Overaged American Dominating NCAA d3 XC- Where's the outrage? ;)

Outraged. Overaged. I often have dreams I'm running yet another indoor track meet or XC race for my university.

I'm rolling along, gettin into position to go for the win, when suddenly it occurs to me... "aren't I a bit old for NCAA competition at 55?!"

bigtool wrote:

http://www.uwoshkoshtitans.com/sports/wxc/2012-13/bios/cazzola%20christy%206txc

Wow

MILF

go mom wrote:

I would say she's at an obvious disadvantage. I wasn't stronger at 27, I was however smarter - and that equated to better races. The young kids should be able to outgun here on the basis of speed alone. No, DIII XC is not something anyone other than those taking part in it and maybe their parents care about, but that's still a pretty impressive performance just the same.

Cazzola is a 2:07-8 800-meter runner... not too many distance runners are going to outkick her.

there's a d3?

Seems like someone needs to get her priorities in order. Raising kids, goin to school, and a running career...

What time does she have left to spend in the kitchen?

Speaking of Weinke; I could never understand how these BCS football players can play at 26-27 years old. The explaination that they played 5 years of Minor League baseball doesn't fly !!! (Now if they were in the Navy when they were 18 to 23 years old, I would be okay)

Avid Reader wrote:

Speaking of Weinke; I could never understand how these BCS football players can play at 26-27 years old. The explaination that they played 5 years of Minor League baseball doesn't fly !!! (Now if they were in the Navy when they were 18 to 23 years old, I would be okay)

Money & football power talk. Where do you think the 6th year medical redshirt came from - FOOTBALL.

NCAA rules cross ALL sports; they are not sport specific.

before xc, she has multiple national titles before in track. 1500 and 800 already 3 or 3 national titles in the last year/half year. noone ever complained about kosgaii. turn a blind eye on a multiple nationjal champ.

cazzola didnt just show up on the scene last new years eve. shes been around after several national track titles. she is d3 womens running. and thats a good thing..

Primarily because no one gives a flying F*** about baby nationals.

Isn't this kinda what DIII is for, non-standard ahtletes? If she were killing it in DI at 27 that'd be different. Hell, if someone, anyone, 'Murcan, non-'Murcan, whoever, wants to savage the DIII ranks at 30+, let 'em...it's DIII.

What does Weichman think about this?

shehasspeed wrote:

go mom wrote:

I would say she's at an obvious disadvantage. I wasn't stronger at 27, I was however smarter - and that equated to better races. The young kids should be able to outgun here on the basis of speed alone. No, DIII XC is not something anyone other than those taking part in it and maybe their parents care about, but that's still a pretty impressive performance just the same.

Cazzola is a 2:07-8 800-meter runner... not too many distance runners are going to outkick her.

Is 2:07 even really that fast? How many seconds off of the world record is that?

I know of a D2 school with a good number of Kenyans that seem to be in their mid 20's. One guy was 28 and still had eligibility recently. They usually place very well at Nats. my Senior track season in D1 i turned 22 and was starting to feel a huge difference in maturity, from the freshman and sophmores especially, Id think 25-28 would be a huge advantage against younger student athletes at your average small, mid sized school.

rojo wrote:

We just put up some nice articles on the front page about d3 champ, Christy Cazzola, who is a mother of two and 27.

http://www.letsrun.com/news/2012/11/27-year-old-mother-of-two-diii-national-cross-country-champion-christy-cazzola-named-usatf-athlete-of-the-week/

I wasn't familiar with her story until this week. Some inspirting stuff that proves what I've always said - "Talent doesn't go away!!"

Where's the outrage from the people hating on over-aged foreigners/Mormons?

There is no age limit for athletics in division III, so she's not "overage" the same way as DI athletes who get exemptions for there age are. In D3 you have 10 semesters of eligibility total and you can use four for any individual sport, so theoretically if you didn't go to college until you were 55, you could compete.

dog owner wrote:

I know of a D2 school with a good number of Kenyans that seem to be in their mid 20's. One guy was 28 and still had eligibility recently. They usually place very well at Nats. my Senior track season in D1 i turned 22 and was starting to feel a huge difference in maturity, from the freshman and sophmores especially, Id think 25-28 would be a huge advantage against younger student athletes at your average small, mid sized school.

Why would 25-28 be a huge advantage? Running performance is based on how long you've been training, not your age.

dsdsd wrote:

dog owner wrote:

I know of a D2 school with a good number of Kenyans that seem to be in their mid 20's. One guy was 28 and still had eligibility recently. They usually place very well at Nats. my Senior track season in D1 i turned 22 and was starting to feel a huge difference in maturity, from the freshman and sophmores especially, Id think 25-28 would be a huge advantage against younger student athletes at your average small, mid sized school.

Why would 25-28 be a huge advantage? Running performance is based on how long you've been training, not your age.

Because the 25-28 aged athletes probably didn't just start running 2-3 years beforehand. So while the average collegiate runner has maybe 3-4 years of running before college, the 25-28 year old probably has 10+ years of running in their legs.

18 19 year olds bodies are still growing, maturing, as well as their minds. most kids coming straight out of HS probably havent trained as seriously as most college programs that are any good and it can take awhile to adapt unless youre super talented. assuming one has a good number of running years under their belt mid to late 20's should be their athletic prime, especially if all you have to do is go to class and train.

She does not need to have priorities, the state provides her with whatever she needs.