Lets get it going. Who's looking good after cross?
Predictions for 800, mile, 3k, 5k? (Prediction time?)
Lets get it going. Who's looking good after cross?
Predictions for 800, mile, 3k, 5k? (Prediction time?)
800 - Feichtinger and Trapp will be battling for this one. Feichtinger is coming off his best cross season yet and seems pretty fit, so I give him the edge.
Mile - Paul Escher. Unless Wintheiser decides to go for it. But even then, Escher has shown he has the speed to handle him.
3k - Wintheiser. No reason he doesn't win this one.
5k - Wintheiser or Campbell, depending on who runs what. Wintheiser did not run a single indoor 5k last year, so it will be interesting to see if he does this winter. If he doesn't, Campbell is by far the next best at this distance in the MIAC, and will take it fairly easily.
Look for high finishes from Jonah Barry (mile/3k), Hart Horner (3k/5k), Phil Meyer (5k), and Matt Berens/Calvin Lehn (?!?!) as well. I don't see any of them taking a title unless one of the events is really watered down.
Does St. Thomas win the team title again this year??
Agreed. I see Wintheiser and Campbell as the guys to beat 3k and up (both indoor and outdoor). Feightinger is looking very fit after cross as well but I do think Paul Escher should be in the discussion at 800-3k. He has some serious wheels (3:48 1500) and could be a thread in the 800, mile, and even the 3k (3:48 speed with 24:19 8k strength)
As an alumni of a non-Olaf MIAC school it pains me to say this.... but I think Olaf could field a champion in every event 800 - 10k
While the Toms don't appear to have too many standouts they certainly have a lot of young and veteran depth returning. Real challenger comes from St. Olaf whose chance mostly lies on the shoulders of its top heavy distance squad and a pair of sprinters. Does depth trounce standouts again? If St. Thomas can score in almost every event as they historically have, then I think so.
800: Ryan Trapp's recovering from a pulled hamstring so Feichtinger has a huge advantage currently with a strong xc base to work off of. Tough to say when March rolls around, though Trapp's indoor resume is a little iffy. Actually all of UST's mid-distance runners seem to be the same way, flaunting strong performances outdoor last year but a little slower indoors. Thinking maybe we'll see a senior year burst from Noah Lack Veeder finally?
Early indoor predictions
800 - Feichtinger. I wouldn't be surprised to see him try the mile at some point indoors after a strong cross season, but since the 800 is weaker at the conference level and he's the defending champ it's a safe bet he'll run the 8 at MIACs.
1000 - Escher. Runs all the way through the line this time. Could be an exciting duel between him and Feichtinger.
Mile - Wintheiser. With nationals the following week I'd say he opts for the mile/3K double again rather than 5K/3K.
3K - Wintheiser. This is a lock barring injury. Can he break 8:00 this winter?
5K - Campbell. Hornor and Berens will be in the hunt, but Campbell has the best finish of the trio and usually peaks the best as well.
DMR - Olaf. Unless someone really loads it the Oles should have enough depth to pull out the win even without any of their top 5 from cross country. Someone like Coffey or Bjork will probably run the anchor, and then their freshmen will probably handle the other legs.
800-- Gotta go with Feichtinger right now, since we don't know what Trapp has been doing with his injury. May change once we get a feel for his fitness.
1k-- Escher and Feichtinger. Can't pick it right now. Honestly tough to pick who'd win in a fast or kickers' race, since both have great finishing speed and great strength evidenced by XC.
Mile--Wintheiser and Escher. This one will probably depend more on the type of race. Escher might have Wintheiser by a hair in a kickers' race (definitely not much), and in a fast race Wintheiser might outlast Escher with his patented 1k Wind-Up® type strategy.
3k-- Wintheiser for MIAC crown #35 here.
5k-- Campbell and Meyer. Agree with earlier sentiments about Wintheiser opting for mile/3k.
I will be interested to see how Barry runs. He might not have the PRs to compare to those mentioned, but showed great finishing speed last indoor season. Dark horse for top 2 in both the mile and the 3k.
Hornor just doesn't have the speed to win a track race-- at best second in the 5k depending on who runs. It's too bad, because he is a great runner.
Last prediction is that MoMo leads the first 400 of whatever race he runs.
Jake Brown didn't run indoors at all last year, but I'm going to predict that this year he runs a 5K at some point to get a qualifying mark, then does indoor conference and takes the title.
My Darkhorse is the Carleton Frosh, Jerry Cook, in the 800 and 1000. Hell, he could probably run a really fast mile too.
Kid ran a 1:54 at the tail end of quadrupling his State Meet. By the looks of this cross country season his potential is just starting to be tapped.
Can we clarify what you mean by who's looking good after cross? Because Wintheiser certainly looks fast, but he hasn't looked good since the cornrow days.
Jake Brown nordic skis, so don't expect him on the indoor track lol.
Heard the Oles were loading up their DMR this season, thoughts?
Adam Wood showed some killer finishing speed at the prestigious Bethel Open this Saturday. While traditionally a 5k guy, with all those pushups he's been doing (at least fifteen a day), I predict that come indoor conference he will be so jacked he'll win the 60m Dash (and maybe even weight throw, who knows?).
yep this landmark achievement brings his ratio up to 1:1000
(1 guy out kicked: 1000 times being out kicked).
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Last prediction is that MoMo leads the first 400 of whatever race he runs.
Rumor has it he once again didn't train at all going into season. But that is a berry funny prediction.
Dude it was totally you that posted this about yourself. Does talking yourself up online make you feel better about placing middle of the pack?
Swear that wasn't me.
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Dude it was totally you that posted this about yourself. Does talking yourself up online make you feel better about placing middle of the pack?
I heard that kid ran a 1:53 his junior year. Also, 25:25 after 1 year of cross and 4:17 mile his senior year off of 25 mile a week base? My bets on Donson.
DonsonJerycoAllenBossDogGallardo is gonna win all of MIAC one day.
Nah man, Ketola is the future of the MIAC. You might even say he's the "Key"th to the future of St. Olaf and the MIAC as a whole.