Will Sam Chalenga make it 3 in a row next year

Actually, the reason they did not follow him in 2010 was because he was running at a lot faster pace than they could handle. If they were running so smat and easy behind him they would have closed once they realized he meant business, and they never came close. They were always running for second. Sam ran smart in 2009. He would have been dumb to hang around with those guys and give them a shot at outkicking him.

Chris Derrick and Colby Lowe will beat him because these two kids seem to improve continously each year.

please go away you tool get a fresh take Chalenga. A impressive win and a tough loss – get it right and stop with the revisionist bullshit; he lost to Rupp yes lost, now deal with it.

sammy hagar junior wrote:

Will Sam Chalenga win his third consecutive NCAA cross country title next year

This thread is hilarious now. Rupp lovers, read all this shit.

Looks like he made it 3 in a row

sammy hagar junior wrote:

The point of running is to prove who is the best runner. Not who can show they have no guts which is what rupp did. Chelanga said okay guys this is the pace I'm going to run at. Rupp did that except he did it the cheap way.

Sammy Hagar Junior is one big F'tard. Rupp showed the most guts in being patient and bringing Sammy back to him. Going out too hard isn't showing guts, that's showing stupidity. Sticking to your guns no matter what is showing true guts.

Yeah...that's what Ritz and Hall do in their marathons isn't it. Real guts!

sammy hagar junior wrote:

Rupp did not win. All Rupp did was draft off of Chalenga. Chalenga raced tough and did all the work. Chalenga was clearly the better runner that day and deserved the title.

POD

The funny thing about the drafting comment is that during his post-race interview, Sam actually mentioned that he respected Sambu for pulling up next to him instead of drafting off of him. If I remember correctly, he even said something about him being a real man. I wonder if that was an inadvertent dig at Rupper.

A couple things to clarify. Rupp didn't just draft on Chalenga. Chalenga got out to an early big lead and Rupp had to run alone and gradually catch up to Chalenga. Right about the time Rupp caught up to Chalenga SC virtually stopped and Rupp ran into him. If anything was unethical there it was Chalenga. Chalenga also had options. Just because you are in the lead doesn't mean you have to knock yourself out and expend all your energy. If Rupp wasn't going to take the lead, then use that to your advantage and run slow. Especially given that they were way ahead of the rest of the runners. He would then have had plenty of energy to outkick Rupp. Chalenga wasn't a rabbit for Rupp. A rabbit is being what Rupp was for Solinsky and Chelanga at Peyton Jordan this past May.

Chelanga is at least 25. I think being 3-7 years older than the competition is a little more advantage than drafting off someone for part of a race. Chelanga didn't deserve to win, thus Sambu or Puskedra are the real champion. Congratulations to the real winner of XC 2010.

guy who pays attention wrote:

The funny thing about the drafting comment is that during his post-race interview, Sam actually mentioned that he respected Sambu for pulling up next to him instead of drafting off of him. If I remember correctly, he even said something about him being a real man. I wonder if that was an inadvertent dig at Rupper.

Chelenga is smart enough (I would hope) to know the difference between a race where place is the only thing that matters, and a race where you are trying to hit a time. If he is taking a dig at Rupp for drafting off of him in a championship race, and then later going on to draft off of him in a race to hit a fast time, then it shows a real lack of character on Chelenga's part. Of course, I don't really think Chelenga said that, so no harm no foul.

In this interview Chelanga says he used Rupp's tactics to beat Sambu:

http://www.flotrack.org/videos/coverage/view_video/237409-2010-ncaa-cross-country-championships/370797-2x-florunner-sam-chelanga-2010-ncaa-xc-champs

Turn Around Fair Play wrote:

Chelanga is at least 25. I think being 3-7 years older than the competition is a little more advantage than drafting off someone for part of a race.

this. he's too old to be running college races. go run against other 25 year olds.

hello ground wrote:

In this interview Chelanga says he used Rupp's tactics to beat Sambu:

http://www.flotrack.org/videos/coverage/view_video/237409-2010-ncaa-cross-country-championships/370797-2x-florunner-sam-chelanga-2010-ncaa-xc-champs

Makes better sense, props to Chelenga for recognizing good competition, both great runners who have done great things!

hansen's wrote:

Turn Around Fair Play wrote:

Chelanga is at least 25. I think being 3-7 years older than the competition is a little more advantage than drafting off someone for part of a race.

this. he's too old to be running college races. go run against other 25 year olds.

Sam may be older than most in the field, but he's also been running far fewer years than they have.