| Bio: | During her 2008-2009 year with Illinois, Angela placed 6th at the NCAA Cross Country Championships, won the NCAA Outdoor 5,000m title, and placed 3rd at the US Championships in the 5,000m. In her final… + See More +During her 2008-2009 year with Illinois, Angela placed 6th at the NCAA Cross Country Championships, won the NCAA Outdoor 5,000m title, and placed 3rd at the US Championships in the 5,000m. In her final… + See More - See Less -During her 2008-2009 year with Illinois, Angela placed 6th at the NCAA Cross Country Championships, won the NCAA Outdoor 5,000m title, and placed 3rd at the US Championships in the 5,000m. In her final cross country season, Angela defeated some heavyweights to take home the 2009 Individual NCAA Cross Country Title. |
“Favorite use of that Kanye reference..
Completely agreed. Races are run to see who is the best on that day. Bizzarri was the best that day.
It is hard in running not to compare performances to others' performances or previous performances because results are times. In other sports like soccer or football, it is easy to dispute who is the best. In running, we all know who is the fastest because a time is a time (you can't dispute say that Usain Bolt is the fastest in 100 meters, he has that time but you can argue if Peyton Manning or Brett Farve is the better quaterback). By having these hard facts in running, it often takes away from someone else's race because people can say "If (insert name) ran what they ran earlier this year they would have beat (insert name)"
Bizzari worked hard and had a good race to win the National championships so lets not take that away from her.”
“Here is an interesting photo gallery from Angela's hometown newspaper, the Cincinnati Enquirer, that looks back on Angela's career going back to her early HS days: http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=AB&Dato=20091123&Kategori=SPT&Lopenr=911230801&Ref=PH”
Also, can we please stop with the Jenny B should have this, or Susan K should have that comments. It is one thing for us to analyze a race, but it is just wrong when that turns into negativity. ANGELA IS THE CHAMP. All runners (collegiate, post-collegiate, fast, slow, or otherwise) have good days and bad days. If we ran a perfect race each and every time out, the sport would probably get boring. Anything can happen in a race, and THIS IS WHY WE RUN.
"but to be the best you have to perform at the big meets with the big dogs. It's one thing to be way ahead all season then actually have someone beside you can change everything."
are you implying that Jenny B does not perform at the Big Race? How ludicrous. Think about the US Olympic Trials, the Olympics, the World Championships and the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships. Jenny B rose to the occasion every time. This takes nothing away from Angela's championship performance; I just wanted to point out that slandering Jenny B is foolish.
“she is so pretty”
Congrats Angela! Just know how much you deserved this. It wasn't a fluke, it was pure guts, smarts and speed.
“"Yo Angela, I’m really happy for you…Imma let you finish, but Jenny had one of the best ncaa careers of all time! One of the best careers of all time!"
Some of these comments below are a little too Kanye trying to take something great away from her. Races are run for a reason and you never know when it will be your day and when it wolnt, you just have to work hard to be at the top of your fitness for breakouts when it is your day and to keep you in it when its not.”
Completely agreed. Races are run to see who is the best on that day. Bizzarri was the best that day.
It is hard in running not to compare performances to others' performances or previous performances because results are times. In other sports like soccer or football, it is easy to dispute who is the best. In running, we all know who is the fastest because a time is a time (you can't dispute say that Usain Bolt is the fastest in 100 meters, he has that time but you can argue if Peyton Manning or Brett Farve is the better quaterback). By having these hard facts in running, it often takes away from someone else's race because people can say "If (insert name) ran what they ran earlier this year they would have beat (insert name)"
Bizzari worked hard and had a good race to win the National championships so lets not take that away from her.
Some of these comments below are a little too Kanye trying to take something great away from her. Races are run for a reason and you never know when it will be your day and when it wolnt, you just have to work hard to be at the top of your fitness for breakouts when it is your day and to keep you in it when its not.
“Angela ran a good race, but the meltdowns of Jenny B & Kujiken are what enabled Angela to win. The phrase "I'd rather be lucky than good" fit this scenario perfectly. Angela even admits that she was shocked to win because SHE KNOWS that she's NOT AS GOOD AS JENNY B & KUJIKEN....MERRY XMAS FROM JENNY B BECAUSE YOUR WIN WAS A GIFT”
Get a life…..loser!!
See you in the spring.
I have to say Angela has a good attitude. She doesn't seem to have received the credit she deserves. All the posting on the other two girls who lost out for various reasons is getting a little sad. At the end of the day, Angela was the best athlete on the day yetserday and that's why she won. Angela is NCAA Champion. It really is that simple.
True champions won't give excuses. They accept they weren't good enough on the day, learn, and move on.
Great race....definitely a lot of Illini/Illinois fans there....they were going craxy cheering for Angela.
“Angela ran a good race, but the meltdowns of Jenny B & Kujiken are what enabled Angela to win. The phrase "I'd rather be lucky than good" fit this scenario perfectly. Angela even admits that she was shocked to win because SHE KNOWS that she's NOT AS GOOD AS JENNY B & KUJIKEN....MERRY XMAS FROM JENNY B BECAUSE YOUR WIN WAS A GIFT”