Downfall of Stanford Track & Field?

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10 years ago 04/20/2014 9:19pm EDT

re: they call me flopro

they call me flopro wrote:
Stanford gets a top 2 class every single year hell 2nd to Oregon every year but yet are just complete and utter garbage on the track. You would think with the talent they pull on the Men's and Women's side they would at least a decent team. Stanford is where great high school runners go to die. I almost feel bad for Cranny 4 years from now she will have had faster times in High School then she does in College. Is it terrible coaching over training or what maybe both im thinking both. Stanford like Washington makes it's recruits slower in College. i would love to see Stanford and Oregon run a duel meet i don't think the Stanford men or Women would win a single event lol GO DUCKS

...literally makes me laugh out loud.

10 years ago 04/20/2014 9:50pm EDT

re: This post...

I went many many years ago to the only other school ranked in the top 10 USNWR ranking which gives athletic scholarships. Heck, I was constantly distracted away from athletics because I was a good student and the educational challenges at the school were both intoxicating and rich in human capital development. I was in Palo Alto last week (I live in the East), and heck, academics at Stanford are even more alluring than at my school. Yeesh, it is a challenging and unique place, set in the world's most intense intellectual incubator(my two kids finished at similarly ranked colleges, so I am not easily impressed). It is nice to compete at the Division 1 level (I did get a lot of out it in terms of discipline and time management), but I can really understand why someone at Stanford - particularly someone with grades and scores at the mean - would opt to gravitate towards academics. I would think the coaches are indeed well aware of this phenomenon, and it makes recruiting and motivation more difficult than it appears. I went for a slow run on Russian Ridge in the hills far above the campus, and I could easily see one obtaining their running and fitness fix in just running the trails, and not necessarily enduring the Division 1 grind. Just an observation.

10 years ago 04/20/2014 11:47pm EDT

re: Alum

Alum wrote:
v6 wrote:
They blew off this puny dual meet, because that's what champions do.
I am a Stanford alum, and I approve this message.

I'll guarantee you this...alums and others with far more influence ($$$) and importance at Stanford than you two do not consider this a "puny dual meet" no matter how much you think you know how this sport works.

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