With Trininty returning most of their guys (I believe) and Williams being exceptionally deep who will take the team crown? Can anyone except these two teams win?
How about individuals, will Norte repeat or will someone else take it down?
Lets hear some predictions
Williams will dominate but i think bowdoin should be strong. Norte is so hard to predict because he doesn't really produce in track ( i know that he made it to ncaa's in the steeple) but that was really the only event that he ran serious time in and was somewhat inconsistent. That being said he has to be the favorite to win.
Williams loses a ton of guys but they return a bunch of guys as well and should be alright. Bowdoin and Amherst will give them a run though. I would look for a bunch of the Williams guys Norte and Butcher at the top. I also would not be surprised to see Murner run very very well
1) Williams
2) Trinity
3) Bowdoin
1/2 Kelleher(14:36, 4:10)/Norte(9:11 steeple, defending champ) (cant wait to see this one)
3/4 Wheeler/Butcher (both are good and have run fast 5k10ks)
5/6 Sorenson/Murtagh (sorenson ran like an animal on the track, Murtagh has potential)
Amherst gets a kid from St. Pauls named Harrison whos is 3:56 in high school.
That will make this Harrison kid the second fastest recruit in NE.
brandeis is getting good recruits and they have a really good coach, but i would give them a couple years.
and no i dont go there
trinity's getting a 9:13 two miler, from what I hear. He should help keep their top five intact. And to say that Kelleher can match Norte on the cross country course is laughable.
PRETTY NICE TRIPLE
Men 800 Meter Run
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Record: R 1:58.92 2003 Will Seidel, St Paul's
Name Year School Finals H# Points
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1 Pete Harrison St Paul's 1:56.99R 3 10
2 John O'Loughlin Roxbury 1:59.20 3 8
3 Henry Harding Middlesex 2:00.18 3 6
Men 1500 Meter Run
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Record: R 4:06.70 2005 Sam Moorhead, St Paul's
Name Year School Finals Points
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1 Pete Harrison St Paul's 3:57.64R 10
2 Felipe F. del-Castillo Belmont Hill 4:12.37 8
3 Pranav Nanda Roxbury 4:14.44 6
Men 3000 Meter Run
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Record: R 9:06.9h 1992 Jerry Pullins, St. George
Name Year School Finals Points
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1 Pete Harrison St Paul's 8:53.76R 10
2 Phil Royer St. George's 9:23.31 8
3 Donny Dickson St Paul's 9:37.41 6
Results:
PRETTY NICE TRIPLE
Men 800 Meter Run
==========================================================================
Record: R 1:58.92 2003 Will Seidel, St Paul's
Name Year School Finals H# Points
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1 Pete Harrison St Paul's 1:56.99R 3 10
2 John O'Loughlin Roxbury 1:59.20 3 8
3 Henry Harding Middlesex 2:00.18 3 6
Men 1500 Meter Run
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Record: R 4:06.70 2005 Sam Moorhead, St Paul's
Name Year School Finals Points
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1 Pete Harrison St Paul's 3:57.64R 10
2 Felipe F. del-Castillo Belmont Hill 4:12.37 8
3 Pranav Nanda Roxbury 4:14.44 6
Men 3000 Meter Run
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Record: R 9:06.9h 1992 Jerry Pullins, St. George
Name Year School Finals Points
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1 Pete Harrison St Paul's 8:53.76R 10
2 Phil Royer St. George's 9:23.31 8
3 Donny Dickson St Paul's 9:37.41 6
Results:
On the men's side the top three figure to be:
Williams
Bowdoin
Amherst
and I would expect Williams' depth to prevail, but it should be tighter than last fall.
The second tier looks to be:
MIT, Middlebury, Trinity, Tufts
in no particular order.
For the women, Amherst is odds-on to win with Williams' depth battling Tufts top three for second.
Anyone know if bowdoin is getting any good recruits?
Tell me more about this program. Is it just me, or did their XC guys not perform on the track?
I actually do not think Trinity is in the mix with Williams, or that Wiliams is even the top team. Bowdoin returns all but one runner and they were the number 2 team last year in the region. Trinity is good up front with a solid 1-2 maybe 1-2-3 and having Norte within the top 3 in the region helps, but the depth seems to be lacking, their 4,5 guy will hurt them.
Teams:
1. Bowdoin - only lose McKenna but didn't look good in track w/o Abrams/Hall.
2. Williams - not as strong up front this year but still deep. Seems like every one of their guys ran to their potential last season.
3. Amherst - solid track times but a lot of question marks in XC. With Morrissey, might have the most talented top 5 in the region.
4. MIT - very solid but a notch below the top 3.
5. Brandeis - young and talented, need 3-5 runners to step up, though.
6. Trinity - even with a stud freshman, 4-5 spots look weak
7. Keene St. - very young last year but showed potential
8. Tufts
Top 35 Individuals (in order):
1. Abrams (is he healthy?)
Norte
Butcher (inconsistent in track but always good in XC)
Kelleher (anyone who runs 14:37 has to be a contender)
C. Wheeler (underrated)
Murtagh (home course advantage)
Ruzevick
Kosgei (who knows)
Christian
Condon (where was he in track?)
Krah (has the talent, should be better than last year)
Murner (solid XC rookie, even better in track)
Lakehomer (can he regain last year's early XC form?)
Sorenson (steeple time suggests he could be higher)
Samuel (the next Keene stud)
Moorhead
N. Wheeler
Ogilvie (why doesn't he run the 5k?)
Roy-Mayhew (15:00 indoors)
Watts (or some other random Williams dude)
Eubank (see Ecac's outdoors)
Welch
Morrissey (is he running?)
Hall
Levin (can he build on last year's success?)
Swain (fluke?)
Kamm
Murphy (if he trains)
Griffin (from Springfield)
Kantos (back from abroad?)
Blumstein (who else does Wesleyan have?)
Seybert
Harbus (weak in XC but Conn's course might as well be a track)
35. Dunlap
My money's on Norte. He is the Other Messiah.
You do realize that trinity's 4/5 got them third place last year? They're only losing one of their top 5, and if they do get a stud freshman, he'll slip right in there anyway.
Did Wesleyan suddenly disappear from the region? Not saying they'll necessarily be a contender for the number one spot, but they've been quite impressive when it counts the last two years, and its funny that they haven't been mentioned once.
Williams is always good and i think that trinity's 9:13 freshmen will help out Norte and Moorhead in scoring. But i think the team the will turn the most heads is keene, although they had a horrible season last year all of the guys are returning and did turn it around during track. I think they had 5 or 6 guys under 15 30. They are getting a freshmen who ran 15:5x on derryfield (a pretty tough course). id watch out for keene to put a solid team together. and they got a front runner in kelleher.
I am pretty sure they are so demoralized from last year's crushing defeat. I mean let's face it how could Maddog recover from not closing the deal with "X"andra. And the whole rest of the team has been drowning their sorrows ever since. They are certainly not in the frame of mind to take up running any time soon.