Of course the NCAA all ready does this by holding seperate DI and DII races. The fastest 10k guy in college is NOT a DI runner.
On Tue, 23 Oct 2001, Keenan Robbins wrote: > it is just sick to think about splitting up nationals, cross country is the one and >only time when you can decide who the top dog is on that day. One race, one champion. >Bringing > together the milers and the 10K dudes. The BEST, bar none. It kind of relates to the >watering down of high school football. In MN there is 1A-5A plus nine-man. 6 state >champions in the > same sport. Whoever promotes this plan has no idea what cross country is REALLY >about. > > - Keenan > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated Tue, 23 Oct 2001 6:31:43 AM Eastern Daylight Time, >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > I'm a big fan of the old adage, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it". I think > > > the IAAF was wrong to go to two distances, and I think it would be terrible > > > for the NCAA to follow suit. If you want to get more kids involved in the > > > sport, then add "Open" or "JV" races...don't fool with the championship > > > format. If we go to long/short, would we ever see a miler like Alan Webb go > > > against a Dathan Ritzenhein in a Championship race? > > > > > > And what about rankings? Would we have polls to determine the leading long > > > and short teams? I don't think so, unless you "force" runners to stay with > > > either the long or short distance throughout the season. > > > > > > And, most importantly, it would mean twice as many races for me to > > > report(Just kidding on this one). > > > > > > Walt Murphy > > > X-Country X-Press > > > > I agree 100% with Walt. Cross is (was) great because everyone runs one race. Who >will remember the World Cross 4K champion years from now? Almost nobody. More bad >ideas from the NCAA. > > sideshow > > ******************************* Paul Talbot Department of Geography/ Institute of Behavioral Science University of Colorado, Boulder Boulder CO 80309-0260 (303) 492-3248 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
