Women’s 2022 ACC Cross Country Championship Possible Outcome

It certainly LOOKS fast with an all downhill start.

Who the heck is Norris or Steelman? LoL

For any of you with Runnerspace or Dyestat...they just did a long interview with Sam Bush...just talking about the comparisons between this years team versus last year. Interesting listen.

Mahala Norris as a senior was 4th in the Indoor 5,000, 4th in XC (4 days later) and she won the 3,000 steeplechase Outdoor. Hannah Steelman was 15:31 and 9:43 that year.

Thanks. Don't have a subscription with them though. Any big takeaways from the interview that you can share?

several times after the long winded statement/question she seemed unsure what she was asked (and I do not blame her). The team knows several runners had "bad races" (as I recall, her words) at Nuttycombe. She said she did not finish well there. Said they were still in heavy training (at least then). No indication of Starliper's - or anyone's- health or anything like that. Hene's view on handling hills if you are fit, you can handle them if you are mentally ready.

Thanks! I'm driving up to Charlottesville (from the Raleigh area) for the ACC Championships. I really hope Starliper is running.

Me too!

Would you mind posting a link? Thank you

I know that the host of that interview has been around for some time...I have heard him ask questions in some post-race interviews. Not sure who he is... he is fairly knowledgeable about the runners / courses. But yeah, his questions always drag on and on, and you end up hearing him talk a lot more than the runner.

The end of the interview was frustrating, as he asks a good question regarding the course at OSU...but by the time he finished asking, S. Bush had no idea what he was talking about.

I have the most difficult time listening to his interviews. Often I just want to turn it off and move on.

I might be reading into it too much but she kept saying after the core 3 we will have to win a different way. Wonder if there’s some injuries or problems in the roster.

Thank you! incredible performances

Thanks for the link. As for the interviewer, I had heard him asking questions in other past interviews at meets/etc, but never actually seen him or knew who he was. Good to finally find out who this guy is.

Poor Sam, for having to sit through that.

Interviewer: (rambles for 5 minutes, posing leading questions then answering them himself on and on)

Sam: um, what was the question again?

Repeat

100%.

I know this is not a thread about nationals... but I did not love the answer about how they are prepping for stillwater. Bush indicated Henes views hill running as a mindset and fitness level.

It made me wonder whether they are trying to simulate the OK state hills in practice (I assumed any team would be). Imho hill running (up and down) is also a skill and strength that needs practice.

I agree...even at the basic level of coaching that I did, we always would prepare the runners for expected terrain/hills.

Many of these runners have done the course before, so they know what to expect. And certainly in practice they will be regularly ending training runs with long / short hills to somewhat match the OSU course.

In my opinion, the hype about the OSU course is a little overblown....you don't get this far in XC without running hilly courses.

One thing Bush said was that she and Seymour were not happy with their result at Nutty (or implied that). She mentioned that she ran near the front and then dropped off, and had to work her way back up. She realized that this likely was not the best tactic.

So while she will likely run near the front at ACC's, at Nationals I would expect she finds a better placement for herself for the first 4 k so she can attack better at the end.

The TIE at Nutty was likely a really good reminder for the team that they will need every placement spot possible.