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How on Earth is Jannis Topfer still eligible?
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Also, unlike Jared Ward, he did not do a mission trip. Pretty sure he was running races in Germany during his gap years.
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The dude definitely looks old. Did he really graduate in 2007? How could someone be eligible 7 falls after graduating high school?
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A serious question:
Did he go straight to college after high school?
If he didn't the 5 year clock starts when a student first enrolls and attends classes. -
After looking at the kids bio
I have no freaking clue when the kid graduated high school.
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He graduated at MICDS in 2007. Went back to Germany to run for a bit or something. Came back to the states and made it through clearinghouse but I thought he would be done by now.
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midwestern life wrote:
The dude definitely looks old. Did he really graduate in 2007? How could someone be eligible 7 falls after graduating high school?
http://ger.milesplit.com/athletes/116356-jannis-topfer#.Uobq4CizKpg -
I don't have a milesplit Germany account so that doesn't help me
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twotimer wrote:
A serious question:
Did he go straight to college after high school?
If he didn't the 5 year clock starts when a student first enrolls and attends classes.
There's also an age limit for d1 -
Surely the Letsrun sleuths can get to the bottom of this
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So after high school you can take as many years off before going to college as you want and your 5 year clock won't start? Even if you are running races?
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When I was running in college (at a small DI school) a few years back, there was a guy who was 37 and a woman who was in her early 40s competing for another small DI school in our conference. Both had served in the military for 15+ and returned back to school and wanted to compete on a team still. Neither were that good, and both were American, but older individuals do compete. Chris Weinke at Florida State, anyone?
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deutschland wrote:
So after high school you can take as many years off before going to college as you want and your 5 year clock won't start? Even if you are running races?
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pqom wrote:
deutschland wrote:
So after high school you can take as many years off before going to college as you want and your 5 year clock won't start? Even if you are running races?
No
So how is this "kid" eligible? -
Originally from Germany, in which high school is 5 years while undergrad is only 3.
2007 (Year 4 of 5 in HS): Studies abroad in USA, attends MICDS.
2008: Year 5 of 5 in HS in Germany
2009-2011: 3 year undergrad in Europe
Fall 2011: Studies abroad at UT-Austin. Runs club nationals (NIRCA), and gets 4rd: http://www.clubrunning.org/races/2011/results_nats2011.php
Fall 2012: Enrolls at Illinois for grad school. Since he started "undergrad" in 2009, the 5 year clock expires in 2014, giving him 2 full years of eligibility.
