I just heard that UCF has released their whole cross country team.It is a fire sale!
I just heard that UCF has released their whole cross country team.It is a fire sale!
Yep. I saw the blanket release today. Never another male distance runner at UCF.
what happened?
go to the website:
, i love the logo.
University of Central Florida "stands for opportunity."
when i looked at the coach's profile i saw all i needed to know....
Never heard of UCF ? Is that a school or the pole manufacturer ? Are they in the USA ?
bandito wrote:
go to the website:
http://www.ucf.edu, i love the logo.
University of Central Florida "stands for opportunity."
when i looked at the coach's profile i saw all i needed to know....
Yeah, I don't quite understand the "opportunity" thing either, are you talking about the "head coach" or the "assistant" (who is really the head coach for XC athletes?
is it gonna matter.
wasnt like it was an allstar team.
bandito wrote:
go to the website:
http://www.ucf.edu, i love the logo.
University of Central Florida "stands for opportunity."
when i looked at the coach's profile i saw all i needed to know....
I like the fact that she's pictured wearing Tennessee orange. That's some school pride over there.
Gonna get their asses kicked in football against the rising Mississippi State Bulldogs!
UCF Men's Cross Country to Discontinue Following 2007 Season
The UCF men's cross country program, which debuted in 1979, will be discontinued following the 2007 fall season.
July 20, 2007
ORLANDO, Fla. - The UCF Athletics Association (UCFAA) will discontinue its men's cross country program as an intercollegiate sport effective at the end of the fall 2007 semester, announced UCF Director of Athletics and Executive Vice President Keith Tribble.
"It is always difficult to even consider the phasing out of a program. Administratively, we must ensure that the experience that each student-athlete receives meets or exceeds his or her expectations," said Tribble. "We realized through meetings with our student-athletes that men's cross country team members have not received the same type of experience over the years that our other student-athletes have experienced. We believe that without a men's track and field team, the men's cross country program does not fit into our strategic plan moving forward. The experience that these team members have had would not improve without the addition of a year-round program. At this time in our development it is not feasible to add another intercollegiate team."
The decision came with a vote of approval from the Athletic Association's Board of Directors at its most recent quarterly meeting.
The UCF men's cross country program debuted in 1979. After competing in the Sunshine State Conference for the first three years, the Knights were without conference affiliation from 1984-1989. In 1992, they made the move to the Trans America Athletic (now Atlantic Sun) Conference. The past two seasons the team has competed in Conference USA.
The UCFAA will honor all current men's cross country scholarships until their graduation, provided that the student continues to make progress toward earning a degree and follow all rules and regulations required of UCF student-athletes. The UCFAA will also meet with any current member of the men's cross country team if he wishes to transfer to another school, as per the regulations set forth by the NCAA. In addition, any grant-in-aid that have been offered would have the option of attending UCF this current year or be released from the national letter-of-intent, allowing the prospective student-athlete to contact other institutions about participation.
Maybe all the assholes that bitched and moaned about their coach to the AD will finally realize they cut thier own throats, so to speak.
Yea, if I was a college coach and one of those guys wanted to transfer to my school I would avoid them like the pleague.
serves you right wrote:
Maybe all the assholes that bitched and moaned about their coach to the AD will finally realize they cut thier own throats, so to speak.
I happen to know most of the guys on the UCF team...and you better get your facts straight before you start running off like that.
First off, the guys never said a word to the AD about the coach...that was all the XC/track girls the whole way. Secondly, most of those guys are the hardest workers I've ever seen. I mean most of these guys were nobody's in high school (high 16's to low 17's 5k) and granted they are definitely not on the national scene but to go from high 16's in high school to mid 25's 8k and 31 high (track 10k) I'd say they are doing something right down there. They are the hardest workers b/c they have been practically coaching themselves throughout every season but this one.
I'm surprised of all places an XC team getting cut would get praise here.
i don't get this. why would a large d-I university hire a female sprinter to coach their men's xc team? Why not get a seperate distance oriented coach for the xc programs? I'm pretty sure UCF is putting alot of dollars into their football program lately, i guess at the expense of their other athletic programs.