Instead of stepping on the starting line in Norman, Okla., Friday night to run 10,000
meters against Big 12 competition in what would likely be no more than a hard workout,
CU junior Dathan Ritzenhein will be in Palo Alto, Calif., to run 10K against the best
Americans in a race that should be
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It's hard to believe that an athletic administrator would support
something like this, or that a head coach would want his athlete to do
this. I guess Wetmore doesn't really want to have a track team, just a
few good (by U.S. standard) distance runners. Does Wetmore think that
Ritz can't get
Wayne -
I think you're both right and wrong. I think that there is a mentality
of chasing NCAA qualifying times that has done serious damage to both
competitive attitudes and programs themselves. This has been discussed many
times before.
But if I was Ritz and his coach, I would
Wayne,
Normally I would agree with your thought on Ritz' racing at Stanford instead
of the Big 12 Meet as being bad for the collegiate sport. In this case, and
with this athlete, I have to disagree. CU should do well the meet without
him, and he's not likely to get an A standard running by
Just a clarification - meant to say that being an Olympic tourist is more
important than winning points in a conference meet (or even the NCAA meet in
my opinion).
- Ed
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From: edndana [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Athletics [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 6:18
One of the things I was trying to get across is that Ritz is better than
either he or Wetmore thinks he is. He should have no trouble with the
A standard in whatever event he chooses. He is being sold short by
both Wetmore and himself. He will have many chances this year to get
the
Am I the only one who finds such language as that below to be both
condescending and offensive.Olympic tourist? And the following
sentence - which implies that the U.S. athletes only try hard enough to get
a comfy Olympic tour is patently absurd - as anyone who has seen the
Olympic
Bet Dick Weiss didn't mind.
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I agree that Ritz is very talented. But I don't think a choice to go get
him into the most competitive race this side of the Trials means that either
he or his coach are selling his talent short. I'd argue that NOT going to
Stanford would be ignoring his talent.
I doubt Ritz will have many
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