UNBELIEVABLE!! The 2024 NCAA Cross Country Championships Were WILD

[@RaydenSun]

2nd place for the men running half the race with 1 shoe after losing the left one is probably one the craziest things I have ever seen.

[@runcaz7802]

Ever hear of Zola Budd? World XC Champ bearfoot.

[@brucewayne-bp2qw]

Yeah. But to lose a shoe unexpectedly is way different that just normally planned running barefoot. The mental adjustment is non comparable

[@carterhyde908]

One of my teammates had his shoe taken off shortly after the starting line at states and came in second, he lost to my other teammate, who incidentally was the one who took off his shoe. Definitely wasn't comparable to today's second placer, third was most of a minute behind them two.

[@mattleathen445]

Do you know if he lost it halfway through? He’s on video here shoeless at the halfway mark, but I have to wonder if he lost it during the first 500 m.

[@samjenniches6271]

@@mattleathen445 Had it at 4.5 km, gone at 5.5.

[@ridgerocked2254]

I just got back from the race. Conditions were perfect..Wind was almost nonexistent. Race felt really fast.

[@jameshenry6655]

Shout out to Nathan Green (Washington) who finished in 54th place. He had the strongest kick of the day, closing the last 1km in 2:40. Unbelievable.

[@RA-lu6mb]

That just means he didn't pace it right. He went too slow the first 9 km. His overall time and placement would've been better with better pacing.

[@jameshenry6655]

@@RA-lu6mb Oh I definitely agree, he definitely could have positioned himself better earlier on in the race. Everybody around him throughout the race was splitting the same times as him per km, Nathan just had a lot more energy than others around him. Maybe if he were to pick off 20-30 people over the first few km's he 100% could have had a much better placement.

[@glennwebb631]

I didn't realize that was a recognized achievement

[@andyevans9967]

If only he'd started a little sooner.

[@Florence0]

Absolutely incredible performance to loose your shoe at 5km and still get 2nd.Habton Samuel 👏👏

[@thebrennanwallin]

Went back and saw that too! Already gone at 5k split

[@runcaz7802]

Zola Budd. World XC champ bearfoot.

[@philipj.sherman2987]

In the words of a famous Oregon coach…he had less weight to carry.

[@KeyDash753]

I'm not a runner, but I assume running with one shoe after training in shoes is a lot harder than running barefoot after training barefoot.

[@andyevans9967]

If only he'd performed a bit better while tying his shoes beforehand.

[@jonasbrooks5025]

We get TRP before the actual race is posted. 😪

[@thedailystride5407]

Man’s built different

[@keneth_15]

Where we can watch that?

[@marylandflyer5670]

It was free live on KZbin if you searched for it

[@aaronsorensen5165]

His shoe was off by 5k

[@thetheoryofeverything7129]

That's crazy

[@jhoncena1111]

Someone buy this man some shoes

[@philipj.sherman2987]

It was 5.5k.

[@Mark-eh7kx]

Yeah, I think that he would have outkicked Graham if he had his shoe - you can push off hard on frozen/wet grass with no shoe. I've heard that has happened to him several times. I've never seen it happen to anyone else, so this is something that he has to correct in the future.

[@TheJoeE71]

Awesome job to BYU who won both men's AND women's championships!

[@ColeMcCraw]

Love when you cover races like this. I have an alumni that ran the NAIA and managed to make all American so i would love to see a video covering the NAIA.

[@mrtriathlondude]

Rise! And shout! The Cougars are out!

[@robiins]

5:47 YASEEN ABDALLA MENTIONED MY GOAT

[@InfinityCuberRS3M]

I WAS THINKING THE EXACT SAME THING

[@saetharion]

Kudos to no2, not only for missing a shoe but closing like a freight train on the leader. Was a really close race art the end of the day.

[@DK412724]

1st sweep since 2004. Congrats BYU Cougars!

[@russell-di8js]

Sat in the Uk & i never knew that a well presented running channel is what i've been missing. Great crowds to watch what looked like the charge from Brave Heart both mens & women. Congrats to the winners & thanks for a great watch to all concerned.

[@kenocontreras]

Insane! What a beautiful view at the start of the race.

[@ZorshaAndHerPharaoh]

A running channel on pace for 1 million subs. Surreal.

[@paularunslondon]

I love this channel! I get to know everything that’s going on in running within a day of it happened 🎉

[@TheBigDean]

You should cover the NXRs and NXN

[@TiloDroid]

great recap as always! thx for linking the full results too, youre doing great work!

[@eliot7964]

Love running!! Thank you for the updates and videos.

[@PolyGerman43]

Amazing race once again. That opening 1st K!!!

[@erikwigelandiestad2270]

Wow! Season opening Cross Country Skiing in Norway and the nationals running in the US the same day. Where’s my popcorn? ❤

[@davidgow4900]

Great report -- informative analysis. Well done!

[@kakashi0429]

Us Lobos are great at running...especially when you train in high elevation

[@roywall8169]

Huge competition for the Big12. 1st and 2nd place teams in both the men’s and women’s events, with three teams in the top 10 men’s event. Well done!

[@nperium9886]

Watching my boy Graham Blanks win again was so hype

[@roywall8169]

Congrats Cougars! Well done.

[@michaelp8856]

Yes - this guy deserves the tough guy no quit no matter what award - AWESOME : Habtom Samuel from New Mexico and his missing shoe: shoe on around @4:42 1.1 K (3:09)......@5:19 at 3.2 K (9:20) and NO shoe @5:28 at 5.0K (14:32). so he ran at least the last 5.0 K with no left shoe AND that's missing half your shoe area without spikes to give traction.

[@fredkosgei8932]

Congratulations ❤🎉Talent young man

[@tankeater]

I was stationed at Ft. Drum (Norther NY). Running under 20 is brutal and in the Negatives absolutely sucked... BUT, I tended to love going on our 6+ mile runs when it wasn't too high above freezing. 35-40 was a goldilocks zone for me. 🤔🤷‍♂️🤘

[@Grimer-h6r]

100% agree ~40* is optimal running temp for me

[@Tyty10sey]

Ngl it’s actually kinda crazy how my guy ran the second half of the race without a shoe and somehow got second place. He definitely would’ve won if it wasn’t for that.

[@runcaz7802]

There's no way to answer that question.

[@bigfatbruce]

How do you know that?

[@Tyty10sey]

@@bigfatbruce in the broadcast after 5K his shoe was no longer there

[@ccbgaming6994]

@Tyty10sey He didn’t mean that part lmao

[@Tyty10sey]

@@ccbgaming6994 oh shi my bad lol

[@GreenDuckk2719]

The narrowing is crazy

[@darthbacon1685]

Samuel getting 2nd with one shoe is insane

[@woodb51]

Should have had Yared Nuguse run with them just for sport. Or maybe Ingebrightsen.

[@dready529]

They wouldn't be a whole lot faster

[@compellingimaging9170]

Let’s go Iowa state!

[@artcmd262]

what happened to Stanford?

[@repsaknivek]

What happened to Oklahoma State. They were expected to win or come in second at worst.

[@michaelp8856]

Blanks - awesome. that's how you take'em down!

[@Greatboredberries]

BYU!!!!!!!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@alicyclicda3566]

inspiring collegiates 🎉

[@iRunfastXC]

GO COUGS, BABY!

[@GhandiOnCurry]

my goat yaseen making an appearance

[@thomasrathert14]

Just wish the women could run a 10K instead of a 6K. I was at the meet though, was really awesome. It was 35 degrees but it didn't feel that cold because there wasn't any wind. 35 degrees is also not that bad for someone like myself who's lived in Wisconsin his entire life.

[@CrossCountryRun]

Why do you wish that?

[@thomasrathert14]

@CrossCountryRun Why not? They run a 10K on the track already. It would be another step in making women's sports equal to men's.

[@candiceverpaelst-ud3kk]

Kudos to Graham Blanks

[@donotrobme9295]

Well, I’ll drink a diet to coke to celebrate byu. Thank you brethren and sisters.

[@whitedwarf4018]

Harvard boy (Graham) took it to em again...too smart and too strong for em.

[@johnfromireland7551]

10km cross country in 28 minutes!!! For sure he can do 27 and maybe low 27minutes too, on the track or roads! Remember 27:40 used to be the world record. So, standards have improved astoundingly since 1980's.

[@micheles501]

Killer races!!

[@aethylwulfeiii6502]

It’s hard to tell if the pacing was smart or stupid without a grade analysis showing if they are going up or downhill. From the footage it looks almost all uphill.

[@RogerPack]

Yeah I kept wishing the split time included elevation changes or what not...

[@blainenewton7188]

If Blanks stays healthy he's going to have a monster year on the track in 2025...

[@zach4674]

Can you recap Hedengrens 15:55 at NXR SW?

[@emma.bridgeforth]

incredible 🎉

[@mattmitchel1877]

OUR GLORIOUS KING YASSEEN ABDALLA, STAY STRONG AND CONTINUE TO SHINE BRIGHTER THAN THE STARS!!!!!!!

[@thomasdevoogt1655]

Dude, I was there…far from “frozen tundra.”

[@erikwigelandiestad2270]

Has to be said; perhaps one of the best surfaces for cross country running of all time? Better than my lawn

[@EnvyTraxus]

casey clinger 26 year old unc still in college 🤣

[@Nai911]

how did he even lose his shoe lol

[@NateCrail]

got spiked and then kicked off his shoe

[@philipj.sherman2987]

What happened to Parker Valby?

[@HunterThinker]

I realize the hubris of youth and peer pressure makes it seem like you should wearing short because everyone else is doing it....but at 35f....wearing tights, long sleeve shirt, hat and gloves will give you an advantage, it's basic thermodynamics, your body will spend less energy heating itself and more energy running.

[@cameronausen]

I saw a lot of hats and gloves on the course afterward that athletes had tossed. 35 degrees really does not seem that cold when you are running at full throttle for a 6k or 10k race (especially when there is virtually no wind like today or if you are from parts of the country that have cooler falls).

[@davidhofmayer1031]

@@cameronausenyep - you can also see Musau ditched his gloves before making a big push. I used to do the rowing machine shirtless in freezing weather with steam coming off me. Yes, your skin is cold, but your core is a furnace when you’re working like that

[@Kimmer]

In addition, BYU oiled up to provide some thermal protection which apparently must not hurt. But, yes I agree - when I run in these temperatures, I would be wearing some layers.

[@HunterThinker]

@@Kimmer I actually did some basic calcs on this scenario on chatgpt, and it recommended arm sleeves, calf sleeves, and gloves + hat (discard if overheat). The winner graham had gloves and in his post race interview said of his performance "it hurt". Probably would have hurt 5-20% less with thermal efficiency ;-)

[@aethylwulfeiii6502]

You need to be concerned about aerodynamics and power to weight ratios.

[@jay2fly124]

i think habtom samuel could have gave more if he had his show glad to see him at the top , him and blanks were my predictions

[@cameronphelps1409]

Please cover the D3 Nationals!!!

[@No2ndHandInfo]

good enthusiastic runners, nothing like the good brain chemistry runners natural high

[@ZorshaAndHerPharaoh]

Was annoying running 5k for cross in high school, then 10k being the standard in college.

[@George-nx4bp]

Haha I get it. I mean it's not a huge difference though. A 5k is already 80% aerobic. 10k just bumps it up to 85 or 90%

[@justalittlebitmo]

Yeah! Go Cougs!

[@George-nx4bp]

Bro they were probably all like over 23 years old

[@TheJoeE71]

​@@George-nx4bp Wrong. You don't have to put qualifiers on two great wins. Be gracious.

[@jamisonweaver3711]

Holy shit. Y'all, look up WHY Habtorn Samuel finished with 1 shoe. Runner's World did a story about it. Habtorn is Beast Mode. Just, wow.

[@EnvyTraxus]

graham blanks crazy

[@SGOA32178]

kenyans be watching and sipping hot tea in silence and be saying things like mmmhmm!!

[@Cevan42]

Why a difference in distance?

[@StanfordFan-jn1dp]

The number 2 finisher Habtom Samuel is from New Mexico NOT Oklahoma State!!

[@Hurst6969]

amazing!

[@Jake_Ritter]

The announcers kept saying “slow opening” and the first 1km was 27:15 pace lol I get what they were saying but still

[@edgesdolezal6215]

Wild to not acknowledge that beyond running half the race without his left shoe, Habtom Samuel was badly spiked on both his Achilles and had to be on crutches after the race. All this disadvantage for him to only finish 1.5 seconds behind the leader... yeah. I think we know who the real winner was here lol Can't wait to see where this guy goes!

[@Noah-sm1ze]

The trip up definitely affected a few races … feel bad for those athletes

[@TXLogic]

I miss Parker Valby…

[@davidtydeman1434]

This was one of your best videos covering a race. Told us all we needed to know and was short and to the point 👏👏👏

[@TotalRunningProductions]

Thanks, appreciate it!

[@sabonis7]

BYU won both💪💪

[@MedicineRunner]

So where the blood? I’m honestly sick of the false click bait on this channel. You don’t need to do it

[@janetstorm7881]

Honey, 35 degrees is not a "freezing cold" day in Wisconsin, 😅🤣😂😉

[@kc5466]

It is if you’re not from Wisconsin like the majority of the cross country runners participating in that meet.

[@MichelleD2023]

Cold for running. Not cold for the area. You’re in the comments of a running channel and tried to be a smartass 😂

[@janetstorm7881]

@@kc5466 I was in the military and stationed at FT Carson Colo and we had some training in Wisconsin in this time frame a few years ago and it certainly wasn't 50 degrees. I don't consider 35 degrees cold. It's hilarious to me that people consider 35 degrees freezing cold, esp a distance runner LMAO! 🥶🥶🥶😆😅🤣😂

[@kc5466]

@@janetstorm7881 a distance runner would absolutely think 35 is freezing cold especially if they’re entire training was in Florida, California, or Texas where the weather rarely goes below 70 in the fall. So yes for the vast majority of distance runners 35 is freezing weather. It doesn’t have to be snowing or in the negatives to be considered freezing for athletes not from there.

[@janetstorm7881]

@@kc5466 gotcha ❤

[@kratorz1]

As an average runner (5K in 21min) running a 5k sub 20 min seems impossible...they ran it in 14 min 😂

[@pete5691]

Had to be disheartening to see Blanks make that kind of move so late in the race.

[@AllenRichardson-t8w]

Waite a minute… Henry Rono from Washington State , didn’t he win Cross Counrty against Salazar & Chapa from Oregon. Coach by creator of Nike !!

[@flothungumaloba506]

3rd is the earliest ive gotten on this channel to comment

[@zitronensaaft3454]

bro this was like 10 minutes from my house but I slept in too late

[@zitronensaaft3454]

also, this course has got to be cursed, every single year i raced this in highschool xc one of our top varsity guys lost a shoe!

[@CrossCountryRun]

Bro you were sleeping at 11:00 when you could be watching NATIONALS as easily as taking a walk through the neighborhood?💀

[@michaelp8856]

you could ran there

[@zitronensaaft3454]

@@CrossCountryRun i know bro I was lowkey mad at myself cus the race was hype

[@dprid]

Race distances should be the same for men and women.

[@davidfriedfeld]

Why ?

[@dprid]

@@davidfriedfeld Because it goes back to a time when the governing bodies of athletics thought they had to protect women in case their wombs fell out. OK, I'm paraphrasing, but that was basically the reason. When I started running XC in the early 2000s a lady called Paula Fudge used to run for one of the other teams. Paula set the first recognised women's 5000m world record back in 1981, because prior to that women were not allowed to run that distance competitively. The world has moved on, women can now run whatever distances they want, and excel especially at ultra distances, but XC still seems to be stuck in the old days.

[@davidpadilla6095]

Epic!!!!!

[@bluerfoot]

How is 35 a freezing cold day? Ok I'm a jerk.

[@runnerfig]

Just wait until next year in Columbia, MO. If they get dry conditions the winner will be in the low 27"s on the men's side. For sure under 19 on the women's side. Even though the course is 2 and 3k loops (the men will run the starting straight 4 times) this course SUCKS for spectators

[@a10c032]

The second place guy is from New Mexico, not OSU….smh

[@runcaz7802]

"Maybe not just for collegiate athletes but for anyone in the United States"? Not sure what you're saying this for. The NCAA Nationals are just that, NCAA athletes. So what exactly did that mean?

[@aethylwulfeiii6502]

There’s probably some overlooked talent that went into NAIA, or just didn’t have the GPA or didn’t have any interest in college.

[@fosbury68]

Runner should be penalized 10 seconds for losing a shoe.

[@macharlem]

Love watching this race every year, but common more exciting than the last couple years 🤔. Be honest that’s not true

[@iloveimageprocessing]

Not really XC. Come to the UK and see proper cross country. Where was the mud? Where was the river crossings? What about running through woods? Or snow? Running track speeds on manicured grass lawns and finishing without legs caked in mud - its not XC.

[@kevmwash]

It had to be kenyans 😊😊😊

[@garrysekelli6776]

Kenyan dude with one shoe. Lol

[@dougsholly9323]

6k? That seems so random. Why don't the women run a 10k?

[@michaelp8856]

35F and the girls are still wearing bikinis - i don't get it

[@NotJustMusic]

is this cross country ? just running on grass nothing compared to EU cross country running

[@aethylwulfeiii6502]

Yeah, it’s pretty tame. There is barely any steep grades either.

[@michaelbfree2run883]

Kenyans are barefooted most of their lives, including XC races in Kenya. Most, only wear shoes because of contracts and being pushed to do so my their coaches. Watch Kenyan XC races, most are barefooted.

[@aethylwulfeiii6502]

Nike shoes are shit that do not understand human foot anatomy.

[@sovietsausage1061]

No D2 😢

[@scottbarker9058]

its a freeken disgrace-saddwning....that dropping e.africans come over here.....in our colleges..n c0mpete......our HOMEGROWN BOYS...don't hardly have a chance!!!!

[@TheJoeE71]

BYU won both men's and women's championships so...

[@aethylwulfeiii6502]

Then train smarter and beat them. Endurance sports success is really simple, big volume, a little bit of intensity, with progressive overload in those two domains over a long period of time is equal to success.

[@cy8685]

This is the worse editing I’ve ever seen.

[@RA-lu6mb]

Your comment has the WORST spelling I've ever seen, lol.

[@cy8685]

Point out the spelling error.

[@RA-lu6mb]

@@cy8685 The word worse should be spelled worst.

[@MICHAELDY213]

I hate cross country

[@colmsheahan6991]

Hahahaha...why?

[@MICHAELDY213]

@@colmsheahan6991 sry my lil bro uses this account fr

[@crosslink1493]

Run a 10K on a track (25 laps) then let us know how boring a 10K cross country race is. 🤔😕

[@-Stop-it]

Avoid it then