Gabe Fendel

Could have been worse for him...luckily he already committed to CU Boulder. Not sure if that would have happened if he didn't commit during the early period and then missed qualifying for both NXN and FL. Plenty of athletes looking for the attention of the CU coaches who did qualify for those races.

Something about going that hard early on.

Charlie Kern wrote:

Something about going that hard early on.

How'd your season go, Charlie?

Hello WSC Friend

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Peak junior year?

Could have been worse wrote:

Could have been worse for him...luckily he already committed to CU Boulder. Not sure if that would have happened if he didn't commit during the early period and then missed qualifying for both NXN and FL. Plenty of athletes looking for the attention of the CU coaches who did qualify for those races.

Doubt that CU is too worried. Fendel will thrive at CU. ---Wetmore seems indifferent to athletes who do or don't have FL or NXN credentials and actually doesn't like the pressure or hype that NXN or FL success can bring. He definitely gets a big blue chip or four each year but CU seems to delve deeper looking for potential where others don't, sometimes and often, successfully. They also don't necesasrily favor recruits with better prs over others always. Theyre also good at finding CO athletes who may be flying under the radar and who have not posted equal times to others around the country. That said, CU has a good class so far. Fendel and Scales are a nice pair of recruits.

11th place at footlocker regionals, Gabe just quit running and become a meth head like the rest of Indiana. You know 11th ain't bad? Give the kid a break. oh , sorry this is the Let's run message board.

Gabe Fendel is too busy writing history to read it

None of us are just trashing him. The reality is that 11th is fantastic for almost everyone, but for Fendel, who was 11th? at FL Nationals last year, that’s without a doubt disappointing, and I’m sure he knows that as well

riptheboii wrote:

His NOOO scream of agony at the end when he realized he was 11th was 90% sad/dispiriting and 10% hilarious

video?

It’s at 2:53 if u don’t want to watch the whole video.

laughoutloud wrote:

https://instagram.com/p/BU40cADDUiW/

"I feel like I'm too busy writing history to read it."

Ahhh history buff I see. He focused a little too much on his academics this year and training/racing took a back seat. Any links to the big history writing project he has been working on? Knowing the classic grinding work ethic of a distance runner, I bet it's a gem!

Maybe with Gabe Fendel going to CU and all, and with his lovely Insta quote... he should forever be known as the "History Buff"? I hope this catches on...

laughoutloud wrote: It’s at 2:53 if u don’t want to watch the whole video.

Wow, he took a page right out of the women's playbook. The contrived wail of agony, collapsing at the finish in faux exhaustion.... Oh, the drama!

Two more looks at the scream:

http://il.milesplit.com/videos/235237

https://twitter.com/PastaParker/status/934498777297309696

He has the flu, I’m sure that had an influence on how he did Sat, it’s going around in a bad way right now!

He had not worked out at all prior to Detwiler, that was off base mileage so the going hard early comment is just stupid.

=[plknbgt wrote:

11th place at footlocker regionals, Gabe just quit running and become a meth head like the rest of Indiana. You know 11th ain't bad? Give the kid a break. oh , sorry this is the Let's run message board.

Opioids is the drug of choice in Indiana now. Get with the times.

Anyways, life goes on, kid. Maybe he's more of a track man.