BYU Has Unreal 10k Depth

Legit times! Their back-of-the-pack guys should take a crack at the 2020 OT ‘thon trials. I bet they could sub 2:20 with the greatest of ease.

Who names their kid “Connor”?

It’s truely amazing how a school can allocate all their resources into one event.

Jfcj wrote:

Who names their kid “Connor”?

Huh? I'm a teacher, and that's a fairly common name here in LA. What's your first name?

Woee wrote:

It’s truely amazing how a school can allocate all their resources into one event.

Wrong, BYU actually has good depth across all track and field disciplines this year. In fact if you look at the regional rankings where depth comes more into play.

Then BYU actually ranks ahead of #1 national ranked Texas Tech.

At the national level you need a handful of truly elite athletes, in order to score points for your team. Good and great athletes won't cut it or make an impact point wise, there's just too much saturation of talent. This changes at the regional level.

You don't top your region including the #1 team in the country by allocating all of your resources into one event, or without a well rounded track team. Which BYU certainly has.

Woee wrote:

It’s truely amazing how a school can allocate all their resources into one event.

*truly

Also great depth at 5000m and the SC. Amazing that they did NOT win D1 XC last NOV....

Jfcj wrote:Who names their kid “Connor”?

Parents who want their kids to run fast 10000m times!

The ink on the letsrun message boards for these guys does not correlate to their performances. I bet if someone ran a search over last 5 years much more discussion of BYU than NAU who have wiped floor with them any time it matters.

I have no doubt most of these threads originate from Provo itself.

Small sample size I know but I’ve worked (outside of running) very closely with probably 10 BYU guys and they were all selfish assholes but that was ok because once per week they helped people from their church who had fallen on hard times.

They are all nice guys. You are just jealous. People who are better looking, or richer, or faster, or more successful, always seem like that to others regardless of how humble they are.

You're Not Connor! wrote:

Jfcj wrote:Who names their kid “Connor”?

Parents who want their kids to run fast 10000m times!

Like that Johnny Cash song, 'a boy name sue'.

BYU honeys wrote:

They are all nice guys. You are just jealous. People who are better looking, or richer, or faster, or more successful, always seem like that to others regardless of how humble they are.

And they get to have lots of little girls for their wives.

Self promoting much wrote:

The ink on the letsrun message boards for these guys does not correlate to their performances. I bet if someone ran a search over last 5 years much more discussion of BYU than NAU who have wiped floor with them any time it matters.

Championships matter. But they are not the end all be all.

The build up and anticipation matter too.

The fastest distance track times are often run during the season and not at Nationals where the races turn more tactical. As a fan i'm interested in every meet of the season. They all matter. It's fun to see guys improve and run fast. Bounce back after tough races etc..

The way most runners relate is through track times and comparing Personal Bests. In addition track times provide a nice historical comparison between teams in different eras.

Just so happens that BYU has had some great results during the last few seasons in both track and cross country. Which has sparked discussion. And given fans including myself anticipation for big things to come at nationals.

When BYU beat #1 and reigning XC champion Syracuse in 2016 at the Virginia Invitational.

In 2017 when they perfect scored the #3 team in the country at their conference meet.

In 2018 when they scored 29 points to take first at pre nats.

Just an example, there was exciting results every week, they were just killing it. Now in those seasons they didn't get the perfect end result that fans might have anticipated or hoped for but that doesn't take away from the exciting accomplishments and journey of each of those seasons.

Sure BYU seems to have an abundance fans on the site, but that is to be expected. The program has been excelling for a couple decades now. So if the BYU posts are started by fans it makes sense they have a lot to be excited about.

When is the last time a program has had 8 guys under 29 minutes in the 10k in one season? Has it ever happened before? How many times has there been more than 3 under 29 from one team?

Nothing is stopping other fans from posting about their teams... I know I would be interested in reading it...

Don’t knock magic underwear until you’ve tried it.

Self promoting much wrote:

The ink on the letsrun message boards for these guys does not correlate to their performances. I bet if someone ran a search over last 5 years much more discussion of BYU than NAU who have wiped floor with them any time it matters.

I have no doubt most of these threads originate from Provo itself.

Small sample size I know but I’ve worked (outside of running) very closely with probably 10 BYU guys and they were all selfish assholes but that was ok because once per week they helped people from their church who had fallen on hard times.

I bet they really enjoyed working with you!

What a weird response.

I agree with earlier poster but will obviously add same response about SSS.

I think the outreach of the LDS folks only goes to certain folks and that by itself limits the societal benefits.

They do run fast but the accolades as a program which runs fast and does good is overstated.

It’s not every school that can subsidize their sports programs off fire insurance.

A thing I think helps the BYU runners more than people realize is them being married with a consistent and stable living situation.

A lot of D1 runners (yes, even the fast ones) live in a frat like house with several teammates.

Two critical, on-topic running related questions based on the above....

1) does this mean Conor McGregor is Mormon?

2) what’s the CORRECT way to spell Conor (there can ONLY be one)? Conor? Connor? Conner?