2011 Wisconsin Invite 8k - Lukas Verzbicas collegiate debut

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12 жыл бұрын

The Men's College 8k at the 2011 Wisconsin Invite that saw the home team, Wisconsin Badgers, dominate the field with 66 points to BYU's 120 and Stanford's 125. Arizona's Lawi Lalang took home the individual title while Ryan Hill of NC State came out on top in an exciting battle for second with NAU's Diego Estrada. Freshman phenom, Lukas Verzbizas of the University of Oregon, makes his collegiate racing debut. Verzbicas faded in the second half of the race as Craig Lutz from Texas was the top freshman in 15th.
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@sh0shin 11 жыл бұрын

so interesting to see these guys as pros now

@kevinconnelly6770 9 жыл бұрын

wisconsin is a beast, wow, dont see many teams with so many runners so close to each other all of which being really good

@Lee1995az 12 жыл бұрын

That's awesome :)

@TheVertigoFLY 12 жыл бұрын

QUALITY VIDEO PRODUCTION!

@Tips4Running 12 жыл бұрын

I wanted to be there to watch this race, but I had to work that day. Thanks for the video!

@polosoup 10 жыл бұрын

lol 11:14 lutz doesn't give a fuck

@landonburdette5902 12 жыл бұрын

i met him a few weeks ago, he's chill

@sickpuppienv 12 жыл бұрын

Lukas left his full ride to Oregon to train with his father for the Olympics. Something there must have really set him off for him to leave such a great program. Plus he actually had competition unlike his highschool races

@abjournalist 12 жыл бұрын

Wisconsin is a perfect example of winning with depth opposed to front runners. Crazy grouping

@ronbunn1349 3 жыл бұрын

Lots of pros, including olympians Ward, Mead, and Riley battling it out here.

@zachelam9180 5 жыл бұрын

how is this shit so low quality like damn it was 2011 no 1102

@okonh0wp 11 жыл бұрын

i was active in college cross-country in the mid-00s. UNC and Texas A &M had no teams at all back then. I remember UNC was almost like a DIII team

@Lee1995az 12 жыл бұрын

Craig Lutz is a beast.

@SLAAMIT 11 жыл бұрын

im sure you do

@tomdufour4053 8 жыл бұрын

Hey, what's up? The Time You Put In Really Shows. screw shallow What's your opinion about this, guys !

@multimillionmile 12 жыл бұрын

Nice race I never expected the runner in front would hold it out for 8k.

@ToastedBuns207 11 жыл бұрын

damn, these guys run an 8k as fast as i can run a 5k :P

@mofos619 11 жыл бұрын

Eric Biggers was here.

@carlosmultimedia 11 жыл бұрын

does everyone wear the same spikes in college? the nike victory xc green

@michael-1382 8 жыл бұрын

Why did Lawi go to Arizona?

@brianropel 12 жыл бұрын

i was gonna go to this race but i got a pretty bad stress fracture and decided that it would be smart to stay off it, then learned that my stress fracture turned into a complete fracture

@lechedoe 11 жыл бұрын

11:16 BADASS HAHA

@Mojavehixon 12 жыл бұрын

lukas just blew up just can't hang in a man's race.

@beastmodetrevor 11 жыл бұрын

I think any runner understands that they're not going to be on top from the start. I dont think it was arrogance, but he probably had to figure out what he really wanted to do.

@Tips4Running 12 жыл бұрын

Lukas bailed on Oregon during the season! I know he wants to focus on the Triathlon, but things must have been going really bad to bail mid season on your team.

@467076 Жыл бұрын

Never heard of that dude again after that.

@boomboombam6 12 жыл бұрын

@boothy296 Most are standard college age, so 18-22. Some are probably older because the NCAA uses years of eligibility, and not age, for competition.

@running593 12 жыл бұрын

what did he do?

@2schlauberger 12 жыл бұрын

I didn't hear University of Arizona ranked...but you sure see a lot of their uniform...running away with the win. Winner! Arizona!!

@panthersrock77777777 11 жыл бұрын

14:54 He is from NEW MEXICO, not Mexico!!

@lilduck99 12 жыл бұрын

@Tips4Running No, his dad took over an olympic training center that would focus on tri's instead of just running. Get the story straight.

@kdrast03 12 жыл бұрын

i couldnt agree more not to mention a full scholarship to a good college if i was a parent i woulda made him stay in school lol

@okonh0wp 11 жыл бұрын

Wait that doesn't make sense. It seems pretty lowly regulated in running considering Lagat, Manzano both have dual citizenship and they get to run for US and Lopez Lomong is also Sudanese I could see him wanting to do a sport because they had stricter regulations against foreigners

@lilduck99 11 жыл бұрын

....This isn't a debate. He loves tri's. Tri's make it easier for him to represent the USA in the Olympics than running would because he was not born here. So Lukas is training for tri's. I don't get why this doesn't make sense to you? Are you really interested or are you just trying to argue?

@SLAAMIT 11 жыл бұрын

lol same here

@stevesteinhardt 11 жыл бұрын

Lukas is a better triathlete IMO. A better career move as well, bigger events ,more sponsor money.

@BRIANBREEN 11 жыл бұрын

Lukas is one of top young triathletes in the world. He likely realized that in order to compete at the highest level of college running, he'd have to lose his strengths at cycling and swimming. Many of these runners will never be professional. He will. There are great athletes who have quit baseball to go pro at football or basketball...vice versa. Lukas will be a force in whatever sport he dedicates himself to. I suppose he just decided he wasn't willing to be only a runner.

@DJBeesley23 12 жыл бұрын

what a gap!

@whitelon 12 жыл бұрын

thing about lukas right now he probably could have been running 28's for the 10k idk why he left such a stupid decision

@panthersrock77777777 12 жыл бұрын

14:53 It's not Mexico, it's NEW Mexico :) SMH -_-

@ccfootballfan1 11 жыл бұрын

those hills arent even bad. i run at one of the most hardest courses of the country.

@lilduck99 11 жыл бұрын

No, he wants to represent USA in the Olympics. With running, there are a lot of barriers to athletes not born here in the United States. With Triathlons, less regulation exists.

@ngage74 11 жыл бұрын

Hes young, he's going to make choices that are questionable. Probably felt bad that he wasn't at the same level as the top guys. He can't expect to be, the 8k is completely different from any race he has probably ran. We'll probably see his best in a few years.