of it.

though the women's cross country programs haven't been completely tainted yet.

Just wait until after world xc. I bet a large number from the U20 race will not be heading home and will enroll in us schools

Maybe NCAA should have two divisions for each team.

An under 23 and an open division all the older athletes still in school.

I was 21 when I graduated college. Could not imagine being an undergrad

at 26 or 27.

LOL this kid looks like a republican goon! What a fukin idiot!