Happened at the regional too

Would have won if they used traditional tie breaker rules 😭

@@maxwang2562 no because NAU's 6 man was still ahead of OSU's right?

@@averyerickson7687 No. OSU's 6th was first.

@@jacksonpope3955 oh gotchu

They did a very PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATION IN CROSS RUNNING. FABOLOUS.. WHERE EVER ..WHO EVER TAUGHT THESE PEOPLE. BRUTAL...THEY ARE GETTING READY FOR THE TIME/SHOWTIME

How did they break the tie?

@UCOWiCo1idgsvjJq6xwy1gAg no. It’s not scored like high school. They compare the top 5 runners across head to head. NAU won 3-2, winning the tie breaker

You almost got a deduct 5 pts from OSU being that it's their home course. That is a massive advantage. NAU deserves credit for beating again all the massive athletics department budgets at OSU, Stanford, and BYU. Seriously, I think NAU has to borrow running shoes before the meets!

@@ronaldlincoln2935 They definitely don’t have to borrow shoes lmao, plus they get top recruits so it’s not like they’re some random mid major

@@carolinewall3678 While I was being a little dramatic about the shoes admittedly, you seem to want to run right by the fact that the NAU Athletics budget is TINY compared to Stanford et al. I mean it's night and day. NAU WILL ALWAYS BE THE UNDERDOG when facing massive millions spent by all the other major teams.

@Repent and believe in Jesus Christ Youyoukookoo

European xc will be an interesting test for him

@Repent and believe in Jesus Christ Run as fast as you can: Jesus is going on you!

What I observed about hicks...of the top 3 runners. His form and style was more conducive to the CROSS COUNTRY style RUNNING (creative free expression)..VS. ON THE TRACK .. regiment attack..two different SPORTS . because of this I saw him coming away with the victory..!!!

Cross country STYLE AND FORM at its best..not TRACK running!!.. this is why he won..

Well the 6th man wasn’t the tiebreaker so…

It happened against the same team with my xc team at sectionals and regionals. We tied first and our sixth man was better.

Well not as fast as Connor past year th

@@maxwang2562 his time on this course 2 years ago was something around 29:25-30 I believe

@@blainejohnson9954 damn

Dylan Jacobs moved up the last 1k to come in 4th. He has a deviating kick. He caught Nico the last 2ft last year.

Prosser too..He ran out of his mind. Should be a real player next year too.

Go Lumberjacks! 🎉

Nico always looks like he's dying. Some guys like him and Mantz just wear the pain on their face

You def have never watched nico race before😭

@@Yo-nb3dg I have i was just impressed with how calm hicks looked

Any other course and Nico wins it with a strong last kick...the hills not Nico's best chance.

Good luck on your race!

Best of Luck at the Nationals!

same men

Good luck

@@remedan. thank you 🙏

Hail Highlanders

@Chris Chu I think he was trying to stretch Hicks for Nico, but Hicks ate his wheaties

And this year most of the "experts" thought NAU was a longshot.

@@ronaldlincoln2935 yeah. I saw the ranked 4th in the lead up

Of course. It is a track pace, because they are running in a dirt track. Is that the cross country spirit?

Search Chris Floyd on KZfaq, there is a video of it on there

It is only about 4-5 minutes long (content and quality was superb). I don’t get why NCAA didn’t upload the entire race for the Mountain regionals unless copyright issues, since other NCAA regionals where uploaded.

Yeah ... because he sat on them and then do ALL the mental work..but don't kid yourself. Hicks had to prove his SUPERIOR CONDITION ON THIS GIVEN DATE AND EVENT..IT WAS QUITE APPARENT IN THE FINAL 🦶 KICK . THAT HE WAS NOT !!! GOING TO LET THE OTHER TWO PAST HIM..NO WAY IN HELL..ITS ALL ABOUT CONDITIONALLY READY...

I heard like 5 years ago? It’s so stupid that they changed it. No matter how good the 6th or 7th runners did, it would never matter which is absolutely insane to me. It should come down to head to head if it’s somehow a tie through all seven runners

@@blakefreeman7305 I think it's better this way. In a dual meet between the two teams, if you take all the other runners out of the equation and just compare the two, NAU wins this without even looking at the tiebreak. That's why they do it this way. The main point of runner 6 and 7 99% of the time, either way you do it, is just to give teams more people to potentially get into scoring positions. For NAU, 6 and 7 could've been their 5th man on any given day, same for OSU.

It sucks that happened to OSU. If you look at the team avg times, NAU edge OSU by 1 second!! 🥺😱

Ummmm, last place would win a local 10k race 99% of the time

​@@willdouglas6554 haha yeah I was thinking that. These guys are the best non pro runners in the country.

Search for Chris Floyd on KZfaq, he has a video of it on there

I ran XC for four years, and our 6th and 7th runner never scored because we never had a tiebreak. If this is so bad for the team concept, then I guess most races are bad for it? Look, NAU's top 5 would've bested OSU's top 5 in a head to head meet given their placements relative to each other. I don't see how this method takes away from the team more than regular scoring methods for non-tiebreaks. Of course it would be awesome to let teams field like 10 guys and count all 10, but we count 5 and allow 7 to keep the race with a manageable amount of people, and not DQ teams if a runner needs to drop out.

@machineofadream well said!

@@machineofadream Scoring the sixth runner in case of a tie break shows the team with more depth.

@@machineofadream If it were a dual meet there would have only been 2 teams and they could easily focus on the other runners on the other team. In the invitational setting you can't do that and the 6th man shows the team with more depth. The school my son went to won 2 dual meet titles by running 123 in all the dual meets they had no depth and lost in the invitational meets, the top 3 were sophomores when they won the first dual meet title. In their senior year my son made the team as an 8th grader and they won their first state title my son was 18th that race but their 6 and 7 runners were never that close they would have lost the 6th man but would have won head to head if they ever had a tie breaker. Team depth should decide tie breakers not having top end runners and poor depth.

I disagree...If you can't place at least one runner in the Top 3 is your team really the best?

I like Charles,

@@jennysmith8835 In England we prefer Charli

EXACTLY HOW IT WORKS.. HE WAS MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY PREPARED...

I hope so. I was hoping this year he would have won it. Fingers crossed next year. The competition is unpredictable.

nico legs looked stronger than ever

Were you a CONTENDER @OKLaHOma

32 minutes? 😂😂😂😂

Nah

Me too...people whining that OSU got screwed....really? They didn't have anyone in the Top 3...they shouldn't win it all!

@@ronaldlincoln2935 that doesn't matter if anyone gets in the top 3 individually its all about the team

The top 5 are already scored. Hence the tie. Using 6 and 7 is quality depth.

@@yoshitweet i think you meant to say “in my opinion” i completely disagree

@@ronaldlincoln2935the whole point of cross country is scoring your 5 runners, they both scored 83 points, how they did it is completely irrelevant

Nike Dragonfly, probably the fastest middle-distance shoe out there right now

But if you are looking to use them in local road races, don't. They aren't that comfortable to run in besides on the track and you'd be better off using the Nike Vaporfly, Alphafly, or any other brand carbon plated supershoe on the market.

and Charlie will be back this year...I pick him to repeat...how bout you?

OSU figured it out for 2023... and how.

very true. the announcers were horrible as well as camera work, especially on the women's race. You didn't even see enough coverage of Katelyn's surge.

That’s there best event or that’s there main event and the one they prepare for the most

Ran approx. 30:30 and came in around 150th.