Scrimgeor of Georgetown 59th at Nationals last year runninbg right with Stearns and Appelton
Yep, solid 5k results outdoors on the track and today what looks like a levelling up following a year of hard work. Another one to watch at Nuttycombe.
the biggest concern for Stanford must be Cole Sprout finishing 62nd. he has just not been the same since he got injured late last year during XC. maybe his fitness level still isn't up there with the rest and he'll get better as the season progresses.
not worried about Lex and Leo. First NCAA 8K against top competition, cold wet conditions which they aren't used to. I havent seen the splits but my guess is they went out too hard and paid for it in the last few miles.
Stanford had their first official xc practice on August 29th which is problematic 3ish weeks later than other schools. Stanford is on a quarterly system and just started school this week I think?
In theory this shouldn’t affect them too much if they are going their summer training, but you also don’t know what their training is like right now. Like for most teams, this is just a course preview and santos seemed to peak Charles and ky right for xc/outdoor nats last year.
I do agree tho that they don’t have a 5th, but I expect ky, cole and youngs to only get better.
Nice result for NC's grad transfer Alex Phillip, coming in 8th in 23:33.
Phillip ran at D3 John Carroll in Cleveland for his undergraduate years and seems like he'll transition nicely to the D1 level. As a 2019 high school grad he is a true 5th year and is younger than a lot of the guys he'll run against this year.
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Stanford had their first official xc practice on August 29th which is problematic 3ish weeks later than other schools. Stanford is on a quarterly system and just started school this week I think?
In theory this shouldn’t affect them too much if they are going their summer training, but you also don’t know what their training is like right now. Like for most teams, this is just a course preview and santos seemed to peak Charles and ky right for xc/outdoor nats last year.
I do agree tho that they don’t have a 5th, but I expect ky, cole and youngs to only get better.
You can easily see their training on Strava. They’ll be fine, people love to overreact to September results and give hot takes because they think they’re Adam silver.
Also how are you all so stupid? There is no such thing as a “#5” guy, everyone mixes up based on how they respond to training and the emotions of racing. “Oh yeah this race in September established how they’ll do the whole season”.
Were you even a fan of stanford before santos started coaching? When Milt coached and they never showed up until conference? Or are you that young and in high school?
not worried about Lex and Leo. First NCAA 8K against top competition, cold wet conditions which they aren't used to. I havent seen the splits but my guess is they went out too hard and paid for it in the last few miles.
It was the exact opposite. The Youngs ran very conservatively the first 6k, then each passed more than 30 runners the last 2k.
The Youngs just need to learn race tactics. They both closed well the last K and passed a ton of people. Both passed over 30 people on the last 2K. if they learn to position themselves better they’ll do better.
Sprout ended awful. Lost so many positions in that time. stanford is a huge question mark imo rn
not worried about Lex and Leo. First NCAA 8K against top competition, cold wet conditions which they aren't used to. I havent seen the splits but my guess is they went out too hard and paid for it in the last few miles.
It was the exact opposite. The Youngs ran very conservatively the first 6k, then each passed more than 30 runners the last 2k.
Sounds like it was just a workout for the Youngs. Run conservatively first 6k, run hard the last 2k.
not worried about Lex and Leo. First NCAA 8K against top competition, cold wet conditions which they aren't used to. I havent seen the splits but my guess is they went out too hard and paid for it in the last few miles.
It was the exact opposite. The Youngs ran very conservatively the first 6k, then each passed more than 30 runners the last 2k.
oh wow, good for them. in high school they mainly ran up front. running back in the pack in NCAA's is an entirely new experience for them. they'll figure it out.
NAU men win easy without Nico Young and Aaron Las Heras
NAU women win easy without Ruby Smee and Ali Upshaw
sorry to be such a Captain Obvious but geez those teams are good.
Yeah. Is NAU good enough to derail NC state?
I havent seen NC State run yet but my answer is yes, they're good enough to derail them. it'll come down to #5 runner.
NC States top 4 Tuohy, Chimel, Tyneesma, and Bush and NAU's Smee, Stearns, Larkin and Upshaw are all right there. every one of them needs to have an A+ day, if they do it'll be decided at #5. and that's a toss up.
This was a crazy deep and fast early season/ opener. It’ll be exciting to see who can close the gap on NAU and if they can stay ahead for both genders.
BYU men really came from behind on this one and were moving well the second half. I don’t know if two more km would have been enough.
I think NC state is a little better at this point. Their top 3 are so dang good plus their 4 and 5 will probably be all Americans. I think NAUs 4,5 and 6 are better than NC State’s. I see Annika Reiss at #4 and Upshaw at # 5. Don’t forget about their super frosh Emma Stutzman?? She ran up there with their top 5 at their home opener.
