Every school is going to want to come this track next year after these times lol! No more tiny Texas schools allowed

The only way we can beat Arkansas and win an SEC championship is to get a couple of good distance runners even if we get some from Africa and some good sprint and hurdlers. We definitely can't do it with a few events but being able to score across the boards.
Alabama has been doing it and are getting close to Arkansas in the scoring

Damn Deadmon absolutely crushed that. Need one more step

jbeaman88 said:

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mullokmotx said:

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LSU men can't win the team championship.

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Yes, Noah Williams is telling his dad near us they are now focusing on Nationals and keeping guys healthy for that.

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show him how pretty the Park West apartments look... maybe Noah Williams can transfer

Tierra Robinson-Jones
Charokee Young
Jaevin Reed
Athing Mu

Mu is unbelievable

She is so much fun to watch

Great run by the women. The announcers finally had to acknowledge A&M was on the track in the last 50 meters.

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Great run by the women. The announcers finally had to acknowledge A&M was on the track in the last 50 meters.

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Isn't that the truth, they did everything they could to ignore A&M! Great run by the women with a fantastic time.

You are correct. No mention of the Ags until the last 50. It's a good thing I wasn't there because Dwight Stones was around in my day. If I would have seen him I would have slapped him.

Also glad many other posters joined in it warms my heart to see many watch and want to know about this amazing sport. There's never any dumb questions or comments so always feel free to post.

Next up is the national prelims which will be a 4 day meet here in College Station! The top 48 athletes in each event in the west region will compete there. The country is split in two regions east and west! We are in the west and from there the top 12 athletes qualify to nationals in Oregon! It's going to be a great month for Aggie track!

I was listening to something else, so I didn't hear the commentary. Given we were leading after every split, I have no clue why the announcers were ignoring us. I'm not sure why a high jumper is moderating on a track event anyway.

For those who are commenting about our not winning the SEC, the women won in 2013 and the men in 2017. However, the men won the NCAA's in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, and tied for first in 2017. The women won in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014 and finished second in 2013.

There are only 18 women's track, field and cross country scholarships and 12.6 for the men. On our roster on the 12th man, there are a whooping 57 women and 71 men listed as being on our team. Arkansas has over 50 men; I didn't count the women. Four of the Arkansas men are from Kenya - all distance runners - big surprise. Arkansas is an annual power at the men's and women's cross country championships, and they bring those runners to the 3000, 5000, and 10,000 in the SEC meet.

I believe Pat H. is recruiting to win national championships. In the last ten years, we've usually beaten teams at the NCAA's who have beaten us at the conference meets. A&M is counting on the smaller and less powerful track schools who compete strongly in cross country, to dilute the effect of the distance runners from Arkansas and Alabama. If you look at the cross country results, I believe the Pig's fastest man was 5th and the woman was 17th.

Henry's strategy means you mostly recruit to win or at least place in the top three at the NCAA level. It's really unfairly weighted to the sprinters, as one person could get top points in the 100m, 200m, and on the 4x100m relay. So one person could possibly be responsible for 30 points at a national meet - potentially halfway to an NCAA championship. It's harder to do at a middle distance as we found out with Mu; she can't run the 400, 800 and 4x400 relay in the same day while the three sprint races are done all the time. Sprinters often are good long jumpers, too, although right now that doesn't seem to happen as often.

Looking at the current favorites, LSU is favored for both men and women, basically because of the sprinting points. Our women are third behind USC, and the men are 10th. We need all our ladies to stay healthy and give their best performances, and we need some help from other schools to take away LSU points.