So does anybody who ran this past weekend anywhere in a collegiate
meet at any of the tens of dozens of colleges across the entire
continent of North America have a rat's patutty of a chance to
finish in the top 50 at the World Cross Champs in March?
If not, then I'd rather talk about what the people who DO have
a shot at finishing in the top 50 are doing right now.
Recuperating from Sydney and the long European track circuit?
Getting in some altitude training in the Pyrenees?
Bet they're NOT putting in L-S-D!
I don't have a problem with talking about XC, but NCAA's don't
cut it. Stanford 3rd? Who cares?
I AM interested in U.S. team selection procedures, and whether there
is anything inherent in the selection procedures which effectively
lock out the very best of our collegiate crop (those who might
otherwise have a realistic chance to be competitive with the
rest of the world in a XC race).
I also WOULD be interested in whether people like Olympic 1500
4th-placer (and list member) Kevin Sullivan are gonna try to make
the Canadian National team for XC Worlds.
I'm always interested in how elite-level middle distance runners
can do when they 'step up the distance' a bit over a cross
country course. At the top of elite-dom, is the XC distance so
specialized that people like Ngeny and El Guerrouj could not realisticly
be competitive?
RT
On Mon, 16 Oct 2000 15:22:52 -0400, you wrote:
>Mike,
> This is the exact problem with our sport and the problem with the "track
>net". Our supposed "die hard fans" are too busy talking about irrelevant
>things like a Nike commercials rather than xc & track races. When I first
>joined this list, I read 100% of the messages because the list was comprised
>of competing athletes, active coaches and "intelligent fans". Now we have a
>bunch of people who use the list as their "Jerry Springer", soapbox
>entertainment. Sometimes, I wonder if most netters have a life outside of
>running and the internet.
>
>PLEASE stop talking about family values, TV commercials, and clothing. This
>is a TRACK LIST, not Maxim magazine. I could care less about your
>children's values (and yes I am a father), provocative uniforms and Nike
>commercials with chainsaws.
>
>STANFORD was 3rd this weekend! Lets talk track and XC.
>
>Smitty
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Michael Cunningham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 1:16 PM
>Subject: t-and-f: What's the deal?!
>
>
>> Now, I'm a track and field guy at heart, but how come arguable the No. 2
>> NCAA Cross Country meet took place this weekend and I have seen no results
>> on this server, no comment, not even one snide comment?
>>
>> Jorge Torres wins. Stanford men gets pushed to third overall getting beat
>> by Colorado and Northern Arizona. And that's just the men!
>>
>> Let's get off the whole Nike commercial thing and move on. There is an
>> exciting new NCAA CC season going on and it seems we are all missing it.
>And
>> this is on the server that is easily distance oriented.
>>
>>
>> Yours in track,
>>
>>
>>
>> Mike Cunningham
>> Head Track and Field/CC Coach
>> Neosho County Community College
>> (316) 431-2820 Ext. 272
>> www.neosho.cc.ks.us/athletic/track/track.htm
>>
>> "Trample the Weak. Hurdle the Dead." -Unknown
>>
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