All I keep hearing is how Foot Locker is so much better than NXN and how all the studs are running footlocker. Please don't forget that the last time the nations elite got together ( dream mile), two juniors came out on top. Montoya and Burcham are back and both running NXN. 4:01 vs 4:02. Cheseret showed he was a choke artist.
Where is NXN being held this year ? Orlando or Houston ?
what kind of gear do nxn athletes get vs footlocker ahletes
Baxter and Cain are also entered in NXN.
If Nike comes out on top, it will be for one reason only.
DAXC800 wrote:
what kind of gear do nxn athletes get vs footlocker ahletes
Do Footlocker kids get those zebra striped shirts like the people who work at Footlocker stores get?
The nike trolls on letsrun demonstrate everything that is wrong about their pathetic meet and business practices.
RIP Footlocker XC
Footlocker and NXN are wonderful events.
But they are both second best to State Meets. Until there is an official regional meet (not just a numbers crunch like at the CA meet but a true regional) that teams can qualify for while representing their school it means nothing.
For example, Saugus' 7th title is more important than NXN. This race is "extra," not the focus of the season and the results will show as much.
Footlocker West has decreased popularity after moving from the state course to LA.
NXN and FL will never "RIP" as long as they are contested. Both draw fantastic events and have history.
Team always beats out the individual accomplishments in xc. If you make it as a team they will always go that route. If no team is going you do both if you can.
high school team vs Olympic team
Same difference.
Not the Nike Beaverton Communication Department trollers again ? Wejo, please delete these advertisement oriented sales posts.
From top to bottom, NXN is a much better overall event than Foot Locker. Both events serve their purpose, and both are extremely special for the athletes participating, but NXN puts on a show. There's obviously enough talent to fill both meets from a top-tier individual standpoint, but it is rather disappointing to see two separate meets split up the top individuals.
Please stop posting under different handles. Jesus !
riley stops wrote:
From top to bottom, NXN is a much better overall event than Foot Locker. Both events serve their purpose, and both are extremely special for the athletes participating, but NXN puts on a show. There's obviously enough talent to fill both meets from a top-tier individual standpoint, but it is rather disappointing to see two separate meets split up the top individuals.
You said from top to bottom NXN is better...does that include from the bottom of the swamp that the meet is held at?
Footlocker is much better than NXN. NXN seems like one of those gay "tough mudder" events. Maybe if Nike ran on a decent course instead of doing a little obstacle course with hay bales in a grass field they would be the real national championship meet. Until then the only reason people will do NXN instead of footlocker is because of the team aspect. I consider Footlocker champion the true national champion.
NXN not as deep, but better wrote:
All I keep hearing is how Foot Locker is so much better than NXN and how all the studs are running footlocker. Please don't forget that the last time the nations elite got together ( dream mile), two juniors came out on top. Montoya and Burcham are back and both running NXN. 4:01 vs 4:02. Cheseret showed he was a choke artist.
People just don't want to admit that Nike has a good thing and Footlocker missed the boat. FL had the chance to turn their's into a team and individual race and opted out. Nike went out on their own and have a winner.
There are more good runners at Nike because they have the teams. If you're not on a team and you want to race the best you go to Nike.
Footlocker Nationals was here long before nike, and they will be here long after nike is done.
The Footlocker Nationals are a team and individual event. There are 10 girls and boys on each of the teams from each regional qualifying race. Every runner from every school in the country has the opportunity to participate, to be an individual and to compete as part of the team from their region.
This is why Footlocker has the best, and the only, National Championship cross country event.
NXN not as deep, but better wrote:
All I keep hearing is how Foot Locker is so much better than NXN and how all the studs are running footlocker. Please don't forget that the last time the nations elite got together ( dream mile), two juniors came out on top. Montoya and Burcham are back and both running NXN. 4:01 vs 4:02. Cheseret showed he was a choke artist.
I don't see how Cheserek losing one big race, compared to him winning almost all his other big races justifies him to be a choke artist.
NXN not as deep, but better wrote:
All I keep hearing is how Foot Locker is so much better than NXN and how all the studs are running footlocker. Please don't forget that the last time the nations elite got together ( dream mile), two juniors came out on top. Montoya and Burcham are back and both running NXN. 4:01 vs 4:02. Cheseret showed he was a choke artist.
Cross Country isn't the mile and Montoya and Burcham aren't the best cross country runners. If they wanted to race the big guns, they'd go to Foot Locker.
The events are both very similar, but the footlocker courses are far superior to the crappy portland meadows course at nxn. That course is extremely stupid and deserves to die. If they could actually make it on a cool course, or move the meet around from year to year, I think it would be better.