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Dan
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 Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2002 6:20 am Post subject: Ritzenheim injured |
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It was just reported that CU's Ritzenheim has a stress fracture and will miss XC this fall. 
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| Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2002 7:15 am Post subject: |
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| That's a complete bummer!! |
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| Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2002 7:22 am Post subject: |
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That stinks.  It's unfortunate that things like that happen, but so long as athletes (in almost any sport) test and push their limits injuries will happen. But I must say that this is a real blow since, with Webb leaving Michigan, Ritz is now the premier name in NCAA distance running. Also as a CU fan this really hurts their chances of repeating. Looks like it could be Stanford's year. 
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| Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2002 12:37 pm Post subject: |
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Stanford is just so deep ... They keep bringin em out in waves ... I think they ewere going ot be tough to beat anyway ...
At the same time I feel for Ritz ... although he hasn't gottenthe publicity that Webb has, I looked at thim in the same light - as bringing legitimacy back to US distance running ... The kid has been a class act and is very talented ... I hope this doesn't sideline him long ...
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| Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2002 12:53 pm Post subject: |
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I think CU has finally been able to close the recruiting gap between themselves and Stanford. They've had some really good freshman classes on the girls side for a couple of years now, but this years men's recruiting class was something. They brought in two sub 9 minute 3200 runners (one of them is a kid named Schoolmester who has supposedly been running real fast in workouts this year). And I think they brought in a couple of other good runners as well. Now that Running With The Buffaloes has been out long enough for it to have a very large number of high school kids reading it, the recruiting for Wettmore is going to get easier. And of coarse winning a national title doesn't hurt. I guess a very popular book about your program and a national title is about what it takes to make up for the tradition, reputation and top notch education that Stanford has going for them.
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| Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2002 12:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Cross Country is not just Fall training for Ritz. He really likes the sport. This is the main reason I feel so bad for him. |
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Dan
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| Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2002 1:04 pm Post subject: |
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I would almost say it's his primary sport.
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I don't know if it's his primary sport, but it is definatly important to him, as it is to everyone that runs for CU. I just hate that he will miss running with the Torres twins during their senior year. Jorge, I think is a really good influence on him. He's someone that is on his level and takes the pressure of being the man off of Ritz while he is developing as a runner.
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| Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2002 10:22 am Post subject: |
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Warning the following post is pure gossip 
We'll it's been 7 weeks since Ritz went down with that stress fracture. Which normally take 8 weeks to heal. There is still a month until regionals. According the talk on less... grown up, message boards, Dathan has been working out in the pool relgiously 2hrs a day and either has already or will shortly start jogging. The talk on those same message boards is that he'll come out and run regionals and nationals for two reasons, a) it's the last year the Torres twins will be around and everyone at CU wants to see them go out on a top notch team and b) the plan has always been for Dathan to red shirt outdoor track and cross country in 2004 so he could go to the Olympics. Personally I think he'll run. Wettmore isn't one to stray from a plan and with the kids Olympic future in the balance I say he sticks with that plan. Of coarse this is just hear say, believe at you own risk.
But I'd love to hear if anyone else has an opinion (other than to say DG stop spreading gossip  )
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Dan
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Interesting... You've got to figure his talent level will bring him back as at least a top-20 runner at nats after the layoff, which I think is good enough to make them the favorites, so that'll be tough for anyone within the program to resist the temptation...
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