UNM women - my math doesn't look favorable

Do we know yet who Franklin is looking at for next year's transfers?

Sherriff_lobo wrote:

What crap. Franklin isn't interested in their academics. He just was to buy his championships

As much as we sound "bitter". You sound like a blind fanboy. Enjoy your tainted wins

I will enjoy our perfectly rule abiding wins.

birther wrote:

My guess is she does run. New Mexico wins, USF second, and CU and Oregon battle for 4th. It's like the presidency in this country in that the road to the top is dependent upon how many foreign assets you can secure, and right now UNM and USF have the most.

Hate to say I called it, but I called it (other than Stanford sneaking in for 4th).

Congratulations to University of New Mexico. Another women NCAA D1 XC Championship. What is the story with local talent Natasha Bernal? Is she injured? Did Ms Bernal just not make the seven person varsity roster?

birther wrote:

As long as they are competing against the US internationally, I consider them foreign.

I think you will find that the top 5 finishers for the 2nd place USF team are also international students.

USF's Charlotte Taylor and UNM's Alice Wright lead the UK under 23 cross country team to the European championship a couple years ago.

BTW, Alice Wright isn't a transfer, she is a red shirt senior who is in her 5th year at UNM.

Do you think she even has a chance to make the traveling team at UNM? They have no interest in developing local talent at UNM when they can just bring in older, developed foreign athletes. They have two more Brits and an Australian already on the roster that will likely run ahead of her next year. She should transfer some place where she can be given a chance to compete.

I'm well aware that USF is all foreign as well. I am also aware that CU and Stanford have zero foreigners in their top 7.

once a faster runner wrote:

Congratulations to University of New Mexico. Another women NCAA D1 XC Championship. What is the story with local talent Natasha Bernal? Is she injured? Did Ms Bernal just not make the seven person varsity roster?

I think she is a redshirt this year. She last competed in the Steeplechase last summer.

birther wrote:

Do you think she even has a chance to make the traveling team at UNM? They have no interest in developing local talent at UNM when they can just bring in older, developed foreign athletes. They have two more Brits and an Australian already on the roster that will likely run ahead of her next year. She should transfer some place where she can be given a chance to compete.

She should transfer to CU, where they had an All-American from last year not run in the top-7 at NCAAs this year, replaced by an incoming freshman. Oh wait... seems like all the really good programs are about developing championships - even if that means leaving a stud local runner or stud All-American off the varsity squad.

birther wrote:

Do you think she even has a chance to make the traveling team at UNM? They have no interest in developing local talent at UNM when they can just bring in older, developed foreign athletes. They have two more Brits and an Australian already on the roster that will likely run ahead of her next year. She should transfer some place where she can be given a chance to compete.

Local talent seems uninterested in attending UNM. Most of them are just looking to leave the state

University of Nothing Much? University of Near Mom?

Proud of the Lobo women. Made XC season exciting.

Wonder what they will do next year.