But I think some BYU runners may not love the stock race day shorts the sponsor gives them. Some shorts cause thigh chafing issues for some people and other do not. I know I am very particular about what running shorts I can wear and not have chafing caused by the shorts.

It might be the case that some BYU runners have taken to modifying the shorts and hiking the shorts to avoid chafing, not realizing the exposure issue. I would have thought the bad PR from XC would have reached all the runners and this wouldn’t be a problem now, but who knows. There are other solutions to shorts not fitting great on some runners.