When are we going to see 4K and 8K races at the Conference Championships, Regions, and Nationals? I go back and forth on the possibility. It would be some more attention to cross country I would think. More 800 runners would run with there being a 4k. One problem is funding for trips like this, you can't take one van with big numbers. I know the Stanford coach has proposed this before. What do you all think about it? Good or bad?
I'm sure Vin likes the idea, he's got 40 AA's to put in either race. How do you decide who the champ is? Combined scoring from both races? I don't like it.
The reason the Stanford coach proposed it is so that he could take full advantage of his depth! They will be leaving sub-24 min 8k guys at home for Nats this year; if they had another race they would clean up. Plus, a 4k would really help him with all the milers he has (notably Sage and Hall). Nobody else has the budget or depth Stanford has; although Stanford doesn't really have a fantastic frontrunner along the lines of Torres or Cragg.
It was implemented at the British University Champs a couple of years ago but really just took away from the long course. The best method would be to have the meet over two days (with the long course first and remaining the only team scoring race) and have the 4 km on the second day as a purely individual qualifying race. Roy Griak or another big meet could become the qualifying race and allow more individuals to make nationals, without taking away from the main race. Competitors should be allowed to double up in both races should they wish, like the World Cross, too
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