Petition to let Tanner Anderson Race Footlocker

Yep. wrote:

I remember in a flotrack episode about a year ago, they mentioned the idea of giving the top 10 finishers at NXN an auto-bid to FL. Would definitely be a good idea as then there'd be no doubt whose the best in the nation. Plus, a 40 person field is a bit small and a 50 person field seems more fitting for a national championship. But, then again there's that question of "Is there any point of NXN?" If the top 10 individuals from NXN, and all of the other top dogs race at FL. Of course NXN could still be a team race, but then you just have a field of a bunch of 1750-20min girls and 1520-17min guys. The issue in high school is that the top individuals rarely come from the top teams.

Top 10? No freaking way. The winner can go to take a shot at the national title but absolutely they shouldn't let 10 guys in.

hey ho ho ho wrote:

This thread is full of stupid.

This is a very specific situation that happens every year.

I believe they used to make exceptions when the race first started tenish years ago.

It is as simple as inviting him. None of the other ten who qualified today would be affected, other than the fact most of them would lose to him.

Invite Allie Ostrander as well.

I don't know if I have ever been more disappointed in letsrun posters in my life. No one would be hurt in this situation, yet you cry.

I seriously doubt they will make an exception for an athlete who choose not to run a qualifier. Do you have any idea the problems this would cause? Situations like Tanner's has come up many times since the start of NXN and to the best of my knowledge FL has not even given consideration to adding an athlete who didn't qualify. Also, FL and NXN are competitors; why would FL invite an athlete who choose to run in the competitor's meet instead of theirs? Btw, in the history of FL, I can only think of two cases where an athlete was added, but in both of those cases the athlete ran the qualifier.

Ha, come on man. I'd love to see him there too though. A likely top 5 candidate.

WA power wrote:

Better than him? Anderson is THE BEST in the nation.

As much as you all institutionalize these entities (nxn, fl) its really just some people who are putting on the race. If they want to invite athletes to their race they can, and they should. I can't fathom why people are so upset that this would cause some sort of horrible precedent. If fl let the top 5 nxn finishers in then maton and tamango could have run nxn and anderson could run fl. Then there are 45 people in the race instead of 40 (oh the horror). I am too surprised to see the resistance to this idea.

I agree that the NXN champ should get an invite to Footlocker if they're from the Northeast or West since they don't have the choice to double.

BTW- Where's he going to college?? Couldn't find this.

hello forest wrote:

... If fl let the top 5 nxn finishers in then maton and tamango could have run nxn and anderson could run fl. Then there are 45 people in the race instead of 40 (oh the horror). I am too surprised to see the resistance to this idea.

Yes, top 5 is even better. 10 may be going a bit too deep. It is likely that one of the top 5 at NXN would end up in the top 3 at FL. After that, it becomes a bit less likely.

You also don't want to destroy the regional concept of FL by creating such a big "out".

It's not a problem with NxN or FL nationals. It's FL West regional. It's not an issue with this side of the country. NxN South winner also ran to a runner up finish ( probably just making sure he made it) at FL South and now he's on his way to Nationals. The west needs to fix their schedule and it's all good

In 2006, Foot Locker only took 8 guys from the West Regional and added the top two West Region finishers from NXN (then NTN) finals. Neither athlete ran a qualifier (FL West was the same day as NXN finals).

I don't see FL adding Anderson at this point but I really think it should be a standing rule that the boys' and girls' NXN champion should get an automatic spot at Foot Lockers.

TAA wrote:

I agree that the NXN champ should get an invite to Footlocker if they're from the Northeast or West since they don't have the choice to double.

The FL regional champs should get invites to NxN, except the west which is held the same day.

If I was a FL regional champ though, I definitely would not go to NxN, and would prepare for the FLN final.

Anderson helped his team get onto the podium today at NXN. Two other top boys from the West with teams who qualified for NXN chose to run at Footlocker West. It seems absurd that they should be forced to choose between the meets. The West is the only region where athletes are precluded from doing both because the CA State Meet is held so late in the season. Move the CA meet up a week and the issue is resolved.

Not again... Are you kidding me!!! Can posters please stop this kind of crap...

I say that they just combine the meets and call it the Nike Footlocker Nationals. Hold it in San Diego because everyone likes nice weather and it doesn't give anyone a weather advantage.

Have 7 regional meets held the weekend before the race so no one gets an unfair calendar advantage.

The seven regions would be California, New York, Northwest, Northeast, South, Southwest, Midwest.

Have the top 2 teams of every region qualify with 4 at large teams.

And have the top 10 individuals in each region accepted, but you are only accepted as an individual if you are in the top 10. So team qualifying runners like Anderson and Maton in the northwest would finish in the top 10 and displace, therefore only 7 or 8 individuals would qualify from that region.

You would end up with somewhere around 50-55 Individuals every year.

So you end up with races of around 175-185 every year. I'm fairly certain the Balboa course can handle that number, with some minor tweaks to width of path. This system would guarantee the individual favorites would still get to wage battle for the oh so historic foot locker title. But also add the legitimate team race.

These changes would force CIF to move the california schedule back a week, but it would also allow all the divisions to be merged in one race for the regional. It would be like the New Jersey meet of champions. All in all, I doubt this will ever happen. Nike and foot locker are too stubborn and selfish in general to settle their differences to make one true national championship. But we can dream.

Interview from Nov 2014 from Milesplit:(How has the college decision process been going? What schools are you looking at? Are you hoping to make a decision by a certain date?)TA: "University of Washington, Wisconsin, Norther Arizon (NAU), UNC, Syracuse I plan on making my choice late in January. The whole experience has been really fun. I like going out to eat at all these different places."

ttc wrote:

BTW- Where's he going to college?? Couldn't find this.

Wisconsin, really? How many scholarships do they have? They have a bunch of top freshman and sophomores.

Or are all these top guys only on partial scholarships?

I'd love for him to go to Syracuse. It's a nice up and coming program.

Vvgfgvvgfvgggv wrote:

Wisconsin, really? How many scholarships do they have? They have a bunch of top freshman and sophomores.

Or are all these top guys only on partial scholarships?

Yeah, hard to imagine Wisconsin not on the list. They are one of the most storied programs.

Based on his talent, he should select Wisconsin. Best long-term potential. Then perhaps NAU. They are the only two programs that have produced Olympians in the last decade in American distance running and Tanner Anderson has Olympic potential.

LET ANDERSON RUN FOOTLOCKER!!!!!!!!!

If they want a serious Cross matchup between Fisher and Anderson to draw the National Attention they both deserve - that the Sport needs and deserves!!! Then they\'ve got to go with this! Otherwise, it will be probably just another Fisher win and a \"boring what could have been\".

Do you want to bring out the Best in these kids - I thought that\'s what the whole point was or do you want to simply continue to just make them \"Jr. Whores\" for the shoe companies??

Footlocker invite him now!!!!!!!! One extra body is not going to overpack the field. DO IT!!!!!!