Jordan Hasay NOT to Stanford (yet)

I really hope she goes to Oregon...

I really hope she doesn't...

This is all old news from two weeks ago. Give Hassy time to do her visits and make her decision. Right now even she has no idea of what school she will be attending.

It does look like three schools are in the hunt. And given Lananna's recruiting skills you would be stupid to rule out Oregon.

I am hoping she runs for DE College of San Mateo (Junior College) then transfer to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

It sounds like UO is on the outside looking in at this point. I just don't think UO has the academic rigor or reputation Jordan is looking for. But nobody sells "cheap cloth in soft light"(Seinfeld reference)better than Vin. So you never know.

But she is very smart and Oregon wouldn't suit her in that sense.

Stanford pros:

- excellent in academics, great school

cons:

- boring (though she isn't a party girl)

- not as good as years past with everyone graduating/no one to train with

Oregon pros:

- Vin

- training partners like Kosinski, Blood

- Eugene, Oregon, after her experience at the Trials she really likes the place

cons:

- not good academics

- rains?

Washington pros:

- LOTS of training partners

- could be on a NCAA championship team the next few years with people like Babcock, Lawrence, etc.

Washington cons:

- doesn't it rain a lot?

Neutral: academics are decent

Just to add:

Stanford

Pro: Great weather-never cold, never hot. Rains a little.

World class academics.

Con: Living in dorm for four years unless very rich.

Unproven coach with women.

Lack of training partners.

UW

Pro: Great training partners for 3 years minimum.

World class city and cultural/social life.

Team unity. Great teammates that seemingly like

each other very much.

Academics are way better than nuetral.

Nuetral: Weather. Never hot not too cold. A little wet.

Con: A little wet. Can bother some runners. Although never too cold.

Possible con: Great training partners. She has never trained with other top girls. Can she handle not being the very best on the team.

UO

Pros: Great training partners in Kosinski and blood for 1-2

years. The shelf may be bare after next year though.

UO mystique at Hayward Field/Pre all that stuff.

Good trails to train on.

Nuetral: Coaching. I'm not sure the lady coach can handle

top talent. I thought the team was mismanged this

year a bit. I'm not sure Vin actually coaches the

women's team. He let Dena coach at Stanford and

seems resigned to let Powell coach the women at

UO. If not for the "free agency" signings over the

summer, UO wouldn't have been in the top 5 teams at

NCAAs.

Con: Academically poor school.

Limited training partners after next year. UW has a

better mix of middle and long distance talent too.

Placing second in XC for the next 3 years.

WAIT! She hasn't visited Washington State yet. Why would she want to go to Washington and NOT Washington State.

UO academics are not bad. And considering Hasay is more than likely going to become a professional runner, the school she graduates from isn't going to make a difference (from an academic standpoint) Everyone knows the primary reason elite schools are best are the contacts, not the teaching.

If she wants more rigorous academics, she could enroll in the Clark Honors college (at Oregon). The acceptance rate is only 14%.

I think she's going to washington, their coach whom I forgot his name is down-to-earth and very competent. His personality will go well with jordans.

Haven't you guys seen the thread about her having a 4.83 GPA? True, she wouldn't have training partners at Stanford but given how academic driven she is, why would she say no to Stanford..

And there was a thread on the front page a few weeks ago (around when Brasovan committed to Duke) about her going to Stanford. When you clicked on it though, it was deleted.

So where is she going on her visit first, seattle, palo alto? this could be a factor, maybe she would become set on one without appreciating the other or maybe just the last place she goes is where she will end up

Hasay has already visited Oregon and now has Stanford and Washington scheduled. She has run at Hayward Field, so I suspect that both UW and Stanford's track facilities will be a huge letdown. Let's not forget that Eugene loves runners and running. Stanford is basically neutral, though they have some nice hills to run in near campus. UW has.....welllll, it has the streets of Seattle to run on, and very little support outside of the team itself.

I agree with the other poster about the academics. First, undergrad school is not how these universities are rated...they are rated on their grad and research programs. If you look at class size and attention to undergrad students, Washington was rate poorest, with Stanford the best. The poster mentioned the Clark Honors College at Oregon, but did not mention the Sports Management School (I think it is called Warsaw School). Anyway, I suspect that Hasay is smart enough to make up her own mind, and she does realize that Eugene is the home of the next Olympic track and field Trials in 2012.

When was the last time she cut her hair? It is long, although doesn't seem to slow her down and it doesn't look bad, just curious. Wow, I'm bored.

You are kidding when you say about potential training partners for Hasay at Oregon: "The shelf may be bare after next year though."

First off, Kosinski is only a sophomore. Secondly, reportedly three top freshmen are tentatively already coming in (one of these is supposed to be Allie McLaughlin). If Hasay comes in, this would give Oregon four of the top 20 FL runners as training partners for the next 4 years.

It will not be Stanford, Oregon, or Washington. Many will be surprised...

If a SLO kid wants to go to school in another boring overblown nothing town with 10,000 Caucasoid aboriginal meth dealers and addicts stalking her by two wheel bi-cycle then she'll pick Oregon. But kids dream of bigger things than we do. She might opt for a world class education at Cal, Stanford, USC, or UCLA. She may want to go Hollywood and pick UCLA or USC. Seattle is a wet and wild town. There's no place like the college town of Berkeley anywhere in the U.S. It'll only be 4 or 5 years. Then life goes on. Another thought, if she aspires an Olympic Gold Medal, then why not go directly to the Olympic Medal Factory. There's only two Olympic Meday Factories in the world, UCLA and USC, both only 3 hours down 101 from mommy and daddy.