So there's tons of kenyans running for d1 teams out there, how come no ethiopians? And I mean like right off the boat ethiopians, not ones whose parents were born there. Just wondering..
-WF
So there's tons of kenyans running for d1 teams out there, how come no ethiopians? And I mean like right off the boat ethiopians, not ones whose parents were born there. Just wondering..
-WF
Whitey Ford wrote:
So there's tons of kenyans running for d1 teams out there, how come no ethiopians? And I mean like right off the boat ethiopians, not ones whose parents were born there. Just wondering..
-WF
ones born here do not have access to epo....thereby running a minute slower than the epo genetic wonders from the old country....
English. In Kenya all school beyond the 4th grade, and most up to then, is conducted entirely in English - except foreign language classes. This makes the SAT a lot more doable. The education system there is also 8/4/4 - same as the US, so it matches up nicely when recruiting. In general I found that the average rural Kenyan speaks English infinitely better than the average rural Ethiopian. Also, technology, the internet is widely accesible in Kenya - even wireless via cell phones - so Kenyans have much greater access to information, recruitment, etc. I'm sure there's more to it than this, but I would guess this is a lot of it.
Thank you for posting an informative, thought out response that didn't have to do with drugs. It's a good question and that was a good answer.
It would make sense that there would be Etheopians offered free rides or scholarships to US institutions, but it's true you don't see them. The English, as stated above, seems to be a big factor, as does the general infrastructure of the running community. In Kenya, running at the younger age seems much more organized. (I noticed this in "Train Hard, Win Easy")
Gezachew Yossef, who ran at Texas Tech a couple of years ago, is Ethiopian by way of Israel. He wasn't much of a CC runner, but he was a mutiple time qualifier on the track in the mile/1500.
mzungu wrote:
English. In Kenya all school beyond the 4th grade, and most up to then, is conducted entirely in English - except foreign language classes. This makes the SAT a lot more doable. In general I found that the average rural Kenyan speaks English infinitely better than the average rural Ethiopian.
Maybe if we forced English on the hispanic people in this country instead of bending over backward to provide everything in Spanish then they would be able to speak English too.
Maybe we should teach multiple languages starting in primary school like the rest of the world.
Maybe we should stop using Lydiard so we can actually compete with the rest of the world
Sarcasm?
Who in this country actually uses Lydiard/Lydiard-base system?
A select minority (especially at the high school level).
All those Kenyans and Ethiopians and Japanese that are kicking American ass? Lydiard. Whether by intention or by coincidence it's the system in use by the majority of world beaters.