Can college coaches set a time standard and only give shoes to an athlete that hits that?

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    ironside

    Member since 11/27/2015.

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    6 years ago 02/15/2018 2:24pm EST
    re: Anyone know?

    Anyone know? wrote:

    My coach set a time standard and said we could get one pair of shoes if we hit it. No one did on the slow xc course so no one has gotten trainers for months now. Any NCAA rules about this?

    Many on LetsRun do not have love for members of track & field team who never race events longer than 400m. Don't get me started on LetsRun's lack of appreciation for field event athletes. That said, XC, indoor t&f and outdoor track & field is one big program. For example, if no males on XC can race sub-28 for 8000m but the track & field team has one or more guys who can high jump well over 2 metres, one or more sub-47 400m guys and a few sub-22 200 metres guys, the best athletes get the gear.

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    TheRunningTroll

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    6 years ago 02/15/2018 4:11pm EST
    re: critic100

    I am in the top 5 on the xc team and was freshman year. With that being said, NONE of us got shoes. As in no one on the team

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    Flounder

    Member since 12/09/2017.

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    6 years ago 02/15/2018 4:21pm EST
    re: TheRunningTroll

    TheRunningTroll wrote:

    I am in the top 5 on the xc team and was freshman year. With that being said, NONE of us EARNED shoes. As in no one on the team

    Fixed ur statement. Next time at least meet the standard.

  • Shoeless

    Anonymous Poster

    6 years ago 02/15/2018 4:38pm EST
    re: TheRunningTroll

    So you have never gotten a pair of shoes in your entire college career from your school?

  • I'll just buy my own, thanks

    Anonymous Poster

    6 years ago 02/15/2018 8:07pm EST
    re: TrackFan19

    Doesn't that slimy nike bribe some of the colleges with their crappy shoes? I wouldn't want to wear them even if they were free.

  • notfromhere

    Anonymous Poster

    6 years ago 02/15/2018 8:19pm EST
    re: TheRunningTroll

    TheRunningTroll wrote:

    Also, don't think I'm trying to find a rule to say we have to get shoes so I can go tell someome. I didn't think that would be the case but a friend of mine mentioned it so i asked.

    I was stunned when we got our training gear washed every day. Not every week, but every day.

  • SequenceRisk

    Anonymous Poster

    6 years ago 02/15/2018 9:17pm EST
    re: Anyone know?

    Yes, coaches can not give you shoes. I was a 6 time D1 mid-major conference champion and qualified for 4 NCAA regionals in the 1500m. I was lucky to get 2 pairs of trainers every year and a pair of spikes. My first year, I only got 1 pair of shoes and bought my spikes and warm-ups.

    One of my issue with cross country/track is that it is an all-comers sport. There are never cuts in high school, so everyone thinks that they deserve everything. Our sport does not make a dime of profit. So where do you think that operating budgets come from? At the smaller levels, donors. Someone donated that money, so you could be lazy all summer and come to practice out of shape expecting to get shoes on your fat feet. Train hard and then race fast!

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    Les

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    6 years ago 02/15/2018 10:44pm EST
    re: Anyone know?

    If it was a reasonable time goal within the capabilities of the athletes, then it's on the coach if no one met the standard. Can't put it on the athletes if the one common denominator is the coach.

  • Been There Ran That

    Anonymous Poster

    6 years ago 02/16/2018 9:27am EST
    re: TheRunningTroll

    TheRunningTroll wrote:

    Sub 33 xc 10k on a course where the front Kenyans didn't break 31.

    Got some bad news for you, bud. All those Kenyans went and ran similar times (+/- 15 seconds or so) at nationals, on a course that hosted regionals the prior year and saw 33:00 place 98th. Using a little mathematical deduction here, if A = B and B = C, then A = C. Therefore your course was plenty quick and y'all just failed to earn your shoes. Better luck next time.

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