Big 12 XC Championships

[Scotty]

Originally Posted by king99

EASILY, now way no how, there is no easy in NCAA XC anymore

You say it defnitively like no one else's opinion could possibly be right..or even dare to have one.


There is zero guarantee that German would be top 5 at 10K NCAA Cross

Derrick
Chelenga

28:00 guy McNeill

you do not think 2 others could just as easily nip German?

Mead
Heniking

Kenyans

Vail

Hysterical. There is ZERO guarantee that ANYONE is Top 5 in the NCAA XC meet. You should know this.

My statement (like KevinM's) represents my belief in the liklihood of that happening. A guy with German's creds, at full strength, should certainly be in the Top 5 (IMO). Same for Derrick and Chelanga. Whether they actually finish that high is another story.

[TrackCoach]

There is very little doubt in my mind that a healthy German would be top 3; Chelenga and Derrick are the only guys I could have seen beating him. Most of the guys people are putting ahead of German he has beaten before, some of them several times. In fact, I would put Vail in the top 5 and a healthy German ‘was’ better than Vail. Based on what I have seen of GF so far this season, I still think he can probably make it into the 12.

Also, someone discounted GF's placing at world jr xc; that race is more competitive than the NCAA Champs. That race is extremely significant for African athletes, w/o exaggeration, they are literally running for their lives. Most of the top African jr athletes aren't thinking about an NCAA scholarship, they are thinking about money, a pro career and world jr xc is were most of them are introduced to the world and get signed. In the senior wxc race, you don't always get the best African athletes, but the 8 man jr Kenyan, Ethiopian, Moroccan, Eritrean teams will be the absolute best they have to offer. Now, include the other African countries, the Europeans, Japanese and South American athletes and you have the most competitive race on the planet. A major marathon, the Olympcis, world championships, etc., --there is no single race more competitive than world jr cross (Period!) Remember, we first met Bekele when he won wjr xc in 2001, his countryman, Gebremariam won in 2002, Eliud Kipchoge won the jr race in 2003; Sileshi Sihine, Kiprop Boniface, Sammy Kipketer, Nicholas Kemboi, etc., etc., all had top 10 finishes in the jr xc race. Some of these athletes are running sub-13 5ks and sub-27 10k with in 3 years of world jr cross. Btw, Geb finished 2nd in the jr race in 1992.

[conabud]

I think we all know that a 100% healthy Fernandez would be top 3 without a question....but i'm still not convinced he would beat Derrick (the way Derrick has been performing this season) and Chelanga.....but no doubt he has the ability to win it all....EVEN in THIS field. He is obviously not 100% though...even Vail said they will need GF to finish top 20 to have a shot at winning, and that GF probably won't be 100% on the 23rd.

I agree regarding the world xc junior race....better comp up front than NCAA's. no doubt.

[400m3200m]

Originally Posted by Yuri in the Alcoves

Come on down! Join the queue for a rousing game of "Pin the Fawning Groupie Tonsils on German Fernandez' Scrotum"! Hopefully you are patient as you are certainly not the first in line.

Theres always weenys like u that like to hate on good athletes because you are probably some fat kid who CANT run but its hard not to root for the guy. Personally I like to see records being broken and if there is ONE person still in college that has more potential than the rest...its german. so you can hate all you want go eat a cupcake itll make u feel better

[eh]

Originally Posted by 400m3200m

Theres always weenys like u that like to hate on good athletes because you are probably some fat kid who CANT run but its hard not to root for the guy. Personally I like to see records being broken and if there is ONE person still in college that has more potential than the rest...its german. so you can hate all you want go eat a cupcake itll make u feel better

Oh, if only TAL were unbanned. The response to this post would be epic.

[Runnin4milez]

Originally Posted by 400m3200m

Theres always weenys like u that like to hate on good athletes because you are probably some fat kid who CANT run but its hard not to root for the guy. Personally I like to see records being broken and if there is ONE person still in college that has more potential than the rest...its german. so you can hate all you want go eat a cupcake itll make u feel better

Yeah, I bet there are tons of fat kids who can't run hangin around on dyestat!

[Equinox2100]

Originally Posted by eh

Oh, if only TAL were unbanned. The response to this post would be epic.

QFE. I do enjoy his posts. Yessir.

And on this topic.....

I AM SO EXCITED AAAA AREN'T YOU GUYS EXCITED???

seriously. there's no front running team! I mean, my money's on stanford for sure, but jesus 4-6 teams could win the whole damn thing! I wouldn't even be surprised to see BYU sneak in there somehow. There I said it.

The whole "german being german" thing just adds to it. Get pump'd.

[etrja]

Does anyone remember the crazy caveman cheering at laxt year race? It made my wife a fan of x-country fans.

Go German

Originally Posted by Equinox2100

QFE. I do enjoy his posts. Yessir.

And on this topic.....

I AM SO EXCITED AAAA AREN'T YOU GUYS EXCITED???

seriously. there's no front running team! I mean, my money's on stanford for sure, but jesus 4-6 teams could win the whole damn thing! I wouldn't even be surprised to see BYU sneak in there somehow. There I said it.

The whole "german being german" thing just adds to it. Get pump'd.

[bagelninjas]

Why do the TAL multis keep getting banned? The latest one was a lot tamer and more chill than the original. Leave the dude alone at this point.