Villanova vs. UW promises to be a great showdown. On paper Nova looks deeper but UW looks slightly stronger up front. Both looked beatable at their conference meets - at Pac 10 UW squeaked out a win over Oregon in the last minute and had a 54 second spread while Nova had a 59 second spread at Big East. But at Regionals both returned to dominance, UW had a 31 second spread and Nova had a 34 second spread. UW has needed a fifth runner but Kailey Campbell has stepped it up, running her then-best race at Pre-Nats then eclipsing that at Regionals to finish 4th overall and 3rd on the Huskies. To add to the intrigue both teams have clear #1 runners from Canada.
They had some common opponents in Oregon, Princeton, Georgetown, and Notre Dame - selected results below.
Can Nova put together one more great race? Will the Huskies #5 be within shouting distance of their top 4?
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Dellinger Invite:
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Reid (Nova) 16:23
Kosinski (UO) 16:26
Marino (Nova) 16:31
Schappert (Nova) 16:34
Hasay (UO) 16:40
Mimic (Nova) 16:41
Tallman (Nova) 16:49
Notre Dame Invite:
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Schaaf (UW) 16:31
Follett (UW) 16:33
Lawrence (UW) 16:36
Babcock (UW) 16:39
Costello (Princeton) 16:41
Franek (PSU) 16:52
Banfich (Princeton) 17:02
Cummings (Princeton) 17:05
Spring (PSU) 17:07
Ferguson (Notre Dame) 17:08
Kiernan (Princeton) 17:09
Saylor (UW) 17:12
Pre-Nats White/Blue results mixed:
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Schaaf (UW) 20:29 - white
Hasay (UO) 20:33 - blue
Follett (UW) 20:38 - white
Babcock (UW) 20:38 - white
Infeld (Georgetown) 20:45 - blue
Blood (UO) 20:48 - blue
Campbell (UW) 21:03 - white
Lawrence (UW) - didn't race
Big East Championship:
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Reid (Nova) 20:45
Marino (Nova) 20:52
Infeld (Georgetown) 21:04
Mimic (Nova) 21:13
Ferguson (Notre Dame) 21:40
Simpson (Nova) 21:43
Smith (Nova) 21:44
Tallman (Nova) 21:56
Schappert (Nova) 22:05
Pac-10 Championship:
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Blood (UO) 19:42
Schaaf (UW) 19:46
Hasay (UO) 19:49
Lawrence (UW) 19:49
Babcock (UW) 19:59
Follett (UW) 20:08
Kosinski (UO) 20:10
Campbell (UW) 20:32
Mid-Atlantic Regional:
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Reid (Nova) 20:23
Marino (Nova) 20:27
Infeld (Georgetown) 20:32
Franek (PSU) 20:41
Mimic (Nova) 20:47
Smith (Nova) 20:49
Costello (Princeton) 20:53
Tallman (Nova) 20:57
Banfich (Princeton) 20:58
Schappert (Nova) 21:02
Simpson (Nova) 21:19
Cummings (Princeton) 21:29
Spring (PSU) 21:44
West Regional:
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Schaaf (UW) 20:42
Hasay (UO) 20:52
Lawrence (UW) 20:59
Campbell (UW) 21:00
Blood (UO) 21:01
Follett (UW) 21:03
Kosinski (UO) 21:07
Babcock (UW) 21:13