Last week, UH-Hilo announced that it was axing its men's and women's cross country teams. Not everyone is content to let the Vulcans' XC teams die without a fight. Today comes an article from the Big Dog detailing the wave of support for the condemned harrier programs. Big Island Running Company is proud to voice its support for the effort and invites all its friends to join us in seeing if there's a way to rewrite this sad ending for a team that really is a valuable asset to our community.
[Ed.'s aside: Why does it seem like track and cross country are the first to go when budgets are cut? I know the answer that any sober athletic director would give would involve a discussion of revenue versus non-revenue and other trivial bits, but I'm suspicious that it's because ADs are much less concerned about being attacked by a bunch of angry runners with single digit body fat than an irate football or wrestling team. In fairness, UH-Hilo has neither a wrestling or football team, so it must have been the tennis players and their racquets that beat out the cross country runners' imposing biceps.]
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