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"Cross Country Running Demographics"

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Anonymous bjdaouble said...

I live in a diverse neighborhood, and I'm always surprised when I see anybody jogging (usually with inappropriate gear, like wearing a denim jacket). Jogging is for people who sit at work.

12/3/07, 5:26 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

When walking to the subway after work I often see members of New York University's cross country teams (identifiable by their T-shirts) running past me. They use the street next to my workplace as an access route from campus to the running path along the Hudson River. A substantial percentage of them - close to half of the males and more than half of the females - are East Asian. NYU has a high percentage of Asians in its overall student body, but it's not nearly that high.

Incidentally, while NYU is scarcely a big sports school its cross country teams are highly rated.

Peter

12/3/07, 9:43 AM

Anonymous jody said...

white runners went 1-2 at the NCAA cross country championship and 1-2-3 at the US olympic trials for marathon.

"mercenary" east africans got 3rd at NCAAs and 4th at olympic trials.

12/3/07, 1:23 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

To put it bluntly, distance running is mostly a smart kid sport at the high school level. It doesn't require a lot of hand-eye coordination, but rewards determination and self-discipline and gets you the varsity letter that makes you look well-rounded to college admissions boards. And for bright kids with mile a minute brains, the repetitive, exhausting nature of distance running helps calm the mind and help these kids get a little centering in their lives.

12/3/07, 3:29 PM

Anonymous Reg Cæsar said...

"--if I could meet anyone who would it be?
Haile Gebrsellassie"

I think it's safe to say he's Ethiopian.

"--favorite dinner meal?
red beans and rice"

What? Not foul mudammas? (But maybe he saw "Silence of the Lambs" and now has an aversion to fava beans.)

12/4/07, 2:19 AM

Blogger Steve Sailer said...

Well, I'd like to meet Haile Gebresellaise. I rented a movie about him back in the 1990s. He's sometimes discussed as a future president of Ethiopia.

12/4/07, 3:53 AM

Blogger Jonathan said...

In response to Jody:

White runners did go 1-2 at the Division I NCAA men's cross country championships. But the top 25 finishers were almost half East African or of East African descent.

3rd place went to Lopez Lomong, originally from southern Sudan, who has lived with an American foster family since 2001.

Finishers number 6, 7, 9, 12, 14, 18, 19, 21, and 23 were Kenyans. 24th place was a Ugandan. 25th was a United States citizen originally from Morocco.

Khalid Khannouchi, who finished 4th in the United States Olympic Marathon trials, is also originally from Morocco and is now an American citizen.

12/4/07, 8:51 AM

Blogger Arnold Hur said...

Steve, you left out the Asians for comment. Less than 1% is way under-represented. Spending more time hitting the books and less on athletics I would guess. Arthur Hu

12/4/07, 4:31 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Steve:
I came here from the link on Malcom Gladwell's blog http://gladwell.typepad.com/gladwellcom/2007/11/kenyan-runners.html and I'm going to throw some harsh criticism your way. Quit bringing up facts and data (and even datum); try to think more freakanomically. Your F&D are downers and keep getting in the way of having "fun" theories.

demafreakagraphocally yours,

Tony

12/12/07, 4:39 PM

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