2008 XC Recruiting Rankings : Speakers & Interviews

NJCU MAN! 2 Jersey boys and a dude from Texas.
You'll see.You'll see. Holla

I'm sorry but these rankings suck lol. texas and duke belong nowhere near the top 5. except for ahearn and maybe white for texas those schools got a bunch of duds. puskedra alone at oregon is better than duke. wisonsin is the clear number 3 with finnerty, darling, and smoody. nc state should be 5. the true order: stanford, ok state, wisco, princeton, nc state.

nevermind
the roots
guns are drawn

what is the name of the song in this

Lowe's 1600 PR is 4:06

Syracuse should easily be top 5.

I agree with Spencer UCSB has the most underated recruiting class.. they will be solid next yr, but good job David.

Stephen Clark ran 4:13 for the full mile at Golden West after a return of his mono soon after placing 12th in FL natl's. He should be ready to run XC this fall if he stays healthy. He runs 1:55 for the 800 with no track work at that distance.

for UT, it's Lorin Wilson, not Wilson Lorin.

Syracuse is going to much improved next year, as was noted by May5kFly.

Princeton also is brining in Sean Wilson, who ran 4:12 in the 1600 as a junior.

Finnerty to Wisco
Providence for the girls, should be in there.

Does anyone know where Rob Finnerty out of Minnesota is going?
I was fortunate enough to be at the Midwest Distance Gala this past Friday where he ran that 4:01.09 full mile. I almost puked.

SYRACUSE is coming!!!

in the first sentence i said one i mean on. they should be 5

I think syracuse should be one there. they had the 3rd best runner in the nation last year with murdock and this year are bringing the number 1 and 3 runners from new york. they are a team looking from the outside in as well but are making taking steps that will get them in the big pictue.

Colby Lowe is a beast
i just cant stand his interviews

go orange...

Columbia should definitely be in there

Sorry David but, his name is pronounced "Lorin Wilson" not Wilson Lorin". He's a good friend of mine I'll make sure he doesn't take offense.

Dylan Ferris was NOT the cross country state champ in North Carolina. He IS, however, consecutive champ in the outdoor 800/1600...so that says something.

I believe Princeton is also bringing in Richard Kerney, from De La Salle Highschool, in Concord California. He is an extremely talented sprinter. I know this because I happen to go to De la Salle

syracuse is going to have a great recruiting cl! go orange!

good work, maybe in the future try to set up a prompter or something to avoid the "uh" -- but other than that, very well done.

It would be nice to hear your honorable mention picks - like ESPN & FOX do on their countdown shows.

HAHA thanks "cool dude" I tried...

"give them crap"

also, COLUMBIA's cl > Duke's cl
hey guys if you notice both german and colby say UHH as many times as david. i'm sure you wouldn't give them for it..........cut him some slack this guy is only a year older than them anyway...

SYRACUSE.

i think that uc santa barbara should take over the 5th spot instead of duke becuase they have a 9:08, 4:13,4:16, 1:53, 1:54, 5-6 guys at 9:20-9:25. they have way more depth than duke for sure plus the front runners to boot.

Nice work.

I think Washington State has a better cl then Duke

why is everyone so critical? chill out ya'll

You keep using "got" instead of "have"

Mark, Great job, well thought out, names on the screen was a nice touch....props on that, and thanks for sharing. This fan appreciate the info!....your review helps make next year a little more exciting!
Mike

ha

and uh....

Birmingham, Alabama
Rick Allred
This is one of their best cles in years.
Where would you rank the University of Alabama's men's team? They have signed a large contingent of distance runners to include Aaron Stocksdell and Girma Mecheso.

Benjo did make the footlocker national squad (his junior year, and placed 6th there). He choose to go to NTN and help out his team this year over footlocker = huge team player. 24:41 for 8k at US cross, 4:16 mile his junior year at altitude... . The NTN/footlocker dilemma is not cool, but benjo is.

chris derrick, kevin havel
stanford...

less "umms"

Germans the man in SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA?
hell no, German runs in Nor*Cal and represents the San Juaquin section

But I thought he did a nice job. Rehearse or do a few takes and it would markedly improve an already good and informative video.
I read the comments before watching the video, so I was primed for a lot of "uhs." And then I chuckled when I did watch it.

and I even forgot Joe Stilin from WI. not sure on his track pr's.

He is a West Coast Kid so there was no bias.... I did not pay him to say Texas I swear.
Man....... D Will! Stirring the pot here. Some people are roasting you but its cool, thats how it goes. Looking forward to next weeks show.

idk about cross. But watch out for the Tennessee freshman in track!!!

Missing two on the Princeton cl. Tyler King (MN) 1:54/4:17 and Trevor VanAckaren (PA) 1:54/4:16... shows the strength of the cl when flotrack doesn't even deem them worthy of mention in light of the big three.

jk it wasnt that bad...good material though man

way to not say um every other word

Lowe/German is going to be sick.

Thank you for your list--very helpful and a lot of fun to consider. Nice job!!!

the reason ben johnson didn't make the "footlocker national squad" is because he elected to run NTN instead, it wasn't because he just didn't qualify i'm sure he would've if he went to west region instead of ntn.

girls teams-
washington, duke, providence, stanford

it is lorin wilson, and rory ran 9:05

You guys should check out Washington States recruiting cl. A Foot Locker Nationalist, a 1:50 800 guy, and about 10-12 others who are all sub 1:55/sub 4:20/or sub 9:20 guys.

Andrew Perkins from Wisconsin??? 1:49 800 m, and 4:11 mile. This kid is gonna be huge in college. hes going to Northern Iowa I believe. but I dont know how their recruiting cl is.

Gibson (going to Texas) has run 9:17y indoors as a junior after the 4x800 and 4:15y as a senior.

xc 5k's are not their 5k pr's. all the courses are different, some long, some short so you can throw those times out the window. just stick to places and track times. and duke at #5??? that is not that great of a recruiting cl. you could put oregon ahead of them because they got 1 guy in puskedra who can contribute immediately and potentially even be AA. none of the duke guys can do that, if they get all conference they would be doing well.

Yeah I counted 47 at 7:02 but then quit because i actually wanted to pay attention to what he was saying other than...."and uhhh". But all in all it was good, sort of like a ESPN SportsCenter for running.

David I thought it was awesome. Some quality research buddy! Keep it up. Was Sethward behind the camera?

Syracuse...4 footlocker guys

Hey this was awsome i thought it was a great show, and i hope you keep doing it......just try not to say "uhh" and "umm" after everything, i know thats probably hard because i would probably be doin the same thing

well if this was meant to cover the teams with the most valuable recruits than OSU should've been number one...even with only three coming in they return their top 5 from cross next year...and the three coming in outweigh any other school especially since two of them are top 5 in the nation...and to the guy below me wisconsin gets about one good guy this year

also, there is no way texas is #3 for xc. those guys are good track runners but for a 10k they ARE NOT #3, maybe top 6-7.
syracuse, nc state and wisconsin could all arguably be on the list.

i love how he's listing all these times for guys 5k's and chris derrick has most of them by a minute+

joe stilin (wi) - 5th wi xc states
this is an awesome idea and i hope you keep focusing more on college xc teams and their recruiting cles. college xc is awesome and to have like a weekly feature on that would be sweet. also princeton has these guys in addition to their big 3:
trevor vanackeran (pa)
tyler king (mn)-8th place mn 2a xc- lost to finnerty by 33s

uhhh um uhh umm ... I really appreciate the rankings, but just try to rehearse next time.

kaulbach didn't win states in XC in PA...he didn't race at states...he isn't allowed to.

I counted 156 Um's and Uh's.. That isn't even counting the And's.. Good job though David, just try to clean up the Um'sss and be sure of what you are going to say next time you do this so it looks more professional. Oh and Colby Lowe has run 4:06

uhhh you missed uhhhhh...OREGON

Three are D3 schools that bring in recruiting cles similar to what you have up there for Duke.

i am not sure he will run a great 8k but kid is a beast half miler.

Syracuse! Get real. Third at worst.

This guy needs some high school broadcast journalism cles. How many times can you say "uh" in a sentence? I applaud the effort and idea but the execution is poor. Maybe practice a little and cut out the "uh" and "um" that you have going on. I uh think uh that uh you uh should uh practice.

I liked this but I felt it was about 9 minutes too long. I found myself fast forwarding through it simply to get the top 5 and see their people then moving on.

haha I think his name is Lorin Wilson. Other than that, awesome show.

I can't for XC. Please let's start racing the day after the Olympics!!

you guys are covering Texas??? I can't imagine why. The impartiality is staggering. I doubt there is any agenda by all the blatent Texas coverage. C'mon guys, let's be fair.

that las post should have read g r a s s roots, not grroots. Ah, gotta love the new flotrack filter.

why don't you guys cover all 3 divisions? if this is TRULY grroots then it makes A LOT of sense to give as much coverage as possible. Thanks.

Great show by the way

Oh yeah, I can't WAIT!

Nice knowledgeable commentary... but uh, um, ah :)

CHAD HALL IS MINE

no, UC Riverside is gettin chad hall.... go IRV!

you're all wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Pepperdine Waves, I heard they are getting chad hall!

Chico State

I think you are all d-bags! how about LSU! and where is the girls preview damnit!!!

ARIZONA STATE

BYU!

BOISE STATE!

OREGON!

UCSB!

UCI !