well done.
well done.
Dudes a baller.
Small town Missouri boy (who happens to be pretty smart)
He's the one who was DFL (by a long way) in last spring's NCAA 10,000m.
He is only a JR eligibility wise, meaning someone will pick him up next year due to no 5th years allowed in the ivys
FR 2010 XC
FR 2011 IN
RS 2011 OU
RS 2011 XC (Ran two races but stopped after Paul Short, so should be able to preserve eligibility)
SO 2012 IN
FR 2012 OU
SO 2012 XC
JR 2013 IN
SO 2013 OU
JR 2013 XC
RS 2014 IN (may redshirt indoor)
JR 2014 OU
Won't be at Harvard but will make a team very good next year!
SR 2014 XC
SR 2015 IN
SR 2015 OU
Perhaps, but he may put the priority on his graduate education.
The way he performed today was exactly in line with his close second place finish in the Wisconsin Adidas meet, followed up by winning the remainder of his races up to NCAA's. Not really a surprise based on this season's performance.
He is a "Wildcat", from Harrisonville, Missouri!!!
Well done Maksim.
pretty sure he was joking.
backkick wrote:
gg harvard wrote:this guy?
http://branchsportstech.com/2013_Meets/xc/11-23-NCAA/IndResults.php?EN=1&BN=224try this
http://branchsportstech.com/2013_Meets/xc/11-23-NCAA/IndResults.php?EN=1&BN=223
backkick wrote:
Perhaps, but he may put the priority on his graduate education.
The way he performed today was exactly in line with his close second place finish in the Wisconsin Adidas meet, followed up by winning the remainder of his races up to NCAA's. Not really a surprise based on this season's performance.
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He smart enough to know a few free shoes and living in an athlete runners slum with a below the poverty level wage is not the best way to use your Harvard education. He could make the world x-country team and have a nice trip somewhere.
He though falls smack dab in the middle of the short comings of USATF support of emerging athletes who are not good enough to get a shoe deal , but have the potential to do something but cannot gain support or tie into a national system that could develop them.
The next headline two years from now may read " what ever happened to the Harvard guy "
In his interview after the race, he says that he wants to become a professional runner. Are job prospects now so bleak in the US that Harvard grads are now considering job prospects such as professional running?
Ygvygvggvy wrote:
In his interview after the race, he says that he wants to become a professional runner. Are job prospects now so bleak in the US that Harvard grads are now considering job prospects such as professional running?
Obama is ruining ALL job prospects for even Harvard grads.
Ygvygvggvy wrote:
In his interview after the race, he says that he wants to become a professional runner. Are job prospects now so bleak in the US that Harvard grads are now considering job prospects such as professional running?
He and his brother should start a running website.
pre841 wrote:
Ygvygvggvy wrote:In his interview after the race, he says that he wants to become a professional runner. Are job prospects now so bleak in the US that Harvard grads are now considering job prospects such as professional running?
He and his brother should start a running website.
Some other Harvard guy started a social media website (the name of the web site escapes me right now) and I think that it somewhat worked out for him...
I predict that the new Harvard DFL'er, who dropped 253 places in the last 2k, will be top 10 next year.
Second place wrote:
I predict that the new Harvard DFL'er, who dropped 253 places in the last 2k, will be top 10 next year.
If so (and assuming he previously missed an xc season), it won't be at Harvard: he's a senior.
Your comment sounds a lot like you have no idea what kind of hell it is to start a normal job after college, at least compared to running as a pro. Or that you know, but you were so slow that trying to be a pro was never an option.
It's about passion, and how you spend your life, at least until you cannot run any more. Running as a professional sounds much better than 8-5 office job, no matter how much you earn. And it's not like he will run as a pro after the age of 40. And his Harvard degree is not going away.
Starting a job is "hell"? Come on, if you can't train while working 40 hour weeks you aren't very dedicated to begin with.
Do the math: Working 8-5, you get up at 6:30 to double. Running stuff 5:30-7:30. Relax until 10, sleep. No problemo.