2017 NAIA season is underway.
Who will run away with the NAIA team titles?
What about individual titles?
Discuss!
2017 NAIA season is underway.
Who will run away with the NAIA team titles?
What about individual titles?
Discuss!
NCU women's team took a big hit (losing 5 varsity seniors) so are most likely out of it for the title (but top 5 maybe).
Guys side, Southern Oregon is the obvious choice, but I can see other teams taking them down
UBC men will dust everyone mark my words!! The cleves will be crowned king of the NAIA! Full send season is upon us YeeeZzzzz #cheese #leaves #bees #knees
I find it a bit strange UBC is NAIA yet does not have to run a conference championship like the rest of us...
I don't run in the NAIA, but I am interested and will follow.
Keep it going!
St Mary's had a "down year" but have reloaded with a NJCAA all american and a bunch of returners including Christian Graham (naia marathon champ) and Tony Weber (would of been NAIA marathon champ but pasted out the last mile). They are looking very deep and ready to make a run!
kcacalum wrote:
St Mary's had a "down year" but have reloaded with a NJCAA all american and a bunch of returners including Christian Graham (naia marathon champ) and Tony Weber (would of been NAIA marathon champ but pasted out the last mile). They are looking very deep and ready to make a run!
St.Mary's men will be going for a National Championship as a team. In 2015 they got second, and their team this year looks better than their 2015 team. At St.Mary's first meet they averaged 16:00 for 5K and Christian Graham didn't run even run! No, he's not injured.
St Francis is looking pretty solid. Sat a few this past weekend and Knudsen wont run until October. Great time from now until then to put some work in.
I am from Missouri and pull for the Midwest schools, specifically Columbia College. Columbia College added a cross country and track program in 2012 and have seen great success. They have done well by recruiting lots of small town MO kids and developing them. Seth Schenck went from 28 minute 8K frosh year to 14:40s 5K this last year.
In 2016, Columbia also did very well on the mid distance/distance side of things in the DMR, placing third with everyone returning. They had the same team place 4th in the 4x800M outdoors. Seems like they are more mid distance oriented, but with Tommy Skosky (14:48 5K PB and 8th in indoor) coming back for his 5th year, I could see them making a push for top 5.
I see they are ranked 25th coming into the season, but expect them to jump significantly in the polls.
Link to NAIA top 25 pre season poll
http://www.naia.org/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=27900&ATCLID=211662925
point park ftw this year
yeah boi wrote:
point park ftw this year
stop.
#TBIRDSNATION wrote:
UBC men will dust everyone mark my words!! The cleves will be crowned king of the NAIA! Full send season is upon us YeeeZzzzz #cheese #leaves #bees #knees
agreed
stopit wrote:
yeah boi wrote:point park ftw this year
stop.
hate them cuz they ain't them
nah boi wrote:
stopit wrote:stop.
hate them cuz they ain't them
where the hell even is point park?
I heard that Northwest Christian has a very good Freshman. I am pretty sure that they should be ranked in top 25 as a result.
nah boi wrote:
stopit wrote:stop.
hate them cuz they ain't them
That 27:XX team average...midseason form I see
Unbeatable wrote:
nah boi wrote:hate them cuz they ain't them
That 27:XX team average...midseason form I see
Is point park actually bad or why are we trashing them here
point park boofalo wrote:
Unbeatable wrote:That 27:XX team average...midseason form I see
Is point park actually bad or why are we trashing them here
They are decent
point park boofalo wrote:
Unbeatable wrote:That 27:XX team average...midseason form I see
Is point park actually bad or why are we trashing them here
I see them working out around here a fair amount. They seem fairly fast, have some young african dudes or something. Their uniforms are on point as well, can't go wrong with vertical stripes.