Me: “OMG Barkley is on!!”
Normal person: “The what?”
Me: “It’s this crazy race in TN that only 20 ppl have finished in 40 years.”
Normal person: “Wow, are you gonna watch?”
Me: “You don’t watch, you follow some guy’s Twitter!”
Normal person….
#barkleyconversations#bm100
Destination: Spartanburg, South Carolina
Official qualifiers for the 2025 @NCAADIII Cross Country Championships were announced by the NCAA on Sunday. Find out who will compete for national titles come Saturday, November 22, in the Palmetto State.
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A host of new names to start the season in the Top 50 of our NCAA DIII XC Rankings presented by @hoka
Leading the list is last year’s runner-up at the 2024 NCAA DIII Cross Country Championships, Haley Schoenegge, who also collected national titles in the Mile during indoor and the 1500m during outdoor!
One to keep an eye on is Grace McDonough of Connecticut College, who will be coming into this fall with a 5000m personal best of 16:16 from last spring 🔥
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A host of new names to start the season in the Top 50 of our NCAA DIII XC Rankings presented by @hoka
Could The Matthai Twins set themselves as one of the fastest set of twins on the grass this fall across the NCAA? 🏃♂️🏃♂️
Grant Matthai leads the rankings as the third place finisher from last year’s DIII XC National Championships, with Aidan Matthai at #4 as last year’s fifth place finisher.
Joey Sullivan and Adam Loenser also join in to give UW - La Crosse even more fire power on the list 🔥
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A 16 year old high schooler just ran 1:42.27.
I have no words.
This is the most impressive athletic feat in history.
There are no superlatives.
His performance makes high school Lebron look like nobody.
Cooper Lutkenhaus take a bow.
WHAT THE ACTUAL F---! 😱🤯
Donavan Brazier wins 800m national title in a new PB and ABSOLUTELY INSANE 1:42.27 U18 WORLD RECORD by 16-year-old Cooper Lutkenhaus!
27 men's 800m runners have broken 1:44 in 2025. That is the most ever in one year.
It's a crazy number by itself but even crazier when you consider how bad the event was a few years ago.
Sub-1:44s by year
2022: 8
2023: 13
2024: 23 (all-time record)
2025: 27 (all-time record)