present predicts future wrote:
Fastnbulbous wrote:A World XC title is more prestigious overall on the world running stage, as the competition is hardest. If Rupp runs World XC next year, it's all good.
Why would he run World XC next year and get trashed?
It's much easier to win an indoor championship against kids who are just out of high school.
excellent point, and I might add that running world cross and finishing somewhere bewteen 5th and 15th doesn't get your university an NCAA title or earn you an NCAA title. so while the world xc championship will be there every year for the next 8-15 years of Rupp's career, NCAA's and the true team competition that it presents will not. but I'm sure that is what you meant to say.
personally I don't know why Rupp even competed at the state meet in high school, he should have just been focussing on "the biggest meet in the world" and "mixing it up with the best runners in the world" for the last 8 years, since he'll never have another chance to do so.
i mean I don't understand why an american born collegiate runner would want to re-write the collegiate record books and to make matters worse, help his team rewrite the record books. doesn't he realize that he's just missed the world championships in cross country and he'll never have a chance to run that event again? i mean unlike the olympics (yeah true he did already go to the olympics), which come around every 4 years and have every runner in any kind of shape aiming for them, the world cross country championships are only offered every....year.