Save for Jacobs, it almost felt like somebody popped the proverbial balloon of energy.

Sometimes a team can fall flat as a unit....it almost makes it easier to move on (I've been involved in one of those races).

After the Olympic setback, he probably had his worst XC run. He finished out of the scoring for ND after being up in the top pack.
However, a great young man who will excel in life whether it be pro track or dentistry

...not that far around the corner. Graduate in '22 and give it two years to get back to the 5-ring meet.

After that, grad school. Dentistry? Dr. Naguse. Sounds cool.

Everyone has meets/runs like this. The super speedy miler from Oregon crawled across the line today.....