(11-21-2022, 01:27 PM)BobK Wrote: Sprout injured happened. But all credit to Northern Arizona and Oklahoma Stste ran great. Not sure at all that a healthy Spriut would have gotten us to 82 or better points
With all due respect, too many participation ribbons given out by this board.
Short answer: men's team sucked on Saturday. Other than Charles and Ky, they totally blew it. No excuses, it is what it is.
Cole gets a pass because presumably the hamstring issue was the reason for his terrible race. No one else gets a pass. Meika, Thomas, Devin and Evan all ran terribly. Even if you slot Cole in with Ky, they're still fourth! That's simply embarrassing. Meika said he was coming down with something, but either suck it up or Ricardo should have run one of the alternates.
And, no, getting 4th was not a "very good" result as someone said. They were the favorites and justifiably so. This isn't basketball or football where there are lucky or unlucky bounces or hot streaks from behind the arc or wild turnovers. Running usually holds pretty close to form and upsets are rare. Getting a distant 4th was a disaster.