Unofficial 2018 DIII Track Thread

Donson Cook-Gallardo mile/800 champion.

You heard it here first.

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Donson Cook-Gallardo mile/800 champion.

You heard it here first.

It would be a hell of a lot easier than doubling the 1500m and 800m since the competition isn't as stark indoors.

I agree with this.

I have to believe someone can take Lau in the 3k. Too short for him to send everyone to the well. That distance is more lactic acid, less oxygen deprivation, ya feel?

What's Lau's 400m speed? I'd guess like 55 to 56. Outdoors.

there is no discus indoors.

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Let's kick things off right: any challengers to Lau for the indoor 3k/5k double?

Does IGC come back for redemption in the mile/3k double?

Discus.

I’d think that given Dhruvil Patel’s performance last year, him and Borowsky would be a legitimate contender against Lau in the 5K? Or did Lau’s performance at nats kill any real chance, given that he is healthy

Here are my way too early predictions:

Times are based on the idea that the track will be banked since it has the capabilities to be both.

800: Super close between the two with Molinaro coming out on top.

1. Molinaro- ONU- 1:49

2. DCG- Carelton

3. Martin- Carrol

Mile: IGC dusts everyone the last lap making it look easy.

1. IGC- Geneseo 4:06

2. DCG- Carelton

3. Hernandez- Ramapo

3k: Lau takes it out just like the 5k and dies like a dog, kickers pick up the scraps

1. Borowsky- NCC 8:14

2. IGC- Geneseo

3. Patel- NCC

5k: Lau takes it out and runs away from the field.

1. Lau- Eau Claire- 14:04

2. Patel- NCC

3. O'Connor- RPI

DMR: Biggest crapshoot ever, no idea whose going to run so these predictions can mean jack by nationals time

1. Wash U- 9:53

2. Lax

3. Eau Claire

Who should be the contenders for the team title? Here are the top 10 last year

Lacrosse- lost a lot but always reload and still return a lot

North central- lost a few, big points from pole vault distance and relays

Whitewater- prob the favorite with all they have returning

Stevens point- lost most of their scorers

Mount union- return a ton, very young team took 5th last year

Rowan- return everyone from indoor nats last year and had a lot more qualify outdoor

Aurora- Should score a lot in the throws, heard their hurdler left the school

Eau Claire- any points outside of distance? Can they score enough with distance to podium?

Cortland- their multi guys graduated, have a few other athletes returning

Benedictine- their sprints jumps all return and should make them a contender

Geneseo- Garcia Cassini and not much else (dmr).

Early prediction

Whitewater

LaCrosse

North Central

Benedictine

Rowan

Mt Union

Should be a good battle for program of the year between north central and lacrosse, give the edge to lacrosse as north central often tends to fall apart by outdoor (comparatively to where they are xc and indoor). No one else will be close,probably a battle between Eau Claire, Rowan, and Geneseo for 3rd (they were the only other indoor top 10 teams to make xc this year- CNU could get in that mix as well)

3k: Lau takes it out just like the 5k and dies like a dog, kickers pick up the scraps

1. Borowsky- NCC 8:14

2. IGC- Geneseo

3. Patel- NCC

Laughable. Lau is too good of a runner to "die like a dog" He has improved a lot since indoor last year, and he will be prepared. It's not like he doesn't have any speed, you guys act like he's a "55-56 400 guy" which is just not true. Lau is FOR SURE top 3 in the 3k, and he's the favorite to win I'd say. Aren't these the same clowns that said Lau didn't have enough speed to win XC Cross? Such BS. Wake up, and stop sleeping on him

Lau didn’t have the speed to win cross, evident of him at pre nationals. He had the endurance to make a move early and didn’t have to worry about getting kicked down.

If he wins both it is running 14:15 and 8:12 or faster from the front. He’s the favorite to do those but it’s nowhere near a given.

Pre-Nats was no indicator. It was 90 degrees, there was no way he could go out there and take it from the front when it's 90 degrees, OR if he did, it could potentially hurt his long term plans by running himself into the ground. Winning NATS is a lot more important than winning Pre-Nats. All I'm saying is give the guy some respect, he put a Lamere caliber performance at Nats this year running away from the field

You are literally saying he doesn’t have speed! Yes it was 90 degrees so he couldn’t just use his strength and got beat by 2 people in a kick who had more speed. He has tremendous endurance, very arguably the best in the nation, but he’s going to need all of that in any race because he’s not winning if it comes down to a kick.

Smallest of all pumps wrote:

You are literally saying he doesn’t have speed! Yes it was 90 degrees so he couldn’t just use his strength and got beat by 2 people in a kick who had more speed. He has tremendous endurance, very arguably the best in the nation, but he’s going to need all of that in any race because he’s not winning if it comes down to a kick.

Just to be clear, you are saying that Lau has no speed because he can't outback a 4:02 miler? What constitutes having speed for a 5k/10k type then? The kid ran 4:14 in the 1600m in high school which is probably a faster PR than 99% of 5k/10k types have in DIII and he did that at 17 years old. Lau's speed is just fine. To suggest a 29low/14flat-type doesn't have enough speed to win DIII in the 3k is ludicrous. When you are that good it doesn't matter if you can run 50flat or 54, as long as you are able to string together two 4:15-4:20 miles there is not going to be many with you.

Joe Zack, 4:09.2 mile.. man, if I'm a miler, I'd probably wanna go to UW-O. Eamon McKenna shits out milers like it's explosive diarrhea.

Or Haverford? Or St Olaf? They’ve both had some good milers

"IGC" is that what people are calling him now? (shakes head)

He won't make that much improvement from last year til now. He won't win indoor mile and 100% will not double.

He doesn't have the balls to double. Last time he did, he didn't even the run the 5k in outdoors even though he entered!

Donson Cook-Gallardo was second in the 1500 and 800 outdoors, my money is on him to dominate middle distance this year.

g$money wrote:

"IGC" is that what people are calling him now? (shakes head)

He won't make that much improvement from last year til now. He won't win indoor mile and 100% will not double.

He doesn't have the balls to double. Last time he did, he didn't even the run the 5k in outdoors even though he entered!

Donson Cook-Gallardo was second in the 1500 and 800 outdoors, my money is on him to dominate middle distance this year.

Except he already has doubled the past two years to help DMR team finish 3rd (+3rd in the mile) in 2016, then 2nd in the DMR (+1st in the mile) in 2017. So really you're saying he won't triple. Also the 1500 outdoors has prelims and finals, so the 1500/5k double is pretty damn difficult.

Way to completely miss the point, numbnuts.

Hey dumba$$! I don’t know if you realized this but he wasn’t trying to list off every school that had an athlete in the mile. ?

Hey, leave my friend alone