Inside How Creed Thompson Helped BYU Make History At The NCAA XC Championships + Insights On How To Build A Winning Culture
THE RUNNING EFFECT PODCAST
Dominic Schlueter
4.8 • 686 Ratings
🗓️ 1 December 2024
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Today on the podcast is BYU's Creed Thompson who just played a pivotal role and helping his team to win a National title.
Creed placed 12th in the country, helping his team win their first NCAA XC Title in five years.
Two years ago, Creed finished 35th overall at the NCAA Championships.
Back in high school, Creed was named RunningLane First Team All-American and the Utah Gatorade BoysCross Country Player of the Year (2020). He was also the Utah 6A individual state champion (2019). That same year, he placed 18th at Footlocker Nationals.
In today's conversation, you can hear insights from Creed's 12th place finish as well as insights and wisdom from the Championships winning BYU squad. Creed also shares his thoughts on the current landscape of the NCAA, international transfers, age limits, and more. Lastly, hear Creed's ambitions for the rest of his career and exclusive stories from his historic 2024 season.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Probably shouldn't say this, but we're ranked number one going in, so all the cameras were on us on the start line. |
| 0:05.0 | We're getting ready to go. The starters are giving us the directions, as usual, the cameras going across. |
| 0:10.0 | And I had to go pee so bad out. I was like, crap. |
| 0:13.0 | I can't run a 10K having to pee my pants this whole time. |
| 0:17.0 | So I'm looking around, like, I don't know what to do. I can't like kneel down and pee real quick because all the cameras are on us. |
| 0:22.1 | So I just peeed my pants. |
| 0:27.6 | That's Creed Thompson today on the podcast. |
| 0:30.3 | Creed recently plays 12th in the country at the 2024 NCAA Cross Country National |
| 0:34.8 | Meet held in Madison, Wisconsin, helping his team, BYU win their first NCAA cross-country team meet held in Madison, Wisconsin, helping his team |
| 0:37.6 | win their first NCAA cross-country team title in five years. Two years ago, Creed finished |
| 0:43.6 | 35th overall at the NCAA championships. He's been a stud throughout his years at |
| 0:48.4 | BYU and back in high school, Creed was a remarkably distinguished athlete in the state of |
| 0:53.4 | Utah. Him and his brother, Daven, twin brother, had been on the podcast before. |
| 0:57.1 | So if you want to hear more of his backstory in the sport of running, you can check that episode |
| 1:00.9 | out, which we did back in December of 2022. |
| 1:04.0 | But today's conversation centers around Creed's remarkable 12th place finish, as well as |
| 1:09.2 | the attributes and stories of an NCAA cross-country |
| 1:12.4 | championship winning team. I thoroughly enjoy this one, a lot of good insights, as well as we |
| 1:16.5 | dive into some more deep water around international transfers, age limits, his faith and how that |
| 1:23.3 | shapes a lot of what he does, his ambitions for the future and so much more. I really hope you |
| 1:27.9 | guys enjoy this one. And if you do, please consider sharing it with a friend because majority of |
| 1:31.4 | people find new podcasts through the recommendation of a friend. With all of those notes aside, |
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