American Fork XC is a secret to BYU’s success

Now that's a pipeline that fuels BYU's success.

Yes. I looked into AF’s training and its pretty similar: doubles almost everyday, hard long runs (AF does a 70 minute hard run every week which seems to be run at a super hard effort, Marathon pace maybe? Not sure) mostly aerobic development and every sunday off. Got this info from strava btw. If you want info about prevalent programs, just look up the team name on strava clubs and 80% have one.

Nothing new. AF’s 2 best runners (Fitzgerald/Jaster) are going to BYU

AF’s seniors are around 20 years old when they graduate. Perhaps that’s another reason for BYU’s success. They get 20 year old freshmen that take 6 to 8 years to graduate college. 26 to 28 year old college seniors with eligibility - ridiculous…

Where tf is this coming from?

Why are you acting surprised? Casey Clinger, an AF graduate, is going to turn 28 in a few months. He’ll be 30 when he graduates! 😮

That can’t be true…I’m 28 (about to turn 29 in a couple of months) and graduated HS in 2011.

That’s not true. He’s got to be 23/24. I’m class of 2020 and I believe he was a senior my freshman year.

Success? No scorers in the M/W 10ks, Clinger the only one in the 5k final M or W, no one made it to Eugene in the 1500, no finalists in the 8. There's some hope in the steeple.

i heard casey clinger is 32 going on 33

conor mantz won two XC titles and turned pro at 41

Well, most BYU runners serve two year missions for The Church of Jesus Christ and Latter-Day Saints, so they graduate at 18, but go on missions and receive little to no training, get 30 min of exercise a day and have to stay with their mission companions so can’t run solo. So after their mission, they have to gain back their fitness

In the past two years I’ve seen two different sets of Mormon missionaries training on my local middle school track. Name badges on and everything.
Buddy I ran with in high school was able to run on his mission in South America as well. Most days he just jogged up and down his apartment stairs.

for people who really want it they’ll find ways.

Yeah, that is true. If you want it enough, you can still run. I’m serving a mission eventually after high school, so I’ll have to find ways to run. I’d just imagine it’s hard to progress, but you could maintain some level with a willing companion

Even if this were remotely true I still wouldn’t care bc real ones know Basey Blinger spent 2 years shoveling snow in the streets of Tokyo and sometimes jogging for like 20 minutes a day at the park. Have you been paying attention?

IIRC mantz basically did nothing but sit-ups and push-ups for 30 minutes a day for two years straight because his mission companion wasn’t interested in running, and then he came home and got put in the frier by his sister on his first run back lol

This is probably the most correct post on this thread. They also change companions every few months as well and have no say in who their next companion will be.

Why do you feel the need to make shît up? The stronger the opinion, the less facts are at play in that person’s head.

Actually, graduating at 17 but starting elegibility at 20 would offend you just as much. That is what plenty of them actually do. Thing is, you have the option of graduating at 17, then spending 3 or 4 years training at altitude.....then going to college. Why not do that? Although you wouldn't be in violation of any rules, some would acuse you of 'beating the system' in some way.