Anyone think it's crazy these HSers are flying to meet after meet. Oregon Relays, Florida Relays, Arcadia, etc.

chill bro, most of them will peak in HS, let them enjoy it.

It is an investment for the parents, who hope that their kids will get D1 scholarships and save bigly on tuition.

College coaches hang in L.A. during Spring and Summer and poach L.A. HS rather than developing in-state HS prospects. There's dozens of sold out HS meets in L.A. even in Jan, Feb.

Parents are already doping their kids and buying $300 shoes. Might as well go all in and fly them around the country.

It would be even crazier if they took a stagecoach.

Bullis' tuition is $60k per year. Obviously Quincy Wilson is paying nothing but they're not exactly wanting for money.

When I looks at at how things have changed from when I grew up, everything has leveled up. Elementary schools operate like middle schools, middle schools like high, high schools act like collages and now collages try to be professional sports. We live is a privileged time.

We did our collages in elementary school art.

The real problem is flying is super cheap. That's why flying sucks. You get every last clown doing it.

We do, and I think it's amazing. I want my children to have the best opportunities and resources possible. People in this country used to believe in that, and it was great.

I don’t know of any public schools that pay for kids to go to meets. Track is an inexpensive sport compared to lots of other sports. Also, flying is not very expensive normally and some of the top kids get flights and/or hotel paid for. Compared to club soccer or other club sports, track is a bargain.

They’ll run how much faster than they could at their home meet?

That's not even close to being true. Unless you happen to live at a high altitude, you can run just as fast in your home state as you can in another state.

It’s an opportunity to compete against the best or to enjoy a great track or team experience. For some kids they will definitely run faster. Others actually run slower. The competitive kids want to race the best and enjoy doing so. Most are friends or at least know each other by the time they reach Junior or Senior year. It’s fun for them.

Quincy Wilson is probably in the top six 400m runners in the country.

Niwot is the modern day Newberry Park. At least one of those kids is going to be a top pro in the future.

I don’t think it is a big deal to be flying to meets especially if you live at altitude. I doubt the schools pay for any of it.

Most of these hs aren’t your typical public hs. They aren’t hurting for any money.

These days having opportunities makes you less of a person, and using those opportunities makes you evil.

Teams like Niwot and Bullis are getting travel stipends from these events because they want their programs there