Cougars *older men wrote:
Average age 26. So yeah.
Vs all other programs Average age 20.
Find me a program where I can have all runners be the age of elites, we'll match and beat da cougs.
The BYU guys that went on a mission get a two year deferral of eligibility due to not training while on the mission. Largest average age difference would be 2-yrs if everyone when on a mission which not all do. You really like to stretch things and compare the max age a BYU senior runner might be with what a middle age non-LDS runners might be at another school. Not a very honest comparison. Byu athletes get the exact same number of years of eligibility as other schools but some of that eligibility can be defered if they served a mission.
Added year they graduated from high school:
2017 - 3 Clinger, Casey FR-1 BYU 3:36.97@(1) 2021 BYU Robison Invitational Apr 21, 2021
2018 - 5 Bons, Lucas FR-1 BYU 3:37.21@(1) 2021 BYU Robison Invitational Apr 21, 2021
2013 - 6 Franco, Talem SR-4 BYU 3:37.55 Fresno St. West Coast Relays Apr 30, 2021
2015 - 10 Mantz, Conner JR-3 BYU 3:37.96 Fresno St. West Coast Relays Apr 30, 2021
2018 - 23 Troutner, Aidan FR-1 BYU 3:39.43@(1) 2021 BYU Robison Invitational Apr 21, 2021
2015 - 76 Armstrong, Elijah JR-3 BYU 3:43.11@(1) 2021 BYU Robison Invitational Apr 21, 2021
2020 - 92 Allred, Easton FR-1 BYU 3:43.70@(1) 2021 BYU Robison Invitational Apr 21, 2021
2018 - 98 Garnica, Brandon JR-3 BYU 3:43.91@(1) 2021 BYU Robison Invitational Apr 21, 2021
It is amazing how well Bons, and Troutner are running since they missed two years of running after High School to serve a mission. Allred has delt with a lot of physical problems lately and is running really well considering that.