2016 Patriot League Cross Country

Enraged at getting kicked out of their beloved abode, the Boys of Stucco band together to throw down one of the most dominant PL seasons in history.

or gtfo.

HCXC doing big things in 2016 baby!

Watch out for the Bucknell boys in 2016! Donner has us on a special training plan that Andrew Garcia Garrison did in 2014!! Boy do I love Andrew!!

arp arp arp

Does Chris Sacks still have any eligibility left for the Bisons?

What do people think about the women's race?

If Bucknell manages to avoid oncoming traffic they have 6th place in the bag.

The boys from Navy may be vulnerable after Schroeder was deployed to single-handedly defeat ISIS and Peckham was left at a retirement home near the University of North Florida after the first round.

I would also like to acknowledge that Kevin Thomas broke Usain Bolt's human landspeed record during the first 100 meters of the Outdoor Patriots 5k. He also torched the facility record for 1000m before realizing that he was not, in fact, entered in the 1500 and allowing himself to be caught by Brendan Johnson's brand new steel fishing rod. He was spotted afterwards signing up for a crossfit class and applying wax to his mustache on a nearby basketball court.

Any big recruits coming in to the patriot league next year? Loyola apparently picked up a pair of sub 17:30 5k men. They should be formidable in the next few years.

Can we get some early team and individual predictions? Navy still seems like the team to beat, but should be a closer battle than in recent years. Battle for the individual title should be a good one between Johnson, Stalnaker, and Seal, with potentially a few Bucknell and Lehigh guys giving them a run for their money.

Teams:

1) Navy

2) Boston

3) Lehigh

4) Army

5) American

6) Are there more than 5 teams in the league?

Individual:

1) Johnson

2) Stalnaker

3) Seal

4) Tirba

5) Reilly

Don't sleep on the Bethlehem lads this year

Watch out for Bucknell Senior Ross Pirnie. Coming off a surprise steeplechase win at the outdoor championships, Mr Pirnie and his band of loyal Bisons are my dark horse pick to win the Bison Open with some impressive 3 mile times.

Team Predictions:

1. Holy Cross- the loss of senior captain Dennis Muldoon is a weight off of the team's shoulders, as the elimination of his draconian core routines and other activities will free up time for the Crusaders to recover off workouts and take the league by storm.

2. Navy- the defending champs will fail to defend their title with the loss of ethereal presence Steve "Magnum" Schroeder, but their depth prevents them from falling any lower than 2nd.

3. American- after failing to give his team workouts for the entire summer because he's too busy watching his son and his stable of professional runners compete, Centro will return at the start of XC with a vengeance, pounding 120 mile weeks in to his runners until they drop. Unfortunately, the surge will be too late in the game, and the lack of base and rampant injury total will leave the Eagles no better than third.

4. Army- after a hazing scandal is avoided in the beginning of the season because "it's the Army," the Black Knights will rebound to scrape out a 4th place finish, led by Trevor Toucan.

5. LeHIGH- the Mountain Lions will be mountin' girls and lyin' to Todd Etters re: getting high on Tuesday nights after workouts, but sheer dignity will propel them past this year's 6th place team:

6. Bucknell- the Bisons have some athletes: a pair of good steeplers and a pair of good 5k runners. They also have Kevin Donner at the helm. Donner's voracious appetite and penchant for confusing banter means that the 5th man the Bisons so desperately need will likely be eaten or confused in to mediocrity by the coach that so desperately wants him to succeed.

7. Boston U- After realizing that he has to spend his summer in the winter of Australia, and the rest of the year in f'ing Boston, Alex Seal decides to forego his collegiate eligibility and join Melbourne TC. The Terriers (arp arp) implode without him.

8. Who tf cares

Hey "sadersfan" do u really think the "bisons" (sic) r gonna get 6th? I got news for u buddy! We r training our butts off this year. Some guys r gettin up to 65 miles a week this summer, and coach said 70 might even be a possibility during the fall if we can balance our academics properly! So watch out for these "bisons" buddy!

P.S. who does holy cross even got anyway? U guys probably run 60 mile weeks, MAX

The only people that are gonna be sleeping on the Bethlehem lads this year are other Bethlehem lads! Because they can't get any girls! LOL

Wow I don't check LRC for a few hours and all of the sudden all of this fighting! Why don't you boys from Worcester and Lewisburg talk with your legs instead of with your keyboards on these anonymous message boards! I can guarantee you that the young men from Army and Navy are not on these boards!

Wow, didn't even read the last post. If I had to guess, that is another Bucknell or Holy Cross athlete, pretending to be a first year from West Point. A young man in the military would never even view these boards, let alone make such a childish joke as that.

Seriously army? That's disrespectful. See you on the course.