It's hard to believe that an athletic administrator would support
something like this, or that a head coach would want his athlete to do
this. I guess Wetmore doesn't really want to have a track team, just a
few good (by U.S. standard) distance runners. Does Wetmore think that
Ritz can't get a standard except in the idealized environment of a race
at Stanford? He is either a great runner or he isn't. Great runners
don't have any problem getting standards. People who have a problem
getting a standard aren't going to do well in the competition in
question. Is being an Olympic tourist more important than winning
points for your team in the Conference meet? This is the kind of
mentality that is killing collegiate track.
magpie wrote:
Instead of stepping on the starting line in Norman, Okla., Friday night to run 10,000
meters against Big 12 competition in what would likely be no more than a hard workout,
CU junior Dathan Ritzenhein will be in Palo Alto, Calif., to run 10K against the best
Americans in a race that should be as competitive as this summer's Olympic trials.
With the backing of associate athletic director Chris May â head track coach Mark Wetmore's boss â
"Ritz" is getting the chance to go for the Olympic "A" standard of 27:49 at the Cardinal
Invitational, one of the best meets for distance runners in the country. It will be Ritzenhein's first track 10,000
meters ever and will give he and Wetmore a feel for what event Ritzenhein should run at the Olympic trials in July.
"I feel ready and am excited to do my first one," Ritzenhein said. "There should be some
good post-collegiate guys in there."
Indeed there will be. Start with American 10,000 meter record holder Meb Keflezighi,
who is expected to follow pacers in an attempt to break his own record. Bob Kennedy,
the U.S. record holder for 5,000 meters will also be there, as well as Dan Browne,
Abdi Abdirahim, Weldon Johnson and Brad Hauser. Boulder's Justin Young is also in the
field and could surprise fans.
Full article:
http://www.dailycamera.com/bdc/running/article/0,1713,BDC_2413_2846220,00.html
Buff men, women set for Big 12 meet
CU's Metivier should be favored in 2 events
http://mas.scripps.com/BDC/2004/04/29/0429meti_e.jpg
CU's Renee Metivier has one of the nation's top collegiate marks in the 5,000 this
year.
By Michael Sandrock, For the Camera
April 29, 2004
Renee Metivier has just one complaint about her time at the University of Colorado _
she wishes she had started here a couple of years ago.
As it is, Metivier has made a big mark in a short time at CU. Since transferring from Georgia Tech and joining the cross country team last August, Metivier has progressed to the point where she is one of the favorites in the Big 12 Track and Field Championships that start today at the University of Oklahoma's John Jacobs Field.
Full article:
http://www.dailycamera.com/bdc/cu_track_field/article/0,1713,BDC_2458_2846219,00.html
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