It's not just in-state. I think it's any connecting state...which is why they raid Texas for all the distance runners.

Miller has been battling sinus infection according to Coach Henry

Texas A&M Quotes
Head Coach Pat Henry
on the team's finish…
"We didn't finish as a team the way I wanted us to finish, but we had a lot of good efforts. It's similar like last season, we didn't finish well in this meet, but we still ended up in second on the women's side at the national championships and sixth on the men's side. The big meet is in front of us. I want to win the SEC Championships, but once again you look who wins this meet and why they win this meet is the telling question."

on Laila Owens and Charokee Young…
"Laila [Owens] did a good job today. I thought she could've finished third in the 200m but ended up in fourth but then she comes back and runs a 49-plus in the 4x400m relay. Charokee [Young] runs 50.45 but gets beat in this meet and that will be a situation that ends up helping her. She'll use what happened tonight to help her down the road."

on the half-mile group…
"Sam [Whitmarsh] looked fantastic in the 800m and probably had the surprise of the meet for everybody else, but not for us. We knew something good was coming, it was just a matter of when. Brandon [Miller] didn't look his best, he's been battling some sinus infection and just wasn't completely himself."

on some performances from Thursday and Friday…
"What Katelyn [Fairchild] and Lianna [Davidson] did in this competition speaks well for them as they move forward in their career. Those are two young athletes that don't fully understand how well they did in this meet. This is the SEC Championships and that doesn't happen very often. Lamara [Distin] clearing 6'4.75" is outstanding and she is out there jumping by herself. I thought Teddy [Radtke] finishing fourth in the steeplechase surprised a lot of people."

triniaggie said:

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Miller has been battling sinus infection according to Coach Henry

Texas A&M Quotes
Head Coach Pat Henry
on the team's finish…
"We didn't finish as a team the way I wanted us to finish, but we had a lot of good efforts. It's similar like last season, we didn't finish well in this meet, but we still ended up in second on the women's side at the national championships and sixth on the men's side. The big meet is in front of us. I want to win the SEC Championships, but once again you look who wins this meet and why they win this meet is the telling question."

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Would someone explain this further?

I believe Coach Henry is saying as much as he feels comfortable about the inequity in non-revenue scholarships, but particularly in track and field, awarded by different institutions. Arkansas and now Alabama are particularly egregious offenders, although they are not violating any rules.

Specifically, those schools have found a way to award non-scholarship money to track athletes.

Look on page 11 to see more of a discussion. A&M is staying strictly within the rules, and it cuts down on the size of our squads. At some point, you'd hope people would step forward to equalize the situation, but don't hold your breath.

To build on Houstonag's point, the "walkons" that show up at Arkansas aren't just practice fodder. Those guys and gals get points, at least in the SEC meets. A number of them come to Arkansas from outside the country to run. No one really knows how old they are or much about their background. But you can bet that they are taking little if any scholarship dollars, but are not paying for their time in school.

Need the NCAA to step in and create a level playing field.

coloradoag69 said:

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To build on Houstonag's point, the "walkons" that show up at Arkansas aren't just practice fodder. Those guys and gals get points, at least in the SEC meets. A number of them come to Arkansas from outside the country to run. No one really knows how old they are or much about their background. But you can bet that they are taking little if any scholarship dollars, but are not paying for their time in school.

Need the NCAA to step in and create a level playing field.

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nil?