Saratoga girls gone???

Wow really impressive, top 7 under 19 on what seemed to be a no competitive meet. I would say they should be the state leaders no doubt.

100%, their talent this year is fair more than last year. Looks like the fight for varsity is the main competition they will receive this year. Being from Clifton park and knowing shen well, I can’t see rob or any of those girls beating the legendary blue streaks

Why are they going so unnoticed??

Can’t wait for this section 2 battle out. One for the ages. Blue streaks are super competitive and I can’t see them giving up to Shenendehowa or niskayuna. VERY excited .

Ok chill wrote:

Top team at NXN calling in now

5 posts made within 6 minutes, LOL! I'd say the OP is responsible for 4 of them, if not all 5. This forum is a joke!

The suburban council schedule is 5 dual meets plus league championship meet. If you run all of them then you will have sufficient meets for sectionals. This is not hard.

Handle Changer to the MAX wrote:

Ok chill wrote:

Top team at NXN calling in now

5 posts made within 6 minutes, LOL! I'd say the OP is responsible for 4 of them, if not all 5. This forum is a joke!

Looks like it happened a couple times . Likely the same parent posting over and over . Can’t tell if it is one whose daughter is on varsity talking them up or one who had a fall out with Kranicks trying to stir things up . Typical of lets run .

Hounddogharrier wrote:

Handle Changer to the MAX wrote:

5 posts made within 6 minutes, LOL! I'd say the OP is responsible for 4 of them, if not all 5. This forum is a joke!

Looks like it happened a couple times . Likely the same parent posting over and over . Can’t tell if it is one whose daughter is on varsity talking them up or one who had a fall out with Kranicks trying to stir things up . Typical of lets run .

looks like 1 of each, lol. This thread is hilarious.

OilyBird wrote:

Hounddogharrier wrote:

Wow. Toga had 10 of the top 12 against a tough field - without Chemiel. FM Has no chance against them.

Do the Krazy Kraniks burn kids out so the non-elites dont run after H.S.?

How many get stress fractures from too much, too soon?

The fraction of saratoga runners that keep being runners after high school is actually very high last time I checked (which, in fairness, was years ago). The "non-elites" just don't get scholarships for college running programs so they either run for NIRCA teams, D3 programs, or become casual marathon runners

OilyBird wrote:

Do the Krazy Kraniks burn kids out so the non-elites dont run after H.S.?

How many get stress fractures from too much, too soon?

Why are you so convinced they burn kids out and that their approach is crazy or even unusual? Every single kid I know who was a serious athlete in HS in the last 10 years committed time, effort and money to the pursuit of their sport that those of us who were athletes 20+ years ago would find insane. I’m talking about kids who specialized in specific positions in their one sport starting before the age of 10, and played only that sport year round. Whose parents spent thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars on private coaches, elite travel teams, camps, showcases, strength/agility training at private gyms, sports psychologists, etc. - all at the “suggestion” of their main coach. Some of these kids were recruited, a few had decent college careers - but not a single one made it to the pros in their respective sports. I never once heard someone complain that these coaches were crazy or burning out these kids or - probably the fairest criticism - that they were selling these families a fantasy that this enormous investment would somehow pay off in the form of big scholarships and pro salaries. If we want to call out the “professionalization” of HS sports, let’s be honest and admit it’s a problem across the board, and it’s not just two coaches in some small town in the middle of nowhere.