Official 2019 NCAA Outdoor Day 1 Discussion Thread

How did North Carolina A&T’s Akeem SIRLEAF DNS the 200 semifinal but then race on the 4x400?

Yes, they get a 2 year mission plus a regular redshirt year for a total of 7 years.

Correct me if I’m wrong but they could also get a “greyshirt” year if they started part time at a Juco for the first year out of high school (and trained with an outside non-school club)?

That would push the total years out from high school gradation to completion of NCAA eligibility to 8 years???

Wait a second... wrote:

formerJock wrote:

i am 24 years old- graduated hs the same year as clayton young, 2012. did my 4 years of d1. now, not only am I done competing, but everyone I ever trained with (freshmen when I was a senior) is done competing in the ncaa. not only would I be a more physically mature athlete- I would also have another 3 years of emotional growth. I think that we sometimes overestimate how mature ncaa athletes are at 18 years old.

Why didn't you use your redshirt year so you would have had 5 years if you're so confident that you would have done better with added physical and emotional maturity??

Maybe he or she actually finished a 4-year degree in 4 years and didn’t want to languish another year in college.

The weather conditions seem absolutely perfect for sprinting.

Ahhh, the glory days! PB’s for everyone!

JPN must be incredibly proud of AHSB, especially if he takes the title.

Oduduru is on fire. I hope he will continue at this level for years to come.

2 non-Americans leading the 100m, it’s not just the 10,000 anymore

I know they had to push the 10k back to avoid some of the heat. But why not push the rest of prelims back so they can roll into the 10k? The crowd was embarrassing and I don’t blame the spectators because it was so late after everything! Oregon was always packed for the 10k.

Lebron is sub 5 wrote:

I know they had to push the 10k back to avoid some of the heat. But why not push the rest of prelims back so they can roll into the 10k? The crowd was embarrassing and I don’t blame the spectators because it was so late after everything! Oregon was always packed for the 10k.

You have it backwards. They pushed the other events forward due to worries of thunderstorms in the early evening. The 10000m is the only event that didn't have a change in start time.

Sprintgeezer wrote:

Wait a second... wrote:

Why didn't you use your redshirt year so you would have had 5 years if you're so confident that you would have done better with added physical and emotional maturity??

Maybe he or she actually finished a 4-year degree in 4 years and didn’t want to languish another year in college.

Obviously. And good on him for graduating in 4 years. But the entire basis of his argument was that there is so much to be gained by extra years of physical and emotional maturity - but only the BYU guys get to take advantage of him. That argument goes straight out the window when he admits he didn't even take advantage of a redshirt year to be a year older his senior year.

Point is these guys aren't going on missions just to be 2 years older. Just like you don't use a redshirt year just so you can be one year older. You do both for other reasons and the age is an afterthought.

TuesdayAllAmerican wrote:

Yes, they get a 2 year mission plus a regular redshirt year for a total of 7 years.

Correct me if I’m wrong but they could also get a “greyshirt” year if they started part time at a Juco for the first year out of high school (and trained with an outside non-school club)?

That would push the total years out from high school gradation to completion of NCAA eligibility to 8 years???

That is insane! So any other college study has 5 years to complete their 4 years competing, but a Mormon student has 7? Ridiculous!

BYU Rockin It wrote:

This is the best distance team ever assembled. Studies show that runners peak athletically at 21 so these guys are disadvantaged by being older. Stop all of the crying about the rules. Change the rules or go play a different game.

Only an uneducated human jellyfish would think this.

Stop writing lies.

BS on any study that suggests distance runners peak at 21years old. It is distance runners being talked about in this thread.

Dude, stop you're crying. BYU trampled people last night, and gave the haters on this board what they deserved.

Did not see thread for DL. Tirunesh Dibaba is not the same person as Genzebe Dibaba. Pretty bad error in your story.

Does anybody know why Western Ky 4 x4 get DQed.

BYU Rockin It wrote:

This is the best distance team ever assembled.

False. You're thinking of the Lanana era Cardinal.

not enough time wrote:

Did not see thread for DL. Tirunesh Dibaba is not the same person as Genzebe Dibaba. Pretty bad error in your story.

I saw that mistake too. Kind of embarrassing, as both are elite, historic level athletes, and quite recognizable in races.

3+ laps and counting into the women’s 10K and still no mention from the announcers of the New Mexico runners, one of who has been leading the entire times. ?

Impressive they never mention the favorite in the race even though she's leading (albeit at a glacial pace) in Kelati, but a dozen Notre Dame references are made.