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  • Divide and Conquer

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    15 years ago 12/07/2010 9:44pm EST

    In Oregon and other states many of the best distance runners from the spring track season are playing HS soccer during the fall instead of running xc. The fourth place girls team at 2010 NXN for example, Jesuit of Portland, missed out on having a sub 4:40 1500m runner run xc in the last couple of years because she was equally good at soccer.

    Are NY teams like FM and Saratoga benefiting from not competing with soccer for the best athletes during the fall season? What about California or other XC hotbeds?

  • GVXC

    Anonymous Poster

    15 years ago 12/07/2010 10:09pm EST
    re: Divide and Conquer

    The men run XC the sissies play soccer.

  • seriouslyguys

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    15 years ago 12/07/2010 10:18pm EST
    re: GVXC

    Damn straight

  • runner from NY

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    15 years ago 12/07/2010 10:24pm EST
    re: Divide and Conquer

    NY has soccer season during the fall also, so FM and Saratoga do not benefit at all.

  • breakingthetruth

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    15 years ago 12/07/2010 10:29pm EST
    re: runner from NY

    They only benefit from the EPO...

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    runn

    Member since 01/21/2005.

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    15 years ago 12/08/2010 5:30am EST
    re: Divide and Conquer

    Most of the good runners run XC. The problem with soccer around here is that all these kids think they're gonna get a scholarship because they play travel leagues all year.

    It's amazing how they don't eventually figure it out- no one, literally, gets scholarships.

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    Citizen Runner

    Member since 08/15/2007.

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    15 years ago 12/08/2010 8:24am EST
    re: Divide and Conquer

    Divide and Conquer wrote:

    Are NY teams like FM and Saratoga benefiting from not competing with soccer for the best athletes during the fall season? What about California or other XC hotbeds?

    HS soccer is a pretty big deal in upstate NY and virtually every HS has a team. Once you've established a hugely successful program like FM and Saratoga XC it's probably easier to recruit top athletes into the program.

    http://www.fmschools.org/athletics.cfm?subpage=7526http://www.saratogaschools.org/Athletics/athleticactivities.htm
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