St. Leo's hosted the national preview meet this past weekend with very limited participation, and it looks like it's going to be a slow course. A quick glance at results and checking on other race performances from the runners suggests it runs about 2 minutes slower than the Paul Short course for both the 8K and the 6K. Does anyone have any insights regarding the terrain on the The Abbey Golf Course?
Guessing Matthew might have had something to do with the slow times, but i wasn't there.
Was the same weekend as hurricane Matthew which made many teams back out last minute, assuming the court was extremely wet and likely windy.
Here's the link to the weather at a local airport a few miles away on the 8th:
and here's a picture of the winner on the course:
http://saintleolions.com/sports/mxc/2016-17/releases/20161008i0mako
It looks like it was warm and a little breezy, and there had been some rain prior to the meet (about 1 inch of rain on Thursday and .5 an inch on Friday), but that doesn't seem to fully account for the really slow times.
It's going to be hell. Teams from the north can get ready for a heavy dosage of humidity and lack of good performances
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The course is very hilly with 800-1200 uphills. No trees to protect you from the sun and of course if you have a hot day, you will die...We ran the South Regional and about 35 runners dropped out due to the high heat and humidity. Good Luck if you are from the west coast, North or east coast. Yes the course is slow but watch out for the humidity.
It looks like this course will favor strength teams like Colorado School of Mines and Adams State. Their recent battle at the RMAC Conference meet in Spearfish, SD suggests they're ready for a tough course, and another 2K of distance should only increase their gap over most teams in D2. How do Grand Valley and Chico look this season, and what kind of courses have they run this year to suggest they'll be ready for a challenging national venue?
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