Iowa State Men’s CC Ranked Preseason #1
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This is pretty awesome. Would have probably won the national championship last year if Ruto hadn't have been tripped up.
Amazing to see the Clones at #1.. If they win a national title my heart will explode
I saw what Larry said and I think he might have backed it up with some participation numbers. I feel like participation and popularity are two separate things. What I think really matters in this conversation from a college perspective is the viewership numbers for those sports and I would guess that wrestling runs away with it.....but I really don't know that for sure.
Been over 30 years since our last natty, which coincidentally was men’s CC. We are due.
Realistically our best chances are CC and Wrestling. If MBB ever gets hot and wins it I’ll cry. In football the crowning achievement would be winning the Big 12 and a playoff win.
Realistically our best chances are CC and Wrestling. If MBB ever gets hot and wins it I’ll cry. In football the crowning achievement would be winning the Big 12 and a playoff win.
Interesting to me that they really don't recruit any of the top in-state talent. The last few classes have had some really good runners, this year's senior class as well. Kids at Oregon, Colorado, Arkansas, Kentucky, etc and Iowa State doesn't really appear to be recruiting any of them. Just relying on the international kids.
How do you know they don’t recruit them? Because they end up at other schools?
Iowa State recruits the top talent in the state, but I can’t say that I have seen a hard press. I don’t know if that is style or approach, but my son ran with some top talent, and they were there, but some of the other schools had their attention early on.
Considering where Iowa State is ranked this year, it is hard to disagree with their approach.
Considering where Iowa State is ranked this year, it is hard to disagree with their approach.
Iowa hasn’t really been relevant in XC for years. I guess I am a little surprised they aren’t too 25, but not really.
I coached one of the recent top kids in the state (more a top track kid than XC kid) and my son is a returning all-state kid who is already accepted to ISU but hasn't even acknowledged as a potential walk-on, zero contact. So first hand information on their recruitment. Anecdotal knowledge of the recruitment of others. But at end of day, with success ISU has in XC, if they were trying to recruit any of these kids they would likely get one or two of them.
Understood. In looking at the current roster of 16, 2 are from Iowa, 3 from Africa, and the rest are from other states. So they aren't just relying on international runners.
