1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:05,720 All right, welcome to Sidious Mag live at the 2026 World 2 00:00:05,720 --> 00:00:10,240 Athletics Cross Country Championships presented by a six 3 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:14,560 Chris Chavez, joined by Aisha Prot Lear and Eric Jenkins after 4 00:00:14,800 --> 00:00:18,320 what ended up being an awesome day of race is beautiful day 5 00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:20,400 weather wise. So we're going to kick this off 6 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:23,600 with a vibe check. I mean, the crowds, 10,000 is 7 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:26,640 the number that I think was like floated around on the PA by Paul 8 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:31,160 Swan guard afterwards, 10,000 fans of spectators today and 9 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:34,400 they were all over the course. The excitement was palpable. 10 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:37,000 So what you guys make of just sort of the atmosphere here? 11 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:39,840 It's electric. I feel like I'm at the Masters 12 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:42,520 but a lot more athletic. It's very fun. 13 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:47,280 Amazing day. Sebco yesterday said Tallahassee 14 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:52,760 could be the cross country capital of the world and he he 15 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:55,520 honestly might be right. It's great day out here. 16 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:58,640 Super fun event, tons of people. So much fun. 17 00:00:58,680 --> 00:01:00,640 He also. Said it's this is bigger than 18 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:01,720 the Super. Bowl, Yeah, he said. 19 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:05,319 A lot of stuff, yeah. But honestly, like it was such a 20 00:01:05,319 --> 00:01:07,000 such a fun event. Yeah. 21 00:01:07,320 --> 00:01:09,960 All right. So All in all, quick recap and 22 00:01:09,960 --> 00:01:13,800 overview of what went down. We saw a lot of the heavy 23 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:17,760 favorites take the individual wins with Agnes and get Ish 24 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:19,960 taking the win on the women's side, absolutely dominating that 25 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:24,280 race. It was Jacob Pipolimo on the 26 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:28,280 men's side just in that final lap, absolutely throwing down 27 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:32,800 the hammer and completing the three peat on the team side of 28 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:35,200 things. Ethiopia one on the women's side 29 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:39,600 and on the men's side I think it was also double check. 30 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:42,720 Yep, Ethiopia again. So Ethiopia takes. 2 Great day 31 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:46,760 for Ethiopia. Team gold medals add the victory 32 00:01:46,960 --> 00:01:50,480 in the women's U20 race. In EU 20 race, the Americans 33 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:55,640 walk away with a bronze medal. So All in all, just fantastic 34 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:58,880 display of distance running and when people have talked about 35 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:02,000 just sort of like the lull of world cross, like if you were 36 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:05,800 here today, you wouldn't feel that like you can probably pick 37 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:08,320 up and hear some of the crowds because we're like feet away 38 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:09,919 from the medal ceremony right now. 39 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:13,720 This was this was great. I was at first like doubtful 40 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:16,680 seeing the AI renderings and then I was like, who's going to 41 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:20,080 show up for this thing? But yeah, all of that doubt cast 42 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:21,880 aside here today. Oh, absolutely. 43 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:23,560 And it's not just local Floridians. 44 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:26,600 People flew in from all over the country, all over the world to 45 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:30,720 be here and the atmosphere it. I mean, we're at a world 46 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:32,120 championship and it feels like it. 47 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:35,360 I was, I same as you, Chris. I was a little worried. 48 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:37,080 Like I was hoping that there would be crowds. 49 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:38,240 I was hoping there would be hype. 50 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:41,240 And they, the people, didn't let us down, no. 51 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:46,360 And so let's get into unpacking some of these races. 52 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:48,280 We'll we'll go in chronological order. 53 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:52,280 So for the people who watched First off, the course itself, 54 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:57,200 like we, we got a little preview of it yesterday and today. 55 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:00,560 If you watch on TV, like you'd probably seen the clips and the 56 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:02,800 photos on social media. But then all of a sudden, like 57 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:04,960 now you're watching like the world's best athletes take to 58 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:07,600 it. And it looked more fun. 59 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:09,560 We made it look, I think a little bit tougher, but for 60 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:12,320 these athletes, like they were getting over those alligators 61 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:16,120 through the water, through the mud with not necessarily 62 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:19,680 relative ease, but a lot quicker than we were going yesterday. 63 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:22,000 And so it made for some pretty dynamic racing. 64 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:27,120 So let's start with the the mixed relay, which I think like 65 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:29,400 maybe we didn't talk enough about just how much of A 66 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:32,160 favorite Australia would have been in this one because of how 67 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:35,680 loaded this team was. Aisha, you were very high on 68 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:37,960 their prospects. But when you're starting off 69 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:42,720 with Ollie Whore and your anchor leg is Jess Hall like there, 70 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:46,240 there's a lot of confidence that in both of those legs and it 71 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:47,720 came together perfectly for them. 72 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:51,400 It it really did. And you think about Ollie and 73 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:54,800 Jess being some of the best names in the sport, but not too 74 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:58,000 far behind Jess is Linden Hall. Who's who's what you know. 75 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:00,840 I mean, she really broke it up. She really broke it open the 76 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:03,280 whole race. Yeah, and Linden moved up and 77 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:05,000 and raced a 5K last year, I believe. 78 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:08,560 Like she's showing strength. Not what you need is you really 79 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:11,400 need that 155K type specialty athlete. 80 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:15,000 And I mean, they, they blew the race apart. 81 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:16,839 It was it was incredible. I should have been even more 82 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:21,160 bullish on them yesterday. And then from there, Kenya made 83 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:25,640 such a hard effort in that first leg and the United States also, 84 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:31,640 or the 1st 2 legs, I would say it kind of caught up to them in 85 00:04:31,640 --> 00:04:35,280 the second-half of it. So we ended up with France being 86 00:04:35,280 --> 00:04:40,200 in the mix running super smart on the final male leg, I think 87 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:42,400 it was. You had Antoine Senard from 88 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:46,080 France closing the gap on on Jack Ansi, which set it up 89 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:50,120 perfectly for Agatha Gimont from like I think she was what, 90 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:55,200 European indoor 1500 champ? I believe for her to go head to 91 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:58,200 head with Jess Hall like this one had theatrics there and in 92 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:01,000 France. I think maybe we overlooked over 93 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:03,320 performed I think in this one. Agree, agree. 94 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:07,720 We they weren't really that highlighted in in any of the the 95 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:11,560 pre race hype. They kind of flew under the 96 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:14,520 radar. But I mean, again, I think they 97 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:19,120 lined their team up so well. I think there was also strategy 98 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:21,720 and who raced what leg. Yeah, I think that really played 99 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:26,640 into into their hand well and against the USS hand in in some, 100 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:28,760 in some ways. Yeah, because the United States 101 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:31,040 ends up finishing fifth. Ethan Strand, first. 102 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:32,800 Sage Hertel Collector was second. 103 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:37,520 Wes Porter, Gracie Morris. And I I guess maybe the hiccup 104 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:41,040 was, I don't know, like, I guess you think of Sage as a really 105 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:43,960 strong 800m runner. She went out really hard to keep 106 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:47,720 up with the Kenyan. And then by the end, I think, I 107 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:51,680 mean it was maybe 3/4 of her leg and ends up getting swallowed up 108 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:55,320 by there was South Africa, France, Australia, they were 109 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:58,840 back all in the mix. And the United States really had 110 00:05:58,840 --> 00:06:01,920 to, I think, fight for that 5th place spot because there was a 111 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:06,520 good pack bunched up for bronze through 6th place. 112 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:10,080 Yeah, I mean Linden Hall in that second leg made really made the 113 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:15,040 race opened up a big gap and that's where it's just for for 114 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:19,080 an athlete like Sage who is used to these, the shorter of shorter 115 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:24,120 distances, it's it's a it's it's a 2K, but a very tough two Ki 116 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:27,800 think the conditions out there, you saw a really great athlete 117 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:31,720 struggle with the conditions. It's very hot, it's very humid, 118 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:36,600 very humid like, and, and then you add in the obstacles and 119 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:39,960 that you, you really can't get into that rhythm running that 120 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:41,920 you want to in a cross country event. 121 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:46,280 So the, yeah, the, they were making the, the obstacles look 122 00:06:46,280 --> 00:06:50,160 easier than we did, but it it, it was very hard out there. 123 00:06:50,280 --> 00:06:53,360 Yeah, Kenya, which we thought would be the favorite for gold, 124 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:55,280 end up off the podium. They finished fourth. 125 00:06:55,280 --> 00:06:57,720 Randall share out with a strong leg but it there was just way 126 00:06:57,720 --> 00:07:02,200 too much work that was left for their anchor like purity chip 127 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:05,640 Karui to try and close the gap because she ended up running 128 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:08,560 almost as well I think as like some of the anchor legs ahead of 129 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:11,840 her but it just kind of fell apart between 3:00 and 4:00. 130 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:15,040 So you're medalists in the mixed relay were Australia for gold 131 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:20,040 France for silver Ethiopia for bronze strong running by by 132 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:23,520 Ethiopia and this is AI didn't even realize it when because I 133 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:27,120 wasn't paying as close attention to the Ethiopian mixed relay 134 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:29,040 team. But here at Machesha, who's like 135 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:34,040 one of the best 5K runners for them was their anchor leg. 136 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:36,840 And so it kind of had a little bit of a secret weapon there 137 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:39,640 that we maybe like overlooked going into this one. 138 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:43,400 But once again, I guess like these are the the teams. 139 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:46,160 What I like about the mixed relay is that it does bring in a 140 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:49,240 couple other countries into the mix for the medals. 141 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:53,240 Because when we look at just sort of what the U20 and the and 142 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:57,000 the senior races did it like it's it is a lot of Kenya, 143 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:59,960 Ethiopia, Uganda. And this one breaks it up and 144 00:07:59,960 --> 00:08:04,080 allows for some of those track stars to dabble in an event like 145 00:08:04,080 --> 00:08:06,560 this. It looks like a Diamond League, 146 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:07,920 right? Like when you, when you look at 147 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:12,120 the, the names in the field, it really brings in the top, top 148 00:08:12,120 --> 00:08:14,720 class of, of track athletes. And I think that's why we saw 149 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:17,520 Australia run away. I mean, they lined up a team of 150 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:19,480 absolute studs, some of the best in the world. 151 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:22,160 And it that it shows whether there's obstacles on the course 152 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:24,280 or not if the cream rises to the top. 153 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:28,560 You think just throwing an idea out there, the NCAA could 154 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:31,800 implement A4 by 2K at their championships? 155 00:08:32,559 --> 00:08:33,919 Sounds fun. It does sound fun. 156 00:08:33,919 --> 00:08:36,360 Yeah, I think they absolutely could, right. 157 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:39,960 It's whether I mean. And it you don't take away for 158 00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:42,120 anything from the regular. Yeah, of course, of course. 159 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:44,320 You're just adding these teams. Are deep enough. 160 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:49,000 And, and, and you would be bringing in more athletes that 161 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:52,520 you know, skip cross, skip cross, just stick to the the 162 00:08:52,560 --> 00:08:54,560 track. You would be bringing them in 163 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:58,280 for the for that type of race and it would be it's it's, it is 164 00:08:58,280 --> 00:09:00,880 so much fun to watch. Some 800 meter runners are doing 165 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:04,160 cross country training, they just aren't racing, so this will 166 00:09:04,680 --> 00:09:06,080 allow them to travel with the team. 167 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:07,520 They're like half assing it, right? 168 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:09,520 They're like, they're like doing it, but they're like, I'm not 169 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:12,080 really like gonna get invested in Cross. 170 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:14,400 Yeah, Yeah. But this is like the happy 171 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:18,520 medium and it's it, it is a very, very cool event. 172 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:21,320 Yeah. We're continuing to hear the 173 00:09:21,320 --> 00:09:26,040 applauses from the crowd as they award the medals for the U20 174 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:31,720 women, but let's move on over to the women's senior race and 175 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:36,040 unpack this one. Where we had, I guess the 176 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:39,120 storyline coming in, of course, was Beatrice Trebett is out, so 177 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:43,840 will Agnes and get it just as the natural #2 on paper based 178 00:09:43,840 --> 00:09:48,320 off PBS, end up just running away with this thing and winning 179 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:50,880 gold? And sure enough, that was the 180 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:52,520 case. And she didn't wait all that 181 00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:55,600 long to do it. I mean, it was an unbelievably 182 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:59,800 dominant performance gap. The field basically right away 183 00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:03,800 never was, never looked back. There was nobody that went with 184 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:04,320 her. Nobody. 185 00:10:05,880 --> 00:10:11,920 It was a fantastic performance and I mean she proved how 186 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:15,880 talented she really is. The her winning time was 3128. 187 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:20,880 The gap to 2nd place. 2nd place is 3210. 188 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:24,080 I think what I saw online is that that is the largest gap 189 00:10:24,080 --> 00:10:25,880 between 1st and 2nd at a world cross country. 190 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:27,520 Champion. So I mean she had the most 191 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:29,560 dominant performance in world cross history. 192 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:32,280 Yeah, yeah. I have to say I'm surprised I 193 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:36,080 didn't see her taking it from basically the first. 194 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:37,680 Lap Yeah. It was like, let me see what the 195 00:10:37,680 --> 00:10:40,000 course is all about and then go no, no. 196 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:44,640 Reservations just an just an absolute dominance from Agnes 197 00:10:44,680 --> 00:10:47,680 and it really great to see. I mean, we watched her race and 198 00:10:47,680 --> 00:10:49,240 we've been cheering for her all year. 199 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:53,080 We watched her through her entire track season, not win a 200 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:56,960 lot, no, not win a lot. And to show up here with so much 201 00:10:56,960 --> 00:11:00,560 confidence and go out and race to your strengths. 202 00:11:00,560 --> 00:11:03,560 We we've seen her not necessarily fare so well in 203 00:11:03,560 --> 00:11:06,120 those tactical races. So kudos to her. 204 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:07,520 She really took it. Yeah. 205 00:11:07,520 --> 00:11:10,080 And then you'll have to wonder I guess like now for her going 206 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:13,400 from this event, where does where do her priorities lie? 207 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:15,000 Like I guess we really haven't seen. 208 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:17,520 Oh well, actually, that's I was going to say we haven't seen her 209 00:11:17,520 --> 00:11:19,960 go on out in a 5K, but that's not true. 210 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:23,320 At pre classic she ran that fourteen O 3. 211 00:11:23,680 --> 00:11:25,800 So she's the third fastest ever in history. 212 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:30,600 You take out Beatrice Chabet, you faith could be on if she 213 00:11:30,600 --> 00:11:34,120 attempts to double at the world ultimate championships. 214 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:38,440 If not, then Agnes and get it once again has a chance to be 215 00:11:38,560 --> 00:11:42,120 the top woman at least like potentially in the 5K as well. 216 00:11:42,120 --> 00:11:45,600 So this could be the beginning of a really Goodyear for in 217 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:49,000 Getich. And as we've seen with Beatrice 218 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:53,960 in the past is that she uses that as a springboard to further 219 00:11:53,960 --> 00:11:55,640 track success. It's sort of you make your name 220 00:11:55,640 --> 00:11:58,920 here and then you back it up on the track. 221 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:02,280 So huge, huge showing for for Agnes and Getich. 222 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:05,400 And right behind her second place was Joy Chptoyek from 223 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:07,400 Uganda. She's the low stick that ends up 224 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:11,040 getting them onto the podium. Uganda finishes in 3rd with 37 225 00:12:11,040 --> 00:12:13,520 points. Ethiopia takes the team title, 226 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:16,280 Kenya second. So then Uganda and then the 227 00:12:16,280 --> 00:12:24,360 United States was was third. Ethiopia ends up going 3457 and 228 00:12:24,360 --> 00:12:26,640 then 12. That's wild, yeah. 229 00:12:27,680 --> 00:12:34,040 With Senayat Getichu, who was the U20 champ on in in the past 230 00:12:34,040 --> 00:12:36,680 and has some really good cross country chops, she ends up on 231 00:12:36,680 --> 00:12:40,320 the podium for bronze and ends up taking the gold medal. 232 00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:42,880 So Ethiopia is. It was so fascinating to watch 233 00:12:42,880 --> 00:12:47,560 both of them in the senior women's race and the men's race. 234 00:12:47,560 --> 00:12:51,000 It was like there was, if you saw one, there was always likely 235 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:53,080 someone within arms reach of the other. 236 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:55,280 Yeah. They raced really smart here. 237 00:12:55,560 --> 00:12:59,760 I think it's easy to you play into someone else's race plan if 238 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:01,800 one of their top runners would have gone with Agnes. 239 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:05,200 What we're seeing is these conditions are really 240 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:10,280 challenging and if you if you get in above your head, you pay 241 00:13:10,280 --> 00:13:12,720 the price. We we saw that unfortunately 242 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:17,240 with, with Weenie Colotti, She, she really went hard in the 243 00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:20,680 beginning and these obstacles, the the weather, the conditions 244 00:13:20,880 --> 00:13:24,840 they came to collect. So Ethiopia running within 245 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:28,080 themselves, sticking to their plan, made them victorious. 246 00:13:28,560 --> 00:13:31,880 They're so tough and like for them, like you see them warming 247 00:13:31,880 --> 00:13:34,600 up full sweat suit layers like all the time. 248 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:37,120 They're not fazed at all by by some of this weather, but it 249 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:39,960 does get the best out of some of those other runners. 250 00:13:39,960 --> 00:13:43,120 Where Yeah, to your point, Wayne was sitting in top ten position. 251 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:44,440 For she went for it. Yeah, Yeah, right. 252 00:13:44,440 --> 00:13:47,000 Like that's only kudos to that. Absolutely yeah, I mean you, you 253 00:13:47,080 --> 00:13:51,720 she went for it got out very hard was in that top 15, top 10 254 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:53,880 ish the entire race, the entire race. 255 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:58,720 And then the last maybe 3K it looked like yeah, just started 256 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:01,680 really fading. And it's it, like we said, it's 257 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:04,200 very tough conditions out here today. 258 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:07,880 And when you're dying, the last thing you want is these is to 259 00:14:07,880 --> 00:14:10,760 run through the Florida beaches. Yeah, with the with the set, the 260 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:13,760 sand, the mud pit. And then you got Alligator Alley 261 00:14:13,760 --> 00:14:16,640 not helping when you're just when you need made that finish 262 00:14:16,640 --> 00:14:19,640 line. And yeah, like she ended up what 263 00:14:19,640 --> 00:14:24,040 about 40th today, which, you know, for an athlete of her 264 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:26,240 caliber, right. She's going in there looking for 265 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:31,840 her highest position, top 10. So I mean, she went for it and 266 00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:34,800 it's like you said, it's just very Hard Out Here today. 267 00:14:34,800 --> 00:14:36,360 And she ended up paying the price for it a bit. 268 00:14:36,520 --> 00:14:39,280 So the big ups for the top American on the day, which ends 269 00:14:39,280 --> 00:14:44,600 up being and Edna Kerr got who finished in 10. 270 00:14:44,960 --> 00:14:48,000 She raced fantastic, right? She was right on because you 271 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:51,200 would see every lap. She's just she's keying off of 272 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:56,160 off of Wayne and was right behind her and then managed when 273 00:14:56,160 --> 00:14:59,960 when Wayne started fading, Edna was surging and had a great, 274 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:01,280 great performance. Yeah. 275 00:15:02,520 --> 00:15:05,880 So the United States order ended up being they finished fourth 276 00:15:05,880 --> 00:15:09,680 place with 83 points. Edna Kerr got was 10th, Karisha 277 00:15:09,680 --> 00:15:13,120 Schweiser was 17th, Katie Izzo is 24th, Grace Hartman 32nd, 278 00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:17,480 Emily Ventures 33rd, Wendy Clottey 40th and what I think 279 00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:21,680 yesterday I said a good day for Team USA would be 4th place and 280 00:15:21,680 --> 00:15:26,120 with two women in the top 30 we end up 4th place with three 281 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:29,680 women in the top 30 so. They ran as a team, yeah. 282 00:15:29,680 --> 00:15:34,000 Like they were all, they were all very packed up, all right, 283 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:38,040 together for the whole race. Yeah, they ran really smart, 4th 284 00:15:38,040 --> 00:15:39,840 place and you can look in that and big, oh, they're just off 285 00:15:39,840 --> 00:15:41,760 the podium. That's a big gap right between 286 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:46,080 4th and 3rd. But still a great day for the 287 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:50,360 Americans and one step close to that podium. 288 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:52,640 Yeah. I mean, you get there's a gap to 289 00:15:52,640 --> 00:15:55,760 close, but again, like this is experience that you can, yeah, 290 00:15:55,760 --> 00:15:57,400 stack up on. I think like, yeah, two of the 291 00:15:57,400 --> 00:15:59,920 members of the team, this is their first world cross country 292 00:15:59,920 --> 00:16:04,040 championship. And yeah, I think we'll see, 293 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:07,080 we'll see where this event goes for, for the United States. 294 00:16:07,080 --> 00:16:10,880 But another fourth place finish. I, I think is, is a good day, 295 00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:14,760 like we said before, other ones to call out just sort of as we 296 00:16:14,760 --> 00:16:18,200 look at these results, Lauren Ryan ends up finishing 13th, 297 00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:20,640 former Florida State Knoll. I think like she was doing like 298 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:23,600 the, the tomahawk chop as she was like crossing the finish 299 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:26,440 line. The top European of the day was 300 00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:32,760 Spain's Maria Ferrero. So again, I mean, these results, 301 00:16:32,800 --> 00:16:36,560 yes, at the very top of it, dominated by Kenya, Ethiopia, 302 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:40,160 Uganda, but then once you get into the teens and the 20s, 303 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:42,360 that's where you start to see a little bit more of that 304 00:16:42,360 --> 00:16:45,920 diversity. So really, really fun Women's 305 00:16:45,920 --> 00:16:48,560 race. We shift over now to the 306 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:50,480 actually before we get to the women's race, when we spoke 307 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:52,560 about beaches, Chibet, we had to talk. 308 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:54,520 You saw her. Oh yeah, Saw. 309 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:56,240 Your girl. Tell us. 310 00:16:56,400 --> 00:16:58,280 Tell us how it went. Down There's something there. 311 00:16:59,760 --> 00:17:04,520 Everyone knows that. No, yeah, I'm, I was, I don't 312 00:17:04,520 --> 00:17:07,319 know what to say, guys. I saw, I saw Beatrice. 313 00:17:07,319 --> 00:17:10,800 We had a really great, great interaction, a great 314 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:13,160 interaction. She obviously has a lot of 315 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:17,400 feelings for me as it's a, it's a, it's a mutual thing between 316 00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:20,319 us, but I'm not sure about. The feelings but there, but she 317 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:24,359 she recognized you immediately. She was very happy to see you 318 00:17:24,680 --> 00:17:26,560 you you let her know, hey, I'm a fan. 319 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:29,680 And her response was, I know. Yeah, I'm like, oh, you're a fan 320 00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:31,280 of the pod? She must be. 321 00:17:31,280 --> 00:17:32,480 She looks, at least. She has the. 322 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:34,760 Clips. Yeah, but no, she looks great. 323 00:17:34,760 --> 00:17:36,640 She's glowing. Glowing, glowing. 324 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:40,720 Yeah, so happy for her. And now she gets to celebrate 325 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:43,120 with so much Kenyan success here on the. 326 00:17:43,120 --> 00:17:46,120 Day they bring out all the the stock because it's like she's 327 00:17:46,120 --> 00:17:48,880 not racing, but they got Kenny Neeson but Kayla in there. 328 00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:50,680 Everybody's wandering around. World Athletics. 329 00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:54,600 Paul Turgat. Yeah, it's, it's, there is a 330 00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:57,000 whole lot of there's like. Champions. 331 00:17:57,200 --> 00:17:59,880 In the Over in the World Athletics tent, this is the. 332 00:17:59,880 --> 00:18:00,840 Super Bowl. This. 333 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:02,920 Is bigger than the Super Bowl. It really is. 334 00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:05,560 And and I think a lot of athletes that are maybe sitting 335 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:09,000 at home and decided against this this year might be having a bit 336 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:11,280 a bit of foam though, maybe some some second thoughts. 337 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:14,200 So this is a this is a major championship. 338 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:17,640 It is a huge event. There's a lot of eyeballs here 339 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:22,280 and honestly, it's really fun. Yeah, we're still missing just 340 00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:25,280 sort of like a couple more stars on the I mean, we had a really 341 00:18:25,280 --> 00:18:29,200 good mixed four by two team. We're we're still missing the US 342 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:31,120 medal in that event. And I'm like, all right, when 343 00:18:31,120 --> 00:18:33,480 we're talking about FOMO, it's like I'm thinking, I'm hoping 344 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:37,200 that there's like a a Nikki Hill, Sinclair Johnson who's out 345 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:39,200 there being like, all right, you know what, next time around, 346 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:41,360 like I'm not going to skip. This there just needs to be more 347 00:18:41,360 --> 00:18:44,280 of an incentive to run cross because it's just that we're all 348 00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:48,120 in the in America, it's so track focused, right? 349 00:18:48,120 --> 00:18:52,640 The goal is outdoor track and whatever it and you can whatever 350 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:55,200 it takes to to reach those goals you have to hit. 351 00:18:55,440 --> 00:18:58,960 And so people just look at cross as kind of the throwaway in 352 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:02,960 between base building type of of period of the year. 353 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:07,560 But it it would be great to have to have some sort of like, man, 354 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:09,240 you got a mandatory cross. Yeah. 355 00:19:09,560 --> 00:19:11,360 Yeah, mandatory. Cross, when's the next one on 356 00:19:11,360 --> 00:19:13,040 the calendar? It's 2028. 357 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:15,200 So the 8 is going to overlap the Olympic here. 358 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:16,400 That's that's going to be tough. It's going. 359 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:20,000 To be tough, but there's always going to be a reason not to do 360 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:21,440 it right. It's like, oh, and then the next 361 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:23,400 time it's a world championship year and so it. 362 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:26,560 Sure, but as it becomes an Olympic sport, we have to change 363 00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:28,840 the culture. I'm looking out at hundreds of 364 00:19:28,840 --> 00:19:31,680 people cheering on the medalist. Dare I say thousands? 365 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:37,520 Dare I say yeah, dare I say we it's time for to rethink how how 366 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:40,400 we approach cross country. This is this is an opportunity. 367 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:43,560 We have the talent, there's clearly the excitement, there's 368 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:45,080 clearly the appetite for this event. 369 00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:47,720 So. I think with, I think with how 370 00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:51,160 hard they're making the 10K qualifying standard for the 371 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:54,240 track, you incentivize at least like the people to come for the 372 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:56,720 senior races by which I think they have in the past where it 373 00:19:56,720 --> 00:20:00,400 was what, like top five or top ten at world Cross. 374 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:03,320 And you end up you, you get the, the, you check the box for the 375 00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:07,080 standard for the 10K. So we got to figure out what it 376 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:10,480 would be for the mixed relay to incentivize people to come. 377 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:15,360 All right, so now let's shift on gears over to the men's senior 378 00:20:15,360 --> 00:20:21,520 race where this one was I as as we were watching it unfold. 379 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:25,720 First two laps, big pack up toward the front, lots of 380 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:30,600 Ethiopia, couple Kenyans in there, Jacob Cabellemo bidding 381 00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:34,480 his time, Jimmy Gressier hanging on in there as well. 382 00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:37,240 On the American front, actually, even before that, there was the 383 00:20:37,240 --> 00:20:40,920 breakaway by it was Wesley Kip 2, Wesley Kip 2. 384 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:44,600 And you know, he kind of reminiscent of his NCAA days 385 00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:46,720 when he was running here. He's like, all right, I've I've 386 00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:49,520 done this before, but it's a little tougher against the 387 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:53,320 world's best. But he stuck his nose in there. 388 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:57,000 Parker Wolf with a very measured, calculated run, ends 389 00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:58,800 up being top American and runs really well. 390 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:02,120 But as the race is it was going on, it starts to the pack in the 391 00:21:02,120 --> 00:21:03,720 front starts to dwindle and dwindle. 392 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:08,520 And then when they hit the bell, it's Jacob Kaplimo, Daniel Aveno 393 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:10,160 and Burijo Aragawa. And you're like, all right, now 394 00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:11,680 this is going to feel like a track race. 395 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:15,320 This is either the three top guys for each of their country 396 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:17,840 entered here. This is going to be pretty 397 00:21:17,840 --> 00:21:20,520 thrilling. And before we even blink, it's 398 00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:23,800 over and Jacob Kaplimo turns on The Jets. 399 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:25,880 I mean. Kaplimo ran away from those 400 00:21:25,880 --> 00:21:29,680 guys. You know, that's that's Aragawi 401 00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:31,600 that he's just absolutely leaving in the dust. 402 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:34,960 Two time world silver medalist, the Olympic silver medalist in 403 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:37,520 the 10K like. He's got speed, he's got some 404 00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:41,440 serious wheels and Kaplimo just left him behind. 405 00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:45,520 And really, I mean this, he's a three time champ now. 406 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:47,920 Three time champ, so I mean. Sportsman in history to do. 407 00:21:47,920 --> 00:21:50,360 That so I mean you're, you're putting your name up against 408 00:21:50,360 --> 00:21:54,840 some real legends of the sport and just super impressive 409 00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:58,120 performance. It just goes to show in this 410 00:21:58,120 --> 00:22:01,160 race, strength is king. Yeah, right. 411 00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:09,080 Like there is so much aerobic need going into 5 laps of a 412 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:12,720 really grueling course in hot conditions, in tough conditions. 413 00:22:12,880 --> 00:22:15,440 You're racing the world's best in every discipline. 414 00:22:15,680 --> 00:22:18,400 But to see, you know, time and time again, these strength based 415 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:23,760 athletes leading the charge it it's a signal to OK, maybe you 416 00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:26,440 know, maybe I'm on the on the roads, maybe I need to come back 417 00:22:26,440 --> 00:22:28,480 to cross. Yeah, and you know, Kaplimo said 418 00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:33,320 that just sort of like now that he is full on a marathoner, he's 419 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:37,600 still get some benefit from doing world cross and further 420 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:40,360 validation here today that he shouldn't stray away from what's 421 00:22:40,360 --> 00:22:43,640 made him successful so far. So if he continues to keep 422 00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:45,880 showing up to these world's cross country championships, 423 00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:49,240 one, he's gonna only add to his legacy. 424 00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:52,600 And then in addition to that, hopefully continue to reap the 425 00:22:52,600 --> 00:22:55,840 benefits come the full marathon distance, because if he's 426 00:22:55,840 --> 00:22:59,480 gearing up for London, then what we saw here today is that you 427 00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:02,480 don't want to be with that guy with a mile to go because he'll 428 00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:04,840 just shut the door on you. I mean, to shut the door on 429 00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:09,800 again, like, like you said, Argawi and Abenyo, like that was 430 00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:12,880 insane. So the winning time today 2818 431 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:19,680 for Jacob Kaplimo is faster than the World Championship 10K gold 432 00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:23,320 medal time from Tokyo where they ran 2855. 433 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:26,880 I mean, 28 low in these conditions on this course, 434 00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:30,560 running through all the obstacles is there's a reason 435 00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:33,800 why it looked so hard out there and they were just running a 436 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:36,320 absolutely insane pace from the gun. 437 00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:39,960 Yeah. And so I guess like he's just, 438 00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:42,840 he's just a free crit now. Yeah, he's he's he's in a 439 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:43,960 different kind of shape right now. 440 00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:48,560 I mean, you saw it when he was like on sub two hour pace in 441 00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:52,040 Chicago for a while. The guy is just on fire right 442 00:23:52,040 --> 00:23:54,440 now. America had kind of a had a 443 00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:59,600 tough, you know, like, like I'm thinking about an athlete like 444 00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:02,800 Nico Young. How would you would you could 445 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:06,640 see him being the top American on a lot of days and he really 446 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:08,560 looked like he struggled a bit out there. 447 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:14,440 Grand Blanks was is another one. He he held on and raced pretty 448 00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:15,760 well. But we're actually, we got to 449 00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:18,240 talk about Rocky Hanson. First off, yeah, yeah, it was 450 00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:19,680 the news. What the hell, man? 451 00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:22,840 He was here like he was. He was out on the course and he 452 00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:25,440 wanted, he really wanted a race. Could have used him. 453 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:29,600 But then the decision came very late, too late to get an 454 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:31,680 alternate out here. Liam Murphy would have been the 455 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:33,680 next in line. Liam Murphy's really good 456 00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:36,040 across. We could have used Liam Murphy. 457 00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:39,920 That's that's the part where ultimately I think like the 458 00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:44,080 difference between closing a bit of that gap between 4th and 3rd. 459 00:24:44,360 --> 00:24:47,440 So Uganda ends up third with 39 points and the United States was 460 00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:51,000 fourth with 81. We have a little bit other work 461 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:54,240 to cut out for the United States because when they're low stick 462 00:24:54,240 --> 00:24:56,800 is number 1 and our low stick is number 12. 463 00:24:56,800 --> 00:25:01,840 We still got to find another way to to get some points, but yeah, 464 00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:04,120 I mean it kind of. Parker Wolf 12th. 465 00:25:04,120 --> 00:25:07,240 Wesley Kip to 14th. Grand Blanc's 19th 3 guys in the 466 00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:08,640 top 20. That's great. 467 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:11,480 It's a good day, yeah. Then it starts to get a little 468 00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:15,920 tough with Nico Young being as far back as 36th, Ahmed Mohammed 469 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:18,880 who was up there, like I'll give the guy credit for really going 470 00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:22,520 for it, but I mean in the final lap or two catches up to him and 471 00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:24,920 he finishes 46th and then that was it. 472 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:26,840 That's our team. We we ran five guys today are. 473 00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:31,160 We the only guy I mean only country to run 5. 474 00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:33,000 A couple other countries, I mean, there was countries who 475 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:36,160 didn't even have full team, Yeah, but in there were when 476 00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:38,240 it's 5I mean there's it's just a lot of pressure on. 477 00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:41,200 Yeah, I mean, if you're, if you're Team USA, you're trying 478 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:43,640 to make a podium against countries that are as good as 479 00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:45,840 they are. You need a full squad. 480 00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:49,920 Yeah, Yeah. And like Max said, yeah, it's 481 00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:51,480 our it's we're hosting. Yeah. 482 00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:53,440 Cross country capital of the world. 483 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:55,360 Cross country, capital of the world and there there's no room 484 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:57,560 for error and it really is a team sport. 485 00:25:57,720 --> 00:26:01,880 You need everyone to be on run their a game, especially when 486 00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:04,440 you're trying to do something so, so big as end up on a 487 00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:07,280 podium. You need every person to have a 488 00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:09,640 great day, and if you're not even showing up with every 489 00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:12,640 person, it gets a lot. Harder and that's also, you 490 00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:15,960 know, the cross country NCAA season is a long one yes. 491 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:20,760 So I I'm sure that he you know, he was the injuries come 492 00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:23,320 usually, you know, when you're getting pretty rundown right. 493 00:26:23,680 --> 00:26:27,520 So it's, I think it maybe it was just, you know, a week or two 494 00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:33,560 too long. But also logistically I, I don't 495 00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:37,640 know, like do I fault USATF for not having the alternate here 496 00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:40,120 regardless? Yeah, in general, I mean. 497 00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:41,960 We're at home. Why not? 498 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:44,080 Yeah, you can fault them. Yeah, some. 499 00:26:44,120 --> 00:26:48,600 I mean, we didn't, we didn't, we didn't, we didn't we didn't run 500 00:26:48,760 --> 00:26:53,760 a full squad in on in the world champs on your home soil. 501 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:55,920 You got to have, I mean, somebody. 502 00:26:57,040 --> 00:26:58,840 Someone's got to have a private jet that could have got someone. 503 00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:00,800 From a couple people are dropping some balls over. 504 00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:02,840 Here, yeah, we we need somebody with PJ. 505 00:27:02,840 --> 00:27:06,600 But I, I mean a little bit the onus is on the athlete, but when 506 00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:09,960 you're trying to get on the line to race, you have to keep the 507 00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:12,400 delusion alive that you're going to be fine and you're going to 508 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:13,840 be able to to show up on the day. 509 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:16,960 You know, it's, it's really hard when you've earned a spot and he 510 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:20,920 ran so well at US cost championships that you, you 511 00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:23,800 don't really want to relinquish that that spot and you you don't 512 00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:28,640 really want to, to let that possibility enter your mental 513 00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:30,600 space when you're doing everything to get on the. 514 00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:32,680 Line, yeah, I agree. But there's also it's like you 515 00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:35,960 are in that spot and like if you want to show up and you're like, 516 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:38,760 maybe I'm kind of I'm banged up, but I'm going to give it a go. 517 00:27:39,520 --> 00:27:42,000 But it's like you didn't, you didn't even line up. 518 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:44,560 And it's a team. Sport, and it's a team sport. 519 00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:48,720 There should have been somebody here like you can say, look, hey 520 00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:51,440 Liam Murphy, I'm going to do every single thing I can to make 521 00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:54,600 it to that line. But just a heads up, maybe I 522 00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:57,520 don't and so. Get yourself to Tallahassee. 523 00:27:57,880 --> 00:28:01,760 Get yourself down to Florida. So yeah, it's like he earned 524 00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:04,280 that spot. And but if you don't line up, 525 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:09,520 somebody else could have. Yeah, it's unfortunate, but the 526 00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:12,800 result ends up being 4th place for Team USAI. 527 00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:16,280 Mean if we want to find the positives in all of it, looking 528 00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:20,400 at Parker Wolf finishing 12th, beating the likes of Adrian Will 529 00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:23,200 Scoot, who's someone who's been at World Championship and 530 00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:24,920 Olympic finals, that run really well. 531 00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:26,480 Before And he's a Florida State boy, right? 532 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:27,920 Yeah. Beating Jimmy Gressier. 533 00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:33,240 Beating the world champ Parker Wolf had a great day out there 534 00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:37,440 and you knew I really believed he would after his USA 535 00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:40,160 performance. Yeah, the US is just getting 536 00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:46,840 better and better and the gap is closing in a in a great, great 537 00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:48,400 period right now for distance running. 538 00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:51,800 Hopefully Parker Wolf can can stay healthy, keep improving 539 00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:56,240 that that Swoosh track club with, with coach Mike Smith. 540 00:28:56,560 --> 00:29:00,160 They've just got so many great athletes all working together. 541 00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:02,720 They're all just going to get better and better training with 542 00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:04,040 each other, feeding off each other. 543 00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:06,320 So excited for the future of for all of them. 544 00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:08,960 It'll be an interesting juggling act for Mike. 545 00:29:08,960 --> 00:29:11,680 I think in terms of just being able to tailor people who are 546 00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:13,560 like, we're going to focus on, you guys are going to focus on 547 00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:15,640 this event because it's like when you got more than three 548 00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:18,920 guys from one country in a training group potentially going 549 00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:21,320 after the same 535K spots. That's. 550 00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:23,440 Complicated for sure, but it's a good problem. 551 00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:27,640 It's a good problem to have. And also it's like you'll run 552 00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:30,000 better in the races with all your teammates there. 553 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:35,360 So yes, your teammates are going to be the ones who are are vying 554 00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:40,440 for those spots with you. But it's that's how it always 555 00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:42,440 goes, right? It's like, you know, Parker Wolf 556 00:29:42,440 --> 00:29:46,200 is trying to beat Ethan Strand when they were UNC teammates at 557 00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:48,920 NCAA's. It's, it's, it's no, nothing new 558 00:29:48,920 --> 00:29:51,080 to to these guys. And that's where culture comes 559 00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:53,560 into play, right? As a team, you have to believe 560 00:29:53,560 --> 00:29:55,520 that one person's success is your own. 561 00:29:55,760 --> 00:29:59,560 And they're clearly, clearly have a synergy going on in flag 562 00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:01,200 and they're they're clearly believing that. 563 00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:03,760 And we talked about this on the women's side of this. 564 00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:07,840 This event is such a spring springboard and watch Parker 565 00:30:08,320 --> 00:30:11,520 become a household name. I mean, this is this is a really 566 00:30:11,520 --> 00:30:14,040 big step up from. I mean, he's been running great. 567 00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:16,760 But to be 12th at at your first ever World Cups, country 568 00:30:16,760 --> 00:30:21,160 championship, beating people that are unbelievably world 569 00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:24,600 class top athletes in the world, that is that has to give you 570 00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:28,280 such confidence and such momentum going into really the 571 00:30:28,280 --> 00:30:30,720 next Olympic cycle. And it's like this course was, 572 00:30:31,080 --> 00:30:33,760 it looked like there was periods where you're kind of, even 573 00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:36,080 though it wasn't, you don't necessarily know man's land, but 574 00:30:36,080 --> 00:30:38,480 there's not like a big group of people working together. 575 00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:43,120 It was so strung out and there was, it's like there was Parker 576 00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:45,520 Wolf would be in, you know, like top 15 and there would be 577 00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:47,880 periods where he's cut where there's a lot of space, right? 578 00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:51,440 Like there's not like tons of athletes to feed off of people 579 00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:54,800 that drag you along. It's it got really tough out 580 00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:55,920 there. It seemed like, you know, like 581 00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:57,760 for all the obstacle talk and they're like, we're going to 582 00:30:57,760 --> 00:30:58,920 force them to run through the mud pit. 583 00:30:59,240 --> 00:31:01,760 They didn't. They had the little sliver on 584 00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:02,960 the side. And everything. 585 00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:04,600 And of course, they took. It I noticed. 586 00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:07,320 That I can either that I can either take the sliver on the 587 00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:10,480 side or I can run through like 3 feet of just solid mud. 588 00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:13,480 I'll go for the sliver. The the, the, the race 589 00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:15,640 organizers like what the they're like. 590 00:31:16,360 --> 00:31:19,200 We made we're supposed to move the barricades just a couple 591 00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:22,360 more feet in Eric down there in the mud pit. 592 00:31:22,360 --> 00:31:23,640 Yeah, you know. How long I work? 593 00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:26,400 They're like somebody go force them into the mud. 594 00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:30,720 But yeah, it was really tough, really tough conditions out 595 00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:32,440 there. And we've got, I mean, how, how 596 00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:35,320 long till we got to go race? Hour 20 so we got to warm up. 597 00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:37,400 Soon. Yeah, OK, We got to elevate 598 00:31:37,400 --> 00:31:38,680 these legs. We've been running around all 599 00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:41,080 day back and forth for these races. 600 00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:44,760 The Spectator The spectator friendliness of this course is 601 00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:46,680 fantastic. This is exactly what we were 602 00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:48,880 talking about. We need loop courses that are 603 00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:51,040 accessible the inside of the course, the outside of the 604 00:31:51,040 --> 00:31:52,280 course. I mean, it felt like, I haven't 605 00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:54,720 been at a cross country race and I don't know how long, but it 606 00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:56,880 felt like we were back in high school cross country. 607 00:31:56,880 --> 00:31:59,800 You know, the parents are running to and fro and we're the 608 00:31:59,800 --> 00:32:02,960 ones, we're the ones out there like idiots running around the 609 00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:04,480 course screaming our heads off. I mean, it is. 610 00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:06,400 It's so fun. It's great to be back at cross 611 00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:09,160 part. Part of the beauty to the 612 00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:11,480 logistics in the local organizing committee pulling 613 00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:14,920 this whole thing off is the fact that tomorrow is the USATF club 614 00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:17,560 cross country championships. And so a lot of people from all 615 00:32:17,560 --> 00:32:20,200 over the country came down and I think they're making them pick 616 00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:22,280 up their bibs and stuff here. So it's like all. 617 00:32:22,280 --> 00:32:23,560 Right. It's perfect. 618 00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:25,880 It's a great thing to do, very smart. 619 00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:29,680 It's just like you're getting more people here, more fans and 620 00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:32,840 it's people who are competing, but they're also, you know, the 621 00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:35,360 biggest fans. It just makes, I'm sure it's 622 00:32:35,360 --> 00:32:39,800 tough logistically to stack the races like that, but it makes so 623 00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:42,400 much sense from a fan perspective. 624 00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:46,000 Yeah, to see everybody here, it's an incredible turn out. 625 00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:47,640 I don't know what kind of numbers they were hoping to do 626 00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:50,440 and what they thought they would do. 6000 tickets sold as of 627 00:32:50,440 --> 00:32:53,080 yesterday and so now the 4000 people showed up day of. 628 00:32:53,280 --> 00:32:56,840 I mean, you gotta, I would think that they're like this is a fan, 629 00:32:56,840 --> 00:33:02,680 a great turn out, but the energy and everybody here, it really is 630 00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:06,240 a huge positive for the sport. So yeah, it's like the question 631 00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:08,840 is, we don't have a world cross that we're going to have to host 632 00:33:08,840 --> 00:33:10,120 every year. So it's like, how do we stack 633 00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:11,720 these two events? There was the attempt, 634 00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:16,000 obviously, with NXN and US cross that day. 635 00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:17,920 I guess like maybe a lot of the high school kids didn't 636 00:33:17,920 --> 00:33:19,760 necessarily stick around for the pro races. 637 00:33:19,760 --> 00:33:21,480 It was cold. Everyone's got to get back 638 00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:23,160 together. And quite possibly like the 639 00:33:23,280 --> 00:33:27,960 exact opposite of this weather. Yeah, for viewing in Portland, 640 00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:31,040 OR. So it's like, all right, we know 641 00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:34,720 how valuable AUS Club cross country championships can be for 642 00:33:34,760 --> 00:33:38,240 a turn out, so let's get strategic about putting it in 643 00:33:38,240 --> 00:33:40,760 the right spot. So we learned a lot from an 644 00:33:40,760 --> 00:33:42,800 event like this. Yeah, hats off to the local 645 00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:46,000 organizing committee. I mean, none of this stuff is a 646 00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:48,200 no brainer. They had to put a lot of pieces 647 00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:52,480 together to pull this off. And they, they created such an 648 00:33:52,480 --> 00:33:55,960 amazing event that it's packed it, it has exceeded 649 00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:58,160 expectations. Talking to to people around the 650 00:33:58,160 --> 00:34:01,320 course, you know, people from people from everywhere. 651 00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:04,560 They, they really pulled it off. Having kids be free, having the, 652 00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:07,400 having the races go. There are so many young fans 653 00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:08,400 here. And that's what this sport 654 00:34:08,400 --> 00:34:11,719 really needs is where's the next generation, next generation of 655 00:34:11,719 --> 00:34:14,320 fans going to come from and it's grass roots initiatives like 656 00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:14,840 that. Yeah. 657 00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:18,719 So if we go back to just really quick to what the medalists 658 00:34:18,719 --> 00:34:21,360 were. So from the team side, it was 659 00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:23,639 Kenya with the gold medal, 19 points. 660 00:34:23,639 --> 00:34:28,840 You got to give it a good run into in silver, Ethiopia for 661 00:34:29,120 --> 00:34:33,719 bronze, I believe, right? Or that order might be for the 662 00:34:33,719 --> 00:34:40,080 men's race, the Ethiopia first. Sorry. 663 00:34:40,080 --> 00:34:42,120 Yeah, yeah, yeah. I was looking at two different 664 00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:45,159 team standings. Well, we still got a harp on the 665 00:34:45,159 --> 00:34:48,280 fact that these results sites by World Athletics still need a 666 00:34:48,280 --> 00:34:53,800 little bit of improvement. But overall solid race day. 667 00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:59,040 Eric, if you get a hand your mic to Paul, Paul really quick, give 668 00:34:59,040 --> 00:35:05,080 some kudos over to the Men's U20 Team USA performance today. 669 00:35:05,240 --> 00:35:09,800 Oh yeah, so Team USA picks up a bronze medal in the men's junior 670 00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:11,960 race. I believe they said in the mix 671 00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:14,040 zone it's only the second time they've ever meddled in that 672 00:35:14,040 --> 00:35:15,840 race. The first one was in Bathurst, 673 00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:19,680 OK, three years ago. And XN champion and Brooks 674 00:35:19,680 --> 00:35:22,120 champion Jackson Spencer took the OR. 675 00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:26,840 He finished 18th with the second American but Cal Poly freshman 676 00:35:27,120 --> 00:35:29,240 Tyler Dalek. Performance of the day. 677 00:35:30,120 --> 00:35:34,720 Lost his shoe a little over one KN on the first lap in the mud, 678 00:35:34,720 --> 00:35:37,680 which is a threat that a lot of people are talking about. 679 00:35:37,680 --> 00:35:39,880 So I guess he probably should have taped his spikes up a 680 00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:44,240 little bit but loses his shoe in the first K basically and then 681 00:35:44,240 --> 00:35:49,200 finishes the race in 16th. He moved up a couple spots in on 682 00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:52,600 the last lap I believe. So he wasn't just surviving with 683 00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:56,760 one shoe on, he was thriving and he finishes 16th. 684 00:35:56,760 --> 00:36:00,720 We had I think two more got another guy finished like 20th. 685 00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:04,800 The junior team did a really good job of packing up and so 686 00:36:04,800 --> 00:36:08,840 they had a pretty good spread and take a bronze medal, which 687 00:36:08,840 --> 00:36:11,320 is our only team medal of the day unfortunately. 688 00:36:11,320 --> 00:36:14,360 But what a race to do it in. The future's bright for Team 689 00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:16,360 USA. Future's right for Cal Poly I 690 00:36:16,360 --> 00:36:17,520 guess too. That too, yeah. 691 00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:21,840 All right. So I think that does it for our 692 00:36:21,840 --> 00:36:24,120 full recap of this race cuz I'm looking at the clock and I'm 693 00:36:24,120 --> 00:36:26,720 like, we need to get the legs up chains. 694 00:36:26,720 --> 00:36:28,880 Elevate, Yeah. Get our Acers. 695 00:36:28,960 --> 00:36:30,640 You're going with the Nova Blast fives. 696 00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:32,440 I'm gonna go Nova Blast 5. You're going. 697 00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:37,960 Super blast for this one. And so we're gonna give this 698 00:36:37,960 --> 00:36:40,800 raise our best effort. At times was I thinking maybe 699 00:36:40,800 --> 00:36:43,600 the 2K would have been better for us, but we're going 4K. 700 00:36:43,800 --> 00:36:45,960 You didn't give us the option of the 2K. 701 00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:48,560 And I'm gonna No, I'm glad we're doing the 4K. 702 00:36:48,560 --> 00:36:49,320 Yeah, all. Right. 703 00:36:49,360 --> 00:36:52,240 Yeah, he's glad. What's our strategy in this? 704 00:36:52,680 --> 00:36:54,840 We're getting out, we're getting out hard and we're we're going 705 00:36:54,840 --> 00:36:56,920 to ride it, ride it right through I. 706 00:36:57,000 --> 00:36:58,760 Thought we learned that we shouldn't do that I. 707 00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:00,320 Thought we should play I think better. 708 00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:03,160 I think it'd be better to get out really, really hard. 709 00:37:03,160 --> 00:37:05,320 All right, we'll see. We'll see how it plays out for 710 00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:07,280 us. So thanks again everyone for 711 00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:10,080 tuning in and following along with our coverage of the 2026 712 00:37:10,080 --> 00:37:11,840 World Cross Country Championships here in 713 00:37:11,840 --> 00:37:14,480 Tallahassee. Many thanks to ASICS, an 714 00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:17,400 official World Athletics partner and a partner of ours at the 715 00:37:17,400 --> 00:37:22,880 last four global championships. We've done World Championships 716 00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:25,200 on the track, the Olympics, and now here. 717 00:37:25,200 --> 00:37:29,000 So Many thanks for ASICS, for all their support and helping us 718 00:37:29,040 --> 00:37:31,960 with this beautiful set. If we could do something like 719 00:37:31,960 --> 00:37:34,000 this at more places, that'd be amazing. 720 00:37:34,720 --> 00:37:38,320 But yeah, we're excited to get on out there and give this 721 00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:41,080 course our best effort. Thanks again for watching and 722 00:37:41,080 --> 00:37:43,600 follow along on CDs, Max, YouTube and social channels for 723 00:37:43,600 --> 00:37:45,680 more content from here in Tallahassee. 724 00:37:45,880 --> 00:37:46,760 We'll see you next time.