They just ran their state championship and the fastest BOYS time from all races was 17:29 for 3 MILES. Only 6 boys ran faster than 18 minutes out of all seven races meaning there are state champion boys in Louisiana slower than 18:40 for 5k. Don’t even get me started on the girls. Before anyone says it is too hot and humid to run fast there remember that it starts getting cool there in October so weather isn’t a valid excuse.
But there triple jumpers are always right at the top in track and field news
I'm not saying Louisiana is a great, or even good, distance state, but those times are meaningless. It was a mud pit from pictures I've seen. The boys 5A champion only ran 17:59, but has run under 15 for 3 miles and 15:30 for 5k this year. He ran 9:07 in the spring as a junior.
lolkittenz wrote:
I'm not saying Louisiana is a great, or even good, distance state, but those times are meaningless. It was a mud pit from pictures I've seen. The boys 5A champion only ran 17:59, but has run under 15 for 3 miles and 15:30 for 5k this year. He ran 9:07 in the spring as a junior.
Would you mind sharing the pictures?
You conveniently leave out the part concerning how oppressively hot and humid it is all summer and early fall. You know, the period when everyone is getting fit. You just equally conveniently point to the weather during the state meet.
2/10, as even troll posts can be instructive.
LA is certainly in the bottom hierarchy of performance regarding endurance prowess, HOWEVER, the course was a multi lap circuit, run over two days with multiple races and some horrendous footing (mud). You can call the state of LA bad but you cannot use this as statistical proof.
Jambalaya wrote:
But there triple jumpers are always right at the top in track and field news
THEIR triple jumpers.
Good grief.
This is why most people don't put that much time emphasis in XC. Temperature is just one factor on a list of many.
90% of the course was 2-3" of mud. Worst conditions most long time coaches had ever seen. Temps in 30's with wind chill in upper 20's. This was the first meet all year with temps below 70F. The cold was just inconvenient. You couldn't have made it any worse without plowing the course. Monday's races were bad enough (smaller schools), but Tuesday's races became worse and worse with every race. We avged 3 -4 minutes slower per person. Not 1 inch of the course was Rupp certified except the 300m of track at the finish. Also, because of the track, spikes were limited to 1/4" only.
Geezus, based upon the pic alone I thought the course was a muddy horse racing track.
That pic had water and mud. Most of the course was just deep mud without the water. The hill at the end was a mess to get up and to stay upright on the way down. Catholic in the 5A race had 7 guys under 16:00 for 3 miles just a couple weeks earlier. Their top 5 average was 18:45 at state.
LA XC wrote:
Catholic in the 5A race had 7 guys under 16:00 for 3 miles just a couple weeks earlier. Their top 5 average was 18:45 at state.
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That 3 miler was obviously only a 2.5 mile course ;)
The top girl in the state was a consistent 17:40-17:50 runner. She ran 22:04
Don't think so. Highland Park course. 3 miles accurate with quite a few hills.
CourseConditions? wrote:
https://twitter.com/MileSplitLA/status/1062830368762576899This is why most people don't put that much time emphasis in XC. Temperature is just one factor on a list of many.
That is what cross country is supposed to look like. Not those manicured golf courses. Might as well hold the race on a road when you get that far away from the roots of cross country.
Reminds me of NXN at the original horse track place.
I thought the thread title was "Louisiana is now the worst state in USA"
LA is about to have a boy qualify for NXN and a girls team that should place top 5 at Nike South. Hardly the worst state.
I'm happy I ran in Illinois where you were GUARANTEED to PR at state if you made it
CourseConditions? wrote:
https://twitter.com/MileSplitLA/status/1062830368762576899
This has to be the worst xc conditions I've ever seen, that mud is deep!